Karena Sylvester, CPA
Education
Karena earned a Bachelors Degree in International Business from Adrian College in 1990 and minored in French. She took twenty four additional hours of accounting at Hawaii Pacific University in 1992-1993. Karena earned her CPA license in Missouri in 1998; she currently has an active Indiana CPA license.
Experience
Karena spent four years in private accounting which included two years as the assistant controller of a construction consulting firm in Hawaii and two years as the accounts receivable manager at a manufactured parts distributor in Omaha, Nebraska. Karena next spent four and a half years in public accounting working as a Staff Accountant. In June of 2001 Karena started her own public accounting firm and has never looked back.
Specialties
Karena is responsible for the firm’s:
- Bookkeeping
- QuickBooks support
- Accounting
Karena is a member of both the AICPA and the Indiana CPA Society.
Mike Sylvester, CPA/ABV
Education
Mike is a veteran of the United States Navy and graduated from Naval Electronics “A” School, Naval Nuclear Power School, and Naval Nuclear Plant Operations Prototype in 1991. Mike became a Journeyman Electrician in 1999. Mike received an Associates Degree of Applied Science in Industrial Maintenance from Ivy Tech in 2003. Mike earned a Bachelors Degree in Business with a specialty in Accounting from Indiana University in 2006. Mike is an IPFW Lawson Scholar and a member of Beta Gamma Sigma, a national honorary for business.
Experience
Mike has fifteen years of industrial experience including six years as an electronics technician on a nuclear powered submarine, two years as a mechanical equipment operator in a civilian nuclear power plant, three years as a journeyman electrician in a multi-function steel mill, and four years as the maintenance manager of a manufacturing, assembly, packaging, and warehousing facility. Mike joined the firm full-time in August of 2004.
Specialties
Mike is responsible for the firm’s:
- Business Valuations
- Business Consulting Services
- Tax Planning and Preparation
Mike is a member of both the AICPA and the Indiana CPA Society. Mike is accredited in business valuation by the AICPA.
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