David Matthews has always been an entrepreneur with a deep passion for finance and teaching others together with a continual thirst for knowledge and learning. In his early years, he worked as an accountant and together with his computer knowledge, he successfully created a data processing department linking 23 offices nationwide with their headquarters in southern California. Taking his knowledge and experience with him, he moved on and created his own company specializing in the automation of warehouse shipping processes and integration of data between the warehouse environment and the financial department’s need for reporting and fiscal accountability to management.

His knowledge, drive, passion and experience eventually made him the perfect candidate to become a partner in a firm which was the world’s largest financial resource and database of financial knowledge and lending programs. Mr. Matthews primary responsibility was the technical integration and practical dissemination of information via the web to businesses and communicating with key clients such as Goldman Sachs and Brown Brothers Harriman & Company. Now heavily entrenched in the world of finance, he readily learned the many facets of finance including lending and money management strategies, investing and Forex trading. Unbeknownst at the time, these new areas of knowledge and experience would end up playing a major role in their lives from here forward.

When Mr. Matthews left the firm, he felt a strong calling to enter Christian ministry. In 2011, he graduated from seminary and became a pastor. As a pastor, his heart for the community and those that struggle with life’s difficulties and challenges led him to specialize in addiction recovery from a Christian point of view, pastoring at Amethyst Bible Church in Mentone, California and counseling those who struggle with various addiction behaviors. To assist with his counseling desires, Mr. Matthews obtained his formal education by becoming a Registered Addiction Specialist (RAS) and a Christian Drug, Alcohol and Addiction Counselor (CDAAC) in 2012. He still has-and actively maintains-those credentials to date. Additionally, he also graduated from the University of Southern California Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement’s Faith Leadership Institute in 2013.

Mr. Matthews excelled at his work in the community. He next decided to continue his formal learning and obtained his doctorate degree in Ministry (DMin) from Next Dimension University, a private educational college located in southern California. Mr. Matthews was not only a student at the University, but also a professor prior to and beyond his graduation teaching the students up to the doctorate level.

In 2016, God opened the door and directed him and his wife to make a life-changing move to central Oregon. They bought a 10 acre parcel of land to create a ranch. Mr. Matthews built a custom home for his wife and the expectation was to permanently settle there. So, they shook the California dust off their feet so-to-speak and began planting new roots in Oregon. Over the past several years, he and a former colleague and good friend of Mr. Matthews began collaborating on writing a financial patent which drew Mr. Matthews back into the world of finance. But the journey didn’t end there. His wife was offered an opportunity to travel for employment by doing contract work. The challenge and excitement of such an opportunity put them both back on the road…ultimately ending up back in California.

Mr. Matthews then took all his financial experience and knowledge and started a company called Paragon Solutions, ETO. He liked the name because it means “A thing viewed as a model of excellence.” And that is always what he strives for. He focused his work on helping others with what he knew mattered most to them: protecting their hard-earned assets from ever being lost and legally eliminating all forms of state and federal taxation with the Int3rnal R3venu3 $erv1c3. Mr. Matthews now spends his time coaching, educating, training and guiding people through the process of setting up a very rare and unique method of structuring their trusts by incorporating a web of trusts, thus creating the ultimate in asset protection. He also coaches and educates people on the laws which are codified in United States Code (U.S.C.) pertaining to income and it how it relates to taxation of income by the lR$. And very recently, he now offers his unique private K.I.S. Business Grants™ for businesses needing financial stability or growth capital that has no payback requirements. These non-government grants often require no more than a name, address and EIN number which is perfect for Mr. Matthews K.I.S. philosophy: Keep It Simple. Mr. Matthews loves what he does and enjoys seeing his clients learn and successfully implement his strategies.

David currently lives in Atascadero, California with his wife Rebecca.

He has two children and three grandkids.