Melissa L. Miranda is a Certified Public Accountant and the owner of Step By Step Accounting, a fully cloud based, teaching-oriented accounting and advisory firm recently named a Top 50 Woodard Accounting Firm in 2023 and 2024. She was named a Top 100 ProAdvisor in 2024 by Insightful Accountant. Melissa's mission is to help business owners understand their finances and have peace of mind. She speaks about how businesses can be even more successful by covering cash flow planning, pricing strategies, and business financial foundations. She is also a recent Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business Owners Alumni.

She is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor and, with her team, provides outsourced accounting and Fractional Controller services to clients in the Midwest. She lives in North Dakota with her husband and three young sons. When she isn’t keeping financial ducks in a row, you will find her reading, singing (yes, she used to sing in a rock bank!) or traveling.