ROSS S. ALESSANDRO III CPA

Ross joined the firm in 2019 as a Tax Shareholder. He has more than 20 years of public accounting experience, including four years implementing ERP systems. Prior to joining Schneider Downs, Ross was a Partner at a large national public accounting firm.

Ross provides research and development credit and incentive services to companies in a wide variety of industries. In his current role, Ross assists companies with the entire life cycle of claiming and sustaining research and development credits and incentives including estimating the benefit for any open tax periods, discussing qualified research activities with technical professionals from your organization, quantifying qualified research expenditures, calculating and documenting the benefits, and if necessary, defending your benefits upon examination. Ross has historically served companies in the following industries: manufacturing, technology/software development, engineering/construction, banking/finance, biotech/pharmaceutical, transportation/logistics, apparel/retail, and food/beverage.

His knowledge and experience with research incentives helps his clients to maximize and sustain their benefits.

Education

B.S.- Business Administration, Duquesne University
M.S. – Taxation, Magna Cum Laude, Robert Morris University

Professional and Community Involvement

Member—American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants

Member—Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants

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Big Problem: Redundant Back Office Functions.


Big Thinking: Back Office Consolidation Project Saves $600,000 Annually.

Shareholder DON APPLEGARTH has more than 26 years of public accounting experience and is the practice leader of the Schneider Downs Accounting, Assurance and Advisory Services department. He has experience serving companies in a variety of industries, including but not limited to manufacturing, retail, construction, real estate, transportation and logistics, and natural resources.
Don’s team had an ongoing audit engagement with a large manufacturing company that ran two subsidiaries as if they were separate companies. This resulted in disparate accounting, human resources and IT functions. In addition to providing traditional audit and tax services, Don tapped the expertise of Schneider Downs’ Technology Services, Risk Advisory Services, and Human Resource experts to present a comprehensive back office consolidation plan. “We conducted a comprehensive back office assessment of technology, processes, and a skills assessment of existing client personnel,” Applegarth said. “Leveraging strong relationships with the owner and key decision makers, the client trusted our multi-disciplinary team to come up with an effective back office implementation that ended up saving the company more than $600,000 annually. The client knew there would be savings, but they were extremely pleased with the amount of savings, new synergies, and tangible benefits to the Company’s operations going forward.” 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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