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Please fill out the registryat the bottom of the page, or to send an email now, click on the team member's name.
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Joseph T. Eckelkamp, CPAJoe Eckelkamp (the firm’s owner) has over 20 years of diverse financial experience. Earlier in his career, he held positions as Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Finance or Controller at several companies, including financial institutions, a data services company, and a technology company. Joe also was associated with a "Big 4" CPA firm. Joe is accomplished in the areas of taxation, contract negotiation support, interim management, revenue enhancement, cost reduction, and systems design and integration as well as having global business experience as chief financial officer, he also gained valuable knowledge of human resources, strategic planning and acquisition issues. In fact, helping business owners in acquisition and disposition transactions has become a major part of his role at E&A. Mr. Eckelkamp earned BSBA and MBA degrees from St. Louis University and attended executive education programs at Harvard. He has received several special awards, including the 2001 SBA Accountant Advocate for Small Business Award for a four state region and the prestigious Mercantile Bancorporation Inc. Chairman’s Award. |
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He currently serves on the boards of directors of Gateway Bank and the Crime Victim Advocacy Center and served on the Board of Directors for Financial Executive Institute’s St. Louis Chapter. He remains an active member of the Missouri Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs, having served as Chairman of the MSCPA’s Business Consulting Services Committee. He is also the author of several articles and is a regular speaker on financial topics. Joe's been quoted in numberous publications, including Fortune and professional publications. He has served as an adjunct accounting professor for several local colleges and universities, including St. Louis University.
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Diane M. Boyer, CPADiane is Director - Accounting & Auditing and leads E&A's financial reporting services team. She joined Eckelkamp & Associates in February, 2001 after a progressive and challenging 19-year career at a $70 billion financial institution. Her primary focus is meeting the business planning needs of clients, delivering audit services and providing accounting/financial expertise to clients throughout the firm. She also is very active in taxation of businesses and individuals, particularly in the severance refund area. Before joining E&A, Diane served as CFO of the $150 million Operations and Technology Division and as Assistant Comptroller of a bank holding company. Her extensive experience includes mergers and acquisitions integration activities, complex financial accounting, budget system designs, strategic plans, staff management and interaction with regulators and external auditors. Diane graduated with honors from the University of Missouri - St. Louis with a degree in Business Administration (emphasis in Accounting). She has completed a variety of professional development programs and is proficient in QuickBooks ® and many Microsoft applications. She is also an active member of the AICPA and the Affton Chamber of Commerce. |
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Laurie HallerLaurie is a Senior Accountant. She is responsible for financial statement compilations, bookkeeping services, and preparing personal and corporate tax returns in addition to serving as E&A's payroll and employee benefits services specialist. Before joining Eckelkamp & Associates, Laurie performed similar functions at another accounting firm and a local CPA firm. She also worked in the accounting departments of two companies. She graduated cum laude from Benedictine College with a degree in business administration and completed post graduate course work in accounting at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Laurie is proficient in Quickbooks, EasyAccount, and Microsoft applications. |
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Mary Ellen Dee, EAMary Ellen is a Senior Accountant. She handles both personal and corporate tax matters, accounting software support and the firm's client database in addition to being involved with employee benefits issues. Mary Ellen also leads E&A's client service efforts regarding the severance pay Social Security tax refund program and many Flexible Benefit Plan issues. Prior to her involvement at Eckelkamp & Associates, she handled accounting and financial matters for a manufacturing company and a religious organization and has a total of over 20 years experience. Mary Ellen is an Enrolled Agent, holds an MBA, and has a Bachelor's degree in Music. |
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Yuliana SutisnaYuliana is an Accountant. She joined E&A as an intern in January 2004 after completing her Masters of Accounting at University of Missouri-St. Louis. She joined the permanent team in May of that year. In addition to her MBA, Yuliana received a bachelor's degree in Economics & Accounting in her native Indonesia. She has also studied in Taiwan ROC, England and Australia, as well as at UCLA. Yuliana is studying for the CPA exam. Prior to joining E&A, she served in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for two years here in St. Louis and as a graduate research assistant at UM-SL's International Business Institute. |
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Additional Team MembersWe often supplement our staff with accounting interns and interim senior accounting specialists (typically CPAs) when workloads and/or specific client engagements dictate. In addition, Eckelkamp & Associates regularly partners with other professional service firms, including attorneys and other CPA firms, to deliver specialized services to clients. E&A subcontracts under an existing alliance with a minority-owned, woman-owned, CPA firm to further deepen its team and to meet MBE/WBE requirements. Eckelkamp & Associates carefully selects its team members to have maximum impact. Each person on Eckelkamp & Associates' team has held positions inside companies (financial services, technology, retail, manufacturing and educational) and therefore has experience on your side of the desk. We also use topflight tools and technology. E&A supports QuickBooks and PeachTree accounting software, as well as keeping up to date on several other packages. We use CCH's widely respected and most sophisticated tax preparation and electronic filing software (ProSystem fx) and internet research services. We also subscribe to numerous electronic newsletters from the IRS, the state of Missouri and the Department of Labor, among others, to keep up-to-date. And we regularly update our computer systems using a client and allied firm, ATB Technologies.
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