Skoda Minotti Employee Earns Exit Planning Institute’s Prestigious CEPA Designation

Monday, November 28, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

November 28, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, is proud to announce that Michael Trabert, CPA, CVA, CMAP, CEPA recently earned the Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) designation, after completing the Institute’s intensive CEPA program. With this designation, Trabert joins an exclusive group of business advisors worldwide who have received this credential.

 

Leading Skoda Minotti’s Exit Planning Services Group, Trabert helps clients by creating...

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Skoda Minotti Wins NorthCoast 99 Award for Sixth Consecutive Year

Thursday, September 1, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

September 1, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, announced today that it has been named a NorthCoast 99 award winner for the sixth consecutive year. Selected by the Employer’s Resource Council (ERC), Skoda Minotti is one of 99 winners that are being honored for their excellence in attracting, motivating and retaining top performers.

“We are proud to have created the type of environment for our employees that has been recognized by this prestigious award...

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Skoda Minotti Marketing Services Professional Becomes Certified in Search Engine Marketing

Tuesday, August 30, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

August 30, 2011 – CLEVELAND – The Marketing Services Group at Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce that online marketing manager, Robert C. Goricki has successfully fulfilled the requirements needed to become a Certified Search Engine Marketer (SEM), as presented by the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO).

Achieving Certified SEM status validates that Goricki understands and adheres to the search marketing industry’s resources, best practices and standards. The certification...

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Skoda Minotti Named to Top Workplaces 2011 List

Friday, August 26, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, has been named a recipient of The Plain Dealer’s second annual Top Workplaces 2011 award, for the second year in a row. This honor was given to 132 companies, nonprofits and agencies in northeast Ohio companies this year, based strictly on survey results of their employees.

Survey results were gathered using an independent workplace consultant. Employees were asked to indicate, on a seven-point scale, how much they...

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Skoda Minotti Technology Services Group Becomes 3CX Certified

Tuesday, August 16, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND - Skoda Minotti Technology Services Group has successfully fulfilled the requirements to become a 3CX Certified Partner. Earning this qualification validates the group's ability to offer the highest level of support for new and existing users of the 3CX phone system.

The 3CX phone system is an Internet Protocol (IP) Private branch exchange (PBX) system. An IP PBX is a business telephone system designed to deliver voice or video over a data network and interoperate with the normal Public...

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Skoda Minotti Adds Hilty Moore & Associates and BrandEyeD to Marketing Services Group

Tuesday, July 12, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

July 5, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti has acquired Cleveland marketing firm Hilty Moore & Associates, Inc. (HM&A) along with the company’s visual marketing division, BrandEyeD. The acquisition enhances the expertise and depth of marketing resources available to serve Skoda Minotti Marketing Services’ growing client base.


In addition to bringing enhanced marketing research expertise, the acquisition of HM&A will complement Skoda Minotti Marketing Services’ ability to provide...

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Skoda Minotti Marketing Services Recognized for Outstanding Marketing and Communications

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti Marketing Services Group was recently recognized by the Association for Accounting Marketing for outstanding achievements in the areas of accounting marketing and communications. At the Association for Accounting Marketing – Marketing Achievement Awards (AAM-MAA) ceremony in Chicago, Ill., the Cleveland-based marketing services group was honored for its 2010 holiday greeting e-card entry.

Skoda Minotti’s holiday greeting e-card allowed the firm to significantly decrease...

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Skoda Minotti Recognized at 2011 World Class Customer Service Awards

Thursday, June 23, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, has once again been named a World Class Customer Service award winner, as presented by Smart Business Magazine. With this year’s award, Skoda Minotti became one of only four companies to have won this award in each of the five years since its inception.

“At Skoda Minotti, a key component of our firm’s vision is to create a culture of continually improving client service,” says Skoda Minotti partner, Mike Trabert, CPA. “This...

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Seeking Nominations for the 50 Fastest Growing Companies in Lake and Geauga Counties

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND – Now in its 19th year, the Lake-Geauga Fast Track 50 Award will once again recognize the 50 fastest growing companies in Lake and Geauga Counties. Winners of the award will be based on average sales and employment growth from 2006 through 2010. This year’s nomination form can be found online at: www.fasttrack50.org.

To be eligible to receive the award, companies must be located in the two-county region, be organized as a for-profit business, and must have a sales profit for 2006 of, at...

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Skoda Minotti and Clients Recognized for Value Created in Northeast Ohio

Monday, June 6, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm with offices in Cleveland and Akron, has been named a recipient of the 2011 Leading EDGE Award. Presented by Crain’s Cleveland Business and The Entrepreneur’s EDGE, this award recognizes companies that have consistently generated value to the Northeast Ohio economy over the past three years.

Uniquely positioned to provide business and financial advisory services to companies of differing sizes and industries...

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Skoda Minotti to Host Free, Educational Not-For-Profit Seminar on June 21

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi
CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce an educational not-for-profit seminar, featuring nationally recognized not-for-profit expert Dick Larkin, as well as other industry experts, on June 21, from 7:45-11:30 a.m. at 700 Beta Banquet and Conference Center in Mayfield Village. The seminar is free-of-charge.

Larkin is the Technical Director for Not-for-Profit accounting and auditing for the Institute for Nonprofit Excellence in the Washington, D.C. office of BDO USA, LLP. Previously he was...Read More >>

Skoda Minotti Receives Federal and State Recognition for Military Support

Monday, May 16, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, with offices in Cleveland and Akron, has recently received federal and state recognition for demonstrating leadership and policies that support employee participation in the National Guard and Reserve. Doug Lundblad, client network engineer in Skoda Minotti’s Technology Services Group, serves as First Sergeant for Company B, 1st- 145th Armor Regiment of the Ohio Army National Guard.

On a national level, the firm has been...

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Skoda Minotti Small Business Services Group Announces New Hire

Thursday, May 12, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce one new hire to its Small Business Services Group:

Alexandra Goodrich – Goodrich joins the firm as paraprofessional in Skoda Minotti’s Small Business Services Group. In this role, she will provide outsourced bookkeeping support for the Kidney Foundation and Epilepsy Association in Cleveland, Ohio. Goodrich also currently works as bookkeeper for the Lake Humane Society.

Skoda Minotti’s Small Business Services Group assists small- to mid-size...

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Skoda Minotti Expands Professional Staffing Services Offered to Cleveland and Akron Businesses

Monday, May 9, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi
CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti’s Professional Staffing Group is pleased to announce that it has expanded its professional staffing services. The group now provides services for contract, direct hire or term-to-hire positions, ranging from staff level to C-level executives, within the following areas of specialization:accounting and finance, C-level executives, engineering, human resources, information technology and sales and marketing.

Leading the newly expanding service offerings is Andrew...Read More >>

Skoda Minotti’s Robert Coode Appointed to Lake Health Foundation Board of Trustees

Wednesday, April 13, 2011 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

April 13, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm with offices in Cleveland and Akron, is pleased to announce that Robert D. Coode has been appointed to the Lake Health Foundation Board of Trustees.

Lake Health Foundation is the philanthropic affiliate of Lake Health. On behalf of the health system, the Foundation accepts contributions of cash and appreciated property. Donations are used to enhance patient care, including the support of projects that improve...

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Skoda Minotti acquires Computer Troubleshooters Independence

Tuesday, April 5, 2011 by Jim Sacher, CPA

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of information technology firm Computer Troubleshooters Independence. The acquisition increases the size and capabilities of Skoda Minotti’s rapidly growing Information Technology Services Group.

Computer Troubleshooters’ staff complements Skoda Minotti’s existing service offerings with a wide range of information technology capabilities and expertise, including:

  • Managed Services
  • VoIP:...
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Skoda Minotti Launches Survey of Northeast Ohio Real Estate and Construction Industries

Monday, February 21, 2011 by Roger Gingerich, CPA/ABV, CVA

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce the launch of its fourth annual survey of the Northeast Ohio real estate and construction industries. The goal of the survey is to provide professionals in the real estate and construction industries in Northeast Ohio with invaluable insight into their industries.

“We received record participation in our 2010 survey and are looking to improve on that number once again in 2011,” said Roger Gingerich, CPA/ABV, CVA, partner-in-charge of Skoda...

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Skoda Minotti Partner Achieves Chartered Merger & Acquisition Professional (CMAP) Credential

Monday, December 20, 2010 by Anna Marie Ricciardi

December 20, 2011 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, is pleased to announce that Michael Trabert, CPA, CVA, CMAP, a partner with Skoda Minotti’s Transaction Advisory Services Group has recently earned the Chartered Merger & Acquisition Professional (CMAP) credential, awarded by the Middle Market Investment Banking Association (MMIBA) and endorsed by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).

MMIBA is an organization established to...

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Special Delivery E-Newsletter: June 2010

Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Roger Gingerich, CPA/ABV, CVA

Advisor Insights

For the past several months, our Real Estate and Construction Group has been authoring a monthly column in Builders Exchange Magazine that offers advice to real estate and construction professionals.

So far this year, the following topics have been covered:

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More on LeBron… What is a “Key Person Discount”?

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 by Dan Golish, CPA/ABV, CVA, CFF

With apologies to all of you non-basketball fans out there, this blog entry will once again focus on LeBron James and his impending free agency.  After all, it is the primary (only?) sports story in Cleveland this summer.  As my colleague wrote in a previous entry, LeBron’s decision to stay or go this summer will have a dramatic impact the value of the Dan Gilbert’s investment in the Cavaliers.  Here’s another perspective on how LeBron’s decision might be illustrative of the value of...

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