Associated Builders and Contractors Indiana Chapter and the Somerset CPAs Construction & A/E Team invite you and your management team to attend a “can’t miss” morning at ABC.

This year’s 2011 Indiana Construction Management Summit will feature a 2012 Economic Outlook presentation by Anirban Basu, a presentation of the results of the 2011 Indiana Construction Industry Financial and Salary & Benefits Survey by Ken Hedlund and a Risk Management Power Panel.

Panelists include Greg Turner of RL Turner; Tim Russell of Meyer Najem, Inc.; Mike Webster of Freije Engineered Solutions Co.; John Roop of Capital City Fence Co.; Dave Linthicum of M.J. Schuetz Agency; Dave Simmons of Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP; Chris Joachim of Zurich and Ken Hedlund of Somerset CPAs, P.C.  More details and registration…

Please join us for our next Somerset Practical MBA seminar on November 16, 2011.  Ken Hedlund will present “Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.” This is a complimentary program, and you may attend in our office or via webinar. Details and registration…

The Somerset Health Care Team just published this month’s issue of Health Care Commentaries. Articles include:

• If Your Overhead Could Be Reduced, What Would You Pay?
• Managing Your Practice’s Performance
• Victory for ASC Industry on Same-Day Surgery Regulation
• Employer-Provided Vehicles and Personal Use Calculations

Read more…

Rex E. Biggs, CPA has joined Somerset as a senior accountant in our Entrepreneurial Team.  Prior to joining Somerset, he gained industry experience as a senior staff accountant for a local CPA firm where his primary focus was in partnership taxation. 

Rex is a graduate of Indiana University where he earned a B.S. in Informatics and Certificate in Accounting.  He is a member of the Indiana CPA Society.

You may leave a comment for Rex here or contact him via email.

Theresa Pierce has joined Somerset CPAs as a senior accountant on our Small Business Services Team.  Previously Theresa owned a bookkeeping service for several years specializing in QuickBooks and Peachtree accounting systems primarily for service companies.  Prior to owning her own company, Theresa gained industry experience as a staff accountant for local accounting firms where her focus was on payroll and sales and property taxes. 

She received her associate’s degree from International Business College.  Theresa’s involvement with the Nicaragua Resource Network, where she performed bookkeeping services and was a board member, allowed her mission trip opportunities to Nicaragua to build churches, schools and small homes.

You may post a comment for Theresa here or contact her via email.

Welcome back Elizabeth Curley and Brandon Lucas.  They both completed internships with Somerset and have now joined us full time as staff accountants.

Elizabeth graduated from Butler University with a B.S. in accounting. She is a member of the Indiana CPA Society.

Brandon graduated from Ball State University with both B.S. and Masters degrees in accounting. He is a member of the Indiana CPA Society and the Young Alumni Advisory Council at Ball State University.

We are pleased to announced that Chris Hirschfeld has joined Somerset as a manager in our Entrepreneurial Team and Litigation, Valuation & Forensic Team. He is involved in valuations for mergers and acquisitions, buy/sell agreements, employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), litigation support and estate and gift tax filings.

Chris has spent over 25 years in both personal and corporate finance. His services have included business valuation, business succession planning, mergers and acquisitions and other financial consulting services to small to middle market business owners and management.

Prior to joining Somerset, Chris ran his own practice in Indianapolis that specialized in business appraisal and financial consulting services. He also worked as a Senior Managing Consultant at one of the ten largest U.S. accounting firms, operating out of its Indianapolis office. His focus included business valuations and litigation support.

His career background also includes work as managing director for an Indianapolis-based investment banking firm where he was responsible for all of the firm’s business valuation, investment banking, litigation support and other corporate financial advisory engagements. Chris led assignments involving the sale of businesses, recapitalizations, business valuations for estate and gift tax filings, ESOPs, buy-sell agreements and shareholder disputes and was a member of the firm’s executive committee.  Subsequent to completing graduate school, Chris worked for a global pharmaceutical company in their corporate finance division.

He received his B.A. in Government/Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. Chris is a member of the American Society of Appraisers and is currently working on his certification as an Accredited Senior Appraiser.

He serves as a board member of the Broad Ripple/Haverford Little League and is a finance committee member for Christ the King Church and School.

You can leave a comment here for Chris or contact him via email.

Somerset Timberline TGIFF Webinar - Preparing for Year-End

In this session of TGIFF, Jack Orth will share Timberline tips to help you prepare for year-end.  He will techniques to increase your Timberline utilization as well as your productivity, efficiency and profitability. There will be time allotted for you to ask questions.

Jack is a Sage Timberline software consultant and has been serving the construction and real estate industries since 1983.  

Date: November 11, 2011
Time: 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. ET
Fee: None
Speaker: Jack Orth

Register to attend the webinar.

CPE Qualified
Somerset seminars/webinars qualify for CPE credit in Indiana. They may qualify in other states as well. Please check with your state’s CPA society for determination.

Somerset seminars and classes are for our clients and other interested parties. We reserve the right to restrict seminar and class registrations as we deem necessary.