Joe Davio

A native to Boise, Joe understands well the local culture and preferences within the Boise market. Watching his father run a small hot-tub store as a child, Joe became passionate about business at an early age, operating his own neighborhood lawn care service for a number of years. Joe’s interest in business led him to Boise State where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration of Finance. As a working student Joe learned the value of time-management and hard work.

Since graduating Joe has managed the accounting processes for a number of small Boise businesses. His successes in these positions include, inception of in-house payroll, job costing, annual budgeting, and financial performance analysis. This type of analysis allowed Joe to introduce integral operational, supply-chain, and production management changes that increased performance levels at each of the companies he worked for.

Joe’s conservative approach to business will always be supported by forecasts, budgets, and projections. As he says, “The numbers never lie.” Joe works hard to do the right thing, even when no one is looking. He brings this approach to business challenging clients and colleagues to work with integrity, even if it compromises a preferred business outcome.

Joe and his new wife Carina are both working on their Masters degree as they begin their new life together. Joe will graduate from Boise State’s M.B.A. program in the spring of 2011. His wife plans to finish her degree in 2011 as well with a Master of Adult Learning and Education from the University of Idaho. Joe says living in a “House Divided” only means he has to tailgate with Vandals once every two years.

Joe draws on lessons learned in his adolescence from blue-collar jobs as he now enjoys home improvement projects with his wife. As newlyweds they enjoy the Idaho outdoors, taking every opportunity to mountain bike, camp, golf, ski, and play soccer. They enjoy traveling together and have recently made trips to Washington D.C., New Orleans, San Francisco, and the Oregon Coast. They also enjoy spending time with their dog Freddie.

Favorite Quotes: It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare. -Mark Twain
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not
manipulate. -William A. Ward