Business Operations Support Services, LLCBuckeye, AZ

Personal Story

I'm a proud U.S. Air Force Veteran with a diverse background. After serving his country for 15 years I earned my Bachelor's degree and earned my EMBA from Arizona State University in May 2013. In 2014 I finished Six Sigma Greenbelt and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt courses. In my free time I enjoy riding motorcycles, watching and playing golf, football, and basketball. I run a small consulting business focused primarily on young people and military Veterans trying to enter the workforce.I run an organization that will work to train, certify, and place Veterans. My organization will certify Veterans in Quality Management Systems, Aerospace, Medical, Automotive and other business management systems. Once certified a Veteran can become a business systems auditor, an internal auditor for a company, or start their own business like I have. I need the money to pay for a location, organize training, and campaign to further inform Vets and companies of the value a Veteran has in this career.

Overview

Business Description

Provide auditing, consulting, and instruction for business management systems (ISO 9001). I started this business in July 2014. Since then I have cleared 80K in sales as a one man organization. In 2011 I was working for the federal government and going to school to obtain my MBA. Through that process I started auditing. I realized that there was a clear connection between business, management system auditing and consulting, and my military career. I was able to pick up this career field fairly easy and I know that with my training and guidance other Veterans can succeed in this career, or better yet own their own company. My biggest challenge is many are unaware of this career field and educating them about the potential. Finance institutions prove challenging as well because they are not familiar with this line of business. However, over 1.5 million organizations are currently registered to ISO 9001. Through my business I hope to provide Veterans with a renewed sense of purpose. I want them to have a career they can grow in and be proud of. I am a certified auditor and I could focus on my individual growth and have a profitable career. I have chosen to put my own money up in order to get this company off the ground and make a difference. Since I left the military I have personally worked with Veterans on my own time to get them careers and worked with Arizona legislature to push bills in support of Veteran hiring initiatives.

What is the purpose of this loan?

I need this to help establish the training program that Veterans require to obtain certification. Once they are certified they could work for me and I could get them on audits. They can also obtain employment at any company that is currently certified or looking to get certified. Lastly, they could become an independent auditor and work for any certification company. There are several career options available but only if they are certified or in training to get certified. I am in talks with two major certification bodies. I have been reviewed a partnership agreement with a firm from India over the past two weeks. Once enacted I will have complete backend support for all certifications.

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Timothy's loan is endorsed by No trustee (this is a Kiva Zip pilot program). The information below explains why her trustee thinks Timothy is a great candidate for a Kiva Zip loan.

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This borrower’s loan is for $5,000.00.

Repayments on the borrower’s loan will be in monthly installments of $208.33 over a period of 24 months. After the funds are disbursed, the borrower will have the standard one month plus an additional 1 month grace period before the first payment is due.

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Disbursement and repayments on this loan will be made via PayPal, a web-based payment system.

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