PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Ed is an audit manager for the firm and has served clients in the construction, manufacturing and service industries, medical groups, and not-for-profit organizations.

PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
Ed joined Lewis, Birch & Ricardo LLC in January 2005. Ed has eleven years of experience as a chief financial officer in the not-for-profit and manufacturing industries, owned his own manufacturing company for six years, and has six years of previous public accounting experience including serving as an audit manager with the Tampa Bay practice of KPMG Peat Marwick.

EDUCATION:
B.A. in Accounting, Indiana University of Pennsylvania

PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:
Ed is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Ed has volunteered as a big brother with the Big Brothers/Big Sisters organization since 1985. He serves on the FICPA Accounting and Auditing Standards Committee. He also served on the Board of Trustees as Treasurer for Pinellas Village Inc. for ten years. Ed is a graduate of Leadership Pinellas.

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