E.S. has 15+ year of financial analysis, business operations, and business development experience for both a mid-size private company and a large publicly traded financial institution. After a brief career sabbatical, she is looking to add value to a mission-driven company and brings expertise business process improvement, financial analysis and modeling, budgeting, market research, feasibility analysis, contracts management, and corporate due diligence. From 2011-2019, E.S. held progressively responsible roles with a large commercial bank. She analyzed the financial and operational performance of middle market ($50MM-$1B) for-profit and non-profit organizations, developing relationships with C-suite external clients and internal partners. She also led a regional internal consultancy across 4 states and 8 lending offices, focusing on business development and using market and financial analytics to make sales conversation meaningful. E.S. received “Shared Success” and “Positive Participator” awards in recognition of teamwork, partnership and best practice dissemination. From 2002-2010, E.S. was Development Specialist/Business Analyst with Bojangles’ Restaurants, a 500+ franchise restaurant development company, with responsibilities over M&A due diligence, franchise and lease contracts management, business process improvement, financial and operational analysis, budgeting, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, and regulatory compliance. E.S. was again recognized by senior management for facilitating due diligence related to corporate acquisition by a private equity firm and increasing efficiencies through development and implementation of a contracts management/reporting system to support real-time factual decision making. E.S. holds an MBA from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and MS in International Business from Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University. She is bilingual in English and Russian.

• 15+ years of purchase order, invoicing, contracts, administration, and HR experience working in fast-paced, deadline-driven business environments. Seeking to transition to a dedicated bookkeeping/accounting role. Completed intensive, 15-week Accounting for Small Business Certificate Program through Merrimack College in June 2021, including training in general accounting principles, Excel, QuickBooks, and managerial accounting.
• Currently working for small homebuilder managing purchase orders and working with vendors to resolve issues.
• Purchasing Administrator at K Hovnanian Homes (2015-2020). Started on short-term project and earned permanent promotion. Responsible for purchase order delivery and accuracy for purchasing, sales and production departments (covering four divisions in multiple states). Successfully sustained 95.5% on-time delivery and accuracy rate. Managed purchasing database, 300+ customer accounts, and over $4M in invoices. Managed contract change process, responded to vendor inquiries, and spearheaded conversion from paper filing to e-filing for 300 Trade Partners in 5 weeks.
• HR Generalist at Union Homes Savings & Loans (2007-2013), a 700-employee mortgage company in Lagos, Nigeria. Responsible for payroll, on-boarding, employee relations, recruiting support, relocation benefits coordination, and records maintenance.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite (advanced Excel), HRIS software, purchase order software, and QuickBooks.
• Masters, Human Resource Management, Middlesex University, London, UK and BS, Psychology, University of Lagos, Nigeria. Certification in Small Business Accounting, Merrimack College, 2021.

K.B. is a seasoned writer with nearly 30 years of experience in drafting concise and eye-catching copy for patients, healthcare professionals, and the general public. She has a particular expertise in health and social communications and has written for pharmaceutical, non-profit, and government clients. As a freelance professional for the last 15 years, K.B. has drafted blogs, white papers, and press materials. She is an accomplished ghostwriter and has helped everyday people write and publish their life stories. Additionally, she is proficient in conducting in-depth interviews and scoring the subsequent data. Prior to beginning her consulting career, K.B. served as an Associate Vice President for a health communications firm, where she regularly contributed her editorial skills to the National Institutes of Health and other healthcare clients. K.B. has a Bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Michigan.

M.Z. has 15+ years of account management, business development, sales support, marketing, and project management experience across a range of companies.  She is currently working as an independent contractor providing marketing, business writing, and sales services, primarily to start-ups and small businesses.  From 2009-2018, she led a 10-person Customer Success/Account Management team at a medical education company, growing a product line from $2M to $10M.  She also provided sales support to a 20-person sales team, including developing sales presentations, giving product demos, and writing proposals.  Prior to that, she managed a team responsible for over 100 accounts and $12M in revenue.  She is an advanced user of Microsoft Office, G-Suite and proficient in Salesforce and HubSpot.  She has an MBA from the University of Michigan and BA from Duke University.

S.L. is a Controller-level finance professional with 25+ years of accounting experience, including 18+ years of experience managing accounting teams in companies with revenues of up to $750M. Since 2019, he has been an Independent Consultant providing Controller level services to mid-sized enterprises. Prior to consulting, S.L. worked  for a growing architecture & engineering government contractor from 2010-2019, where he was promoted to Controller. From 2006-2010, S.L. worked for a $750M publicly-traded healthcare company initially as an Accounting Manager and then as a Manager in within a newly established Financial Planning & Analysis department. Prior experience includes working for a large public accounting firm and a pharmaceutical distribution firm during multiple acquisitions and integrations. He has strong proficiency in MS Excel as well as proficiency in several accounting softwares platforms, including MS Dynamics 365, JAMIS, Deltek Vision, Quickbooks, and SAP. S.L. has a BS in Accounting from University of Maryland Global Campus as well as a BS in Consumer Economics from University of Maryland. He has an active CPA.

L.S.R. is a business development/fundraising and marketing professional who is re-entering the workforce after years of actively supporting several local nonprofits in marketing and outreach. Most recently, L.S.R. has held leadership roles in the National Charity League Cherry Blossom Chapter (NCL), including serving as a Board Member and Philanthropic Liaison with two local nonprofits, the Wolf Trap Foundation and Joey Pizzano Memorial Fund.  From 2011-2017, L.S.R. volunteered with the Catholic Youth Organization Tennis Program and was asked to run the tennis program for two schools, doubling the size of the program. Prior to her career break, At Advocate Charitable Foundation, LSR helped to create a Planned Giving Office for Advocate Health Care. She created and implemented the marketing program for the Planned Giving Office. She was quickly promoted and assumed oversight responsibilities during the search for a new VP of Planned Giving. She has an MBA from George Washington University specializing in NPO Management and Marketing and a Bachelors from Indiana University.

W.C. is a WordPress developer with 12 years of experience with web development/graphic design for small businesses as well as large enterprise organizations. He is currently a Website Consultant and Video Editor for a real estate company. From 2013-2015, he was a Developer for a large media company, and served as liaison between the engineering team and brand managers. From 2011-2013, he was part of the core development team for a global news organization. In both positions, he was responsible for building responsive WordPress child themes, developing custom plugins and extending existing ones, and redesigning and updating website graphics. From 2006-2011, he worked for a small NYC startup, building dynamic web-based applications for small businesses. Since 2000, he has been managing a small record label and mail order operation where he handles everything from e-commerce, product design, distribution, and promotion. He has advanced proficiency in PHP, Javascript/jQuery, CSS, HTML, and Photoshop. He has a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.

• Design professional seeking to transition into UX UI design career after recently completing an extensive, full-time boot camp in UX UI Design.
• Developed wireframes and prototypes as part of the design and testing of a new podcast business model for a growing startup.
• Experienced user of several industry tools, including Adobe XD, Sketch, Miro, and Invision.
• MBA from Florida Atlantic University and a UX UI Design Certification from Flatiron School.
• Pay Rate: $TBD.  Schedule: 25–35 hours/week

D.Z. is a PMP-certified Business/Systems Analyst with 20+ years experience working for a Fortune 500 company in global supply chain management. From 2015-2020, she supported the transition of a global scheduling tool to a web-based application for 600+ employees. She also managed the transition from legacy to SAP order fulfillment, resolving 95% of data errors to ensure a smooth transition. From 2000-2015, she simplified the scheduling rules setup saving processing time, provided requirements to automate the software revenue recognition process, transitioned executive revenue highlights to a global application, and supported a major divestiture. From 1995-2000, she played in integral role in migrating scheduling to a global application by maintaining a task plan, executing test cases, and providing pre- and post- implementation support. She is proficient in SQL query writing. D.Z. has a BS degree from Bridgewater State University and a Project Management certification from George Washington University.

M.R. is a business operations and client relationship management professional with 10+ years of experience working for a big-four Public Accounting firm. From 2004-2019 he worked for Pricewaterhouse Coopers, he coordinated with 5 cross-functional tax teams, performing a wide-range of administration and project management functions. He prepared engagement contracts and statement of work agreements, tracked compliance and budgets, and managed accounts with revenue exceeding $50K in Salesforce. Additionally, he coordinated 300+ tax correspondences quarterly, processed corporate and individual tax returns, gathered tax information, updated project status, maintained confidential tax data through Sharefile, and prepared client deliverables. Prior to his, M.R. worked for Pitney Bowes for 8+ years, where he was promoted to Customer Service Manager. At Pitney Bowes, he managed the distribution of workload among employees, set department objectives, trained 22 employees using the Total Quality Management (TQM) process. and monitored and trained employees through subsequent performance analysis for organizational efficiency.  He has a Bachelors from George Mason University and certificates in business management, eCommerce and Marketing from NVCC.