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Founded in 2002, Morrison Consulting provides specialized consulting services including
feasibility studies and business plans, assistance with business
acquisitions and financing transactions, accounting system and internal
control design, interim executive engagements, and specialized grant
writing.
Morrison Consulting’s professional
advisors come from the same place as you: the real world. All have
held substantial positions in industry and can put that experience to
work for you. (Click here for a list of
representative clients.)
 Founder
R. Brent Morrison, CPA, has
over 25 years experience serving processing, manufacturing,
agribusiness, and other companies as an executive and advisor.
Brent was formerly Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer of Sunsweet Growers Inc., one of the nation's
premier producers of juices and dried fruit products. Before joining
Sunsweet, he was President of Butte County Rice Growers Association, an
agribusiness service and supply company.
While Senior Manager with the “Big
Four” accounting firm Deloitte & Touche, Brent helped found and direct
the Sacramento office forensic accounting practice, assisting clients
with business-related legal issues. He also led the Sacramento office's
Food & Consumer Products Industry Group. Brent was previously
controller for a manufacturer of heavy equipment and structural steel
components. He began his career with a predecessor firm of KPMG.
Brent holds a Bachelor of Science
degree in Business Administration and is a Certified Public Accountant.
He is a graduate fellow of the California Agricultural Leadership
Program, a two-year educational fellowship hosted by four participating
universities. He is a certified Six
Sigma “Champion,” the continuous process improvement methodology favored
by General Electric and other major manufacturers.
Brent is past President of the Far
Western Chapter of the National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives and
a past director of the Agricultural Leadership Alumni. He has served
with many professional and civic organizations, including an appointment
to a state advisory board by then California Secretary of Food &
Agriculture (and later USDA Secretary) Ann Veneman. A published
writer, Brent wrote "The Brent Morrison Column," which appeared in
several western newspapers for over eight years.
 Carl D. Hoff
has over 20 years experience serving agribusiness, processing, and
manufacturing companies both as an executive and advisor. He served 10
years as President of Butte County Rice Growers Association (BUCRA), an
agribusiness service and supply company. He was the company’s Chief
Financial Officer before being named President.
While at BUCRA, Carl planned, designed,
and oversaw significant expansions of the business and facilities
including commodity handling, processing, and storage operations. He
directed the development, construction, and operation of the world’s first solar
powered rice drying operation and conducted searches for, and
implementation of, new enterprise software and hardware.
Prior to joining BUCRA, Carl held
positions as Director of Finance for Rice Growers Association of
California and as a Certified Public Accountant with the “Big Four”
accounting firm KPMG. He has served on the boards of directors of the
Agricultural Council of California and the California Warehouse
Association, and holds a holds a
Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. He grew up on
his family’s farm in Orland, California, growing
almonds, walnuts, oranges and olives.
 Geoffrey R. Chinnock, CPA,
joined Morrison Consulting after three
years with the finance and accounting department of Feather River
Hospital in Paradise, California, where he played an integral part in
the Hospital’s financial management.
Prior to joining Feather River
Hospital, Geoff served with local and regionally based CPA firms for
four years, providing advisory, tax, audit, and financial services to
independent business clients. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business
Administration with an emphasis on Accounting and is a member of the
National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives.
In addition to our professional staff,
we maintain a network of
experienced and qualified attorneys; market researchers; human resource,
organizational behavior, and talent management; engineers; and
others, making Morrison Consulting your “one stop” for major business
studies and projects. Whether you need full “stem to stern” project
management or specialized help in a specific area, we can help.
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