areas of
expertise
- Business Consulting
- Closely Held Companies
- Entrepreneurial Services
- Estate and Succession Plans
- Financing Issues
- Health Care
- Practice Growth Strategies
- Practice Management Consulting
- Professional Service Firms
- Restaurants
- Transaction Advisory Services
Contact Info
Gary Shamis, CPA, M.Acc.
Senior Managing Director
Cleveland, OHo 44139
Toll-free: 800-869-1834
Phone: 440-248-8787
Fax: 440-248-0841
Gary Shamis, CPA, M.Acc.
Experience
- Member of executive committee, which leads the firm’s strategy and growth
- Overall responsibility for day-to-day management of SS&G, Inc. and its entities
- Consults in general business, financing, service programs, and growth strategy
- Extensive experience in tax and strategic planning
- Adviser to firms in the CPA industry, including providing SEC testimony related to Sarbanes-Oxley and practice management issues
Education
- Master of Accountancy from The Ohio State University
- Bachelor of Science in biology from Tulane University
Distinctions
- Named 2008 E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year (Northeast Ohio) in the financial services category
- Named as one of Accounting Today’s most influential people in the industry 12 times
- Recognized by the Alzheimer's Association, Cleveland Area Chapter with the Champion Award
- Continues to be recognized for his industry insight, commitment to service quality, and leadership of the profession
- Author of dozens of practice management articles
- National and international speaker on practice management issues
Professional
Affiliations
- AICPA "Managing an Accounting Practice" committee, past chairman
- American Institute of CPAs, member
- The Advisory Board, founder
- The Leading Edge Alliance, founder and chairman emeritus
- The Ohio Society of CPAs, member
Publications
- How to Manage Your Accounting Practice: Taking Your Firm from Chaos to Consensus, co-author
- CPA Practice Management Forum, editorial board
- Journal of Accountancy, past member of editorial board
- Managing Partner Report, past editorial board member
- Practicing CPA, past editorial board member
- Ohio CPA Journal, past editorial board member
Civic
- Anti-Defamation League, board member
- Better Business Bureau, past board member
- Cleveland Jewish News, chairperson
- Cleveland Museum of Art, past board member
- Hillel at Kent State University, chairperson
- Jewish Community Federation, past board member
- Northeastern Ohio Universities Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy, board of trustees
- National Center on Nonprofit Enterprise (NCNE), past chairperson
- North Coast Community Homes, chairperson
- Montefiore Home, past board member