Congratulations to our Managing Partner, Anthony “Tony” W. Cirone, Jr., CPA, recipient of the 2022 Nancy K. Dolan Leadership Award in recognition for his support and commitment to Immaculate High School, in Danbury, Conn., Catholic education, and the community.

A celebration with the honorees, their guests, supporters of the School, and sponsors will take place on March 26th, at The Amber Room Colonnade, in Danbury, Conn.  The theme for the Immaculate High School’s 17th Annual Gala is “Together Again On Broadway.”

For the past 12 years, Tony has served on the Immaculate High School (IHS) board in a variety of capacities. Currently, he serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and as a member of the Board Finance Committee six years running. He and his wife, Jen, are parents of three IHS alumni and one student in the Class of 2023.

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Learn more about this award.

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Our Firm’s Partner, Sandra D. Callanan, CPA, who is responsible for the Firm’s audit and accounting practice and quality control systems, was recently honored by the Connecticut Society of CPAs (CTCPA) as a recipient of the 2022 CTCPA Women Distinguished Service Award. Sandy was one of seven women honored during the celebration recognizing excellence in leadership and management in the accounting profession. This virtual event was held in January.

Sandy has over 35 years of accounting, audit, and tax experience. She volunteers and is a member of several boards and committees and mentors interns and new staff members. Sandy filmed a brief video (see link below) for the CTCPA Women 2022 Awards program, in which she shares “The advice that I would give my younger self,”  providing helpful insights for young professionals starting their own accounting careers.

You can read the announcement of Sandy’s award and about her many interests and activities in an article of the CTCPA (see link below). 

Fun fact…  Sandy rappelled down the side of an 18-story building for charity. That’s a 90-degree vertical descent of more than 200 feet!

Our entire CironeFriedberg family congratulates Sandy on this well-deserved award!

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Video

CTCPA article

CironeFriedberg, LLP, is pleased to welcome Amado Rodriguez to its growing firm as Manager of its Client Accounting Services group. He will be responsible for Outsourced CFO and Controller services and Bookkeeping and Accounting services for the Firm’s business clients.

Rodriguez has over 21 years of experience in accounting, with eight years in the private sector and 13 years in non-profits including environmental advocacy and social services organizations. He is highly skilled at organizing and leading initiatives for strategic and business planning, budgets, financial systems, compliance, IT infrastructure, Human Resources, and administration. These skills and areas of expertise are in great demand for delivering high quality Client Accounting Services to businesses in today’s challenging and shifting world.

Tony Cirone, CironeFriedberg’s managing partner, says “Amado brings a great deal of strategic and business accounting experience to his role.” He adds, “He is a welcome addition to our firm and will provide valuable services to meet the complex needs of our business clients.”

About CironeFriedberg
CironeFriedberg is a leading CPA firm serving middle market, closely held and family-owned businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and not-for-profit organizations in Fairfield and New Haven Counties, in Connecticut, and the neighboring New York counties of Duchess, Putnam, and Westchester. The firm provides a full range of tax, audit and accounting, and business advisory services from three offices in Bethel, Shelton and Stamford Connecticut. Learn more at https://cironefriedberg.com.

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CironeFriedberg Announces Promotions
and Welcomes New Hires

 

(January 24, 2022 – Shelton, Conn.) CironeFriedberg, LLP, is pleased to announce the promotions of Rigoberto Escalera, Jennifer Furino, Matthew Paci, and Benjamin Vessichio to Senior Accountant. The Firm welcomes Client Accounting Services Manager, Amado Rodriguez; and new Staff Accountants Natalya Brown, Emma Coschigano, and Nicholas Terentino.

Tony Cirone, CironeFriedberg’s managing partner, says “We extend congratulations on these well-deserved promotions and a warm welcome to our new team members.” He adds, “We look forward to working together and celebrating your contributions to our growing firm.”

 

About CironeFriedberg

CironeFriedberg is a leading CPA firm serving middle market, closely held and family-owned businesses, high-net-worth individuals, and not-for-profit organizations in Fairfield and New Haven Counties, in Connecticut, and the neighboring New York counties of Duchess, Putnam, and Westchester. The firm provides a full range of tax, audit and accounting, and business advisory services from three offices in Bethel, Shelton and Stamford Connecticut. Learn more at https://cironefriedberg.com.

 

 

 

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HEALTH ALERT

 

As the coronavirus (COVID-19, Delta variant, and Omicron) outbreaks in the United States, Connecticut, and the New York Metro area continue and more cases emerge, we here at CironeFriedberg are taking proactive steps to help ensure the safety of our employees and maintain security and work continuity for our clients.

Currently, all CironeFriedberg offices are open for business and are fully operational. Should the outbreak result in closing any of our offices, we have a business continuity plan in place that will enable our professionals to work remotely and continue to provide you with the level of service you have come to expect from our team. If you experience a business disruption because of the outbreak, please reach out to us at info@cironefriedberg.com or call us to discuss in more detail.

The health and safety of our team and our clients is our number one priority. We will continue to monitor communications from the CDC and other federal, state and local organizations and provide regular updates for any necessary changes to keep our employees, contacts and clients informed and safe.  Some preventative safety measures we have already implemented include:

• Providing sanitizing and other preventative services throughout our offices
• Reviewing and continually testing our technology practices to help ensure that our systems support a seamless transition should we have to shift to a fully remote workforce

We are confident that the steps we are taking will allow us to continue to successfully service our clients, efficiently and effectively during this time.

We encourage everyone to be as diligent as they can be in helping eliminate the spread of COVID-19, the Delta variant, and Omicron.  For more information about COVID-19, please visit the CDC website: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html.

Please consider the potential disruption for your business due to the coronavirus outbreak and don’t hesitate to contact us if we can be of assistance.

On behalf of the Partners and the entire CironeFriedberg team, we wish everyone good health.

All the best,

​​​​​​Tony Cirone
Managing Partner
CironeFriedberg, LLP

CironeFriedberg, LLP is pleased to announce the promotion of Nicholas DaPaz, CPA, to Partner, where he provides audit and tax services to business and individual clients.

DaPaz has more than 20 years of experience providing audit and tax services for employee benefit plans and multistate and multinational companies. Serving business clients in a variety of industries, including public utility, manufacturing, and not-for-profit  organizations, his services also include individual and corporate income tax return planning and preparation.

DaPaz received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science in Accounting from the University of Connecticut. He is a CPA licensed in the State of Connecticut and a member of the Connecticut Society of Certified Public Accountants and the  American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is President-Elect of the Bridgeport Rotary Club and past Chairman of the Board of Directors for Area Congregations Together, Inc. (Spooner House).

Tony Cirone, CironeFriedberg’s managing partner, says “Nick’s expertise and experience will continue to be a tremendous asset to our clients’ growing need for exceptional audit and tax services. Nick has demonstrated his dedication to serving clients with  expertise and leadership, and we are happy to welcome him as a partner in the firm.”

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