Doug Russ Email & Phone Number

Johns Creek, GA, US

Johns Creek, GA, US

Johns Creek, GA, US

Responsible for financial and administrative aspects of PLP's business, and coordination of operations in serving our customers and interfacing with our carriers. PLP is a third party logistics company, providing domestic shipping solutions primarily for less-than-truckload (LTL) needs of our customers. We work to simplify and streamline many of the.

Active Georgia CPA - this practice primarily focuses on helping start-up businesses from the pre-launch stage (evaluation of the idea as to its market-worthiness, including analytics) through roughly the first year of operations. Services include: 1. Development of a formal Business Plan and sub-components of detailed budgeting, personnel requirements.

Roswell, GA, US

Our company provides business continuity and disaster recovery planning services; helping companies to effectively predict, plan and perform in the event of any number of events, from natural disasters, contagious disease outbreaks, acts of terrorism to workplace violence; and much more. Check out our website at www.firestorm.com, where you can also sign.

I assumed this part-time role in addition to my CPA practice with BizLaunch Now, LLC in March of 2009. Johns Creek is the 10th largest city in Georgia and was born just over 5 years ago. I resigned as President to devote myself full-time to Premier Logistics Partners, LLC, a 3rd party logistics company also located in Johns Creek.

1. Moved dealership closer to automotive model (dominated by service, parts and collision depts, known as Fixed Ops - FO) and improved from net FO loss (with -0- allocated overhead) in 2006, to net profit in 2007 (including corporate overhead). Improvement equivalent to $1.5 million positive impact on year-to-year bottom line. 2. Financial Analysis.

Founder and GM of RV rental business - sold interest in May 2008.

Johns Creek, Georgia, US

• Developed and implemented comprehensive new business plans for over 20 new start-ups.
• Development of new funding sources – annual budget in excess of $4 million.
• Personally coached groups of successful, growing churches in 6 cities enabling them to create cooperative church planting networks like PMI (e.g. Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia).
• Directed new church startups (demographic analyses; leadership recruiting; budgeting and fundraising), growth from 4 to 20 churches and 2,000 to 9,000 parishioners.
• Developed and implemented long-range/annual plan cycles.
• Managed staff team – growth in total employees from 2 to over 70.

• Obtained partnership equity funding as well as financing for construction of projects (SunTrust), totaling $3.4 million.
• Cash management, accounting and construction loan administration for projects totaling over 150,000SF.
• Financial reporting and extensive analysis to lenders and investors monthly and per project.
• All contract, legal, insurance and personnel matters.
• Local, state, and federal property and income tax returns.
• Property management oversight – personnel, financial reporting, MIS, and compliance with regulators.

• Profit center responsibilities for twenty clients (e.g. SunTrust, Sea Pines, Noro Realty, and Cousins Properties REIT).
• Planning and managing audit, investigative, and special engagements including mergers and acquisitions, and formation of holding companies (e.g. Hardin Construction, SunTrust).
• Consulting with clients on accounting and financial matters (e.g. Atlantic American Insurance).
• Making presentations to clients’ Boards and Executives and prospective clients.
• Managing and training staff.
• Acquisition investigations of various companies and properties (e.g. Post Properties).

Mba, Finance

Ba, Accounting, Business