Instructors

As Intuit's endorsed training partner, Real World Training receives many applications a year from QuickBooks experts around the country. Our selection and training procedures are rigorous. We look for instructors that know QuickBooks "inside and out", are great teachers, have excellent public speaking skills, and truly want the student to learn and succeed. 

For those applicants that DO possess those qualities, it still takes from 3 to 6 months of rigorous study to learn the Real World Training content and teaching methods. After 6 months of study and practice, they "team-teach" with an experienced instructor to make sure they can effectively transfer all of their skills and knowledge to the classroom.

Those instructors that succeed are not only QuickBooks and accounting experts, but have extensive real world business experience. What sets our instructors apart is that fact that they truly care about helping others. We are very proud of our instructors...you won't find any that are better!

Meet Our Instructors 

David J. O'Brien, CPA

Fred Maxwell

Brad White

Brad is Chief Operations Officer of Real World Training. He has consulted with thousands of QuickBooks users. Brad is a former small business owner with extensive real world experience. He uses this experience to help students get the most out of QuickBooks.  Brad spends much of his time riding bicycles with his 5-year old twin girls, Ashley and Avery, and his 3-year old son, Aiden. Brad calls Plano, Texas home.

Trevor Matheson
Trevor is the Vice President of Product Development for Real World Training. Trevor has been teaching QuickBooks since 1997 and consistently impresses audiences with his in-depth product knowledge and entertaining speaking style. Trevor has owned and operated several small businesses before becoming a full-time instructor.  When Trevor isn't teaching, he helps develop our Learning Products. Trevor lives in Southlake, Texas.

Mary Beth Raimondi, CPA
Mary Beth is a CPA with real world experience (she had a full time CPA practice). She has used QuickBooks since the DOS version! MB now focuses mainly on QuickBooks consulting and training. She is an Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor and is a Certified Information Technology Professional. When not training, teaching, exercising and spending time with her family, MB works on stained glass projects. She lives in Trumbull, Connecticut.

Regina H. Smith
Regina began teaching QuickBooks in 1999. She has taught thousands of students how to best set up and use QuickBooks. Her real world experience provides her with a great knowledge of QuickBooks, which she enthusiastically passed on to her students. Regina loves to travel and has seen places as exotic as the Cook Islands and Peru! Regina owns and operates an accounting practice back home in Boise, Idaho.

Gary Gernbacher
Gary has 20 years of business consulting experience including classroom and one-on-one instruction. Gary brings an engaging and pleasant style to each class he teaches. And, he uses his own small business ownership experience to bring relevant examples and a common sense approach to each class. Gary is the proud father of 3 grown children. Gary lives in Savage, Minnesota.

Gary Almquist

Gary has been training small businesses for more than 10 years. He currently owns his own small business and intimately understands the myriad challenges faced by small businesses.

Gary has a real passion to help others succeed. This is shown by his love of teaching and his involvement with his community and church. He also volunteers with several not-for-profits. Gary lives in Nevada, Missouri.

Shauna Wortinger, CPA
Shauna has been training and consulting QuickBooks users for over 6 years. Her focus is teaching students how to be confident and accurate QuickBooks users. Shauna is a dedicated instructor who's enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and fun! Shauna was married in October of 2007! She was raised in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma and moved to Sebring, FL after her wedding.

Amy Marks
Amy is a former Controller who has extensive QuickBooks experience. Her enthusiastic teaching style will keep you engaged throughout your seminar. Amy loves scuba diving and has "dived" some of the most beautiful underwater locations in the world. When not teaching QuickBooks or scuba diving, Amy calls Salt Lake City home.

Michele M. Hoover, CPA

Lamont Nesbitt

Lamont is an alumni of Intuit (the makers of QuickBooks) where he spent 10 years as a senior technical support engineer. He is a natural teacher and loves seeing his students improve their QuickBooks knowledge and skills. Lamont lives in Tucson, Arizona, with his wife Rachel, and 3 children...Marina, Whitney, and Jaden. When not teaching, he loves table tennis, softball and bowling.

Erin Walsh

Erin has been an experienced QuickBooks user for over 15 years. Since 2008, she has taught thousands of students across the United States and Canada. She also owns and operates a web based bookkeeping and consulting service. When she is not enjoying class time with her students, she spends time oil painting and combing the beaches in San Diego.

Joanne Baker

Joanne first got certified in QuickBooks in 1999 and has taught thousands of students how to master QuickBooks - both as a RWT instructor and as an independent consultant. Whether someone is an experienced accountant, IT technical guru, or a complete newcomer to both bookkeeping and computers, Joanne has a way of helping her students get the most out of QuickBooks. When not teaching, she enjoys cycling and quilt making. Joanne lives in Marina del Rey, California.

"People don't care how much you know...until they know how much you care"