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COUNSELOR PROFILES

We spotlight this section because who our counselors are and what they bring to our clients are our chapter's greatest assets. Throughout 2008 we will be expanding the content of this section so that the community can get to know our counselors better.

Summaries of the extensive experience of our counselor's are shown in alphabetical order below.   We are proud of the accomplishments of our colleagues, their enthusiasm for the SCORE mission and their commitment to help each client to reach for success regardless of where they start when they walk in the door.

Expanded Profile for Bryan Coulter

Expanded Profile for Peter Stevens

BOND, JERRY DWAYNE
STRATEGIC PLANNING (12 yrs)
1.  Office Management
2.  Budgeting
3.  Office Support
4.  Business Plans
5.  Credit/collections
6.  Training
7.  Management
8.  Marketing
BOYD, ROBERT
ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK (25 yrs)
1.  Finance
2.  Financial Analysis
3.  Credit/Collection
4.  Acquisition/Liquidation
5.  Real Estate
 
CHRISTOFFERSON, KENT
MADISON COLOURS
SAGEHILL FARMS, INC.
1.  Administration
2.  Finance
3.  Financial Analysis
4.  Business Start-Ups
5.  Leasing
6.  Management
7.  Retail Trade (Clothing/Apparel)
8.  Purchasing

CLARK, LARIE KENT
PILOT, AIRLINE CAPTAIN TWA, NCA (37 yrs) 
WHOLESALE OPTICAL (27+ yrs)
SWIM & RACQUET CLUB (18 yrs)
DEVELOPED STRIP MALLS/CENTERS-BARCELONA PLACE
1.  Transportation
2.  Human Resources/Training
3.  Business Plans/Start-Ups 
 

COULTER, BRYAN R.
INTERMOUNTAIN FARMERS ASSOCIATION (28 yrs)
VP of Retail Operations
1.  Retail
2.  Wholesale
  Marketing/Advertising
4.  Budget/Recordkeeping
5.  Personnel
6.  Business Plans

"I like the people I meet.  It's fun to see the entrepreneurs and listen to their ideas.  It's rewarding to point clients in a helpful direction and exciting to see where they end up.  We save clients time when they don't have to look so long and hard for information on how to get into business.  We save them money by helping them decide that maybe they're not ready to go into business.

Clients need an organized way to go into business or how to conduct business in an existing business on a daily basis.  A SCORE counselor helps a client with a business plan, financial plan and management practices.  Sometimes a counselor is just a sympathetic third party sounding board.  It's still their decision to do research or move forward on their own.  When a client shows determination in doing their research, you know they will bring that determination to running their business.

I listen and go through a checklist to make sure a client has asked and covered financial and legal issues in their planning.  I like to help clients go through a good business plan from start to finish.  I talk to them about their marketing, how they get products to the marketplace and their pricing.  It is fun to see them get a hold of the basics of accounting like the general ledger and how that ties to an income statement.  They don't know how easy it can be to keep records for tax pruposes and tracking performance."

CROWLEY, JUSTIN
BANKING (11 yrs)--World Financial Capital Bank, Associates Capital Bank, Morgan Stanley Bank
MORTGAGE SERVICING (4 yrs)
SELECT PORTFOLIO SERVICING
1.  Financial Analysis
2.  Budgeting 
3.  Management/Administration
4.  Accounting

DERAEDT, MICHAEL
OWNER, INDEPENDANT AGENCY (12 yrs)
OWNER,INSURANCE AGENCY (1 yr)
OWNER, QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER (4 yrs)
HERCULES AEROSPACE (10 yrs)
1.  Benefits
2.  Financial & Business Planning 
3.  Quality Assurance
4.  Insurance

ELLINGTON, STANLEY
UNITED 4 EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT (U4ED)
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BLACK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
1.  Consulting
2.  Production Management
3.  Administration
4.  General Management
5.  Project Management
6.  Labor Relations
7.  Human Resources
FITZGERALD, NORMAN
U.S. MARINE CORP. - Self-Employed
1.  Financial Analysis
2.  Product Engineering
3.  Budget/Recordkeeping 
4.  General Cost Accounting
5.  R.E.
FRANCOM, J. ALAN
MONTGOMERY WARD (33 yrs)
1.  Retail
2.  Training/Service
3.  Public Relations
4.  Marketing/Advertising
5.  Purchasing
6.  Training
7.  Management
8.  Marketing
GRUNANDER, EDWARD R.
SEARS ROEBUCK & COMPANY (33 yrs)
1.  Retail
2.  Public Relations
3.  Marketing/Sales
4.  Promotions/Advertising
5.  Purchasing
7.  Personnel

HILL, JOHN
ATTORNEY/LOBBYIST (11 yrs)
NON-PROFIT ASSOCIATION MANAGEMENT (11 yrs)
AMERICAN STORES - Executive Management (3 yrs)
1.  Law
2.  Association Management/Law
3.  Service
4.  Research & Development
5.  Public Relations
6.  Marketing/Sales
7.  Promotions/Advertising
8.  Retail

KLASS, STEVE
KLASS STRATEGIES MANAGEMENT CONSULTING (15 yrs)
STATE OF UTAH (13 yrs)
1.  Start-Ups
2.  Research
3.  Planning
4.  Non-Profit
5.  Government Contracts
6.  Project Management
7.  Strategic Plans
8.  Marketing

KUDALE, JAG
NORBEST TURKEY
ALPHAGRAPHICS
U.S.D.C.
1.  Retail Trade
2.  Food & Hospitality
3.  Financial Analysis
4.  Banking
5.  Business Start-Ups
6.  Budgeting
7.  Sales
8.  Management

LIBBY, BRUCE C., Ph.D.
ALLIANCE OF BEHAVIORAL PROVIDERS (2 yrs)
HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM (5 yrs)
HUMAN AFFAIRS INTERNATIONAL  (3 yrs)
METROPOLITAN CLINICS (14 yrs)
1.  Healthcare/Medical
2.  Research & Development 
3.  Management
4.  Educational Services

LYON, SCOTT
SMALL CONTRACTOR (8 yrs)
ACCTING/PROJECT MGMT CONTRACTORS SOFTWARE (25 yrs)
1.  Sales & Marketing
2.  Computer & Data
3.  Advertising 
4.  Computer & Office Equipment
5.  Construction

MARK, MARY
MARY H. MARK & ASSOCIATES 
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH MEDICAL CENTER (10 yrs)
HEALTH CARE INNOVATION (2 yrs)
1.  Administration
2.  Consulting
3.  Health Care
4.  Management
5.  Marketing
6.  Business Planning
7.  Training

MORTENSEN, BRUCE E., CPA
WILLIAMS (21 yrs)
RECAPTURE CONSULTING (6 yrs)
INTELIANT CORP (1 yr)
1.  Auditing
2.  Accounting
3.  Cash Flow 
4.  Financial Planning
6.  Corp. Budgets

*******SPEAKS AND WRITES FLUENT PORTUGUESE AND LESS FLUENT SPANISH

A lot of people shiver when you mention April 15th but Bruce Mortensen has it circled on his calendar every year. As an accounting and tax professional, Bruce has over 30 years of experience helping clients get 1040’s and K-1’s into the mail complete and on time. In addition to working as a CPA, Bruce also holds the designation as a Certified Internal Auditor and is an expert at finding and solving accounting problems.

While most accountants find that their jobs keep them indoors, Bruce is an avid outdoorsman. In his spare time Bruce can be found fly fishing on some of Northern Utah’s blue ribbon streams or catching local athletic events around the Salt Lake Area. It might surprise a lot of people to learn that Bruce used to be a river runner for a commercial company on the Colorado River, and a Ski Patrolman for the Intermountain Ski Patrol
 
We wondered how SCORE was able to recruit this great resource. “Keith Perry, a fellow counselor at SCORE talked to me a year ago about working at SCORE. As I thought about it, I decided that this was a way to give back to the community by helping those who need information and encouragement to start a business.” Among the things that Bruce enjoys while working with clients is “To see the people being counseled find the information they need to get started with their businesses or to get answers for ongoing problems with their business.”

 

NIELSEN, JOEL
PATRIOT FINANCIAL (9 yrs)
1.  Administrationt
2.  Start-Ups
3.  Marketing 
4.  Consulting
5.  Business Plans
6.  Sales
PALZA, GONZALO
CENTRO de la FAMILIA de UTAH (501c3)
OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY (Venezuela & Florida) (18 yrs)
1.  Management
2.  Financial Analyst
3.  International Trade 
4.  Business Plans
5.  Credit/Collections
6.  Non-Profit Management
 

PERRY, KEITH
GENERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS – Owner (30 years)
GENERAL THEATRICAL SUPPLY – President (28 years)
U
NIVERSAL THEATRE SUPPLY – Vice President (10 years)

1.  Retail/Wholesale
2.  Marketing, Sales, Advertising
3.  General Cost Accounting/Budget
4.  Credit/Collections
6.  Personell
7.  Counseling
PYPER, MARK
1.  Financial Analysis
2.  Budgeting
3.  Management
4.  Marketing/Sales
6.  Training
7.  Consulting
RASMUSON, LOY
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (SBA)
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST (27 yrs)
1.  Finance
2.  Business Plans 
3.  Credit/Collections
6.  Resources

STEVENS, PETER W., CPA
ALLEGHANY & WESTERN ENERGY COMPANY
NORTHWEST ENERGY
HOUSETON NATURAL GAS
STANDARD OIL OF INDIANA
INLAND GAS CO. 

1.  Financial Analysis
2.  Energy
3.  General Cost Accounting

4.  Budget/Recordkeeping
5.  Office & Plant Management
6.  Internal Efficiency

 

Peter Stevens has been an Army Airborn Ranger, a pilot and financial counselor for SCORE.  Peter has spent a large part of his career working in the energy industry, capping his experience as the Vice President of a Fortune 500 company.  His various roles have included mergers, acquisitions and pooling of interests.

Small business owners often report that a solid financial plan is critical to success.   “Proper budgeting and accounting is a most significant management tool and vital to business success.  Most small businesses ignore this fact.  I joined Score to offer my expertise to small business who are interested in filling this need.”

What makes Peter an excellent SCORE counselor is his practical experience as well as his educational background. Mr. Stevens holds an ACS, Accounting & Management from  Stevens Henager Business College as well as a B.S. in Accounting, with a minor in Economics from the University of Tulsa.

“Some of my favorite companies to work for include Inland Gas Co, Tuloma Gas Products Co. Standard Oil Co. (Indiana), Houston Natural Gas Co., Northwest Alaskan Pipeline Co., Northwest Energy Co. and Alleghany and Western Energy Co.

Why?, because they were all very interesting in their own way, they were all highly ethical, they were all responsive to constructive change and appreciated what I did for them and demonstrated that in many ways.”

In addition to working for SCORE Peter still provides financial and accounting services to new and established businesses.  “I enjoy providing benefits and resources to my clients.”  When Peter isn’t helping other he can often be found building airplanes or teaching others to fly small airplanes.  If your business could benefit from a free financial analysis, Peter is interested in sharing his incredible experience with you.
STOKER, WAYNE
IBM CORPORATION (36 yrs)

1.  Information Systems & Technology
2.  Marketing/Sales
3.  Training
4.  Engineering 

5.  Finance/Investments
6.  Real Estate
7.  Manufacturing
8.  Wholesale

TOWNSEND, MARTIN
SAGEBRUSH GALLERY (1 yr)
SIGN SERVICE, INC. (28 yrs)

1.  Manufacturing
2.  Marketing/Sales
3.  Promotions 

4.  Advertising
5.  Restaurants

TUCKER, RON
THE STANLEY WORKS (13 yrs)
FISKARS BRANDS, INC. (8 yrs)
TII CORP (5 yrs)
MAKING MEMORIES (2+ yrs)

1.  Business Plans & Strategies
2.  Budgets
3.  Inventory Management 

4.  Distribution
5.  Operations
6.  Mergers & Acquisitions

TRAVER, BILL
PUBLISHERS PRESS/FRANKLIN COVEY (5 yrs)
ALDEN PRESS/WORLD COLOR, INC. (4 yrs)
R.R. DONNELLEY AND SONS CO. (4 yrs)

1.  Financial Analysis
2.  Budgeting
3.  Business Plans 

4.  Management
5.  Production
6.  Manufacturing


 


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