Cathey Petkash

Cathey Petkash joined FranNet after 18 years in the “corporate world” of Hewlett-Packard.  Her professional consulting career at HP involved building strategic relationships with HP customers by designing IT solutions to meet their business goals and objectives.

Today, Cathey enjoys consulting with corporate professionals and assisting them to achieve their business ownership dreams.  Coming from the corporate world, she understands the challenges and concerns individuals experience when moving “beyond the corporate walls.”   Cathey looks forward to meeting with aspiring entrepreneurs to develop their business model - identifying their financial, business, and personal goals for business ownership.  With her guidance, they will achieve their entrepreneurial dreams. Cathey also is a seasoned business owner.  She achieved her “business ownership” dream with the purchase a floral business.  Cathey applied the business principle of “absentee ownership,” executing the business end of the business, while her Floral Designer ran the everyday floral shop activity. She successfully grew the business for over 4 years, and then profitably sold the business.

Her relaxing time is reserved for “beaching,” reading & gardening.  She is an active member of Rotary, and has been very involved with Rotary projects including obtaining District Simplified Grants (DSG) for local elementary schools, and sponsoring The International Group Study Exchange Program (GSE).

Educational Background:  Cathey obtained her MBA from the University of North Carolina; and her BS in Accounting from Central Missouri State University