40 years of accounting experience, including all facets of accounting to include staff supervision, financial statement preparation , payroll, human resources, accounts payable and receivable, and managerial reporting. Don also has operated an accounting and consulting practice that has been servicing small business owners, primarily licensed contractors, assisting owners with licensing, compliance, insurance, taxation and operational issues. In addition, he has owned four restaurants in Arizona as well as a manufacturing company and a franchisor company. His experience over the past 40 years has been related to financial management at the executive level as well as strategic management and planning.