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KELLY K. DROST

CONSULTANT AND CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

CURRICULUM VITAE

EXPERIENCE

Public accounting:  Twenty-nine years of experience (over twenty-two years in practice as a certified public accountant)

•        Management consulting-practice focus on professional service firms, construction, manufacturing, service companies, wholesale/retail, oil and gas exploration and real estate ventures
•        Financial accounting and reporting.
•        Federal and state income tax planning for individuals, partnerships, estates, trusts and corporations
•        Tangible Business Personal Property Renditions
•        Payroll tax preparation and other tax compliance needs
•        Tax research for complex tax reporting issues.

• QuickBooks Certified Pro-Advisor

Mark M. Jones & Associates, P.C. - Consultants and Certified Public Accountants

Fort Worth, Texas, November 2004-Present

Gandy, Calverley & Company, P.C. - Certified Public Accountants

Fort Worth, Texas, January 1995- November 2004

William B. Benton, C.P.A.

Fort Worth, Texas, 1986- 1988

Corporate Financial Management:

General Dynamics

Fort Worth, Texas 1988-1990

EDUCATION AND LICENSING 

•        University of Houston at Victoria (B.S.B.A., 1986)
•        Certified Public Accountant, Texas (1993)
•        Over 40 hours of continuing professional education annually.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS, HONORS AND AWARDS 

•        American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
•        Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants
•        Fort Worth Chapter, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants