Welcome To Ahead LLC
Ahead LLC is a management support service-oriented organization. Our quality-driven approach makes us strive towards a holistic approach; based on the best practices of the industry and streamlined procedures to ensure optimal work quality. Throughout our years of service, we continue to meet or exceed our customers’ expectations and goals by improving our strategies and products to meet the ever-changing global marketplace.
As a professional staffing and management support service provider, our team leverages over 70 years of collective executive-level experience; offering services in:
- Consulting Services
- Training, Development, & Coaching
- Accounting, Auditing, & Compliance
Our Services
Consulting Services
While companies are rebooting, the Ahead team is focused on researching industry practices to provide you with insights, analysis, and expert advice on transformational trends and key challenges facing your industry. Consider this your one-stop shop for the latest and greatest insights on auditing and accounting practices, performance and talent management, IT, artificial intelligence, and a myriad of other topics facing your organization.
Accounting, Auditing & Compliance Services
Accounting, Auditing & Compliance are three of the most essential aspects of any business. Official documentation of revenue, expenses, liabilities, cash flow, and more are all part of day-to-day accounts entries and compliance practices. Allow Ahead LLC to conduct an analysis of your finances to strategize profit-savings business tactics.
Training, Development, & Coaching
The Ahead team provides training, development, and coaching programs to a range of employees including entry-level to executive leadership. Our programming series are designed to develop and improve the effectiveness of your organization, the individual and team performance within the organization.
Our Team
Tony E. Gamble is a driven and analytical professional on our team. With his 30+ years of track record of ensuring business integrity through skilled financial auditing, accounting, and controllership, he has dedicated his life to the profession. He has experience in igniting the overall growth by executing enterprise-wide audits that effectively identify and stem profit loss. Mr. Gamble has a proven track record of yielding maximum impact and adding value to existing infrastructure by applying a strategic and growth-oriented mindset within allocated budgets. Further, he is skilled in planning and enacting streamlined financial solutions from the ground level. 30 years of working in federal service in various leadership roles have afforded him extensive experience in Auditing and Leadership Development. He worked in various important roles including as Director of Internal Review of a Department of Defense Contracting Agency. Mr. Gamble holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Chaminade University and an M.B.A degree from Everest University. He is a certified professional in Fraud Examination, Internal Control Auditor, and a Government Auditing Professional. Mr. Gamble also has a certification in Forensic Accounting and Executive Negotiations.
-- Tony E. Gamble, M.B.A., CFE, CICA
Shawna J. Forbes is a great leader with more than 25 years of experience in higher education. Among those 25 years, 15 are at the senior level. Dr. Forbes’ work and continuing education experiences include curriculum development, skill-based training, grant, and contract development with management and implementation. In addition, Forbes has experience in compliance oversight of programming and fiscal management at the federal, state, and local levels. A native of Detroit Michigan, Dr. Forbes earned her Associate of Applied Science degree from WCCCD, a Bachelor of Business Administration from Detroit College of Business, her Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Detroit-Mercy, and Doctorate of Philosophy in Higher Education from the University of Toledo. During her time as the Vice-Chancellor for the School of Continuing Education and Workforce Development, Dr. Forbes took upon leadership for the implementation and execution of the District’s Strategic Plan by providing quality programming and services throughout the District. She also managed a budget of approximately $20 million, servicing more than 30,000 non-credit and credit students in short-term certificate programs, workforce training, grants/contracts management, and community outreach that were aligned with current and future trends.
-- Shawna J. Forbes, Ph.D
Dr. Michaela Chambers’ knowledge in business operations and management, proactive ideas, and unorthodox strategies have groomed her perfectly to assist businesses to find success, evolve, and prepare for the eventual professional hurdles that come with success. Her 35+ years of experience include business mergers and acquisitions, compliance, back-office, and customer service operations, human resources, real estate, entrepreneurship, providing support, direction, individual and team leadership, and cultivating and building partnerships within the municipal and federal government bodies, private and public sectors, and internationally. Realizing her strengths and greatest contributions are People Focused, she provided strategic leadership for the company’s greatest asset – its’ People under the direction of the Chief of Human Resources. She presently serves as the owner of Emagn-That, a girls empowerment program where “Vision, Ideas, and Disruptive Innovation” can make dreams come true and she is a Real Estate co-owner and Broker. Dr. Chambers holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Tampa, a Master of Science in Management from National Louis University, and a Doctorate in Education from Nova Southeastern University in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Human Resource Development. Dr. Chambers’ activities include membership, certification, and leadership roles in various national and community organizations as, SHRM, HRCI, NAAAHR, NAR, NAREB, AKA.
-- Michaela Chambers, Ed.D., SHRM-CP, PHR
Personnel Key Experience
Energy Industry Preparation Workforce
Conducted succession planning to build a talent-oriented culture for organizational growth and management turnover
Department of Defense/Energy Industry Improved Organizational Effectiveness
Established long and short-range planning for the facilities, equipment, manpower, and funding resources to achieve mission efficiency, including establishing policies, procedures, and priorities.
Department of Defense Improved Internal Audit Services
Transform internal audit department from a cost center into a value-added service center by refocusing efforts on higher risk contract auditing.
Department of Defense Alignment to Congressional Reporting
Establish an accounting infrastructure by developing policies and procedures required to ensure the accuracy, quality, and reliability of your financial operations.
Community College, Veterans Administration, Department of Defense, and Energy Industry Enhanced Employee Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Educate, Empower, and Mobilize the workforce with suitable skills, knowledge, and abilities.
Get Prepared For
Behavioral Interviews
Learn how to ace the interviews with our strategic behavioral interview sessions
Difficult Conversations
Know about the tips to win over in a difficult conversation and mend the situation in your favor
Leadership Conversations
Get trained in having leadership conversations and master the right interactive skills
Leading Virtual Teams
Grasp the tactics of leading virtual teams and handle remote jobs with much proficiency
Auditing Basics
Make use of Auditing Basics to handle the finances of your business like a pro
Risk Analysis
Master risk analysis and know about your exact position in an organization as well as the present-day labor market