Kerry Whitmire
Principal of KNKBS
Business Consultant
QuickBooks Pro Advisor
 Kerry Whitmire began her accounting career with an international publicly
held real estate syndicator. From bookkeeper to Controller to Chief Financial
Officer to Senior Vice President in 13 years she managed and supervised the
property management division, the tax department and all partnership accounting,
including Securities and Exchange filings. She became the accounting and legal
coordinator for all partnership activities.After taking a short break to
start a family, Kerry rejoined the work force in 1991 by forming K&K Business
Solutions with Kathleen Fernan. Kerry and Kathleen had worked together in the
past and were convinced they could bring a unique service to individuals and
small to medium sized businesses. On per hour basis KNKBS can provide quality
chief financial officer and computerized management information services to our
clients.
Kerry’s accounting skills allow her to immediately evaluate any set of
accounting records and accounting systems to recommend and implement changes if
necessary. Additionally, she can make the best out of a mess!
Kerry’s strong and long suit is accounting, however her specialty is
providing the outside professionals with information necessary to cost
effectively provide services to their clients under difficult situations such as
IRS audits.
Kerry received her Bachelor of Science degree from California State
University at Los Angeles and has passed the CPA exam.
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Kathleen Fernan trained with IBM on Systems Design
and Security. She managed the computer facilities at Angeles Corporation with
over 50 personal computers and an IBM System 38. She was responsible for the
installation of all software, training of employees and was the primary liaison
between the programming staff and the users for software changes. Before falling
in love with computers, she spent 10 years as the controller of Angeles'
property management company. In this position she developed acute accounting
skills as she was in-charge of over 75 partnerships with annual audits and a
staff of 12. After leaving Angeles she went on to work for a software
developer as the primary liaison for system design changes and needs analysis
for the health care industry. 
QuickBooks sleuth! Arlene works remotely on both
MAC and Windows QuickBooks files. She has been with K&K for over 10 years
working full time keeping clients' books squeaky clean. She prides herself on
balancing every account and is not afraid to take on a troubled set of books.
Penny is a legal secretary and is based on the west side of Los
Angeles. She has been with KNKBS since 1998. She supports multiple corporations
in their regulatory filings.