FIN 48: Practical Recommendations

Leads the business segment that develops markets and implements document management, workflow and data integration solutions for corporate tax customers

Formerly VP of Application Development and Enterprise Solution at ATX developing tax compliance solutions for CPAs and vertical corporate markets

Mike has a total of 31 years of computer systems experience, 21 of which have been devoted specifically to tax technology. 
 

Former partner in PwCs Tax Technology Solutions practice (TTS)
B.A. in Economics from Wheaton College

Overall responsibility for all professional practice matters, including accounting, auditing, risk management, and SEC reporting. Significant expertise in accounting and reporting matters in a number of subjects, including business combinations and other transaction structures, as well as accounting for income taxes and stock compensation.

Served on working groups and task forces of the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) and the Accounting Standard Executive Committee of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

MBA from Rutgers University. 
BA from College of the Holy Cross.

Chairs McDermott Will & Emery's nationwide state and local tax practice.

Deputy Counsel of the New York State Department of Taxation & Finance (Former)

Fellow of the American College of Tax Counsel.

Member of the Executive Committee of the New York State Bar Association’s Tax Section.

JD St. John's University School of Law

MBA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 

National Practice Leader of Tax Operations—Advisory Services.

Member of Ernst & Young's Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 and FIN 48 National leaders.

Former Senior Vice President in the Corporate Tax department of Bank of America.

B.S., University of San Francisco,

 SEP, Stanford University, CPA

Professional Accounting Fellow in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Former Senior Manager with Deloitte & Touche LLP. - National Office Accounting Consultation Group where he was responsible for monitoring activities of the EITF, assisting practice offices in the resolution of complex accounting and auditing issues, and developing Deloitte & Touche's accounting policy guidance.

BS Accounting, University of Southern California

Member, AICPA

Joined the Securities and Exchange Commission as Chief Economist in July 2004.

Mellon Bank Professor of Finance at the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of its Center for Financial Markets.

Former President and a member of the Founding Committee of the Society for Financial Studies, President of the Western Finance Association, and Executive Editor and one of the founding editors of the Review of Financial Studies.

Ph.D. Economics University of Pennsylvania, Undergraduate degree from Princeton University