Connect people, applications and processes to drive efficiencies (read cost-savings) in the accounting function | Drive internal growth through patient and engaged mentoring of my clients' greatest assets...their people | Deliver both compliance required and unique approach financial reporting | Industry specific experience applied to provide clarity around the value of my clients' vision

Providing financial and accounting assurance for this innovative Referenced Based Pricing health insurance company.

Assisting with both Practice Management and Client Service activities.

Armanino is the 21st largest accounting firm in the US and has been awarded the Best of Accounting in Client Satisfaction (by Inavero). This is the accounting firm of the future of which I was a proud team member.I managed a team of brilliant professionals that provided 20+ years of specialized experience to the financial and accounting functions of our clients. This allowed our clients to focus on their core mission. With a strong mix of expertise across all financial functions―management, reporting, accounting and advisory―as well as technology expertise, my team hit the ground running to meet our client's specific finance and accounting needs.

Adami Lindsey & Company, LLP is a full service Certified Public Accountancy firm. I was part of the Audit Team for this fantastic firm and provided assurance services that included all three levels of attestation engagements (Audit, Review, Compilation), compliance reviews, agreed upon procedures and the related reporting for these services.

Emerson Consulting Services is an experienced provider of outsourced accounting and advisory support. We provide:• Evaluation of our client's current financial reporting system (with recommendations for improvement)• Implementation of improvements to the current system or a new system all together• Administration of the system once it had been implemented (bookkeeping, oversight, etc.)• Advisory based on the reporting that comes out of the systemWe also perform many and varying special projects such as due diligence on M&A prospects, inventory management system implementation, basic entity organization tasks, and much more.

Group Excellence motivated and inspired students to achieve excellence, regardless of their circumstances. It was the leading Supplemental Educational Services (SES) company in the State of Texas. In addition to providing private tutoring, online enrichment and college preparation workshops, Group Excellence offered free tutoring for students in economically disadvantaged areas. I oversaw all aspects of the accounting and finance departments at Group Excellence and acted in a complete CFO/Controller position.

Nicholas & Montgomery LLP was a full service Certified Public Accountancy firm. I oversaw financial statement audits and my clients consisted of entities from a diversified range of industries such as educational services, non-profit organizations, oil and gas, manufacturing and distribution, private investment companies, resorts and governmental contractors. This was without a doubt an extremely rewarding and fulfilling work experience and there were many reasons I was with this firm for twelve years including the work I performed all the way to the people I performed it with.

Bookkeeping; Personal Tax Return Preparation; Outsourced Accounting Projects; Auditing

Marketing of equity and fixed income mutual funds to various financial advisors in the Northwest region of the United States. Consisted of phone sales while stationed as an internal wholesaler in Pittsburgh and person to person sales while covering the states of Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska.

Mustering cattle on horseback, working cattle, diesel engine maintenance, welding, fencing and other ranch maintenance duties.