Michael K.

Managing Chef @ Spa Eastman

About

I hold a bachelor's degree in Business and have an extensive career in accounting and taxation. I provide value added business consulting services, finance and taxation advice while opening up my business network for strategic possibilities. My clients are mainly in the music industry including Grammy and Juno award winners, construction, real estate and tech transfer corporations that includes a heavy R&D content and the hospitality sector including hotel and restaurant ventures.

Country

City

Canada

Industry

Investment Management

Skill

Teamwork, Team Building, Econometric Modeling, Financial Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Capital Markets Analysis, University Teaching, Public Speaking, Teaching, Scientific Communications, Financial Engineering, New Business Development, Valuation, Portfolio Management, Asset Management, Investment Management, Finance, Management, Start-up, Administration

Experience

Managing Chef

Spa Eastman

2025-11 - Present · 10 mos

Eastman, Quebec, Canada

Managing Chef for the restaurant at Spa Eastman, responsable for all managerial duties, menue creation and supervising the work of a brigade of chefs and culinary staff.

Chief Executive Officer

Shogun Capital Inc.

2025-4 - Present · 1 yr 5 mos

Holding corporation investing in public/private equities, commodities and a commercial division in day trading focused in Canadian and US markets.

Business Consultant

Michael Karras

2010-1 - Present · 16 yrs 8 mos

Lac Brome

My clients are mostly in the entertainment and construction business and includes grammy and juno award winners and U.S.A. based ventures in the process of acquisitions. I deliver strategic accounting, taxation, investment valuations and financial solutions to an elite client base.

Chief Financial Officer

KJ Chemicals LLC

2022-2 - 2023-9 · 1 yr 8 mos

Houston, Texas, United States

Teaching Assistant

Bishop's University

2021-8 - 2023-9 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Teaching assistant to Dr. Robert Sproule in Econometrics.

Portfolio Manager

SEED Portfolio

2020-8 - 2022-8 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Working with a team of research assistants covering the basic material sector of The TSX.

Bass-baritone singer

Choeur de la montagne

2018-9 - 2020-8 · 2 yrs

Bass singer covering the classics of J.S. Bach, Pucini and so many other great composers. The choeur de la Montagne is a 95 members choir producing yearly concerts and occasional tours in Europe.

Telescope operator and public science speaker

Bishop's University

2017-9 - 2020-8 · 3 yrs

My work as the telescope operator for Bishops university's astronomical observatory includes being a public speaker and tour guide for nights of astronomy observation to various groups visiting our facilities. I also train university physics students on the use of the telescope, it's software and all the other gear used at the dome (cameras, spectrocopes etc ).

Researcher Assistant

Bishop's University

2017-5 - 2017-12 · 8 mos

Investigating cold plasma applications and fundamentals of plasma filaments distributions.

Director

ColbaNet

2010 - 2016-9 · 6 yrs

Ville st Laurent

Executive board member and president of the audit commitee.

Partner

GDTS Comptables agréés

2007-3 - 2011 · 3 yrs

St lambert

Delegated partner of the audit and certification department supporting the senior and founding partner. Supervising the work of a team of audit managers, lead auditors and staff. My work was mostly in the entertainment business (music and film), high tech with a heavy R&D content, real estate, hotels and resorts along with many venture cap, mergers & acquisitions, reorganizations and financial services.

Education

Bishop's University

2017 - 2023 · 6 yrs

Classical liberal arts education spanning the seven components of Music, Physics and Astronomy, Logic, Rhetoric and Grammar, Mathematics combined to a concentration in Economics and Finance. Achieved Honour roll for 3 consecutive years