About Us

Nick

Nick

Nick grew up as the son of a small business owner in small-town Iowa. He remembers learning how to run a company of one and watching it grow to a 10-employee company serving hundreds of clients. Nick watched his father spend countless hours learning how to handle his basic bookkeeping and growing his business while making sure he had enough money in the bank to make payroll.

Nick’s entrepreneurial spirit appeared early. While in high school he was always finding ways to make work for himself. From installing car stereos to selling duct tape roses (yes, really) for Valentine’s Day. Nick was still helping out at his dad’s shop on afternoons and weekends, becoming involved firsthand in the operations of a successful small business.

Nick went on to study accounting and business at Iowa State University while still helping his dad with the new knowledge he was getting in college. He graduated in 2007 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting.

Nick graduated from the Lee School of Business at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 2012 with a Master’s of Business Administration focused on Entrepreneurship and Finance. During his time in graduate school, he ran businesses in pool cleaning, property management, and real estate project management.

Over the past 18 years, he has worked in various industries including private equity, real estate brokerage, and land development. Over the past 10 years, he has been working with small businesses helping them grow on the side of his other career. Initially, his consulting services were helping friends with their real estate businesses and it became helping his wife grow her law firm. Realizing he was unhappy with the corporate path, he came back to his true passion of helping entrepreneurs run their businesses.

Knowing most small businesses can’t afford full-time staff with professional degrees, he opened The Back Office as a way to share his knowledge gained with other small business owners. He wants to take the burden of running a business off your shoulders and allow you to focus on what you do best, serving your customers.

Nick lives in San Diego, CA with his wife, who herself is a small business owner, and his three children.

John

John

John grew up in York, PA, where his passion for technology began at an early age. An early experience at “computer camp” sparked his interest in coding while other kids were swimming and doing archery. This experience set the foundation for his future career.

John earned a BA from Lehigh University with a focus on computer science and cognitive science (AI) and an MBA from Florida Gulf Coast University.

With over 27 years of IT experience, John has held various roles, including Director of Technology, Product Manager, Technical Solutions Architect, and Business Systems Analyst. His career path has been shaped by opportunities to “wear a lot of hats” at several small firms, allowing him to develop a diverse skill set.

John has been involved in significant projects, such as the development of BidMiner, a proprietary platform for Imwave that revolutionized their performance search engine marketing management. He also led enhancements to Alchemy, a loyalty platform for a leading loyalty marketing company, introducing non-transactional earning features and a co-branded credit card integration, which significantly increased customer engagement and market share.

Throughout his career, John has valued knowing that his work makes others’ work easier. This guiding principle has driven his commitment to building and growing high-performing teams and systems to drive quality and efficiency.

John currently lives in San Diego, CA with his wife and 6-year-old son. In his free time, he enjoys camping and driving his son to all his activities.