• Served as firm wide expert for income, estate tax and in bound international tax issues • Developed and maintained relationships with clients in a variety of industries, including agriculture, communications, real estate, construction, utility cooperatives, manufacturing, wholesale and retail • Assisted business owners with planning, budgeting, financial statement analysis, accounting processes and systems, human resources and income tax issues/planning• Managed work teams, practice units and operational processes• Managed CFO/controller functions for a large agribusiness operation, real estate development and rental operation and construction contractor retail operation• Presented training seminars on tax, accounting and business planning for clients and other professionals• Advised clients on business purchases and sales• Assisted clients with succession planning• Developed and implemented new processes and systems including employee evaluations, tax preparation, client acceptance criteria and coaching• Directed strategic planning processes and execution• Participated in marketing plan development, service menu planning and software conversion processes• Audited, reviewed and compiled financial statements • Provided litigation support services and expert witness testimony for attorneys in several successful lawsuits

Managed a complex budgeting process for $30MM+ software enterprise; performed financial analyses of various existing and new service/product lines

• Prepared and reviewed complex income and estate tax returns for clients• Managed work teams, departments and processes• Audited, reviewed and compiled financial statements • Researched complex accounting, payroll, and income tax issues and communicated findings to stakeholders• Presented seminars on tax, accounting and business planning for clients and professionals

Intern January - May 1988; Tax Specialist/Senior January 1989 - August 1990.• Prepared and reviewed complex income tax returns for clients• Researched complex income tax issues and communicated findings to stakeholders