Celeste Garrett

Celeste Garrett is the Senior Manager at Graphite. Celeste has over 10 years of experience in financial systems implementation and management. Prior to joining Graphite, Celeste was with Durr Mechanical Construction where they were responsible for the implementation of strategic financial systems including new reporting software. Celeste also worked with Sykes as a Sr. Global Finance Manager System Implementation. In their role at Sykes, Celeste was responsible for the implementation of strategic financial systems on a global or regional basis. Celeste has a proven track record in leading the budgeting, forecasting, long-term planning, implementation, and business strategic analysis of the financial team. Celeste is known for their financial analysis, modeling, forecasting, and reporting efforts to ensure efficient financial operations. Celeste has a strong background in developing financial models to support analysis of financial and operating activities across projects. Celeste is also experienced in assisting with evaluation of the corporate information system to allow “real-time” dissemination of information across the organization.

Celeste Garrett has an MBA and a BS in Business with a concentration in Accounting from Eastern Illinois University. Celeste also has a certification in Certified Public Accountant (CPA) from the State of Illinois and the State of Florida. In addition, they have a certification from Mainseed Consulting Group LLC as a Certified Speaking Professional (CSP).