About Me

I didn’t begin my career in finance. I started as a youth pastor, where I learned how to listen, communicate clearly, and guide people through uncertainty. Those early years established how I work today: steady, patient, and committed to serving with integrity.

From there, I moved through sales, marketing, project management, and operations. Sales taught me to understand real needs and build trust. Marketing and operations revealed how organizations function, where they quietly break down, and how quickly execution slips when fundamentals aren’t in place.

The turning point came while serving as COO of a tech startup. I saw firsthand how a lack of financial visibility can blind leaders, stall decision-making, and put an entire company at risk. That experience redirected my entire career toward financial operations, cleanup, and business diagnostics—the foundational work that stabilizes companies and restores clarity.

During that period, I kept returning to a figure from my seminary days: Ezra.

Ezra appears in the Old Testament during a period of national disorder. The physical walls of Jerusalem were broken, but so were the internal systems that held the community together. Ezra’s work wasn’t flashy. He didn’t part the Red Sea or defeat a giant with a sling and a stone. Instead, he restored structure. He rebuilt what mattered. He reintroduced accountability, clarity, and discipline—not for recognition, but because the people needed stability in a moment of chaos.

He was a restorer. A reconstructor. A steward of what lasts.

That’s the spirit behind Ezra Strategy—and what defines my work as a Forensic Controller.

What does that mean?

A forensic controller brings investigative rigor to financial operations. I don’t just record transactions or produce reports—I reconstruct financial truth from complicated situations. I question assumptions, verify data, and find clarity when books are messy, timelines are tight, and stakes are high.

This work requires both technical precision and operational perspective. My unconventional background—ministry, sales, operations, then finance—gives me pattern recognition that pure accounting paths often miss. I understand how businesses actually function, how they break, and what it takes to restore stability under pressure.

I’ve deliberately deepened this craft through formal accounting education, specialized training in financial analysis and due diligence, and hands-on experience supporting businesses through their most challenging moments.

As a controller for distressed businesses, I work with companies navigating Chapter 11 bankruptcy and operational turnarounds—reconstructing messy books, producing court-ready financials, building cash flow forecasts for leadership teams and turnaround consultants, and establishing GAAP-compliant infrastructure that restores operational clarity.

I work with founders, operators, turnaround professionals, and bankruptcy attorneys who need structure, clarity, and durable results—especially when the situation is complex.

My approach is simple: assume nothing, verify everything, and strengthen what endures. I work quietly, think clearly, and focus on truth—not because it’s easy, but because it’s what lasts.