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Kansas City, Mo, Us

Enrolled Agent and Master Tax AdvisorSupervise and manage 2 small tax offices of 15 tax preparers and advisors preparing simple to complex U.S. and Non-resident tax returns for individuals and corporations.Representation services for tax payers before the IRS. Provide tax education and financial services to individuals and businesses.Specializing in International Tax, 1040NR, 1040, Schedule C, Schedule E, Military, Non-Profit, and Small Business tax returns including: LLC, Partnerships, Sole Proprietorships, S-Corps, C-Corps, International. Provide advise and assistance with designing international tax equalization and tax treaty coordination.

New York City, New York, Us

Provide HR Solutions for entrepreneurs, start up businesses, and companies with 500 or less employees.Expertice with HR Operations and compliance, Immigration, expatriate management, and cross boarder tax solutions.Helping the worlds enterepreneurs to startup and establish offshore businesses within the United States.Business immigration services including treaty trader and treaty investor visas.I-9'sE-verifyEmployee tax equalization and double tax avoidance

Board member, Corporate Lead, Corporate Due Diligence and Governance for a start up non-prescription, health and beauty products and medical equipment and supply company, having a business model that includes both wholesale business to business and retail business to consumer operations.

An elected Pro-bono positions accountable to the President of the Board and association community member. Provides oversight and monitoring of the Association Property manager's conduct of book keeping and fiduciary duties. Reviews, monitors and recommends corrections to the financial statements. Ensures the annual financial audit is conducted as prescribed by state law. Participates as a member of the community budget committee. Reviews the annual budget to ensure it is within the constraints of the by-laws and state law. Monitors the reserve and operating budgets to guard against misapplication and ensure proper levels are maintained. Interacts with the board members and community members to ensure fiduciary responsibilities are met and the interests of the community are served.

New York, Ny, Us

SR HR Consultant for development of curriculum and training women entrepreneurs to start and grow their businesses Development of training HR Systems and Processes, Employment Law, compliance, compensation, and benefits.Lead innovative assessment program establishing bench marks for entrepreneurial success and developmental process enabling success and high achievementHR Internal Audit and Work Force Management LeadBusiness Loan Risk Assessment Modeling and Business Loan Processing

An appointment by the U.S. Treasury. Participated in and lead research and discussion groups to provide recommendations that affect public policy to the Internal Revenue Service, and through the director to the U.S. Congress.The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel (TAP) is an advisory body established by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463 to provide direct citizen input to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to help the Service improve its programs and procedures. Term expires by law after 3 years, in November 2010.The Taxpayer Advocacy Panel listens to taxpayers, identifies taxpayers’ issues and makes recommendations for improving IRS service and customer satisfaction. The Panel, which is an ethnically-diverse body comprised of 100 civic-minded citizen volunteers from all walks of life representing each state, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, provides a national forum for taxpayers to make their voices heard and to help identify “grass roots” tax issues of importance to taxpayers. The TAP also works with the Taxpayer Advocate Service and IRS operating divisions to identify issues that will benefit from citizen input and the operating divisions also utilize the TAP to gain pre-decisional input on recommendations regarding key program changes that affect taxpayers.

Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Nl

Consultant and International Assignment Team Lead Provided strategic guidance for immigration related merger and acquisitionDeveloped and implemented policy and process for immigration complianceProvided direction, guidance and coordinated acquisition and RFP process for international third party resourcingCoordinated global movement of employees on 4 continents in support of common international corporate projects driving global changeParticipated in strategic international business discussions and made recommendations for continuing business development and Caribbean international tax issues.

Princeton, New Jersey, Us

.Managed Global Compensation Operations and employee rewards, In a drug development services company with annual revenues greater than 1 billion dollars, and global operations in 17 countries, having 6,700 employees worldwide. Duties and responsibilities included but were not limited to: worldwide immigration and expatriate processes, employee relations, equity compensation, and International recruiting and staffing support in the United States, Europe, Australia and Asia.• Lead development and implementation of global relocation policy incorporating cost saving programs. • Lead development and implementation of state of the art web based international relocation and training programs setting new industry standard.

New Brunswick, Nj, Us

Provided executive management consulting services for development of Global Centers of Excellence as part of the Johnson & Johnson HR Excellence initiative.

Irvine, Ca, Us

In a global semiconductor company with annual revenues in excess of 354 million dollars, and more than 1250 employees in 8 countries, dedicated to research, development, and fab-less manufacturing of single solution DSL and operating system chip sets. Reporting to Senior VP of Human Resources, managed corporate international relocation, international training management, worldwide immigration, expatriate programs, diversity & employee relations, and compensation and benefits, staffing, and talent retention. Wrote and implemented corporate international immigration and relocation policies, provisional marketing plan, and official corporate correspondence; Arbitrated with the NLRB and Special Council; Corporate lead for talent retention and employee relations during merger and acquisition. Vendor management of attorney’s and international relocation services companies.

A bargaining unit position working with the Teamsters and PBA, reported to General Manager and Chief of Operations. Managed union and non-union training and employee benefit programs. Ensured compliance with COBRA, FMLA, & HIPPA, FLSA, and EEO. Advised senior management on bargaining unit issues related to employment law, and overtime. Negotiated contract issues with teamsters and PBA union members. Developed employee training programs. • Saved more than $50,000 dollars by recommending action and remedies to senior management for labor complaints. Results: Arbitration team successfully negotiated overtime grievances and avoided costly settlements, work stoppages or appeals. • Developed and implemented health benefits recovery plan; Results: recovered health insurance rate stabilization fund; recovered health insurance deductibles for employee plans; developed statistical utilization base reducing health insurance costs by more than 15%.

U.S. Military Veteran with assignments world wide including Vietnam, Germany, Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Surinam South America, and Alaska. Served with Joint Task forces in Suriname and with the U.S. Marine Corps in Vietnam. Was assigned to U.S. Army Special forces for 2 years. A war Veteran of both Vietnam and Desert Storm. Held Positions of: Special Forces Medic, Medical Operations, and Health care facility management for Hospital Based Out-patient care clinics, occupational Health, and community health clinics. Served as NCO Academy Instructor and Commandant.

Master’S Degree, Accounting And Finance

Msa, Adminisration And Human Resouces

Bs, Social Sciences

Aa, General Management