Jason Kruger, President of Signature Analytics
Jason Kruger, President of Signature Analytics
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Richard and Joe welcomed Jason Kruger, President of Signature Analytics, a local San Diego Accounting firm that specializes in bookkeeping, financial consulting services, and outsourced accounting. In 2008, Jason Kruger started Signature Analytics with the vision of taking the benefits and expertise of large company financial and accounting tools and processes and making them accessible to small and medium-sized businesses. Today, they are an Inc. 5000 firm and have been recognized as one of the best places to work. They now have offices in Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego and continue to grow and deliver exceptional service to our clients.
The senior management team at Signature Analytics consists of people who each have a minimum of ten years experience in the field of public accounting. With Signature Analytics, businesses get a full team of experienced accountants–CFO, controller, accounting manager, all the way down to staff accountant–to act as the accounting and finance department for your business on an ongoing basis. They evaluate the business’s accounting and finance needs to determine the most cost-effective and efficient way for their team to manage the business’s accounting and finance functions. This could be serving as an entire department or complementing internal employees, such as an in-house bookkeeper or controller.2017 was a great year for Signature Analytics
Signature Analytics made the Inc. 5000 for the second year in a row. Ranking in the top 11% of the 5000 brightest and most innovative privately-held companies. Signature Analytics was ranked in San Diego Business Journal’s top 100 list of Fastest-Growing Privately Owned Companies for the second consecutive year. Their team has grown over 67%, adding more than 30 new employees in 2017 with no sign of slowing down in 2018. They were named Best Places to Work by San Diego Business Journal. They were also a proud Platinum sponsor for the Vistage Executive Summits in both San Diego and Los Angeles. They received an Advisor of the Year Award and three members of their team were recognized as Advisor of the Year with two making Nominee Finalists.
Mr. Kruger received his Bachelor’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of Arizona and has been with Signature Analytics since 2008. Prior to joining Signature Analytics, Mr. Kruger was employed by Deloitte & Touche as a senior audit manager. Prior to that, he was a senior auditor at Moss Adams LLP.
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Continue reading →CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Joe Moreno Discuss Medical Cannabis
CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta and Joe Moreno Discuss Medical Cannabis
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With the start of the New Year and the new recreational cannabis law in California, Richard and Joe welcome two guests with an insight into the medicinal use of cannabis, Joe Moreno, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta
The politics of marijuana remain hazy, but the industry is backed by prominent members of the scientific community including their first guest, Dr. Sanjay Gupta. Dr. Sanjay Gupta is the multiple Emmy® award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN. Dr. Gupta, a practicing neurosurgeon, plays an integral role in CNN’s reporting on health and medical news for all of CNN’s shows domestically and internationally and contributes to CNN.com. His medical training and public health policy experience distinguish his reporting from war zones and natural disasters, as well as on a range of medical and scientific topics. In addition to his work for CNN, Gupta is a member of the staff and faculty at the Emory University School of Medicine. He is associate chief of neurosurgery at Grady Memorial Hospital and regularly performs surgery at Emory University and Grady hospitals. He holds memberships in the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons and the Council on Foreign Relations. He serves as a diplomat of the American Board of Neurosurgery and a certified medical investigator.
“As much as I searched, I could not find a documented case of death from marijuana overdose.”
“As much as I searched, I could not find a documented case of death from marijuana overdose,” wrote Gupta in his landmark 2013 article “Why I Changed My Mind on Weed,” documented in the series “WEED.” He is currently working on a fourth episode in the series.
Dr. Gupta is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, Chasing Life, Cheating Death, and Monday Mornings
Joe Moreno
Joe Moreno is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, a former U.S. Marine officer, a former Apple software engineer for nine years, and is now the Chief Technical Officer of It’s Borrowed where he leads a team that develops new features of a mobile rental marketplace app. Joe is also one of the co-organizers and mentors of the San Diego’s Inventors and Kickstarter Meetup, which focuses on pre-campaign marketing through social media.As a former Marine Corps officer and Apple engineer Joe Moreno was turned off by stereotypical stoner culture. Even after being diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and completing six months of chemotherapy, Moreno never considered cannabis a viable treatment option due to the negative stigma attached to it. It was education that led Moreno to think differently, and three years ago he gave cannabis a try. To help bring professionalism and foster growth of careers in California’s cannabis industry, Moreno founded the San Diego Cannabis Business Group Meetup, and has found a community of people from all backgrounds who have found benefit from the plant.
In “Highly Productive”, a MERRY JANE original series, Joe profiles people who are doing great in their careers, but still enjoy or medically partake in cannabis.
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Elise Museles, Certified Eating Psychology and Nutrition Expert
Elise Museles, Certified Eating Psychology and Nutrition Expert
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This week Richard and Joe welcome Elise Museles an attorney turned eating psychology and nutrition expert and the voice behind the insightful blog Kale & Chocolate. She also shares daily inspiration (and mouth-watering photos!) on Facebook and Instagram. She published her first book Whole Food Energy in 2016. 
A writer, teacher, speaker, and healthy lifestyle advocate, Elise helps people create a positive relationship with food and their body. She receives an annual grant to lead workshops at the National Institutes of Health and is an active member on the Environmental Working Group Board of Directors, one of America’s leading health and wellness organizations. Her advice and recipes have been published in Women’s Health, Washingtonian’s Well+Being, MindBodyGreen, and other top lifestyle and nutrition blogs. Her recipes and writings are included in the bestselling books Gutbliss, The Microbiome Solution, The Naughty Diet, Real Fit Kitchen, and The Reducetarian Solution.Elise holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California at Berkeley and a Juris Doctor Degree from George Washington University School of Law. She is also a Certified Holistic Health Coach, Institute for Integrative Nutrition and Certified Eating Psychology Coach, Institute for Psychology of Eating and holds certificates in Integrative Nutrition from Purchase College, SUNY and Plant-Based Nutrition from Cornell University.
Elise lives in Washington, D.C. with her husband, two sons, and adorable golden retrievers.
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Continue reading →Basketball Coaching Legend Ray Johnson and Fitness Coach Megan Johnson McCullough
Basketball Coaching Legend Ray Johnson and Fitness Coach Megan Johnson McCullough
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Richard welcomed the father-daughter team of Ray Johnson and Megan Johnson McCullough.Ray Johnson is basketball royalty in San Diego. As the boy’s basketball coach at nearby El Camino High School for 33 years, Johnson holds the most wins (763) in CIF-San Diego Section history. At El Camino, Johnson produced 23 Avocado League crowns, 16 trips to the CIF-San Diego Section finals, eight CIF-San Diego Section titles and 14 visits to the CIF State Championship playoffs. In his two stints at El Camino (1980-08, 2010-13), Johnson went 763-229 (.769) overall. His incredible career earned him induction into the California High School Coaches Hall of Fame in 2011. He was the 2004 California State Coach of the Year and the National Coach of the Year Runner-up by the National High School Coaches Association. He was the Division I State High School Coach of the Year in 2003 and was inducted into the San Diego Hall of Sports Champions in 2002 with the Basketball Coaching Achievement Award.
In 2016 Ray was named to B.J. Foster’s coaching staff at Cal State University San Marcos. Before coming to CSUSM, Johnson spent two seasons from 2014-16 at NCAA Division I Loyola Marymount on Mike Dunlap’s staff.
Megan Johnson McCullough owns a fitness studio in Oceanside, California-Every BODY’s Fit. Her background has always been in sports and she received a full ride college basketball scholarship to play at Metro State in Denver, Colorado. She then received her M.A. in Physical Education and Health Science. Megan’s motto is that every BODY deserves to become the best versions of themselves. Her FIT Life YouTube channel has many videos demonstrating her fitness techniques.Megan has been a trainer for 12 years and has accumulated many certifications. She is an elite NASM Master Trainer and a professional natural bodybuilder; she is certified by the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and the National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA). She is also a certified Group Exercise Instructor by the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America (AFAA), and also owns certificatons in Aqua, Cycle, Yoga, and Zumba. Megan also recently received the title of Fitness Nutrition Specialist and Senior Fitness Specialist. She wishes to spread her approach to health and wellness with others and relay her passion for fitness and exercise with the community. Megan is a certified Wellness Coach from The Spencer Institute, earning her the title of Lifestyle and Weight Management Specialist. In 2017, Megan was also accepted into the elite Men’s Health Fitness Council.
Megan is beginning work on her Doctorate in Health and Human Performance at Concordia University.
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Continue reading →Jason Labrum, Financial Planner, Radio Host and Author
Jason Labrum, Financial Planner, Radio Host and Author
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This week Richard and Joe welcome Jason Labrum, financial planner, radio host and author to discuss his new book about his Financial Detox® program. Jason has been helping individuals, families, and businesses with financial planning, portfolio management, and business retirement plans since 1998. He holds a bachelor’s degree from San Diego State University and is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ and holds the AIF® (Accredited Investment Fiduciary designation). Jason was recognized as a Reuters Top Advisor for 2008 and is a multiple year winner of the 5 Star Advisor award and Top 250 Advisors by Worth Magazine.
Jason founded Labrum Wealth Management in 2009 after spending 12 years gaining industry experience with two major Wall Street brokerage firms. He is dedicated to serving his clients in a fiduciary capacity, acting in their best interests and dedicating himself to developing loyal relationships with them.
In 2015 he launched Financial Detox®, a consumer advocacy brand with the mission of delivering transparent and simple financial education to the masses. His radio show “Financial Detox®” can be heard on AM760 KFMB Saturdays from 6 to 7 pm, right before our show “It’s Your Money and Your Life. Podcasts of his show can be found here
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He has also recently authored a book “Financial Detox® – Cleanse Your Mind and Money to Achieve Financial Independence and Manage Your Wealth for Maximum Life Impact” with transparent and simple financial education and advice.Jason is a graduate of San Diego State University and resides in Carlsbad with his wife Alison and their two boys Dax and Luke. He has served on the board of the Boys and Girls Club of Carlsbad since 2002 and is active in the community. When not pursuing his professional endeavors Jason spends time with his family and enjoying skiing, golfing and surfing.
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