Yes, I do accept engagements in areas where I can share my expertise. These include banking, finance, management systems and internet-related systems and communications.

In particular, I offer the following services:  Accounting, Anti-spam Legislation Compliance, Business Presentations, Due Diligence Reviews, Facilitation Consultancy, Financial and Cashflow Forecasting, Financial Investigations, Litigation Support, Payments Systems Review and Installation, Preparation of Business Plans, Review of Management and Internal Controls, and Website Auditing.

In addition to practical business experience, I also have a solid grounding in theories having lived an academic life for sometime doing research and teaching in business colleges and universities in Australia and in the Philippines.

If you wish to avail of my services, here’s how I manage my fees:

For local businesses: I make it very easy for you to do business with me by offering simple hours-based pricing. I am willing to accept small projects that may take less than a day’s work. My pricing at A$75 to A$100 per hour is extremely competitive.

For interstate and overseas businesses: I can do interstate or overseas consulting jobs and my fee is days-based pricing plus travel expenses. A project-based fee pricing is also acceptable to me. Don’t hesitate to contact me to find out my availability for interstate or overseas engagements.

For each hour that I charge to your account, I will provide you details of how it was spent and the outcome. This way, you know what you’re paying for. Integrity is an underlying principle behind all my billings.

How do I keep my costs down?

My marketing strategy is pretty simple. I provide enough information on this website to educate prospective clients on my services and capabilities. I may occasionally send out information in the mail to attract prospective clients to this website. But, that’s pretty much it. I don’t hire other people to sell my services. I also don’t print brochures or similar magazines to announce my services.

Because of the information I provide on my site, I do not expect to spend more time than what is necessary to close out an agreement. By this I mean, I will not spend time out entertaining prospective clients or providing extensive presale presentations, meetings, references, etc.

Since I spend most of my time in clients premises, I maintain a very small, unassuming office that provides me just enough room to get my work done and occasionally meet with a client.

My largest business expenses are investments in the tools and technologies that I use in the services I provide. I do not invest in physical facilities and advertising.

This operational strategy allows me to keep my rates very low because I am dedicating most of my time and resources to consulting and not marketing.

If you feel it’s important (and you are willing to pay) for a consulting firm that maintains impressive offices and have a management team that is willing to spend numerous hours convincing you into accepting their services, perhaps you are not my prospective client. There are plenty of good consulting firms out there that use this kind of approach. I’m not one of them.

But if you are serious in availing of cost-effective services that have the elements of experience, innovation and integrity, then I would be very much interested in doing business with you.

How do I share my experiences with the community?

I am very much involved in community activities in Australia, organising groups in national events including Clean Up Day Australia and Greening Australia. Through this website, I aim to help provide suggestions and a platform that community members will be informed on issues that may affect them.

Do I accept assignments to build websites?

My focus for the internet is anti-spam legislation compliance and websites auditing. I refer all web site design and development to my company, Compucentric Consulting. We have a group of web design and development professionals who can help you design and build a website that reflects the character and mission of your organisation.