Carl Young Man of the People! A funny accountant!

Carl Young

Profile

MBA, former business owner and Chief Financial Officer of $275M high growth company, who understands the numbers and the people side of business.

Expert trainer in essentials and fundamentals of finance and accounting for non-financial managers and entrepreneurs. His newest presentation is Finance & Accounting Made Simple!

Author of Rules of the Business Game—It’s All About People based on over 25 years in senior level finance, accounting and business management positions.

Prior to entering the speaking and training profession full time, Carl spent 19 years in a high growth technology company that grew from $10Million to $275Million in revenue. Carl 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. He is 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 huge IT outsourcing contracts up to $1 billion in total contract value.

Carl is a member of the Council of Experts for the investment firm, Gerson Lehrman and has been designated a Gerson Lehrman Group Scholar, awarded to top performers. He specializes in red flag reviews of financial statements. He is also a member of the Society of Industry Leaders a group affiliated with Standard & Poors.

Carl is a seasoned and highly trained accountant with over 25 years experience in senior level finance, accounting and business management positions. He holds an MBA, and has completed advanced degree requirements in accounting and taxation. He taught college level accounting for 15 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’s newest presentation, Finance and Accounting Made Simple! is a tailored to the needs of the audience. It covers the essentials, fundamentals, framework, and analysis associated with finance and accounting specifically tailored for non-financial managers and entrepreneurs.

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

His simple and practical approach to the subject is a constant positive feed back reference from attendees at seminars he conducts nationally and internationally. . He guarantees attendees will take away lots of value adding information as they learn the language of business in simple terms that can be easily understood and applied.

As a trained and experienced accountant his focus is primarily on People and not just on numbers as the keys to business success. He understands you must count numbers, but that; 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.

He even refers to himself as a PFA-People Focused Accountant. Those who have heard him say that PFA stands for Pretty Funny Accountant and consider this term to be an oxymoron. He wants audiences to have fun while they learn and take away lasting lessons that can be positively applied. He challenges audiences to focus more on “People Pleasing” than “Pencil Pushing”.

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!

Carl’s wide range of knowledge and experiences provide a framework for relevant and value adding points to present to audiences. He provides guaranteed formulas for both business and personal success in his keynote presentations. Carl’s presentations include lots of humor, wit, wisdom, anecdotes and personal stories from previous experiences to entertain, educate and motivate audiences.

Carl’s guaranteed goal is to meet and exceed the expectations of audiences and meeting planners. Presentations are tailored to the audiences based on pre-event coordination. He wants to know his audiences so presentations can be pitched in the desired direction. Specific take away points are developed for each presentation based on audience expectations. The experience of having Carl as a speaker is one that will make a lasting positive impression on audiences.

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. He looks forward to hearing from you to discuss future speaking needs.

Keynote / presentation topics

Newest presentation!

• Finance and Accounting Made Simple! This is a new offering specifically for non-financial managers and entrepreneurs and includes: Framework and Foundation of Finance & Accounting Financial Statements and Analysis Planning & Budgeting Cash Management Making Business Decisions based on Financial Information Presentation can be given as keynote in a summary format. It is ideally suited for a seminar/workshop or break out session.

Most requested presentations

• You Can’t Count on Numbers!
  Includes Guaranteed Business Success formula (GBS) D (+ ) V (+) R-U-L-E-S=GBS. Major focus is on R-U-L-E-S of the business game especially engagement of People to improve profits. R-U-L-E-S were developed from Carl’s 25 years of experience in senior level finance, accounting and business management positions and featured in his book. Presentation can be given as keynote, seminar/workshop or breakout session.
• Dream Big Dreams! Do Big Things!
  Includes a Guaranteed Personal Success (GPS) formula D (+ ) V (+) 5 Power Packed Points=GPS. Major focus is on following your dreams, vision and using Passion, Plans, Preparation, People, and Persistence to make dreams a reality. Presentation is based on Carl’s own experiences and personal success pursuit. Carl shares how his career as an army officer and corporate executive was not up to his potential because he had no dreams or vision. He is achieving success currently by using this Guaranteed Personal Success formula. Presentation can be given as a keynote, seminar or breakout.
• My Money! Your Money! Our Money!
  A fun filled look at managing and maintaining family finances. Presentation includes personal and family financial recommendations using K-I-S-S-E-S as the key. Presentation can be given as a keynote, seminar or breakout.
• Making a Difference!
  Presentation challenges groups to make a difference in causes and communities they care about. Presentation can be given as a keynote, seminar or breakout.

Products

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

Thirteen practical rules designed to guide Mangers and Entrepreneurs to greater productivity and profits. These rules are based on Carl’s over 25 years in senior level finance, accounting and business management positions and presented in an easy to read and understand format. Book can be purchased form Carl’s web site for $14.95.

Handbook—Small Business Management Made Simple

(To be published soon) Handbook will include helpful hints, words of wisdom, models & methods, processes & procedures to help small businesses improve profits and productivity. It features coaching commentary by Carl, the author, based on his over 25 years of finance, accounting, business management experience.

To order products or obtain further information on this speaker:

Phone: +1 404 244 7924
Email: Carl@CYoungConsulting.com
Web: www.CYoungConsulting.com