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Stan Stawowski, CPA, CA

Partner, Founder

Stan believes the meaning of life is to give life meaning. He is driven by helping clients set corporate and personal goals, and pushing them to exceed their expectations. After earning his CA designation, working at a local accounting firm and rising to Senior Manager in just two years, starting his own company in 1983 was a natural progression. With an extensive background in management consulting, tax, and finance, Stan helps business owners at their tipping point to make informed decisions. His commitment to providing value and ability to rise to the occasion has attracted a wide variety of clients looking to take their business to the next level. Whether on the phone with a client, on the hockey rink, or on the dance floor, Stan’s lust for life is contagious.

Stan ensures he has a clear understanding of where clients want their businesses to go before providing options and creating an impactful plan to get them there. His interest in driving businesses forward is linked to his deep commitment to investing in the future – he established SAIT’s Stawowski/SAFA scholarship fund (which provides financial assistance to those returning to school from the workforce), sits on the board of the Breast Cancer Supportive Care Foundation, and strongly believes in bringing opportunities to the younger generation at Stawowski McGill. This forward thinking approach and desire to give back is at Stan’s very core.

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stan@stawowskimcgill.ca

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  • "Stawowski McGill has been providing high impact business advisory services and financial leadership for our business, for many years. We would not be where we are today without them. Our long term relationship has resulted in an elevated clarity, focus, and confidence within our leadership team and an increased ability to make smart business decisions". 

    Bob Robinson, President and CEO, Westcor Construction Ltd.

  • "DSM has been in the industry for 20 years in Calgary and more recently opened a facility in Arizona. We engaged Stawowski McGill in 2016 as we were gearing up for growth in our business. Stawowski McGill has provided great financial expertise and has challenged us to look at our business for efficiencies. They have been excellent partners for myself and my executive team and the only thing I regret is signing them up a year after I was first introduced to them." 

    Duane Macauley, President and Co-Founder, Dynamic Source Manufacturing

  • “They helped us get things organized, understand the correct structure, and get visibility. Their reports help us make better decisions. When I talk to my network about SM, I talk about how much they helped our company in the beginning.” 

    Danny Hao, President, Tile and Stone Source

  • “They not only help us with our strategy and the financial aspect, but they help us understand if we have the right team in place to be able to execute.” 

    Shawn Freeman, Always Beyond

  • " In 2014, Contour Earthmoving Ltd. hired Stawowski McGill to help us with our company’s finances and to give us guidance with moving forward in a struggling construction industry. Their guidance has helped us immensely and definitely improved our bottom line. They are very personable and truly care about our company. I would highly recommend them to anyone in need." 

    Kevin Middlemiss, President, Contour Earthmoving Ltd.

  • "Our company has been on a fast growth track for the last 10 years. The opportunities were placing constraints on our resources and we were not getting the insights we needed to build out our growth strategy or see what capital structure challenges we were going to be facing in the year ahead. Stawowski McGill was very flexible and gave us the right amount of resources and time to assist us with the projects, planning and forecasting we needed. The combination of strategy, financial leadership and ability to identify and fill gaps in our business plan have all helped our business achieve success. Our business has gone from consistently growing to now being supercharged on its way to becoming an industry leader."

    Dean Koeller, President, Calvert Home Mortgage Investment Corporation

  • "They gave us the guidelines we needed to focus and work on our business with amazing results. Learning the skills to understand what the numbers mean and how to use them to improve our management system has made a tremendous improvement. Stawowski McGill helped us take our business from "bench warmer" to "player". 

    Tim Mack, Owner, BRT Construction Services Ltd. 

  • "Stawowski McGill worked with our family owned group of companies for over three years. They refocused us onto areas of our growing business which required our attention, and were instrumental in the negotiation and sale of our trucking business. Our return on investment far exceeded their fees." 

    Dean Swanberg, Swanberg Bros. Trucking Ltd.

  • "Stawowski McGill became the cornerstone of our restructuring plan; their insight and expertise provided us valuable advice and helped the leadership team prioritize objectives.  Having Stawowski McGill on our team is like having a full-time CFO and finance team you can rely on to interpret the fundamentals of your business so that you can focus on making decisions, fixing what’s not working and figure out the best growth plan." 

    Phil Roberts, President and CEO, Vintri Technologies