Meet the Team
Freedom Tax was originally founded by Russell Gorman in 2009 as an Arizona LLC. He has a MBA in finance that was earned through Grand Canyon University in 2013 and is an annual participant in the Internal Revenue Service’s “Annual Filing Season Program.”
He began his career in management during his service in the United States Navy. He served for 17 years on board 4 different nuclear-powered submarines as a mid-level manager, a quality assistant manager, and at a shore facility served as a radiological controls team leader/trainer. He was also a certified instructor/course curriculum model manager at a Naval training facility. While serving in the role of coarse curriculum manager, he was responsible for the oversight of his course at three training sites, lead instructors, and was an instructor trainer.
While in his civilian positions, he owned and operated a new construction cleaning business in the state of Washington, was an Arizona certified Adult educator, teaching immigrants English and civics for citizenship. He was also a mid-level manager in manufacturing and worked for a world class semi-conductor manufacturer, as well as an Arizona real estate agent.
He had relocated to Stockton to be closer to family and has since moved to Buffalo to more centrally located and closer to Springfield. He had identified a need in this region for someone who was reasonably priced, friendly, and professional to help residents and small business with their tax preparation and accounting needs. Russell has a keen eye for detail and always strives to get every dollar back to you that you have a right to. His biggest pet peeve is tax professionals that run their offices like a tax return mill. i.e. (in-and-out, here's your return, now pay me. Come back next year.) He will visit with you, get to know you, and work very hard to make your experience at Freedom Tax as pleasant as possible.
Russell resides in Buffalo so you can be assured that your hard earned money is staying local. He is married, travels to Springfield often, enjoys the outdoors, and horses. Did I mention he and his wife like horses? So now you know!
He began his career in management during his service in the United States Navy. He served for 17 years on board 4 different nuclear-powered submarines as a mid-level manager, a quality assistant manager, and at a shore facility served as a radiological controls team leader/trainer. He was also a certified instructor/course curriculum model manager at a Naval training facility. While serving in the role of coarse curriculum manager, he was responsible for the oversight of his course at three training sites, lead instructors, and was an instructor trainer.
While in his civilian positions, he owned and operated a new construction cleaning business in the state of Washington, was an Arizona certified Adult educator, teaching immigrants English and civics for citizenship. He was also a mid-level manager in manufacturing and worked for a world class semi-conductor manufacturer, as well as an Arizona real estate agent.
He had relocated to Stockton to be closer to family and has since moved to Buffalo to more centrally located and closer to Springfield. He had identified a need in this region for someone who was reasonably priced, friendly, and professional to help residents and small business with their tax preparation and accounting needs. Russell has a keen eye for detail and always strives to get every dollar back to you that you have a right to. His biggest pet peeve is tax professionals that run their offices like a tax return mill. i.e. (in-and-out, here's your return, now pay me. Come back next year.) He will visit with you, get to know you, and work very hard to make your experience at Freedom Tax as pleasant as possible.
Russell resides in Buffalo so you can be assured that your hard earned money is staying local. He is married, travels to Springfield often, enjoys the outdoors, and horses. Did I mention he and his wife like horses? So now you know!