Golfing is fun; accounting is boring, or so young Trent Baeckl believed. Now a CPA and tax senior manager, Trent reflects on his ten years with the firm and the path that brought him to Perkins & Co. When Trent’s college professor suggested accounting as a...
Welcome to the fourth installment of our “Perkins Milestones” anniversary series, which explores our employees’ career paths and their time at Perkins. (If you missed our other anniversary posts, check out our blog to scope them out.) At a young age, Kimberly developed a desire to...
January 26, 2017 Portland, Ore. – The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) Standing Ovation program has recognized Paris Powell as one of 25 CPAs age 40 and under to be honored for their contributions to the areas of forensic accounting and business valuation. Powell, along with the...
August 31, 2016 Portland, Ore. – Since its founding in 1986, Perkins & Co has been committed to placing women in positions of leadership, a commitment that started on day one with the company’s namesake, former founding partner, Cheryl Perkins. Today, Portland’s largest locally owned public...
Welcome to the second installment of our “Perkins Milestones” anniversary series. In case you’ve ever wondered why someone would choose the life of accounting, this series explores our employees’ career paths: what interested them in accounting, how they got to Perkins, and what Perkins means...
Welcome to the first of our anniversary series posts. We’re trying something new with our blog, so occasionally you’ll see an employee anniversary post peppered in, because we’d like to recognize those celebrating major milestone anniversaries at Perkins & Co. Our employees do a lot...