Portfolio profileRyan T. Kirkwood
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✓ accounting.foundation
✓ cis.systems + sql
✓ ai.automation
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Ryan Kirkwood.
I work where accounting meets technology.
Master of Accountancy student at UTEP with a completed BBA in Accounting and a minor in Computer Information Systems, combining bookkeeping and payroll experience with SQL, database work, automation, AI workflows, and web/server systems.
BBA AccountingCompleted May 2026
CISSystems & databases
AI + AutomationApplied experimentation
UTEP MAccCurrent graduate program
SQL • DATA
FINANCE • OPS
AI • AUTOMATION
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01 BOOKKEEPING
02 PAYROLL
03 SQL
04 DATABASE DESIGN
05 AI AGENTS
06 WEB HOSTING
07 EXCEL
08 PROBLEM SOLVING
01 BOOKKEEPING
02 PAYROLL
03 SQL
04 DATABASE DESIGN
05 AI AGENTS
06 WEB HOSTING
07 EXCEL
08 PROBLEM SOLVING
LIVE DATA JOURNEY / FOLLOW THE SIGNAL
Transactionbusiness event
Ledgerdebit + credit
Databasestructured record
SQLquery + validate
Automationworkflow logic
AI Assistinterpret + act
● SIGNAL LIVE
01Sale occurs
$4,250 service sale02Journal entry
Dr Cash 4,250
Cr Revenue 4,25003Structured record
{"account":"Cash","amount":4250}04Query it
SELECT * FROM ledger
WHERE amount > 4000;05Workflow reacts
validate → classify → route06AI assists
flag unusual activity / summarize
SAME DATA →
The signal is not six unrelated technologies. It is one business event changing form as it moves from accounting into information systems and automation.
Profile / 01
Where finance becomes a system.
01 / BUSINESS SIDE
Where Finance Meets Technology
I earned my Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting with a minor in Computer Information Systems from the University of Texas at El Paso in May 2026, and I am now continuing at UTEP in the Master of Accountancy program. My bookkeeping and payroll experience at MOD Tax & Business Solutions gives me the financial side of the picture; database work, AI projects, automation, and web/server systems give me another way to work with the same information.
The point is not to bolt technology onto accounting. It is to understand what the numbers mean and how information moves behind them.
LIVE JOURNAL ENTRYBALANCED ✓
CashDR$4,250.00
Service RevenueCR$4,250.00
Debits = Credits$4,250 = $4,250
financial data
01record.normalize()OK
02database.write()OK
03workflow.evaluate()OK
04decision.support()READY
Capabilities / 02
Explore the systems map.
My skills are not separate boxes. Pick a core discipline and watch the related tools, processes, and supporting skills pull together.
RK.SYSTEMSChoose a node
Each core skill reveals the tools and processes connected to it.
TIP — hover to perturb the field · click a core node to map its connections · discover all six to reconcile the system
Projects / 03
Proof of work, not just a list of skills.
Trace the project rail. Each stop opens a different working idea instead of another portfolio card.
RK.PROJECT ARRAY / TRACE THE SIGNAL
1 / 4 INSPECTED
PROJECT 01 / IN DEVELOPMENT
MAEVE AI — Accountant & Bookkeeping Assistant
Developing a locally hosted AI assistant for bookkeeping, accounting workflows, financial record organization, and business problem-solving, with structured prompts and workflow logic focused on usability, accuracy, and practical application.
Architecture evolving →LIVE PROCESS / INVOICE → LEDGER
INVOICE#00421$1,248.00
EXTRACTVALIDATECATEGORIZELEDGER
DR = CR ✓
Select another checkpoint to continue tracing.SIGNAL 01 LOCKED
Creative / Off the Clock
There is more to me than ledgers and systems.
Music is where I step away from spreadsheets and systems and build something entirely different. Under apathetic_raccoon, I write original songs, experiment with production, and turn the finished work into an interactive listening archive.
Interactive archive live
apathetic_raccoon
An evolving collection of original music presented through a custom record-player interface, complete with a reactive studio visualizer, full playback controls, and a browsable record crate.
Open Music Archive ↗
Select a record · drop the needle
Musicianship
11 instruments
Years of playing, arranging, and learning across multiple instrument families.
Songwriting
Original catalog
Writing and developing songs around introspection, everyday life, and experimentation.
Creative systems
Music × Web
Combining audio, interface design, automation, and web development into one project.
Experience / 04
Experience built through work, education, projects, and leadership.
01
Assistant Bookkeeper — MOD Tax & Business Solutions, LLC
Assist with bookkeeping activities including data entry, transaction recording, client financial-record maintenance, payroll processing and documentation, and organization of supporting documents for individual income tax preparation.
02
Master of Accountancy (MAcc) Program
Currently pursuing graduate accounting education at UTEP, building on an undergraduate foundation that combines accounting with information systems and applied technology.
03
BBA in Accounting + Computer Information Systems Minor
Completed undergraduate study in accounting with a CIS minor, including SQL, relational databases, data analysis, system configuration, and applied business technology projects.
04
Marketing & Advertising — Alpha Insurance Services
Support client outreach through social media and word-of-mouth advertising, communicate with prospective and existing clients, and direct inquiries to the appropriate agents.
05
File Clerk — John Lister Inc. PC
Organized and maintained physical and digital client files, updated client information in the firm’s recordkeeping system, and supported document preparation, filing, and administrative work.
06
Woodwind Captain & Section Leader
Mentored peers, coordinated section rehearsals, maintained performance standards, and communicated expectations between students and directors.
Connect / 05
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