Lavalier Alves
Lavalier
Alves is currently the controller for Berkshire Development. He is been there since May of 2000. Berkshire Development, LLC is a national real
estate development company. He is a native
New Englander and resides in Wilbraham,
MA. Lavalier Alves
acknowledges
being a diehard Patriots and Red Sox fan.
Prior
to joining Berkshire, Mr. Alves was
Finance Manager for Big Y Foods, Inc., a regional grocery store chain
headquartered in Springfield,
MA.
He
graduated with honors from Northeastern University
majoring in
Accounting. Mr. Alves went on to
complete his Professional Masters in Business Administration from the
University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
In addition to his strong educational background Lavalier Alves
is also
a CFM (Certified in Financial Management) as well as a CMA (Certified
Management Accountant).
Mr.
Lavalier Alves maintains a busy life outside of work.
He has two active young boys that keep him on
his toes. Lavalier Alves also finds time
to play in a regular tennis league as well.
In
addition to his family, Lavalier Alves is also a contributor to local
charitable organizations and tries to make time to volunteer as well. Professionally, Lavalier B. Alves is also a
member of the Institute of Management Accountants and also a board
member of The
Oscar Hillel Plotkin Family Foundation.
If
he could name some destinations where he would like to visit someday,
Lavalier
Alves mentions Brazil or Italy. That
will come in handy since he speaks Portuguese as well as Spanish.