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ADAM J. GOODE CPA
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Adam joined Schneider Downs in 2007 and has more than 20 years of diverse professional experience working with businesses. Adam leads the firm’s Business Advisory services group which includes:
- Transaction advisory
- Valuation
- Strategy consulting
- Managed accounting, including CFO services
- Forensic investigations
- Litigation support
Adam has diverse experience advising companies on broad range of business issues, including accounting and finance topics. His experience ranges from early-stage businesses looking for growth up to large international publicly traded businesses looking to improve their business. Adam spends most of his time advising middle-market sized companies in a variety of industries including SaaS, retail, professional services, manufacturing, not-for-profit and higher education.
Adam’s specialties include transaction advisory services, including both buy-side and sell-side due diligence, strategy consulting and CFO services. His passion is helping companies to grow, whether through M&A advising or helping to find and implement growth-oriented strategies for companies to pursue. He has advised on numerous successful transactions and has positively contributed to the success of many businesses over his career. Adam is trusted by his clients’ owners, c-suite, board of directors and investors to provide innovative and practical solutions to business challenges.
Education
B.S.—Business Administration, Robert Morris University
Professional and Community Involvement
Member — American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member — Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Member — Robert Morris University Accounting Advisory Board
Honors — Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Young Leader Award (2015)
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Do you have a hobby/personal passion?
Spending quality time with my kids. I have three daughters who love board games and card games.
What was the best advice you’ve ever received?
Someone once told me to “be where your feet are”. With all the chaos and distractions in life this has always resonated with me and when I actually follow this advice allows me to be the best version of me.
Who is your role model?
I’ve had many over the years. I always look up to successful people who have a healthy balance between work and family.
What was your childhood dream?
I wanted to become a pilot and fly fighter jets in the military.
If you could go back in time, what advice would you give to your college self?
I studied engineering for two years before I discovered my love for debits and credits. I’d have told myself to skip the engineering classes and go straight to accounting.
People would be surprised to know that I…
…have an odd attraction to European sports and on Saturday and Sunday mornings will often start my day watching an early morning soccer match or formula 1 race.
What is the best or most interesting thing about your career?
Before I worked in public accounting I ran a retail business. I always enjoyed retail and was in some ways disappointed to leave the industry. Today I work with many retailers in an accounting and advisory role and am thrilled to stay connected with the industry I thought I had left behind.
What was your first job?
I was a cook at Hardees.
Do you have a “motto”? (spoken or unspoken)
Don’t be afraid to fail.
When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?
I’d love to say that I’d do something productive or enriching with my time, but honestly with only one hour of time I’d find a quiet place to sit, listen to music and get caught up on the day’s news.
Do you have advice for young professionals?
The most rewarding aspect of the job will never be found inside a spreadsheet. Get to know your clients personally and get to know their business. You’ll enjoy the work a whole lot more.
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Fraud Risk Management for Emerging Technology Companies
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Big Problem: Inefficiency In Data Extraction And File Conversion.
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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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