I explain complex concepts - simply.

John A.

I love to teach. My experience includes teaching and mentoring such diverse subjects as introductory accounting at the college level, tax and estate planning for personal financial planners, college Biology lab instructor, Tae Kwon Do, and swing dancing. I am also a screenwriter, playwright and lyricist and would love to help you with your scripts.

My strength is being able to quickly and accurately dissect complex situations, present analyses and solutions in a way that all audiences can understand and act upon. The breadth of my experience makes me aware of the marketing and organizational implications of my research as well as the technical accounting and tax issues involved. And having taught three teenage daughters how to drive, I've learned a lot about patience.

I am a CPA with an MBA in Taxation. I have broad industry experience "telling a story with numbers" - and discerning the story behind the numbers, in public practice as a CPA, as Controller of a real estate development company, doing corporate financial and strategic planning and as a litigation support analyst.

I've had to communicate many complex tax, financial and business analyses to all manner of audiences in a way that non-specialists can understand and act upon.

My business experience was gained as a CPA in public practice, a real estate syndicator, controller of a real estate development corporation, as a strategic planner for real estate services firms, a litigation support expert, and as a private consultant.

My teaching philosophy is straightforward – it is not my job to impress students with my knowledge, but to enhance theirs. To me, this is best done through the use of plain language, analogies and – when appropriate – humor. This is not to say that I view teaching is a “game”, but to a way to keep students engaged and receptive.