Visit Aurora is a 501(c)(6) Destination Marketing Organization (DMO) that creates, plans and implements sales, marketing, and public relations programs that attract conventions, trade shows, media, and leisure travelers into Aurora, Colorado.

Visit Aurora is the official destination marketing organization for the City of Aurora, Colorado and acts as the primary liaison between meeting planners and hotel partners. As Aurora’s convention and visitors bureau, Visit Aurora’s mission is grounded in showcasing Aurora as a premier destination for meetings, business, and leisure travel. Visit Aurora represents more than 65 hotel properties with 13,000+ guestrooms, and more than 1 million square feet of meeting space, including Colorado’s largest and newest resort, Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center.As Colorado’s third largest city, Aurora is located minutes away from Denver International Airport (DEN) and showcases mountain views, memorable meeting spaces and 250+ ethnic eateries that offer a unique experience for each and every visitor. As the Gateway to the Rockies, Visit Aurora’s role in the local community goes beyond marketing the city as a destination. The Visit Aurora team is here to assist you with your Colorado visit from facilitating your meeting, event, or convention to helping you discover local flavor and attractions. Contact one of our knowledgeable team members to start planning your next meeting, convention, or event in Aurora. http://www.visitaurora.com/about/meet-the-team/.

Providing special projects support, interim management, payroll and full-charge bookkeeping services.Principal Areas of Practice• Streamline and document procedures and policies• Accounting and payroll software implementation, conversion, and upgrade• Establish and maintain functional office management, accounting, and HR departments• Resolve backlogged and historical accounting issues, establishing systems to enable others to maintain record keeping and reconciliations up to date• General Ledger, Bank Reconciliations, Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Fixed Assets and Inventory• Financial reporting including general ledger, month-end, quarter-end, and year-end processes, reconciliations and financial statement preparation• Tax reporting in liaison with CPA and EA’s for sales/use, payroll, property and income/franchise for individual, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, partnership, and corporationRECENT MAJOR PROJECT:See the entry for The SAILS Group 11/2016 -04/2017 ADP Workforce Now v13 implementation and employee database quality control

ADP Workforce Now v13 implementation and employee database quality control• Implement ADP Workforce Now v13 across 7 companies with 550+ employees• Review and correct all employee ADP database inconsistencies found during implementation resulting in accurate payroll processing and statistical reporting• Develop consistent standards for validation tables and processing procedures resulting in accurate payroll information tracked by cost center and ready for Time & Attendance implementation• Create custom reports for quality control checks and train HR Director on use• Develop Excel workbook export/import procedure to transfer appointment time information from Code Metro NPA Works into ADP paydata batch resulting in increased payroll accuracy and reducing the need for manual paychecks• Train Payroll Manager on payroll process

Cherry Creek Media is the country's premier small market radio, events and digital marketing company.ADP Workforce Now – manage upgrade projects moving from v2 to v12 and ACA implementation• Correct all employee database inconsistencies found during ADP upgrade and implementation resulting in accurate open enrollment, labor statistics, insurance audits and payroll processing• Assist HR during change of insurance carriers and implement ACA insurance reporting requirements• Process employee garnishments, support orders, levies and liens to comply with court orders• Gather data from 13 radio station markets across 6 states and accurately process semi-monthly payroll runs for 300 +employees• Reconcile and upload FSA and HSA contributions to Discovery BenefitsAccounts Payable using Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains – upgrade from v10 to v12• Ensure GL codes are accurate, reconcile and process 250+ AP invoices per week for 13 radio station markets across 6 states resulting in accurate intercompany transactions and correctly paid vendors• Manage semi-monthly A/P check runs of 200+ checks

Salaried Professional Service provides long-term project consultants and staff augmentation.Major projects include:Staff Accountant – Savant Alaska – (Private) 08/2014 – 04/2015Professional, technical and integrated business operations for oil and natural gas exploration, development and production projects – North Slope Alaska with HQ in Castle Pines, CO• General staff accounting, AP, inventory reconciliation using OGSYS and custom inventory softwareSenior Accountant – JCR Capital – (Private) 05/2014 – 07/2014Alternative investment manager for mid-market commercial real estate sponsors – Denver, CO• Historical procedure discovery, full-charge bookkeeping, reconciliation using QuickBooks Pro and ExcelAP Administrator – Cherry Creek Media – (Private) 01/2014 – 04/2014Small market radio, events and digital marketing company. – HQ Greenwood Village, CO• Historical procedure discovery, AP processing and accounts reconciliation, procedure documentation using Microsoft Dynamics GP v10Interim Controller – Colorado Heights University – (Non-profit) 11/2013 – 01/2014CHU is a private, nonprofit, multicultural university– Denver, CO• Historical procedure discovery and documentation, bank reconciliation to general ledger variance correction using Microsoft Dynamics GP v10Interim Business Manager/Controller – Industrial Cooling Solutions Inc. – (Private) 05/2013–11/2013ICS engineers, develops and implements innovative industrial cooling tower systems – Lakewood, CO• Backlog handling, historical procedure discovery, full-charge bookkeeping, and Human Resources using QuickBooks Pro 2012 and ADP ResourcesSenior Accountant – Sceptre Hospitality Resources Inc. – (Public) 05/2013 – 05/2013SHR offers Hotel Reservation Systems and Booking Engines for hotels around the world – Greenwood Village, CO• Position transition and procedure documentation using Excel

Assignment via Accountemps (A Robert Half Company)Construction, cell tower upgradesStart-up company establishment using QuickBooks Enterprise (Contractors Edition)• Establish Administrative and Accounting departments in start-up. Implement QuickBooks Enterprise while production ramped up. As the company grew from 7 to 22 employees within 6 weeks I handled HR & Payroll; on-boarding 3 to 6 new staff members each week. Maintain accurate daily AP and cash accounts processing. Analyze and troubleshoot the information flow lines to establish communication of vital information to and from Executive, Production, Accounting and Human Resources departments.

Selected project accomplishments:• Accounting Department Triage Project: All accounting staff had given notice. I stabilized the department by retaining the AP clerk while personally handling AR and collections. Hired a new AR clerk, Purchasing clerk, a second AP clerk and a Vendor Relations Liaison. Meanwhile, I performed all Controller functions required including month-end closing, internal audits, tax returns, and financial statement preparation.Project Outcome: stabilized accounting department resulting in 150% revenue expansion within 6 mo.• Inventory Control Project: I identified specific transaction flow errors in the company’s custom manufacturing/distribution software that caused inventory duplication and deviation errors.Project Outcome: specific program and procedure corrections resulting in accurate inventory valuation