Dark Horse CPAs has promoted Justin Kürn to the position of chief revenue officer. Kürn, who has been with the firm since August 2021, was previously VP of development.
The firm cited him as having “been instrumental in driving the sales and marketing initiatives at Dark Horse CPAs for the past four years as well as recruiting and developing talent for the accelerator program and onboarding firms on to the Dark Horse platform.
In his new role, he will lead the tax, client accounting services, marketing and sales teams.
Kürn worked at the Friedman Learning Group from August 2016, until joining Dark Horse. From January 2019 on, he was director of sales operations for the group.
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