Years of experience
Delivering strategic business, technology, and financial solutions across multiple industries.
About Guardian Consulting
Leading innovation through strategy, technology & financial excellence
Guardian Consulting Inc. was built on a simple conviction: a growing business should not have to choose between technical capability and financial rigor. We bring both together under one roof, led by people who have built and sold companies themselves.
Founder & CEO
Helen Shelby
Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Guardian Consulting Inc.
Helen Shelby brings more than 20 years of experience across technology, entrepreneurship, business strategy, finance, tax consulting, and operational leadership.
Throughout her career she has helped entrepreneurs, startups, small businesses, and enterprise organizations build scalable solutions, streamline operations, improve financial performance, and achieve sustainable growth. She has partnered with more than 48 organizations across diverse industries and guided the launch of over six startups that are still trading today — a record that reflects a preference for durable businesses over short-term growth.
Under Helen's leadership, Guardian Consulting has grown into a multidisciplinary firm bringing together software engineers, AI specialists, Senior Registered Agents, a former IRS auditor, forensic accountants, financial professionals, and experienced business consultants — all working as one team, through one trusted partner.
Career highlights
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Film & entertainment
Began in the film industry in screenplay development, acquisitions, and major motion picture production, later serving as Assistant Director managing production teams and coordinating complex operations.
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Electronic Arts
Contributed to marketing, quality assurance, web content, and promotional initiatives for award-winning titles including NBA Street, SSX Tricky, Sled Storm 2, NCAA March Madness, and American McGee's Alice.
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Mobile & handheld gaming
Expanded into mobile with Glu Mobile and JAMDAT, and was part of the pioneering team that developed games for Apple's first Video iPod — one of the earliest milestones in mobile gaming.
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Founder & operator
Launched, scaled, and exited multiple ventures spanning the Silicon Valley dot-com era through today's AI-driven landscape, across software development, artificial intelligence, financial strategy, operations, and tax consulting.
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Guardian Consulting Inc.
Today she leads multidisciplinary teams delivering software and AI initiatives alongside financial advisory, bookkeeping, tax preparation, and strategic consulting for organizations across North America.
By the numbers
Leadership measured by results
Experience is only worth what it delivers. These are the numbers behind the work.
Clients served
Supporting entrepreneurs, startups, and established businesses with consulting and development tailored to each.
Successful startups
Helping founders build sustainable businesses that continue to operate and grow today.
End-to-end solutions
From AI and software development to bookkeeping, tax, financial advisory, and business strategy — one trusted partner.
The team
Specialists, not generalists
Guardian Consulting is deliberately multidisciplinary. Rather than hiring account managers, we hire practitioners — and you work with them directly.
That means the person advising on your tax position has audited returns from the other side of the desk, and the person architecting your platform has shipped software at scale. It is the reason a firm of our size can credibly cover both technology and finance.
- Software engineers
- AI specialists
- Senior Registered Agents
- Former IRS auditor
- Forensic accountants
- Financial professionals
- Business consultants
Let Guardian Guide
Let us handle the hard work while you enjoy the results.
Tell us where your business is today and where you want it to be. We'll show you exactly what it takes to get there — and what it will cost.