Resume

• 1997

  Master of Business Administration (MBA)

  Finance Specialization

  Delta Mu Delta

  Ashland University

  4.0 GPA

  Certified Ice House Entrepreneurship Program Facilitator

  Kauffman Foundation/Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative

• 1990

  Certified Public Accountant

  Ohio Board of Accountancy

• 1983

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.)

  Accounting

  Alpha Lambda Delta

  Accounting Association

  Beta Gamma Sigma

  The University of Akron

  3.94 Overall GPA

• Tax

  Public Speaking

  Mentor

  Coaching

  Business Planning

  Accounting

  Classroom

  Leadership

  Mediator

  Start-ups

  Entrepreneurship

  Management

  Faculty Advisor

  Mentoring

  Business Strategy

  Entrepreneur

  Small Business

  Classroom Instruction

  Higher Education

  Program Management

  Lee

  CPA

  Denise

  Kent State University

  DMZLee Enterprises

  LLC

  EastCoy Technologies

  Inc.

  American Table Manufacturing

  Inc.

  Spector & Saulino

  Inc.

  CPA's

  North Coast Medical Products

  Inc.

  Ernst & Young

  LLP

  BAE Holdings

  Inc.

  dba Imperial Luxury Home Builders

  Launch In A Day

  LLC

  The University of Akron and Kent State University

  Lakewood

  Ohio

  DMZLee Enterprises provides educational

  business advisory and public speaking services to a wide variety of individuals

  businesses

  and nonprofit organizations.

  Founder

  DMZLee Enterprises

  LLC

  Ernst & Young is an international CPA firm for whose clients Denise performed a variety of audit and tax services.

  Ernst & Young

  LLP

  Launch In A Day

  LLC

  Cleveland/Akron

  Ohio Area

  Denise's latest company

  Launch In A Day

  LLC

  started out as a subscription-based

  100% online guide that walked nascent entrepreneurs through the steps to properly set up and launch a new business venture. Topics addressed included Protecting Your Idea

  Pitching Your Business

  Registering Your Business

  Operating and Partnership Agreements

  Business Planning

  Business Insurance

  Building and Marketing Your Business' Website

  Accounting and Tax Issues

  Human Resources and Payroll

  and a variety of other topics.\n\nIn September of 2015

  Denise decided to remove the content formerly included at LaunchInADay.com and fold that content into a textbook she is writing about entrepreneurial finance. Denise hopes to be published by August of 2018.

  Founder

  NCMP was a dealer and manufacturer's representative for medical equipment and supplies in the 5 state area including Ohio

  Indiana

  Michigan

  Pennsylvania and West Virginia.

  North Coast Medical Products

  Inc.

  Co-Founder

  Director

  Controller and Treasurer

  Imperial Luxury Home Builders (ILHB) builds $1M+ custom homes in the Northeast Ohio area. Denise sold her interest in ILHB to a private buyer in April 2007.

  BAE Holdings

  Inc.

  dba Imperial Luxury Home Builders

  Adjunct Faculty

  During her two years as an adjunct

  Denise taught entrepreneurship courses at both Kent State University and The University of Akron and accounting courses at The University of Akron.

  The University of Akron and Kent State University

  Valuation Analyst

  Audit Supervisor

  Spector & Saulino

  Inc.

  CPA's was an Akron-based CPA firm for whose clients Denise performed business valuation

  corporate tax and audit work.

  Spector & Saulino

  Inc.

  CPA's

  Co-Founder

  Director

  Controller and Treasurer

  EastCoy Technologies designed and developed specialty equipment for use in the construction industry.

  EastCoy Technologies

  Inc.

  Program Coordinator and Associate Lecturer - Entrepreneurship

  Denise has developed and teaches a variety of traditional and online entrepreneurship courses at Kent State University

  including Introduction to Entrepreneurship

  Entrepreneurial Experience I & II

  Entrepreneurial Tools

  Entrepreneurial Marketing

  New Venture Creation and Entrepreneurial Finance. She is also the Program Coordinator for Kent State University's Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Curriculum. She was promoted to Associate Lecturer in April of 2016.\n\nDenise is currently working with Chicago Business Press to publish a textbook on entrepreneurial finance.

  Kent State University

  Co-Founder

  Director

  Controller and Treasurer

  American Table Manufacturing (ATM) developed and manufactured a variety of high-tech surgical tables. ATM was purchased by Steris Corporation in late 2001.

  American Table Manufacturing

  Inc.

  Cleveland Roundtable of Entrepreneurial Women (CREW)

  Member

  Member

  National Association of Women Business Owners

  Special Member

  Secretary

  Director

  Entrepreneurship Education Consortium

  Kent State University Teaching Council

  2016 Faculty Recognition Award

  Kent State University Teaching Council

  2014 College of Business Administration Teaching Excellence Award Nominee

  Kent State University

  2011 College of Business Administration Teaching Excellence Award

  Kent State University