MANAGEMENT TEAM

K. Linda Rose, founder, has 21 years experience in public and private accounting. For the past 17 years, she has served as CEO of Rose Business Solutions. Ms. Rose has built the company to be San Diego’s largest value added reseller for Microsoft Business Solutions. Her firm, formerly known as K. Linda Rose & Company, has implemented hundreds of installations for small and medium size businesses spanning a variety of industries.

Ms. Rose is also COO and co-founder of ThompsonRose Interim Professionals. ThompsonRose was established in 1998 to deliver flexible, cost-effective staffing solutions to San Diego companies by providing effective, experienced interim and part-time accounting and financial professionals.

Finally, to round out the suite of services to her firm's clients, Ms Rose also serves as founder and CEO of RoseASP.com, a full-service application service provider founded to provide high quality deployment of enterprise financial applications, customer relationship management, human resources, asset management and enterprise reporting.

Ms. Rose started her career at Arthur Andersen & Co. with positions in both San Diego and World Headquarters in Chicago. She has a Master’s in Taxation and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. She is a graduate of San Diego State University where she graduated with Honors. She was certified by the California State Board of Accountancy as a CPA in 1988. Ms. Rose was named the “100 Most Influential People in Accounting” in 2001.

Ms. Bunas, Vice President, has eighteen years of experience in business management. For the last seven years with Rose Business Solutions, formerly K. Linda Rose & Company, she has led the Customer Sales and Service Teams, which consists of the firm’s Customer Care and Customer Development/Training programs. She has assisted in growing the firm's customer base to reach beyond San Diego and Southern California. Ms. Bunas also is very active with RoseASP and the development of its customer base and service initiatives. Some of her other responsibilities include the marketing and human resources area of the company.

Ms. Bunas began her career with ITT Sheraton specializing in guest services, reservations, and group meeting coordination. Ms. Bunas has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio. She is a Customer Sales Manager with Microsoft Business Solutions and is a member of the CSM Advisory Board. Ms. Bunas was awarded the “Excellence in Customer Service Award” from Microsoft Business Solutions in March 2002, and the “Customer Sales Manager of the Year Award” in September 2002.