Business Services & Development, LLC

Milton Granton - Certified Quickbooks® ProAdvisor, Point of Sale Certified ProAdvisor

Milton Granton is a Certified Quickbooks® ProAdvisor and Point of Sale Certified ProAdvisor and has over 15 years experience in business and personal financial and bookkeeping services. Started part-time financial and bookkeeping service company in 1990 in Northern California which transitioned into a full-time position in 1997. He started using the Intuit Quickbooks® product in the early 1990's starting with the initial DOS product.

Clients include contractors, a variety of retail and wholesale companies, service providers, property management companies, and personal investment and financial management. Handled all aspects of bookkeeping; sales taxes, quarterly taxes, point of sales revenue generation, inventory, budgets, pricing, forecasting, and financial reporting. Previous business experience included Operations Manager for a software start-up, Database Manager, and retail.

Gail Granton, B.A., J.D.

Gail Granton, B.A., J.D. Extensive Business Development background including:
Co-Founder Pacific Gateway Exchange, Inc., an international communications company in 1991 (company went public in 1996), Co-Founder of Border Collie Services International, a digital video transmission software company in 2002 (current status, privately owned), and a consulting services company in 1986 providing strategic consulting services to international telecommunications companies inventing overseas.

Consulting experience:

• business plan development
• expansion strategies
• financial modeling (forecast, expenses, cash flow analysis)
• valuation models
• business opportunity analysis
• due diligence
• cash flow evaluation and financing analysis
• operational and management systems
• financial statements.

Clients projects include:

• due diligence, investment analysis, and valuation models for major multi-national telecommunications companies
• start-up development for a U.S. domestic telecommunications carrier seeking to provide international services
• development of a franchise opportunity in the services industry
• advisor to several start-up companies in software development and digital entertainment

Previous work experience:

• Chief Financial Officer (1991 - 1996)
  Chief Operating Officer, Sales and Marketing (1996 - 2000)
  Member of the Board of Directors of Pacific Gateway Exchange Inc.
• Director of International Business Development at GTE Sprint (1982 - 1986)
• Currently, provide strategic and business development consulting services and serve on the Board of Directors of several private start-up companies.