MBA, author, former Chief Financial Officer of $275M high growth company; business owner and consultant, who understands the   numbers and people side of business. Expert trainer in finance & accounting for non-financial personnel.

Carl spent 19 years in a high growth technology company that grew from $10Million to $275Million in revenue.  He started as Chief Accountant and rose through the ranks to Chief Financial Officer.  He was a business owner (CEO) of   a manufacturing firm producing small precision parts and is also a turn-around consultant specializing in organization, business processes and internal controls. He has been a regional controller in the document management industry and a Senior Financial Associate in an Information Technology consulting firm where he specialized in creating financial frameworks for  IT outsourcing contracts up to $1 billion in total contract value.

Carl is a  highly trained accountant with over 25 years experience in senior level finance, accounting and business management positions.  He has completed advanced degree requirements in accounting and taxation in addition to the MBA He taught college level accounting for 20 years and has trained over 5000 entrepreneurs in the fundamentals of business management. Carl is also a retired Lieut. Colonel from the Army Finance Corps with a Comptroller specialty and served 27 months in Vietnam. 

Carl is a member of the Council of Experts  of the investment firm, Gerson Lehrman and has been designated a Gerson Lehrman Group Scholar, awarded to top performers.    He is also a member of the Society of Industry Leaders sponsored by Standard & Poor’s.

His broad knowledge base and experiences serve as the source for his business and motivational presentations rich in content and delivered with anecdotes and stories. Carl makes lasting relevant points in addition entertaining and educating audiences.  He considers himself a PFA-People Focused Accountant.  Others consider the PFA to mean Pretty Funny Accountant, also considered an oxymoron but many.

Carl is an expert trainer in the fundamentals and essentials of finance and accounting for non-financial personnel  with over 25 years of training experience. He has the unique ability to make finance and accounting simple, easy to understand and apply.  Audiences marvel at his ability to help them overcome the fear  of what is believed to be a difficult topic to learn.  He not only helps them conquer  fears but they take away a  knowledge and  understanding of finance and accounting with tools they can use in their business pursuits.

Carl’s sessions are lively and full of energy and emotion.   He wants audiences to have fun while they learn.  He uses lots of wit and wisdom in his presentations.  He guarantees your audiences will be well pleased and he will meet  or exceed all of your expectations as meeting planner.

Carl’s featured presentation is   Finance and Accounting Made Simple!  This is not a myth it is a meaning.  It is his basic brand and belief as a trainer. This presentation is tailored to the needs of the audience.  It covers the essential fundamentals, framework, and analysis associated with finance and accounting.  It is specifically tailored for non-financial business personnel  and entrepreneurs who face the challenge of knowing and understanding the language of business indicated by financial statements, methods and models.

Recent session attendees wrote: Mr, Young took a usually boring subject and made it interesting.  He is the first accounting individual I ever met with a personality and sense of humor.  It was obvious Carl Young knows his subject matter.  He made learning fun and not threatening.

As a trained and experienced accountant his focus is primarily on People and not just numbers.  He understands numbers count! He also understands You Can’t Count on Numbers!  You Can Only Count on People! He focuses on People Shaped Solutions as the keys to business success.  This is radical thinking for an accountant but it is Carl’s major belief and brand as a speaker.

This is non traditional thinking from an accountant. It gives audiences a refreshing look at numbers and their role in business success.  The recent accounting scandals that rocked and shocked the business world are used to make the point-- You Can’t Count on Numbers! 

Thanks for your careful consideration of Carl for your speaking engagement.  Carl realizes you have many choices of speakers. He takes your selection of him very seriously and will work with you on every aspect of the engagement to ensure your complete satisfaction.   

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

CARL L. YOUNG

EDUCATION:

¨       MBA,  Organization & Management

¨       Completed requirements for Masters  in Accounting

¨       Completed requirements for Masters in Taxation

¨       BA,  Bus Administration/Economics. Honors

 WORK EXPERIENCE:

¨       Army Finance Corps, Active and Reserves, 2nd Lieut. to Lieut. Colonel

¨       CCH Computax Inc., Chief Accountant to VP Finance & Administration

¨       C Young Consulting- accounting systems, processes, procedures

¨       President/CEO, Monroe Technical Engineering Corp.

¨       Perot Systems Corporation, Chief Financial Associate

¨       Sourcecorp, Western Region Controller

¨       Author/ Speaker/Trainer-Businness & Motivation

¨       Member of Gerson Lehrman Finance Advisory Council (Top 20%)

¨       Member Society of Industry Leaders—Standard & Poors

¨       Trainer SkillPath Seminars

¨       Urban League BEEP program

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

¨       University of Maryland-Business  Courses

¨       LA Trade Technical College-Accounting Courses

¨       LA Fame Renaissance-Entrepreneurial Training Program

¨       Calif. State Univ. Fullerton-Business Management

¨       Pacific Coast Regional  Development Corp.- Business Management

CREDENTIALS AND AFFILIATIONS:

¨       California Community College,  Lifetime Credential, Industrial Management

¨       Certified Business Management Instructor,  University of Maryland

¨       Member, National Association of Accountants

¨       Member, National Society of Corporate Controllers

¨       Published Article in Army Finance Journal; Author of Year Award,

¨       Author Carl Young’s Rules of the Business Game—It’s All About People!

PERSONAL INFORMATION

¨       Retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Comptroller

¨       Married to Dr. Karen B. Young, University Professor, Consultant , Writer

¨       Personal Web Site www.CYoungConsulting.com

Testimonials from Seminar Attendees and Clients:

Seminar Attendees:

¨     Very knowledgeable instructor.  Kept the class involved and was entertaining.  Definitely made the class easier to understand and gave a great presentation

¨     This workshop was extremely relevant.  The Instructor was knowledgeable and competent.

¨     It was obvious Carl Young knows his subject matter.  He made learning fun and non threatening. This workship was well worth my time and money

¨     How refreshing to attend a seminar where the Instructor dis not read from a power point presentation but really knew his topic.

¨     Mr Carl Young took an usually boring subject and made it interesting.  He is the first accounting individual that I ever met with a personality and sense of humor

¨     I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation and I don’t usually like presentation of any type.

Clients:

¨     Thanks for a job well done—Toffler & Associates

¨     By any measure you are a very effective speaker and educator.  Truly it was an enlightening and stimulating presentation—Watson Rice LLP

¨     You were truly an inspiration—Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

¨     You achieved the unthinkable, a standing ovation from our visiting Chinese business People after a 4 hour presentation through an interpreter—California State University Fullerton

¨     Your ability to express complicated business models and methods in simple easy to understand terms with wit and wisdom made you an invaluable asset to our entrepreneurial training program—FAME Renaissance Los Angeles