"Take my hand, we'll make it. I swear" - Bon Jovi

Jon has ten years of experience preparing taxes and training people to become tax preparers. Prior to joining Pinnacle, he started his own tax accounting firm, managed a tax office, answered phones for the Canada Revenue Agency, and worked for a small full cycle accounting firm.

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He has spent years studying financial and management accounting, corporate finance, economics, business law, and audit procedures. He has recently completed his PBA designation with the Public Business Accountants Society of Canada

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Jon tells his clients to focus on their business and what they do best. He will take care of making sure they pay as little tax as possible and keeping the government off their backs.

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He has served as treasurer for a number of non-profit organizations, allowing him to use his passion for numbers to give back to the community. He has a bachelor’s degree in church music and plays trumpet with the New West Symphony and Chorus and the Band of Outriders.

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When he isn’t helping businesses or playing music, Jon spends time with high school sweetheart who he married 21 years ago and their four growing children.

Achievements

• Advanced Certified ProAdvisor Online: Intuit Quickbooks

       Designation achieved August 2020

• Public Business Accountants (PBA)

       Designation achieved March 2020

• CGA Alberta Level 2 Award

       Highest grades in province 2013

• Dad of the Year

       2002 through 2019

Designations & Education 

• Chartered Professional Accountants of Alberta

     2015 to 2019 - CPA Professional Education Program

• Public Business Accountants' Society of Alberta       2020 - Public Business Accountant (PBA)

• Certified General Accountants Association of Alberta

      2010 to 2014 - CGA Program of Professional Studies

• Canadian Mennonite University

       1999 to 2002 - Bachelor of Church Music​