BRETT T. CUBELLIS CPA

Brett is a shareholder at Schneider Downs with more than 10 years of experience providing
tax advisory services. He works with pass-through entities, corporations and individuals to
understand and meet their tax needs.

Brett has extensive experience working with companies operating in the automotive/
powersports, retail, transportation and logistics, real estate and construction industries. He is
primarily involved in tax planning, research, transaction advisory, entity structuring and compliance matters.

Professional and Community Involvement

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Do you have a hobby/personal passion?   
My passions are family (which includes our dogs), friends, travel, and exercise.

What was the best advice you’ve ever received? 
Treat others the way you want to be treated.

People would be surprised to know that I… 
My wife and I own and operate Verve, a gym in Columbus, OH.

What is the best or most interesting thing about your career?
Helping clients and coworkers solve problems on a daily basis.

What was your first job?
Little league umpire

Do you have a “motto”? (spoken or unspoken)
The way you do anything is the way you do everything.

When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?  
If I have a free hour, I will likely either be at the gym or finding some home improvement project to tinker with.

Do you have advice for young professionals? 
Be relentlessly curious – there is something new to be learned every day.

Our Thoughts On

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Big Problem: Inefficiency In Data Extraction And File Conversion.


Big Thinking: Use Proprietary Software To Do What Once Took Days In Just Hours.

Shareholder TED PETTKO has extensive experience with public and privately owned companies from a diverse group of industries, and he’s been with Schneider Downs since 1997.
Ted's team implemented a solution for a client who had an ongoing need to extract data from one platform and enter it into another. The manual process they had in place was not only cumbersome and time consuming, but it also resulted in an unclean format. Using proprietary data analysis software, IDEA, the team helped the client extract an entire year of information into a clean format in a matter of hours. Previously, it had taken the client several days to perform the extraction. "Our efforts on behalf of our client enhanced their timeliness and efficiency," Pettko said. "Using data analysis software in the audit profession gives us the ability to extract information in a fraction of the time, summarize the data and produce high-level analytics to support our audit opinion. Ultimately it's a win-win." Schneider Downs provides Big Thinking and Personal Focus in delivering a variety of services for large and small businesses, both publicly and privately held, as well as nonprofit organizations, government entities and more. Through our commitment to thought leadership and knowledge management, we deliver the solutions our clients need with a personal commitment to service.

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