About Peak Business Consultants

Since 2004 Peak has been using standard best practices in financial recordkeeping, working in conjunction with their customers, CPA’s, and tax professionals alike. At Peak, our objectives are simple. We seek to:

ensure that our clients remain continuously in touch with the fiscal health of each aspect of their business
are supported in the many demands of managing a varied workforce
are provided with both the tools and the accurate financial data they need to maintain their focus on running the business that they love

Our firm is both bonded and insured and we pride ourselves on strict client confidentiality and professionalism. This allows us to remain a valuable resource for medical, legal, and financial clients who are held to strict regulations and reporting requirements.

Our clients span many industries to include professional offices, architects, landscapers & contractors, IT firms, medical groups, nonprofits, legal offices, and veterinary practices (just to name a few!)

Book a complimentary consultation with one of our financial professionals and find out how we can help you and your business reach new heights.

The Peak Team

Maki Pombo

Owner

As the owner of Peak Business Consultants, Maki Pombo is deeply committed to the mission, values, and clients of the firm. With over 17 years of experience, Maki continually strives to do more than manage the needs of customers; she endeavors to see Peak’s Consultants become valued partners to each of their clients and takes great pride in seeing financial successes at every stage of growth. Maki took over as the leader of Peak in 2006, shortly after completing her Masters in Business Administration degree from the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics at UNH. Since that time she has continued to build the business with the support of her talented team. Over the years, Maki has worked to both deepen the level of Peak’s client service offerings as well as diversify Peak’s client base.

When she is not helping her clients, Maki enjoys outdoor adventuring of all kinds with her husband Matt, daughter Maya, and dogs Ruby & Leroy.

Samai Cartier

Operations Manager

Samai Cartier is a New England native with over 17 years of accounting experience, having worked with both large corporations and small business on a wide variety of accounting related projects. Samai most recently worked for Liberty Mutual as a Financial Analyst focusing on innovation, policy/ procedure development, and financial compliance. Samai has her MBA from Southern New Hampshire University and brings a diverse mix of financial and managerial experience to the Peak team.

In her free time, Samai enjoys learning about different cultures, reading, and spending time here on the Seacoast with her family.

Tammie J. Carney

Senior Consultant

Tammie Carney is an accounting professional with over 35 years of experience, starting as an accounts payable clerk and making her way through accounts receivable, general accounting, and cost accounting. During this time, she attended classes in the evening while working full-time as a single parent and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the Presidential Scholar award. She graduated from college in the same year that her daughter earned her high school diploma.

Serving in a controller role for 25 years, Tammie has been intricately involved in the implementation of fully integrated ERP systems for several companies. Her passion is streamlining and creating consistency, and finding the shortest path to get the job done.

When she is not crunching numbers, Tammie enjoys volunteering with her church and in her community, sharing time with her husband as they watch their children and grandchildren find their place in the world, as well as indulging in a fascination with computer games.

Captain MacKenzie

Lead Consultant

Captain comes to Peak after having spent the last 17 years as a Business Consultant. He’s also been a Financial Operations Manager, Controller, Director of Human Resources and Payroll Manager. Captain has worked with a wide variety of businesses ranging from non-profit theaters to acute care hospitals and has consulted for medical practices, law firms, franchisors, landscapers, photographers, retailers, and real estate companies (just to name a few!)

In his free time, Captain enjoys being outdoors: running, hiking, biking or just tossing the ball for his pups. He loves to travel and likes to get away whenever possible; whether that’s a quick trip to New York, visiting the West Coast, or putting a new pin in his travel map.

Kelly Preisendorfer, CPA

Lead Consultant

Kelly Preisendorfer is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of accounting experience. She comes to Peak via a long tenure with a local public accounting firm where she was focused on the taxation of partnerships and small corporations, primarily in the real estate industry. In addition to her corporate practice, Kelly has worked with many smaller local businesses ranging from services and retail to restaurants and nonprofits. She has a CPA designation along with a master’s degree in Accounting from Southern NH University and holds a bachelor’s from Plymouth State.

Kelly and her husband have two young kids, Greta & Simon, and love to go camping/travel as a family. They also cannot get enough of the live music scene and enjoy road-tripping to music festivals of all shapes and sizes.

Debbie Prindeville

Consultant

Debbie Prindeville brings a wealth of client facing, financial and managerial experience to the Peak Team. Debbie brings a solid mix of accounting and small business experience having spent 7 years in a corporate accounting capacity, with over 13 years of experience helping small business owners with accounting, payroll, taxes. Debbie has a BS in Accounting from Southern New Hampshire University.

When not improving the lives of Peak’s clients, you’ll find Debbie at home helping to raise her grandchildren, or traveling the world for fun.

Katie Buzuvis-Zautcke

Consultant

Katie Buzuvis-Zautcke (aka Katie B) has been a core member of the Peak Team since 2014. Katie began her tenure at Peak as our do all/know all office ninja. Since then, she has leveraged her terrific interpersonal skills and efficiencies to the consulting side of the business. Her emphasis is, and always has been, focused on the customer, and it is her attention to detail that has always set her apart. These days, you’ll find her juggling client communications and crunching numbers.

As a former restaurant owner, Katie learned to keep many balls in the air – while maintaining her focus as well as her sense of humor. When she isn’t helping clients, Katie is a dedicated Yoga instructor and has been teaching on the Seacoast since 2000. She enjoys spending her free time relaxing with her husband and daughter.

Ashley Budelman

Consultant

Ashley is a highly motivated professional with over a decade of accounting experience in various capacities, having focused the majority of her career in manufacturing and inventory in large, corporate settings. In addition, she brings small business experience as well as skills in the contract management, Human Resources, and technology sectors. She has an accounting degree from Bryant University to complement her real-world experience.

Ashley is married with 2 young daughters, loves to ski, and spends her winter weekends outside playing on the snow with her family and her summers soaking up the sun on a warm, sandy beach (dreaming of skiing.)

Kaitlyn Ivanitski

Office Guru

As our Office admin, Kaitlyn is the pulse of our client service team, she welcomes clients and visitors alike and is always happy to answer questions or direct people to the right contact. She is our front line liason to the team and essential to our team-based work environment. Kaitlyn came to the Seacoast area by way of New Jersey and has a Bachelor’s Degree in History a from Kean University. Before joining the team at Peak she worked for both a preschool and an engineering firm, only to suddenly find herself packing her bags and moving to Kittery, Maine to live with her boyfriend, Chris, who is stationed at the Naval Base.

In her free time, she enjoys photography, cooking, traveling to different sports stadiums, and going on adventures with her boyfriend and pup, Khaleesi.