Loralee Hutton
entrepreneur
Thanks for visiting my ‘cv’ page. While I absolutely adore helping entrepreneurs through my online business, I sometimes crave working with a larger organization, and that’s probably why you’re visiting here today. You’ll find my “boring/typical” education/skills listing below, followed by a few of the testimonials captured by entrepreneurs I’ve helped over the years.
Great to “meet you”! ~ Loralee
Objective To learn something new, every day of my life!
Education
Grant MacEwan University
Bachelor Degree - Accounting, and 5th Level CMA designation
- Bachelor of Admin- Major Accounting – 2004
- 5th Level CMA Courses 2004
RHH Bschool
Online Marketing 2011
- Business School – Focus on Entrepreneurship & Marketing Online
Professional Experience
Her Portable Biz
Owner • 2010-present
Business coaching/tech support for entrepreneurs shifting from local service based to online offerings.
Shopify
Support Guru • 2017
Provide inclusive support to merchants all over the world via phone, chat and email as part of a large team.
Full Time – Remote – June – September 2017
Lifter LMS
Customer Support • July-September 2016
remote customer support (contract) providing technical and first line support to entrepreneurs creating online courses through a WordPress plugin
Teachable
Customer Support • December 2015-June 2016
remote customer support (contract) providing technical and first line support to entrepreneurs creating online courses
Red2Black Inc • 2000-2011
Owner
Owner/Consultant • Red2Black Inc (Tax/Bookkeeping/QuickBooks Consulting Practice) • 2000-2011
QuickBooks Certified Advisor, Tax preparation (T1, T2), Marketing, Admin, Client liaison, Hire/Manage Staff, web design
Intuit 1997 - 2000
General Accountant
General Accountant • Intuit Canada (Fortune 500 Co.) • 1997-2000
Accounting, Training in house, Liaise with all levels of management
National Money Mart • 1994-1997
Customer Service Rep
National Money Mart • Edmonton, AB • 1994-1997
Customer Service, Cheque processing, Bank deposits, Personal tax preparation, skip tracing
Skills
- Accounting – A/R, A/P, Corporate Tax, Personal Tax, full cycle accounting
- Software – Microsoft Office (Microsoft Partner), QuickBooks (Certified ProAdvisor), Profile (T1, T2), QuickTax/Turbo Tax,
- Powerpoint, eBook creation, book publishing, video tutorials
- Excellent writing, communication and time management skills
- Experience working remotely and with remote teams
- Experience building and supporting websites
- Basic SEO and marketing knowledge
- Strong WordPress knowledge; including editing WordPress themes and basic PHP and Javascript
- Working knowledge of finding solutions, search engines or in 3rd Party Documentation
- Comfortable with making CSS and HTML edits
- Experience with using Inspect Element in Modern Browsers
- Working knowledge of domain registrations, cPanel/WHM, website hosting, CDNs and DNS
- Basic graphic editing skills (cropping, resizing, light touching-up)
- Ability to work inside of Adobe Photoshop (PSDs)
- Willingness to learn supplementary/complementary skills as needed to support your job tasks
- 10+ years customer success
Professional Memberships
- Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 1999
- Ewomen Network Member (2001 – 2009)
- Edmonton Chamber of Commerce Member (2000-2010)
Interests
- Entrepreneurialism Micro-Lending or Micro Loan Programs
- Travel and Travel Blogging Marketing & Business Growth
- Geneology
References
available on request ~ and some testimonials below
Loralee, you are a tech systems jedi master! Portland, OR
I’m beginning to think Loralee is the Internet, as she pretty much knows or can lead you to anything you need.
Just a shout out to the never-ending generosity of Loralee Hutton. She was following up on a previous conversation we had. I experienced a technical challenge I was experiencing. What does she do? -she replies with a personalized recorded screencast to show me..incredible..Loralee, I promise I will pay it forward in some way(not necessarily technical). B-School Babes are one-of-a-kind!
I’m thrilled. So. So. Thrilled. Honestly, I cannot quite describe to you what it feels like for me to be emotionally stuck with my site for a looooong time. And for you to twiddle daddle your magic wand over it…and suddenly it feels like a site. It’s feeling like mine. Thank you from the bottom of heart for having the compassion and care to apply your time to it.
OMG! Loralee, I literally have tears in my eyes. I was able to do this in no time flat! Thank you, thank you, thank you. You have saved me soooooo much aggrevation. Now on to the next step. Eternally grateful, Kim Dozier
Loralee is a life-saving goddess. Really. There I was, at the end of my rope and at the edge of sanity when Loralee saved the day. Complete with personalized videos to show me exactly what I needed to do, a cheerful disposition, endless patience and a superhero cape (I’m sure its hiding somewhere), Loralee made what had been taking me hours and hours and hours and not figuring out into a simple not-even-five-minute process. Her focus and clarity are incredible. And my website and sanity thank her for it.
Loralee is a wicked mix of technical and business savvy. I’ve found her one-on-one advice for getting over procrastination, for planning, and for using the right productivity tools to be HUGELY helpful (and encouraging and inspiring!) to me at Pink Elephant.
Thank you Loralee! The first downloadable is now complete and it’s your motivation, inspiration, and encouragement that got me here. Not to mention your ability to help me narrow my focus a bit and focus on one thing at a time. I am so excited!
One of the things I miss about the business, is not having you drop in at GST time. Those four visits were not only pleasant because of your presence; they kept us on track and made our accountant’s job easier and less costly. I find people who really do what they do well inspiring and well worth the money.
Generosity coupled with expertise is hard to find nowadays without being bombarded with someone’s program or product for sale first. Thank you so much Loralee!!