Friday Sept 7, 2018
Tony Ridout and Will Holisky visited our class this past Thursday.
Tony Ricout, Karen Ivy our Career Service Director, and Will Holisky
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Weekend Sept 2 , 2018
Alicia Padilla admitted embezzling $291,000 from Centro SA last Janiuary.
Amazingly she has yet to be arrested and charged. Centro is a city created entity to improve specific parts of down town. A former deputy city manager was in charge.
Please read the article. We study fraud cases in ACCT 5308 Ethics. There were numerous red flags such as continual late billings to the city as well as numerous errors and failures to include
adequate documentation. Finally Centro was unable to pay contractors. And City Manager Sculley and Don Frost were both on the Board.
Where was the oversight? Oversight was so lax that Padilla had her ex husband pretending to be a outside auditor assuring the board things were okay. There was no actual audit.
And Paidlla had a history of embezzlement and personal bankruptcy. This is a major internal control failure.
It seems to me that once again volunteer Board Members were not as involved as they should have been. And there should have been hard questions asked when the city reported so many errors by Padilla.
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Saturday Sept 1 2018
ANTHONY s. (tONY) RIDOUT, CPA, FOUNDING Shareholder of Ridout Barrett & Co., p.c.
Tony received his BBA in Accounting from Southwest Texas State University in 1979. He was an auditor for the State of Texas (University Division) and later worked for a local CPA firm. After obtaining his CPA certificate in 1985, Tony opened his own firm, Ridout Barrett & Co., P.C. in 1986.
Tony has over 35 years of experience working within the construction industry. He works with subcontractors and general contractors to assist them with their tax and accounting needs. Tony serves on the Board for the South Texas Surety Assn and Texas Air Conditioning Contractors Assn (San Antonio). Tony is also an active member in Associated Builders Assn, Hispanic Contractors Assn, Associated General Contractors Assn, American Subcontractors Assn and CFMA- Central Texas.
WILLIAM (WILL) J. HOLISKY III, CPA
ASSISTANT AUDIT MANAGER
Will worked for a local CPA firm from 2008 to 2010 while studying Accounting at Texas A&M San Antonio. He received his BBA in Accounting from Texas A&M San Antonio in 2010. He interned at Ridout, Barrett & Co., P.C. during the 2011 tax season and was hired full time in May of 2011. After obtaining his CPA certificate in 2017, Will became an assistant audit manager at Ridout, Barrett & Co., P.C.
Will has over ten years’ experience working in the accounting industry with seven years in the construction industry. He works with subcontractors and general contractors to assist them with their tax and accounting needs. Will serves on the Future Leaders Task Force with the Associated Builders & Contractors Association. Will is also an active member in the Construction Financial Management Association – Central Texas, Associated General Contractors Association, American Subcontractors Association and the San Antonio Chapter CPA Society.
Learn more about the firm at their Firm Website
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Friday August 31, 2018
Jason Brudnicki CPA from and David Higginbotham CPA addressed my BUAD 3191 class Thursday August 30.
Jason is on the audit side while David specializes in tax. Sol Schwartz PC awarded a $5,000 scholarship to TAMUSA accounting student Cindy Ruiz. And I visited their offices for the accounting educator meeting two weeks ago.
Left to right we have Krystina Irvin, Experiential Director, Career Service Director Karen Ivy, Jason, and David.
At right Karen gave Jason and David a tour of the new Mays Career center which was designed to aid students in their interview process.
Students visited one on one with David and Jason after the presentation.
At right David visits with another student after the conclusion of the presentation.
Sol Schwartz is a firm of some 50 individuals.
The firm recently re-located to new offices in the Forum at North I 10 and Loop 410. Most of SA CPA firms are either on I 10, North 410, or 281/San Pedro. The firm has a variety of clients and offers audit, tax, and consulting services. David and Jason made an informative presentation covering CPA qualifications to sit for the exam, the services offered by the firm, and why they enjoy public accounting. It as clear this firm emphasizes work life balance for its employees. Firm literature was also distributed to our students.
David and Jason,thanks so much for coming out and providing a true professional experience for our students.
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Thursday August 30 2018
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Wednesday August 28
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Wednesday August 29, 2018
Tom Perez, Chair of the Democrat National Party, has declared that "socialism is the future of our Party!"
This cartoon on the topic says it all. This blog is all about business, not the political science Dept.
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Wednesday August 29, 2018
All TAMUSA Accounting Students are invited to this presentation Thursday Aug 30, 2018 at 4 00 PM in STEM 173A
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Tuesday August 28, 2018
To quote Josey Wales, You might as well ride along with us, everyone else is
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Tuesday August 28, 2018
Student should consider registering and attending these monthly meetings.
https://chapters.theiia.org/san-antonio/Events/Pages/default.aspx
The cost is $10 for students.
Hiring & Compensation Trends
Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Old San Francisco (10223 Sahara St., San Antonio, TX 78216)Learning Objectives:
This one hour course is designed to provide insight into the current hiring and compensation trends in the internal audit profession as well as other business professionals. At the end of the course, the participant will gain an understanding of:
- Hiring outlook in corporate accounting and finance, public accounting, and financial services
- Skills and positions in greatest demand
- Compensation trends
- And a preview of the Robert Half salary guide
Speaker Bios:
John Gulnac, Regional President, Robert Half
John Gulnac is a senior regional president for Robert Half, the world's first and largest specialized staffing firm. John oversees the administrative and financial operations throughout Central Texas, Kansas, and Missouri for the divisions of Accountemps, OfficeTeam, Robert Half Healthcare Practice, Robert Half Management Resources and Robert Half Finance & Accounting.
Prior to joining Robert Half, he spent the last seven years in the staffing industry focusing in the fields of accounting, finance, healthcare, and technology. In his current role, John is responsible for leading, training, and developing of both his sales and recruiting staff. He is passionate about placing highly skilled professionals with rewarding job opportunities and dedicated to helping companies find the talent they need to be successful. John graduated with honors from Ursinus College with a degree in economics.
Food:
Southwest Salad
Chicken Enchiladas with Tomatillo Sauce
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