Chase Birky

Chase grew up in the gloomy Pacific Northwest before being lured to sunny southern California for his undergrad studies at Point Loma Nazarene University. Originally making this move to advance his baseball career, he soon realized the improbability of making it to the big leagues and so began to focus on gearing himself up for his business career. In 2008, jobs for recent college graduates were scarce so accounting felt like the only option that wouldn't require him to be roommates with his parents. Thus, Chase began his career at Deloitte working as an auditor where he earned his CPA license. Desiring to work for a smaller firm with smaller clients in the areas of tax and client accounting services, he left Deloitte to join a boutique, local San Diego firm. Fast forward a few years later and he founded his own firm, Dark Horse CPAs, that would serve small CPAs and, by extension, their clients in unprecedented ways which created a sense of purpose that fuels him to this day. Providing a platform for CPAs to write their own story and self-actualize has become his mission in life.