BUSINESS BY NUMBERS - Key Persons
Born in Edmonton, Brent Melnyk attended Grant MacEwan University. In 2011, after completing his first year in the Arts Program, Brent came on-board working with the BBN team. He was quickly converted into a striving accountant! Brent switched into the Bachelor of Commerce program, majoring in Accounting, and never looked back! In 2015, Brent graduated from Grant MacEwan University and is now pursuing his CPA designation.
Carmen is married with two amazing children and three gorgeous grandchildren. Carmen loves providing solutions thru bookkeeping services along with data entry, bank and credit card reconciliations, payroll, monitoring cashflow and more for several of BBN's clients. Carmen has been proudly working for Business By Numbers since 2010.
Iris Evans, Office of the Minister
Alberta Finance and Enterprise
Acknowledgment on "Empowering Families for Financial Health" and Financial Literacy work in the Community
Kim Deep is a successful entrepreneur, author, facilitator and Financial Empowerment Advocate. She has over 30 years' experience in the accounting industry, and has been involved in professional and personal workshop development and delivery since 2005. She's passionate about financial literacy and is involved in many related projects, including with the Edmonton Financial Empowerment Collaborative and the United Way/ATB's Empower U initiative. Kim loves to travel, play sports, write and spend quality time with her family as part of her "down" time.
Kim Deep, CBA, BA is a successful entrepreneur, author, and financial empowerment advocate. She has over 30 years experience in the accounting industry, with 20 of those years as a CMA/CPA (Certified Management Accountant/Chartered Public Accountant). As an avid learner and educator, Kim has also been involved in professional and personal workshop development and delivery since 2005.
She founded Business By Numbers Ltd in December 2007 from her passion to help business owners and individuals learn about money, and how to make it work for them so they can live a lifestyle of choice. Through developing The Pain-Free Accounting Process, which can be applied to all types of companies and industries, Kim has grown her accounting services business into a global operation with Number Ninjas and team members serving clients through offices in Edmonton, Alberta, and Mexico.
Kim is a published author and the first of her children's financial book series, "Conductor Kash and the Prosperity Express", teaches money management: a skill that is useful for all ages. She has also published multiple articles and has been featured in publications with respect to women and money.
Kim has been featured on the cover of the CPA Canada Magazine and has been a keynote speaker for CPA Alberta's annual professional conference (formerly CMA Alberta). Also from 2013 to 2017, Kim was appointed a Financial Literacy Edmonton Area leader for Alberta with the CPA Canada Community Connects program, "Financial Decisions Matter", to help with the delivery of Financial Literacy education to the community.
Pat is the guy you will hopefully never see if all the technology stuff is working OK. Coming to Alberta from Toronto, Ontario, Pat is a wonderful husband and devoted father of three amazing children. He has over 40+ years experience in Information Technology and has been an integral part of the Business By Numbers team since 2012. When Pat isn't working to keep all the tech stuff running smoothly at BBN, he can be seen hitting the gym, going for a walk or investigating all the new technical tools and strategies available.
Shelby went to Grant MacEwan University for Design and Photography. She joined the Business By Numbers team in November 2008 and enjoys working with clients and learning new ways to help people improve their business. Shelby has two businesses of her own and understands the needs and wants of business owners, to help provide accurate and usable information.
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