Jim Kokenge

About Jim Kokenge

Passionate - Honest/Straight Forward - Easy to Talk With - Team Builder Accomplished sales, development, and margin, growth focused individual with extensive background in sales/marketing, manufacturing/distribution and P&L responsibility. Strong, decisive leadership qualities with team building success in multiple industries & markets, both domestically & internationally, with private & publicly held companies; PROFITABLY applied in start-up, turnaround and growth focused situations. My know-how comes from more than thirty years as an entrepreneur and senior executive, as well as, 17-years in a family business. I learned to work “hard” in the family business, and when I went to work for the British holding company I learned to work “smart”, by using the financial information available to me to grow the business and enhance profits; providing me with a unique combination of experience and “sensible management” skills. If you aren’t sure whether you’re running your business or it’s running you; or you are not sleeping as well as you would like. we should talk.

Experience

1. President

   Bookwerks

   Jan 2012 — Present · Cloud-Based with are roots in Cincinnati, OH, US

   OUTSOURCED CLOUD-BASED ACCOUNTING SERVICES FOR ENTREPRENEURS & SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.At BookWerks™, we believe…Small business owners should be set free to focus on their customers, grow their business, and maintain a healthy work/life balance. Reconciling bank statements, filing forms, and doing bookkeeping gets in the way. Outsourcing these tasks makes all the sense in the world.Someday, in the not too distance future, doing your own accounting will be viewed as a thing-of-the-past, thanks to today’s technology.The BookWerks™ difference.Our team wakes up every day with one purpose in mind……to help entrepreneurs and small business owners take their businesses to the next level. It’s a mindset. A narrative around being of service to others.The technology that powers our accounting services is cloud-based, Xero. Our fees are flat, affordable and billed monthly. No Contracts. No Surprises.Who does BookWerks™ serve.We work with entrepreneurs, small businesses, solo-preneurs, and freelancers. We work across diverse industries. Our clients include Restaurateurs, E-Commerce, Home Inspectors, Painting & Roofing Contractors, Startups, Dentists, Veterinarians, Salons, Software/Tech Companies and many others; Locally, Nationally and Internationally. Finally, there\'s an affordable alternative to so-called, “Quick” bookkeeping for small businesses and it’s not just us who thinks so; in 2014, Forbes Magazine rated our partner Xero the “No. 1 Most Innovative Company in the World.”