CW Associates, CPAs – A team of professionals committed to your success

CW Associates, CPAs, provides accounting, auditing, and other assurance services to for-profit and nonprofit corporations. Since its inception, the firm has been a significant professional resource for numerous entities and their management team. CW Associates also has more than 20 professional staff and other committed professional support up to date.

All of those professionals have been a part of different companies and been serving their owners throughout Hawaii and in the Pacific Islands for more than 30 years. CW Associates can help you balance the reasonable fees and attentive service you desire with the quality service and professional experience you need. CW Associates require constant contact for their clients in order to encourage questions to resolve financial reporting and tax issues as they arise during the year, instead of waiting until the end of the year. Curious about the professionals behind the continuous success of CW Associates? Read further below to learn more about them. They are committed to provide the best services to you and your business.

CW Associates was founded in July 2008 by Carleton Williams, as the successor to the accounting and auditing practice of a local CPA firm he co-founded 20 years earlier. Carl has more than 30 years of public accounting experience. He also exhibited his outstanding capabilities in an international accounting firm called Deloitte for 11 years wherein he provided audit and consulting services to different businesses and their owners, governments, nonprofit organizations, employee benefit plans, and other entities throughout Hawaii and in the Pacific Islands. Specifically, Carl has a:

- Bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Hawaii

- Master’s degree in business administration in finance

- License as a CPA (licensed in the State of Hawaii)

Carl is also a:

- Former president of The Pacific Club

- Former president of the Hawaii Society of Certified Public Accountants (HSCPA)

- Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Moreover, Carleton Williams is a past chairman and current board member of many of Hawaii’s finest nonprofit organizations. He represented Hawaii on the AICPA Governing Council and serves on the State Board of Public Accountancy.

Rodney Harano is the managing partner of the firm with over 30 years of experience  in public accounting as a partner in CW Associates, CPAs. His professional experience is centered on businesses and their owners. Rodney has a: