Emochila
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Website development for Certified Public Accountant (CPAs) |
| Founded | April 2003 |
| Headquarters | San Francisco, CA |
Key people | Chad L. Brubaker, Co-founder/CEO, Justin Curzi, Co-founder/COO |
| Products | Emochila.com |
Number of employees | 30+[1] |
| Website | www.emochila.com |
Emochila, Inc. is a Web 2.0 company that operates a template website development service for Certified Public Accountants. As of August 2008, the company represents approximately 1300 individual, private firms throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas. This number represents approximately one percent (1%) of all registered private CPA firms licensed to practice in the United States [2]. When combining Emochila.com and the CPA websites hosted for their customers, Emochila experiences over 1.2M unique visitors and 2.5M page visits annually[3].
History
Emochila launched its namesake web site into the national market in August 2003[4] under the direction of founders Chad Brubaker and Justin Curzi, both of whom living abroad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The company utilized bootstrap funding to pay for the expenses of all software development, hosting, marketing, and sales. As of August 2008, Emochila has not utilized any venture capital and is still held 100% by the founders. Emochila expanded from its San Francisco roots to open a Houston, Texas office in March 2004, and an east coast office in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the second half of 2007.
Secure File Sharing
Emochila was one of the pioneers and one of the first website template service to offer encrypted HTTPS protocol. Chad Brubaker was the head Internet Security consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers Internet Security Group in 2000[5]. After being loaned to DaimlerChrysler (now DaimlerAG), American Airlines, and Transora to build secure internal networks, Brubaker used open source software to construct the ability to template and include HTTPS protocol in a replicatable, turnkey environment[6]. At market, Emochila realized the most traction in the Certified Public Accountant space because of QuickBooks, a bookkeeping software, and the CPAs interest in trading this file within a HTTPS environment. This development was the catalyst to Emochila's focus solely on the accounting profession.
References
Press Coverage
- Justin Curzi & Chad Brubaker – Young Expatriates Come to S.F. San Francisco Examiner.
- Emochila, Inc. – Websites for Accounting Professionals. CPA Technology Advisor.
- Paycycle Announces Online Payroll Partnership with Innovative Accountant Website Developer. Paycycle
- A Comprehensive Website Option with Online Solutions. InsynQ - CPAASP
- Walking Tour Preview - Emochila. Mediafly
- Emochila Gifts Hundreds of CPA firms and Accountants $899 Web Design Packages. Pressrelease.com
External links
- Emochila.com web site