APEK.AI

Leading innovative tech company. APEK is a Virginia-based AI engineering and automation firm, specializing in the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI agents and enterprise automation solutions. With over 20 years of expertise, APEK empowers organizations and government agencies to transform operations, streamline workflows, and achieve measurable impact through custom AI systems and strategic advisory services.

CEO, Managing Partner

Voice2Me.ai

Voice2Me - owned by APEK.AI. Leading enterprise-grade AI voice technology innovation to transform customer experiences at scale. Pioneering multi-model AI architecture that delivers human-like conversations while handling thousands of concurrent interactions. Helping organizations reduce operational costs while enhancing customer satisfaction through voice intelligence solutions that bridge technology and humanity.

CEO, Chief AI Officer

Vector7.ai

As a founding council member of Vector7, I help shape an elite executive network uniting global leaders in AI, business, and policy. Vector7 provides a private, trusted arena where decision-makers exchange foresight, build influence, and remain relevant in the AI era.

Founding Council (Board Member)

The One 23 Group

Led post-M&A transformation and restructuring of government services platform company. Orchestrated migration to new ERP system in under 5 months while establishing GAAP and DCAA compliant business practices. Directed M&A due diligence activities and financial operations oversight.

Executive Vice President

Virtana Corp.

Driving operational transformation and strategic growth initiatives that resulted in 30% OPEX and 120% EBITDA improvement. Leading cross-functional teams to streamline business processes, establish corporate KPIs, and implement go-to-market strategies that improved ARR by 20%.

Executive Vice President of Operations

Siemens Government Technologies

Oversaw operational health of $500M+ federal IT portfolio serving USAF, DOD & DOE. Led execution excellence and compliance while building high-performing teams and establishing strategic partnerships.

Executive Director of Operations

General Dynamics Information Technology

Managed performance of $400M+ international portfolio across 50+ countries for USCIS. Built effective customer relationships while ensuring operational excellence and compliance in complex global environments.

Senior Director of Revenue Operations

Global Linguist Solutions, LLC

Led business account managers and program analysts overseeing $4.9 billion INSCOM international projects portfolio in the Middle East. Managed CONUS and OCONUS program functions and reporting.

Senior Operations & Strategy Advisor

Deltek

Led global SaaS software sales operations, driving team performance and quarterly target achievement through effective coaching and mentoring while growing company reputation through industry events.

Director of Sales Operations

Managed financial planning, compliance, and operational oversight for government contracting programs. Ensured contract compliance with federal regulations while optimizing program financial performance. Developed standardized reporting processes and implemented financial controls that improved program visibility and accountability across international operations.

International Program Coordinator

At 19, I left home and moved to another country with no money, no safety net, and no plan - just the belief that I was meant for more.

Since then, I’ve walked through fire more than once: divorces, parenting alone, financial struggles, personal losses, and making bold moves of leaving a successful corporate career, to rebuild my life totally from scratch…

Each chapter of this journey was not easy and sometimes terrifying, yet it became important stepping stones of who I am today.

It is what allows me to do what I do best - 
help leaders and organizations evolve through change with clarity, courage, and connection.

⭐️ Who I Am

I help organizations bridge human intelligence and artificial intelligence through agentic voice technologies, leadership enablement, and transformation strategy.

My mission: make AI adoption feel human, effortless, and profitable.

I’m CEO of APEK.ai, leading teams that build secure Agentic AI & Voice Solutions for Enterprise - helping organizations modernize operations and humanize their communication through intelligent automation.

With over 20 years in enterprise transformation, leadership strategy, and reinvention, I blend AI innovation with human insight to help people and businesses grow from the inside out.


⁉️Who I Help

	•	Enterprises ready to evolve beyond legacy systems and embrace secure, human-centric AI.
	•	Executives and founders navigating reinvention, burnout, or uncertainty about their next chapter.
	•	Leaders in transition who look successful on paper but quietly ask, “What’s next for me?”

When People Come to Me (and my team)

They come when success feels heavy, change feels impossible, or they’ve outgrown the version of themselves they used to be.
They come when transformation stops being a concept - and becomes personal.

💡 My Belief

True reinvention happens when technology and humanity evolve together.

That’s why my mission is to help people and organizations:
	•	Adopt AI intelligently.
	•	Reinvent fearlessly.
	•	Lead with voice, not noise.


Eva Karnaukh

City of Detroit

• Administer continuous oversight of departmental revenues and expenditures with strict adherence to adopted budgets.
• Develop continuing collaboration with agencies and departments across the city’s governing body to implement and execute tasks that meet government and municipal needs.
• Disclose proper data and required documentation with proposed adjustments or changes complying with GASB standards.
• Oversee general ledger activity, executing diligent monitoring and analyzing government grants appropriated by the city.
• Scrutinize project billing accuracy to foster compliance with government contracts.

Accountant III / Grant Accountant (Project Based) - Municipal Government

Common Citizen

· Applied and established internal controls to prepaids, fixed assets (CIP, ASC 842 leasing, ROU Asset), inventory (Goods receipts, in-transit), reconciled legacy data from QuickBooks to Sage Intacct, and streamlined monthly closings by spearheading unassigned tasks.
· Collaborated in continuous improvement (Kaizen) events to evaluate current processes, optimize standard operating procedures (SOPs), and establish key performance indicators (KPIs) related to inventory, costing, retail operations, purchasing, fixed assets, and month-end activities.
· Detailed and transformed the company’s $115M fixed asset register in Q1 2024.
· Examined any critical deviations from the budget or forecast, identified the underlying causes and suggested corrective actions.
· Maintained accurate record-keeping of intercompany transactions and proper reporting of intercompany eliminations.
· Optimized $165M notes payable schedules for a clearer cash flow analysis delivered to the CFO and COO.
· Overhauled costing models, integrating labor, transportation absorption, updated BOMs, and rolled out standard costing in a lean, vertically integrated manufacturing environment.
· Partnered with the FP&A team to assist with the annual budgeting process and ensured the quality of data used for financial reporting.
· Refined monthly inventory evaluations, monitored cycle counts, and work-in-progress (WIP) calculations for retail and cultivation operations.
· Successfully directed the implementation of the SAGE Intacct fixed assets module, automating the company's monthly depreciation and establishing clear policies and procedures. Reassuring proper classification of transactions, including those under ASC 842 lease guidance.
· Worked closely with the supply chain leadership to comprehensively evaluate product design, raw materials, manufacturing strategies, and labor patterns. This in-depth analysis allowed us to identify key cost drivers and uncover valuable opportunities for cost optimization.

Senior Cost Accountant - Manufacturing & Retail

Aclara

· Addressed monthly, quarterly, and annual balance sheet - P&L variances (Flux analysis) to identify trends, risks, and growth opportunities.
· Coached and mentored two summer interns as part of internal business development initiatives.
· Collaborated on monitoring inventory cycle counts and conducted fixed assets physical counts.
· Complied with internal controls and external PwC audits.
· Executed quarterly inventory in-transit, and inventory aging analysis.
· Generated weekly sales margin and P&L reports to compare progress against FP&A forecasts (Actuals vs. budget).
· ISO27001 quality certification audit compliance.
· Maintained standard cost and developed a review of BOMs, P.O.s, work orders, and sales orders for accuracy.
· Monitored and reported monthly environmental data (Usage & waste) compliant with SEC initiatives.
· Monthly general ledger reconciliations and accruals recorded into JDE software and uploaded into Blackline.
· OneStream P&L and balance sheet consolidations.
· Oversaw and directed the management of capital expenditures, tracking their progress with project owners (Construction in progress - AFEs).
· Owned monthly revenue testing for SOX compliance and ASC 606 controls.
· Participated in the ERP transition between JD Edwards to SAP software. 
· Partnered internally with FP&A, Technical Accounting, IT and external auditors to implement OneStream financial consolidating software (From Hyperion HFM to OneStream).
· Performed perpetual inventory reconciliations monthly for three external locations.
· Provided a quarterly excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory analysis with the supply chain leadership.
· Tracked weekly and monthly purchase price variances (PPVs) to measure price fluctuations and achieve cost savings.

Accountant II (Costing/Fixed Assets/General Ledger/Revenue - SOX)  - Manufacturing

Planet Fitness

· Achieved an average of $4M weekly reduction in past-due AR customer balances through collections for equipment sales and placement revenue.
· Assisted KPMG auditors by fulfilling their audit requests.
· Collaborated with the AR team by recording daily cash receipts in Great Plains ERP system.
· Conducted monthly balance sheet reconciliations and certification uploads in Blackline.
· Contributed to the daily entry of AP vouchers into Great Plains and reviewed Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) activity to accurately analyze the company's curated inventory.
· Managed monthly and quarterly sales tax calculations, ensuring timely tax filings with local municipalities for corporate-managed clubs.
· Performed monthly revenue evaluations to ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley regulations and ASC 606 controls for audit standards.
· Provided comprehensive analyses of monthly balance sheet and P&L variances (Flux analysis) to corporate CFO.
· Successfully prepared monthly intercompany billing, adjustments, accruals, and journal entries as required.

Staff Accountant (Contract) - Franchisors & Fitness Centers

LandVest

· Accomplished personal property tax filings for satellite offices in multiple states and municipalities.
· Collaborated with A/P bills vouchering and reconciliation of general ledger accounts monthly.
· Conducted monthly reconciliation of employee liability account against subledger in Sage Intacct.
· Contributed to the development of strategies matching company's objectives and mission.
· Execution of monthly prepaid accounts reconciliations and processing of accruals.
· Fixed assets maintenance with monthly depreciation following GAAP and company policies.
· Improved engagement levels and employee morale by 30% under the company's DE&I's policy.
· Measuring and planning strategy outcomes under the company's DE&I's initiatives.
· Monitored progress of 15+ ongoing timber projects and complied with contract payments for monthly timber harvest.
· Oversaw corporate credit card control and monthly statement reconciliation.
· Prepared journal entries and adjustments as needed.
· Record keeping of initial structuring budget allocated for DE&I initiative.
· Recorded balance sheet and P&L journal entries into Sage Intacct software.
· Tracked project cost and revenue obtained through real estate transactions before releasing commission and escrow payments.
· Spearheaded annual 1099 filing.
· Teamed with FP&A analyst in the preparation of annual departmental budgets.
· Worked with the DE&I committee to identify opportunities that championed diversification, employee experience, and engagement.

Staff Accountant - Timberland Services & Luxury Real Estate

Continental

· Accurately managed of Assets under construction or construction in progress (CIP) recorded in SAP company software.
· Calculated business unit month-end accruals.
· Collaborated with 3+ production leaders during ISO certification audits.
· Conducted cost control (actuals vs. budget <10% margin) supporting budget for customer tooling projects and assets under construction (CIP) in SAP.
· Coordinated a monthly inter-company consolidation followed by a balance confirmation process of general ledger balances among subsidiaries and parent company.
· Facilitated inter-company bilingual training for outsourced accounting activities such as accounts payable.
· Led the monthly analysis of fixed assets and depreciation post using SAP AFAB.
· Maintained diligent communication with capital project owners to confirm, and delegate budget compliance with project engineers.
· Oversaw the company's $27M fixed assets inventory and strengthened data accuracy by coordinating scheduled quarterly physical counts.
· Performed monthly clearing of in-transit inventory accounts – GR/IR in SAP F.13 transactions.
· Successfully achieved a customer tooling outstanding balance reduction of $6.5M by diligently tracking completion progress of capital tooling projects ($6.5 million collected in 2016 and 2017).

Fixed Asset Accountant - Manufacturing

Liberty Mutual Insurance

· Assisted the accounting team with pending special projects related with Spanish speaking clients.
· Audited system information controls with the accounting manager and senior accountant.
· Collaborated with the accounting team in finalizing abandoned property claim refunds.
· Dove into state filing discrepancies related to the abandoned property unit with the accounting team.
· Collected supporting documentation complying with state filings, resulting in the completion of open unresolved cases.
· Engaged in departmental project meetings.
· Embarked on a three-year state filing audit for abandoned property returns filed nationwide and in U.S. territories resulting in the completion of the project.

Financial Operations Analyst (Contract) | Audit Support - Tax Returns - Insurance Industry

Mediacom Communications

· Assisted the Corporate Accounts Payable manager in weekly check-runs.
· Authorized critical payments using a corporate card.
· Collaborated with the team by vouchering a high volume of payable invoices for offices across the Midwest and Atlantic regions using Oracle software.
· Conducted A/P vendor maintenance requesting Certificate of Insurance/W9 forms and issuing 1099 when needed.
· Improved the department's record keeping by digitizing records.
· Performed a weekly corporate card reconciliation requested by department leaders.

Corporate Accounts Payable - Media Service & Telecommunications

Riviera Country Club of Coral Gables

· Achieved promptly and accurate processing of monthly accruals.
· Collaborated with the controller by performing HR functions such as interviews, new employee orientations, setting up employees in Kronos time clock, company benefit open enrollment, and annual/quarterly audits.
· Conducted monthly inventory control of pro-shop merchandise and physical inventory count of food & beverage.
· Led the accounts payable cycle and monthly reconciliation of general ledger account against subledger.
· Managed Corporate credit card management and monthly statement reconciliation.
· Monitored capital expenditures and delegate discrepancies with project managers maintaining a 10% threshold between actuals vs. budget differences.
· Upgraded weekly cash flow update for the controller.

Accounts Payable Coordinator - Hospitality, Entertainment & Restaurant Services.

Salcines CPA, PA

· Analyzed and reconciled bank accounts, credit card accounts and loan statements.
· Assisted an average of 10 small to mid-size level businesses with the preparation of 1099s, K-1s and W2s for their annual operations.
· Built professional relationships year-over-year with clients seeking assistance with tax compliance, corporate write-up (Bookkeeping), business financial analysis and tax advisory.
· Furnished balance sheets and income statements to build 1120 corporate tax returns using Excel, QuickBooks, Peachtree, and Drake income tax software.
· Generated fixed assets analysis/registers, and reports for clients.
· Journalized operating activity through a series of entries into QuickBooks and Peachtree.
· Maintained and balanced general ledger accounts in QuickBooks and Peachtree for clients.
· Performed weekly and bi-weekly payroll submission analyzing client data provided through ADP.
· Prepared 941 quarterly payroll tax returns for clients using ADP data.
· Prepared an average of 130 individual income tax returns for clients using Drake tax software.

Accountant - Tax Auditing, Planning, and Business Advisory Services

As a seasoned accounting professional with nearly two decades of experience, I have driven substantial operational improvements for diverse teams—large, mid-size, and small—each with distinct characteristics across dynamic industries. This journey has allowed me to interact and share exceptional knowledge with some of the most passionate professionals in this field, leaving a long-lasting impact.

FINANCIAL STRATEGY
In my professional journey, I have consistently prioritized cross-functional collaboration with internal departments and global teams, successfully driving key objectives and meeting critical deadlines objectively. My achievements include ensuring strict compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) revenue recognition controls, developing and structuring cost-efficient procedures through cost analysis and models, conducting thorough year-end inventory counts, managing comprehensive ESG reporting (SEC's climate disclosure ruling), reconstructing fixed assets module, and spearheading ERP system integrations, particularly with SAP, SAGE Intacct, and OneStream software. I have cultivated a robust expertise in cost accounting, corporate taxes, fixed assets, and financial audits. I am pursuing my Certified Public Accountant license in Michigan, highlighting my commitment to personal and professional growth.

BUSINESS PLANNING & APPLICATIONS
My experience with computer applications and ERP systems complements my professional journey with diversity and quick-to-learn ability. I have worked with Blackline, Cognos TM1, Great Plains, JDE Edwards, Hyperion HFM, OneStream, Oracle, Power BI Tool, Sage Intacct, Salesforce, SAP, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint). I have also used other systems such as QuickBooks, Peachtree, Kronos time clock, ADP Payroll Processing, and Drake Tax Software in earlier roles. This breadth of experience demonstrates my adaptability and versatility in working with different systems.

INDUSTRY FOCUS
The business acumen I deliver is rooted in experience across industries such as:
• Food & Beverage
• Franchisors & Fitness
• Government - Appropriations & Budgets
• Insurance & Financial Services
• Manufacturing & Retail
• Marketing (Project Accounting)
• Media Services & Telecommunications
• Not-for-profit Organizations
• Real Estate & Timber (Project Accounting)
• Tax Auditing, Planning and Business Advisory

CONNECT
I am naturally curious and enjoy learning new things while connecting with people across different industries. Reach out via LinkedIn or directly at iarias04@gmail.com.

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