Joseph LoGerfo, Accounting & Computer Services

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My Background

I have been a self-employed Accounting and Computer Consultant for 17 years. My qualifications include a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting and 32 years of experience, including 8 years as an Assistant Controller for a nationwide electronics firm.

Some of my accomplishments in accounting are:

Single-handedly updating tremendous general ledger backlogs.
Conversions from manual G/L systems to computerized G/L systems.
Automation of journal entries and subsidiary ledgers utilizing Lotus, Excel, Access and dBase.
Secured quick multi-million dollar federal tax refunds two years in succession.
Instituted various budgets and cost cutting measures during lean periods.
Worked in manual and automated environments and organized the work flow in both.
Computerized the accounting functions of many of my clients utilizing Quickbooks software.

My accomplishments in the computer field are:

Network supervisor for 6 of my clients, setting up the network for all of them.
Programming a mortgage tracking program for a regional mortgage broker utilizing Clipper Database software.
Programmed an appraisal tracking database for a regional appraisal office utilizing Microsoft Access 97.
Programmed an inventory tracking database for a national distribution firm utilizing Microsoft Access 97.
Proficient in DOS, Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, and XP as well as Microsoft Office, Quickbooks, Quicken and various other software packages.
Proficient in PC operations, maintenance, repair and diagnostics.

Employment prior to becoming a Self-employed Consultant:

Assistant Controller. Semispecialists of America, Inc., Melville, New York (June 1983 to February 1991). Electronic distribution firm with sales totaling a high of $90 million. Responsibilities included supervising a staff of three, analysis and control of the general ledger system leading to preparation of monthly and yearly consolidated financial statements; prepared all payroll tax returns, sales tax returns, and corporate income tax returns; bank reconciliations, daily cash management, and reconciliation and control of the computerized accounts payable and receivable systems. Special projects included computerizing most accounting functions utilizing Lotus 1-2-3 and dBase III+ on the PC, creating a computerized general ledger system on the IBM system 34 and 36, and coordinating the yearly audits with the company's outside accounting firm.

Chief Accountant. Brooke Bond Foods, Inc., Bohemia, New York. Tea product distributor. (December 1982 to June 1983)

Assistant Controller. Components Plus, Inc., Hauppauge, New York. Electronic distributor. (July 1979 to December 1982)

Accountant.The Singer Company, Syosset, New York. Sewing machine manufacturer. (February 1978 to July 1979)

Accountant. General Instruments Corp., Westbury, New York. OCR manufacturer. (February 1977 to February 1978.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor of Science in Accounting - Brooklyn College, 1976. Minored in Computer Science.
SUNY Farmingdale - Javascript Programming, 2000. Web Page Authoring, 2000. Computer Networking Using Novell Netware, 1995. PC Maintenance and Repair, 1992.
BOCES III - Microcomputer Construction, 1993. Local Area Networks, 1993.