Andy Gilles

About Andy Gilles

As Chief Financial Officer at Padmanabhan & Dawson, PLLC, I bring over 25 years of expertise in financial strategy and legal operations. My role centers on advising leadership on financial planning, profitability metrics, and operational decision-making. Collaborating closely with managing partners, I’ve helped implement robust risk management practices while leveraging analytical tools to drive revenue, efficiency, and strategic growth. Previously, I contributed to large-scale financial initiatives, including managing multimillion-dollar budgets and optimizing vendor relationships in highly regulated environments. My approach emphasizes innovation, collaboration, and data-driven decisions to align financial strategies with organizational objectives, ensuring sustainable growth and operational excellence.

Experience

1. Chief Financial Operating Officer

   Padmanabhan & Dawson, Pllc

   Sep 2019 — Present · Minneapolis, MN, US

   As Chief Financial Officer for Padda Law Group, Andy Gilles directs all aspects of the firm’s accounting and finance functions. In this role, he serves as a key business advisor to the managing partners and other firm leaders regarding financial matters, as well as strategic and operational decisions.His leadership responsibilities also extend to development of annual operating and capital budgets, implementation and maintenance of robust risk management and financial controls, and development of useful technologies, analytical tools and metrics pertinent to profitability, revenue, utilization, realization and other goals. In addition, he collaborates with leadership to create and capitalize on effective pricing strategies to optimize revenues, engagements and profitability.Prior to his arrival at Padda Law Group, Andy served as the Head of Finance for the Law Division of U.S. Bank, including supervision of global law firm management program, pricing strategy, and annual operating budget. About the firm:Padmanabhan & Dawson\'s - Padda Law Group\'s - lawyers have over 100 years of combined experience successfully litigating patent (including ANDA) and all other types of intellectual property infringement suits and contract disputes in district court, including through trial and appeal; prosecuting patents and trademarks before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); representing clients before the USPTO\'s Patent Trial & Appeal Board in every type of post-grant proceeding; and representing clients before other agencies such as the International Trade Commission and the National Advertising Division.

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  Bachelor of Science in Business Administration

Skills

• Sales
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Forecasting
• Financial Analysis
• Analysis
• Credit
• Strategic Financial Planning
• Process Improvement