Skoda Minotti News

May 18, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce the acquisition of information technology firm, PBnJ Solutions to its Technology Partners services group. As part of the acquisition, Paul Winkeler, CISSP joins the firm as principal.

Winkeler’s experience with PBnJ Solutions includes management services, telecommunications and data protection.  His skill set complements and expands the Technology Partners’ existing services offerings, as he brings on an assortment of...

May 1, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA business and financial advisory firm, was recently recognized for having one of the “Best Accounting Firm Taglines” as reported by Accounting Today magazine’s website.

The firm’s “Delivering on the Promise.” tagline was launched in 2007 by Skoda Minotti’s Strategic Marketing group, and has publicly become a promise that speaks to the firm’s four core audiences.

“Delivering on the promise is a daily reminder to our clients, business contacts, employees...

April 23, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA, business and financial advisory firm, is proud to announce that Gregory Skoda, Jr. recently earned the Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation, through Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA).

With this designation, Skoda joins a group of world renowned professionals who audit, control, monitor and assess an organization’s information technology and business systems.

The CISA designation was created for...

April 19, 2012 – CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti, a CPA business and financial advisory firm, is proud to announce that Bob Goricki, online marketing manager for Skoda Minotti Strategic Marketing, recently passed the Google AdWords Advertising Fundamentals Exam and the Reporting & Analysis Advanced Exam. By passing these two exams Goricki is now Google AdWords qualified.

With this status, Goricki is recognized as an expert in best practices for running and managing AdWords online advertising campaigns,...

Join Skoda Minotti Technology Partners and CTH Technologies, Inc. on April 24, 2012, beginning at 1 p.m. EST, for a webinar that discusses one of the hottest topics in the tech-world:

Why Your Company Should Care About Data Loss Prevention

During this webinar, you’ll learn the answers to these questions, and more:

• What is data loss prevention?
• Why should your company have a data loss prevention plan?
• Where is my company’s data being used, stored and moved?
• Are you able to track and monitor your...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti is pleased to announce the acquisition of Core Information Management, Inc. As a part of the acquisition, Joseph Compton, CISSP, CISA joins the firm as principal in charge of Skoda Minotti Financial Institution Services Group.

“Joe has spent the last 15 years helping clients in the financial institution industry solve compliance and security management challenges and has developed a very specific skill set that can benefit our current financial institution clients...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti has been selected as one of the most successful companies in Northeast Ohio by Inside Business Magazine. The publication has been awarding its NEO Success Awards, based on revenue and employment growth, since 1994.  This will be Skoda Minotti’s sixth recognition for this honor.

“We’re honored to be named winners of this prestigious award, among so many of our clients,” said Skoda Minotti chairman Greg Skoda. “Our goal is to continue delivering on the promise of new and...

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 a...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Join area business professionals at the Skoda Minotti office as we continue our monthly audio book discussion with the help of David B. Rust, President of Audio Group, A business audio book club for time-starved people.

September's featured audio book: The 4-hour Workweek - by Timothy Ferriss

Meeting Details

Date: September 6, 2011

Time: 7:30-9:00 a.m. - A light breakfast will be provided

Location: Skoda Minotti Office, Mayfield Village, Ohio

Cost: $45 per session

Meeting Facilitator: David B....

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 marketing services,...

CLEVELAND – Skoda Minotti Strategic Marketing 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...