***CURRENT PROJECT***Catastrophe Claims Adjuster - Hurrican Helene, North CarolinaAs long as I can remember I've been involved with emerging businesses, whether during launch, in management or supporting! My multi-skilled, multi-disciplined background, spans over three decades win real-world experience with which to serve your organization.Startups and SME's are busy running a growing company and often, place more importance on customer acquisition and sales growth, and less on taxes, bookkeeping and mundane corporate compliance. I work with clients such as these to deliver meaningful results to their operations and bottom line.I advise and guide clients on tax-related matters to ensure compliance with tax laws and minimize tax liability. In support of this ongoing function, we specialize in bookkeeping cleanups, Quickbooks maintenance, and financial reporting to maintain readiness for short-term funding needs or strategic financial growth events. We save clients money through our agile remote accounting operation that requires limited input from management.Some call it outsourced accounting... I call it running lean. When you can harness the experience and horsepower of over 30 bookkeepers and 10 highly trained tax professionals to help with everything including day-to-day bookkeeping, payroll management, invoicing, and related financial matters that's just good business. Ancillary offerings to SMEs include corporate setup including LLC formations, corporate maintenance and governance, licensure and compliance, non-complex insurance strategies, and general management of internal processes and operational efficiency. I also help clients navigate registration and certification for Small Businesses, Minority-Owned Businesses, or Disadvantaged Businesses.Recognized as a "Top 40 under 40" Executive in 2008, I was credited for launching the first branded chia seed line in the U.S. Largely influential in educating the LOHAS market about chia seed's health benefits and pioneered "Virgin Chia Oil" and "Diabetic Safe Chia bars." Grew 0 to 4M in four years with strong profitability while partnering with every major health retailer and winning multiple awards for distribution efforts, branding recognition, and innovation in our field.A native Californian, I launched a tech distributorship in '96 growing 0 to 3.4M in under four years. Repeated success in '00 with "Supply Net", online IT Sales platform growing from 0 to 3.2M in under three years, and in '04, launched a nutritional B-to-C "NutriCell" followed in '05 with launch of; "Ancient Naturals"