Chief Financial Officer

Kimberly Gerard

Kimberly Gerard is a transformation executive and financial leader with experience at achieving financial success while guiding organizations through large-scale change and exponential business growth. Prior to joining Pearl-Plaza, Kimberly spent over 20 years at Cerner Corporation (currently Oracle-Cerner) serving in several executive leadership positions; Director of Financial Systems, Corporate Controller, Vice-President, FP&A, and most recently Chief Transformation Officer.

Throughout her tenure at Cerner, Kimberly leveraged strong financial acumen and leadership skills to influence and ensure the financial organization was a key stakeholder and enabler of the overall business strategy. Additionally, she led the implementation of several critical initiatives designed to increase business efficiencies focused on automation and cost optimization. Early in her career, Kimberly was a Controller for BellSouth Intelliventures and a Senior Accountant for FastWeb, Inc. Kimberly is a CPA with her B.S. in Accounting from Emporia State University and an Associates in Accounting from Florida State University.