After a 25-year career in public accounting, Brent retired as an assurance (audit) partner with the international accounting and consulting firm of Grant Thornton LLP. As a CPA, he provided accounting, financial, M&A, mentoring and other consulting services for technology, investment, real estate, internet, manufacturing, distribution and hospitality companies, including companies preparing for an IPO and other SEC registrations. Brent is in his tenth year on the Board of Directors of Koniag, Inc., an Alaska Regional Native Corporation for the Kodiak area. Koniag has a portfolio of investments in natural resources, marketable securities, real estate and operating companies. During his tenure, Koniag paid a dividend every year and was profitable all but one year.