Tax & Business Strategy · Westlake Village, CA
Anthony Haas
MPAc candidate and CPA-eligible (June 2027) with a founder's instinct for growth. I bring rigorous tax and analytical training together with hands-on experience building a business, closing sales, and translating numbers into decisions.
About
Where tax discipline meets entrepreneurial drive.
I'm currently pursuing my Master of Professional Accountancy at California State University, Northridge, on track to be CPA-eligible in June 2027. Before returning to school for tax, I spent two years as a co-founder and CFO running a business from the ground up — door-to-door sales, customer research, fundraising, and every unglamorous detail in between.
That combination is my edge: I've worked with a wide range of clients, from independent small business owners to the angel investors and venture capitalists whose minds I picked while raising capital myself. I've hustled my way into VC conversations and used relationship-building to land clients and drive customer acquisition. Along the way, I adapted to constant uncertainty — teaching myself to code, to pitch, and to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. I'm bilingual (English/Spanish), AI-native in how I work, and equally at home in spreadsheets, client conversations, and code.
Tax & Accounting
MPAc coursework, QuickBooks, Excel (Certified), SQL (Certified), financial modeling.
Business & Marketing
Sales strategy, customer discovery, fundraising, growth & positioning.
Technical
AWS (Certified), Tableau, AI-native workflows.
Languages
Fluent English, conversational Spanish — used daily in client-facing volunteer work.
Experience
A track record across the classroom, the sales floor, and the boardroom.
Teaching Assistant
Aug 2026 – CurrentCalifornia State University, Northridge, CA
- Manage attendance records for 150+ students across 4 business courses using Excel and Canvas.
- Dedicate 15–20 hours weekly resolving 50+ student questions on coursework and grading for 3 professors.
- Run office hours for a professor, explaining marketing concepts and answering course-related questions.
Sales Specialist
Oct 2025 – Aug 2026Nordstrom, Thousand Oaks, CA
- Generated $200,000+ in inventory sales through targeted product recommendations and direct outreach.
- Opened 20+ credit accounts per month, ranking among top performers in conversion metrics and customer acquisition.
- Built and beta-tested an internal service that increased daily customer interactions by 25% hourly.
Co-founder & CFO
Jun 2023 – Sep 2025Nox Life LLC, New York, NY
- Executed door-to-door sales across 100+ small businesses in NYC, converting 12 venues into paying clients through direct outreach and data-driven value propositions.
- Conducted 100+ customer discovery interviews over a 1-year beta period, driving a 50% improvement in user retention.
- Secured 2 pre-seed venture capital fundraising interviews and raised $10,000 in a friends-and-family round.
Featured Venture
Nox Life LLC
Prevue Mobile AppCo-founder & CFO · New York, NY · 2023–2025
Built Prevue, a nightlife management startup based in New York City, helping small businesses increase customer retention and bringing transparency to going out — so people can make smarter, safer decisions before they head out for the night.
Grew the business from zero to paying customers through direct, in-person sales — no warm intros, no ad budget. Owned the financial side end-to-end: pricing, unit economics, and the fundraising pitch, while staying hands-on with customers to understand what was actually working.
Community & Volunteer Work
Volunteer (12 hrs/week) · Neighborhood Legal Services of Los Angeles (NLSLA) · Dec 2025 – May 2026
Supported low-income residents navigating the legal system at the Van Nuys Courthouse, translating and explaining complex legal concepts in Spanish and training incoming volunteers.
Assistant Coach · Conejo Youth Basketball Association (CYBA) · 2018–2019
Coached two teams of middle school athletes alongside two friends during my senior year of high school, teaching basketball fundamentals and teamwork to kids just starting out in the sport.
Skills
Tools I use to get from question to answer.
Tax & Finance
Data & Technical
Business & Growth
Languages
Organizations & Involvement
AI Native Tech Stack
Education
Academic foundation.
Master of Professional Accountancy
California State University, Northridge, CA
B.S. in Marketing
Rutgers Business School, New Brunswick, NJ
Cum Laude Honors · Scarlet Promise Scholarship · Dean's List, 4 semesters
Professional Skill Development
Moorpark College, Moorpark, CA
Relevant coursework: Principles of Income Taxation · Taxation of Business Entities · Data Analytics for Business · Cloud Computing & Virtualization
My Most Significant Achievement
Turning a stutter into a stage.
TED Talk · High School
I grew up with a stutter that made public speaking feel like my biggest weakness. Instead of avoiding it, I found an unconventional way through it — I learned to sing and freestyle rap, using rhythm as a bridge to fluent, confident speech. I turned that discovery into a TED Talk, not just about the stutter itself, but about a bigger idea: reframing a setback can reveal your actual superpower, especially when the key to unlocking it hides somewhere unexpected, like a melody. Confronting my fear of public speaking and being comfortable speaking in front of others confirmed a belief I now carry into everything I do: I'm capable of doing anything in this world, no matter how daunting the challenge may be.
Contact
Let's talk.
Open to opportunities in tax, accounting, and business strategy roles. The fastest way to reach me is email or LinkedIn.