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40 Under 40 Article |
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William Gerber |
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Age: 35
Title: Managing director of
sales and marketing
Company: OSI
Company location: South Windsor
Residence: South Windsor |
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Career highlights:
I am a co-founder of OSI, a company that
provides daily online bookkeeping and
controllership services to businesses. I serve
as the director of sales and marketing. We
are different because we offer daily bookkeeping
services on an outsource basis for a
fixed monthly fee. Our entire staff is 100
percent U.S.-based. My background as an
independent business owner taught me that
there is more to the bottom line than money.
Every business needs revenue to thrive, but
businesses with a clear vision and mission
are more likely to succeed than those without. |
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Community involvement:
Besides supporting the Connecticut
Children’s Medical Center, my wife and I
have recently established a Connecticut
chapter of Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
organization. AHC is a rare neurological
disorder characterized by repeated, transient
attacks of hemiplegia — total paralysis affecting
one side of the body or the entire body.
My son Sean was born with this disorder,
compelling our family to act. In May 2006, we
hosted Connecticut’s first Silent Auction
Spring Fling Dance in support of AHC
research, raising over $30,000. |
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Biggest success:
My biggest success was becoming a
pioneer in the new world of outsource daily
bookkeeping. This goal required my partner
and me to learn the latest technology, then
integrate that into the process of daily bookkeeping
for businesses around the country.
The result is a system that helps many
businesses balance their books — some for
the first time. By helping businesses see their
financial picture on a daily basis, OSI empowers
them to see what they actually have: what they
owe, who owes them, and how much money
they are — or are not — making. |
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Dream job:
This is it. There’s nothing more satisfying
than working for yourself while providing a
service of real value. |
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Business person he most admires
and why:
I admire my father, John Gerber. He owns
a small plumbing business and exposed all of
his sons to the business at a very young age.
This experience taught responsibility, the ups
and downs of owning one’s own business,
and the reward that comes with a job well
done. More than anything, he taught me that
employees always come first. He always took
care of the employees and their families, even
when times were tough. |
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