Keoki Wallace Email & Phone Number

Sheridan, Wy, Us

Currently serving as CEO and in interim executive officer positions in the companies of our clients as we assist their companies through essential transformation. In my turnaround specialist capacity— I have assumed such roles as Chairman, CEO, President, Chief Compliance Officer, Managing Officer, CFO, CIO, CMO, General Counsel, Department Head, Forensic Accountant, Chief Investigating Officer, and Director of Public Relations. These assignments have been in the private, public, and government sectors and have involved collaborations with administrators, private equity firms, private investors, shareholders, regulators, and government agencies. Highlights include:• Led this company’s transformation from being a provider of direct, high-end, on-location transition work to providing online, digital business transformation programs that walk CEOs and business owners through the transition process themselves, inspired by the myriad problems arising from the COVID-19 shutdowns, increasing their ability to pivot quickly in response to any foreseen and unforeseen circumstances, whether they be ordinary or seismic in nature. • Used predictive analytics (using SAS, SPSS, and MAXQDA) to find patterns in data to design strategies to increase the efficiency and profitability of business enterprises.• Designed a digital training program for CFOs to assist in determining the most efficacious KPIs that are unique and provide usable benefits to individual organizations.• Analyzed data and trends surrounding client mergers and acquisitions, conducted research into possible acquisition targets, and then prepared and presented formal reports with recommendations for both mergers and acquisitions— including detailed client financial and tax implication scenarios.• Work as a fervent advocate for fostering a diverse and inclusive ecosystem where every individual's distinctive background, vantage point, and talents are celebrated, honored, and interwoven to propel innovation.

Sheridan, Wy, Us

Responsibilities, highlights, and accomplishments include:• Financial Strategy and Planning: Developed and executed comprehensive financial strategies that aligned with the company’s goals and objectives, including successful financial forecasting, budgeting, and cash flow management that led to improved financial stability and growth.• Cost Management and Efficiency: Optimized operational processes, negotiated favorable vendor contracts, and implemented cost-saving technologies to enhance the company's profitability.• Fundraising and Capital Management: Successful management of capital structure and fundraising efforts, including debt and equity financing, and managing relationships with investors and lenders.• Risk Management and Compliance: Maintained regulatory compliance, implemented effective risk management strategies, and ensured financial integrity.• Financial Reporting and Transparency: Streamlined the financial reporting processes, ensuring timely and accurate financial statements were produced, and effectively communicated financial performance to stakeholders.• Prepared company and client tax returns (Registered Tax Return Preparer): 1040, 1065, 1120, 1120-S, 941, and 990. • Quoted in an ABA article on CFOs.

Sheridan, Wy, Us

I have not only served as General Counsel for this company over the years but as General Counsel for many of our clients’ companies as well. My duties have gone beyond what is often assumed to be the field of law as I use my legal background and experience to promote this company and our clients’ companies economic well-being. Highlights and accomplishments include:• Authored the book "Mastering the Art of Business Planning: Unveiling Cutting-Edge Strategies for Researching, Analyzing, and Drafting Business Plans" to be published in the Fall of 2024.• Directed the strategic, financial, legal, and market analysis and due diligence for/against mergers & acquisitions in the public and private sectors.• Negotiated complex legal agreements with Disney for filming locations in compliance with native habitat, environmental, and other regulations.• Executed a successful "boots on the ground" strategy to secure building permits for an alternative energy complex in a challenging environment.• Turned around a struggling resort by increasing occupancy from 38% to 89% within one year while also raising daily room rates.• Built relationships with the film industry, sponsored Critics' Choice awards, and attracted major productions such as Pirates of the Caribbean, Hunger Games, and Forgetting Sarah Marshall to a resort, resulting in $6 million profit and a record-setting production spend.• Developed a strategic sales campaign that became a profit center under GAAP.• Authored the Hotel Liaison Certification course for the AFCL.

Assist in various capacities with accounting (financial statements and tax returns), location management, production management and/or accommodations for the following:Tulisa featuring Tyga's Live it Up video, Mythbusters, Cougar Town , The Amazing Race, Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked, Journey to the Mysterious Island, Pirates of the Caribbean on Stranger Tides, Battleship, Capital One America, Capital One Canada, Chipmunks, Descendents, Enlightened, Hawaii Five-0, Soul Surfer, Wedding Wars, Adrenaline Junkies, Contour (Infomercial), ESPN - HerStory (Bethany Hamilton Interview), Extra - Bethany Hamilton, Hammertime, Hawaiian Grown TV, 4 Wedding Planners (Knots), Living Local with the Baraquios, LOST, Soul Surfer, Sunrise Show - Ramsey Wharton, The Hills, Biggest Loser, Bonnie Kaye, CNN News, Flirting with 40, Knight Rider, Little Grass Shack, Rachael Ray, Special Delivery, The Informant, Total Gym (Infomercial), You May Not Kiss the Bride, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Heatstroke, Jenny Craig (Valerie Bertinelli), Keyshia Cole Heaven Sent Music Video, Newport Lending, The Bachelor, Tyrannosaurus Azteca, Best in Show: Oahu, Hawaii Dos and Don’ts, Las Vegas, Seido Japan, Stunt Junkies, The Big Break V: Hawaii, TI Why You Wanna Music Video, and Ultimate Survivor.Was named by Hawaii Film & Video Magazines as "Hawaii's 5th Film Commissioner" for my work in promoting the location for commercials, television shows, music videos, and major motion pictures.

Hauula, Hawaii, Us

Provide all accounting (financial statements and tax returns) and legal services required to account for and protect the owner's works. Half-Hearts Inc. was formed by Kealohilani, the "Author to the Echo Boomers"​, to administer the Half-Hearts Trilogy (books), the Half-Hearts movies (5 full-length motion pictures), and related merchandise. The Half-Hearts series represents a significant published work.

Heavily recruited as part of a restructuring and turn-around team, responsible for the corporate headquarters and oversight of four regional locations in the US. Created phenomenal success before COVID-19 shut down bars and arcades. Contract terminated by the Korean parent as all senior accounting, finance, and operation responsibilities were consolidated in Korea as a COVID-19 survival strategy. Highlights include:• Determined proper booking for sales involving leases to comply with ASC 842 (GAAP) and IFRS 16 (US Subsidiary uses GAAP and US financials were consolidated into parent's IFRS financials in Korea). Trained sales and accounting staff on proper procedures.• Conducted forensic accounting— investigated previous activity. • Directed year-end accounting, oversaw the annual audit, and coordinated the closing of the US unit's books and the upstream consolidation into the Korean parent, outpacing all deadlines.• Legally relocated the corporate office from California to Nevada, effective year-end 2019. Produced final tax returns on the old entity and transferred all assets, insurance, etc., to the new entity, saving at least 18% on total expenses per year.• Physically relocated the corporate office from California to Nevada. Directed all logistics while simultaneously overseeing financial operations of the largest tournament of the year, the Phoenix Cup.• Negotiated a new healthcare policy and program that resulted in increasing coverage and benefits, while simultaneously lowering costs.• Set up EIS and CRM systems, including sales tax and property tax situs tracking and customer help ticketing— including time and inventory tracking.• Developed new sales programs— including cash sales, rental programs, and lease options, with the new CEO. Led the marketing team to create new collateral, new logos, etc.• Arranged for participation in one of the largest global trade shows for the industry— developed critical business relationships at the event.

Laie, Hi, Us

Developed and taught the following courses: • BUSM 421 Integrated Marketing Communications: Creation of integrated marketing communications plans, including advertising, public relations, sales, sales promotions, internet, and word-of-mouth. A key outcome was the development of an integrated marketing communications plan as a small team project.• BUSM 320 Business Communication: Principles of effective communication, with an emphasis on written and oral business communication designed to inform, persuade, or demonstrate.• BUSM 308 Entrepreneurship Practicum: A practicum-oriented course requiring the establishment of student teams to plan, research, organize, start-up, run, and close an actual business. Taught business plan preparation and submission, pitching to investors and lenders (students had to do both), organization structures, market analysis, SWOT analysis, and financial analysis.• BUSM 301 Business Finance: Use and preparation of corporate financial analysis (GAAP), corporate governance (SOX), and data for strategic decision making. Emphasis on cash flow, risk and return, dividend policy, capital budgeting, working capital, discounted cash flows, inflation analysis, and financial statement analysis, using advanced Excel Spreadsheet techniques.• BUSM 242 Business Law and Ethics: Ethical foundation and the legal environment of business, GAAP, SOX, contracts, uniform commercial code related to sales, commercial paper and secured transactions, business organization, government regulations, property, bankruptcy, trusts, estates, insurance, basic torts, and taxation.• BUSM 232 Mathematics of Finance: Simple and compound interest, annuities and sinking funds, bonds, amortization schedules, applied business statistics, and other finance math-related topics using HP12C and Excel SpreadsheetsServed as a mentor to students preparing for business plan competitions. Judged other competitions. Served as a resource for marketing plan competitions.

Also served in CFO, General Counsel, and CMO positions in clients' companies. Highlights include successfully coordinating the financial analysis, accounting, legal and political process to obtain approvals for a 2,300-acre master-planned community, located within two counties and partially located on Indian Trust land, requiring approvals from both counties, the state, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Worked with banks and investors to obtain approval for and fund a $15,000,000 special improvement district bond to cover the costs of the initial project infrastructure and a $9,000,000 bridge loan to fund initial startup costs.Dealt with image and public relations issues by working with community groups, church groups, business groups, city planners, zoning administrators, city councils, and mayors to establish relationships.Submitted 10k and 10q filings to the SEC for life insurance subsidiaries using complicated financial analysis and advanced statistics, prepared annual reports for shareholders, prepared special reports for the Board of Directors, oversaw all litigation, and was responsible for compliance and licensing in all 50 states for insurance and mortgage banking.Prepared and submitted all the required materials for two large acquisitions (M&A), an upstream merger, and a subsequent name change. This required approval from all the banking and insurance commissioners from all the states, plus the Securities and Exchange Commission. Completed the process within six months.Created a legal strategy in an eminent domain proceeding involving the taking of frontage of a cemetery to widen the road using old railroad cases and added extensive financial analysis of the possible loss of business, which resulted in a settlement for the company 25 times greater than the commercially appraised value and offers submitted by the State when the case was filed.Designed and produced brochures and information packages for diverse stakeholders.

Houston, Texas, Us

Worked for Lorance & Thompson (headquartered in Houston, TX) and Dominguez & Talamante (headquartered in Phoenix, AZ). Investigated, developed, and assisted in the prosecution of civil fraud cases involving real estate, partnership, and banking issues using traditional torts as well as civil RICO as private counsel under contract to the United States of America (arising from the Savings and Loan Crisis). General practice involved mostly corporate, partnership, business transactions, and taxation. Developing work with IFRS.

Washington, Dc, Us

Conducted the financial analysis (FP&A) to value, package, and market assets for sale, found buyers, negotiated favorable contracts, and then closed them. Worked with loan servicing teams to transfer and sell servicing rights. Directed the work of attorneys, accountants, asset managers, and other professionals in order to preserve assets and maximize recoveries.

Arlington, Va, Us

I was recruited by a lawyer friend who was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Air National Guard. Because of my existing language skills (Italian) and my language aptitude scores, I was encouraged to join and did join, Company A, 142d Military Intelligence Battalion, 300th Military Intelligence Brigade (Linguist) scheduled for DLI for Bulgarian and then assigned to the Bulgarian Section (also assisted the Italian Section) at Fort Douglas., UtahMOS trained to supervise and conduct interrogations and debriefings.Trained to guide subordinate soldiers; review and edit translations of foreign documents and material for accuracy and completeness; screen, assess, and debrief refugees and defectors to fulfill strategic intelligence requirements; debrief US prisoner of war returnees and other friendly sources to obtain information for military intelligence; prepare IIR's; interpret foreign language and ensure the accurate exchange of statements, ideas, and intent; direct the conduct of interrogation, translation, and interpretation functions; assist in directing counterintelligence force source protection operations; edit interrogation reports, translation reports, and IIR's; monitor interrogations and translations for accuracy and completeness; determine requirements for summary, extract, or complete translations of documents.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, With Distinction, Business Management With A Specialization In Finance And An Emphasis In Accounting

Doctor Of Law - Jd, Law

Interrogator (96C1L)

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Finance

High School