John has dedicated himself over the last twenty years to creating best practice Bookkeepers drawing on his background in training, technology and business. After commencing his career as a Commerce Teacher he spent 15 years in the classroom before taking on a Regional Consultancy position with the Victorian Education Department followed by managing the Scho ol Administrative Computing Unit which developed a computerised accounting package for all Victorian schools. He then moved into Private Enterprise working for Kambrook, ICL and Labtam in the computer divisons.John established his own computer training college – Taskforce Training working with many small business owners and writing training manuals he also became the first externally appointed Principal to a Self Governing School in Victoria – Concord School. One of his clients was the Jim’s Group and after being asked to present a number of training sessions to their National Conferences he decided to take on a Jim’s Division – Jim’s Bookkeeping to service the growing demand of support to small businesses using the well tested Jim’s Franchising model.John sold the National rights in April 2013 and walked away from the Jim's Bookkeeping Franchise in 2018.John is actively involved in developing the bookkeeping industry though his involvement as a Director of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers. John was part of the Expert Working Group of the National Skills Council (IBSA) which developed the current FNS10 course of Certificate IV Bookkeeping which is now the required standard for BAS Agents in Australia. John also sits on the Tax Practitioners Board Advisory Forum and attends the ATO's BAS Agents Advisory Group BASAAG. His latest efforts have been on improving the financial governance in voluntary organizations such as Landcare and increasing client access to current business information using cloud accounting.John has formed a new consortium (FRM Consulting) made up of IT, Financial Service Advisors and Accountants to offer disruptive solutions to legacy systems using modern automated technology.