Keoki Wallace
Keoki Wallace, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of It’s More Than Just Numbers Inc., is renowned by Business Owners and CEOs throughout the world for his charismatic transformational leadership and exceptional skills as a business turnaround expert who consistently gets results that inspire a double-take.
Rocketing Businesses
With over three decades of expertise, Keoki has masterfully guided organizations of all sizes and dozens of different industries— from small departments to expansive enterprises with over 500 employees. Having served on the Board of Directors or in the Executive C-Suite of more than 50 for-profit companies and many non-profit entities— as well as serving his clients in various other capacities— his exceptional cross-line and cross-department working skills create massive buy-in even from divisions not under his control, which works to drive transformational growth and strategic success.
That unique ability has been invaluable in developing and nurturing critical relationships with community groups, trade organizations, business entities, government bodies, and intergovernmental entities, propelling projects to successful completion while maintaining positive and productive relationships in such a way that not only do his clients love him for the lightning-fast and extremely comprehensive and huge improvements— but they also like him as a person. The fact that he is able to train their teams how to lead their teammates to greater success while also staying likeable is icing on the cake.
Love of People
A passionate and skilled communicator, Keoki is adept in verbal, written, and digital communications. His understanding of diverse cultures and languages further enhances his ability to connect and work effectively in various global contexts.
Love of Learning
Keoki obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Finance (with a minor in Italian) from the University of Utah. He graduated from the United States Army Intelligence Center and School, 2nd in his class, as an interrogator (Bulgarian). He attended the Washington Institute for Graduate Studies to complete the coursework for a Master of Laws degree (LL.M) in Taxation. He obtained a Juris Doctor degree (JD) in law from Taft Law School. He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D) with Distinction in Business Administration with a specialization in Finance and an emphasis in Accounting from Capella University— graduating on the President’s List with a cumulative 4.0-grade point average. He is a Presidential Member of the National Society of Leadership and Success (Sigma Alpha Pi) and a member of the Xi Delta Chapter of the Delta Mu Delta International Honor Society in Business.
Giving Back
Keoki also volunteers his services to associations and local communities. He served on the Oahu Visitors Bureau Public Relations Committee, the Business Development Committee for the State of Utah, the Committee on International Business Law in its Subcommittee on International Banking and Finance of the American Bar Association, on the Board of Directors of the Ko’olauloa Educational Alliance Corporation (non-profit), on the Board of Directors of North Oahu Hometown Opportunities Inc (non-profit), and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mountain America Credit Union (non-profit), where he oversaw the merger of the Salt Lake Telephone Employees Credit Union and the Postal Workers Credit Union, creating Mountain America Credit Union, now the 15th largest credit union in the United States, with $5.7 billion in assets.
Awards and Honors
Keoki’s awards and honors include Eagle Scout, Sterling Scholar, Honorable Discharge United States Army, Outstanding Young Men of America, Who’s Who Worldwide, Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year, Hawaii’s 5th Film Commissioner (honorary), Manager of the Year, and Lawyers of Distinction— among many other awards and honors not listed here.
Current Passion
Keoki is currently launching a digital compilation of all of his record-breaking business-expansion methods— with a focus on the discovery of hidden revenue streams, which every business has— in order to make a positive and lasting impact on Business Owners and CEOs affected by the shutdowns, supply chain issues, gas prices, inflation, and all of the other issues they face now and on into the future by allowing them to gain access to the advantages only his in-person clients have had up until now.
