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Fathom Amplifies Sports Entertainment

February 22nd, 2012 · Wesley · Cpa Firms Comments Off

Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) February 20, 2012

Direct from the sports world comes Steve Kessen to lead Fathom?s emerging sports marketing portfolio. As director of sports marketing, Kessen will lead Fathom?s business development to drive revenue to the sports and entertainment industries.

Fathom is a full-service digital marketing agency with a focus on delivering results that matter to its clients. Having worked with over 750 of the top brands in sports, Kessen brings a new approach to analytics and digital marketing unseen in the sports industry today.

?We?re thrilled to have Steve join Team Fathom. His depth of knowledge of the sports business and fierce analytical skills will help our sports industry clients truly accelerate their business,? said Jeff Herrmann, VP of Sales & Marketing. More about what attracted Kessen to the online marketing firm can be read in his first contribution to the company blog, ?A Sports Business Professional?s Journey to Fathom.?

Formerly the vice president and general manager at TeamWork Online, Kessen has worked with more than 750 of the top brands in sports: the NBA, NFL, NHL; MLB, NASCAR, IMG, ESPN Wide World of Sports and many others.

Prior to his role at TeamWork Online, Kessen was one of the first ever dedicated analytics professionals in the professional sports business for the Cleveland Cavaliers. In addition to Kessen?s extensive experience in analytics and the sports industry, he has also been a CPA in the State of Ohio while starting his career at Ernst & Young.

Kessen holds an MBA from the Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Business and a BBA in accounting from Kent State University. Complementing his full-time role at Fathom, he is also an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Master of Sport Industry Management program. He resides in Northeast Ohio with his wife and son.

About Fathom

Fathom begins with the end in mind?achieving its clients? financial objectives. As a full-service digital agency, it helps clients surpass business and financial goals in an ever-connected digital world. Ranked one of the top interactive search firms in the nation, Fathom delivers effective and high-return strategies that drive revenue at every digital touchpoint. Its proven expertise makes it an easy choice for mid-cap and large enterprises alike by offering simple and accountable solutions to a complex world.

The company has offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit and San Diego.

Surving Security: How to Integrate People, Process, and Technology

Previous information security references do not address the gulf between general security awareness and the specific technical steps that need to be taken to protect information assets. Surviving Security: How to Integrate People, Process, and Technology, Second Edition fills this void by explaining security through a holistic approach that considers both the overall security infrastructure and the roles of each individual component. This book provides a blueprint for creating and executing sound security policy. The author examines the costs and complications involved, covering security measures such as encryption, authentication, firewalls, intrusion detection, remote access, host security, server security, and more. After reading this book, you will know how to make educated security decisions that provide airtight, reliable solutions.About the Author Amanda Andress, CISSP, SSCP, CPA, CISA is Founder and President of ArcSec Technologies, a firm which focuses on security product reviews and consulting. Prior to that she was Director of Security for Privada, Inc., a privacy company in San Jose, California. She built extensive security auditing and IS control experience working at Exxon and Big 5 firms Deloitte & Touche and Ernst & Young. She has been published in NetworkWorld, InfoWorld, Information Security Magazine, and others, and is a frequent presenter at industry events such as N+I and Black Hat.

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Merging your CPA firm: A guide to successful acquisition or sale of an accounting practice (Accounting and finance practice series)

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Fathom Amplifies Sports Entertainment

February 21st, 2012 · Wesley · Cpa Firms Comments Off

Cleveland, OH (PRWEB) February 20, 2012

The company has offices in Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit and San Diego.

Accounting: Accounting Principles

The term “GAAP” is an abbreviation for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). GAAP is a codification of how CPA firms and corporations prepare and present their business income and expense, assets and liabilities on their financial statements. GAAP is not a single accounting rule, but rather the aggregate of many rules on how to account for various transactions. The basic principles underlying GAAP accounting are set forth below.When preparing financial statements prepared using GAAP, most American corporations and other business entities use the many rules of how to report business transactions based upon the various GAAP rules. This provides for consistency in the reporting of companies and businesses so that financial analysts, Banks, Shareholders and the SEC can have all reporting companies preparing their financial statements using the same rules and reporting procedures. This allows for an “Apple to Apple” comparison of any corporation or business entity with another. Thus, if Company A reports ,000,000 of net income, using GAAP, then the public and other users of financial statements can compare that net income to another company that is reporting 0,000 of net income, using GAAP.The rules and procedures for reporting under GAAP are complex and have developed over a long period of time. Currently there are more than 150 “pronouncements” as to how to account for different types of transactions, ranging from how to report regular income from the sale of goods, and its related inventory values, to accounting for incentive stock option distributions. By using consistent principles, all companies reporting under GAAP report these transactions on their financial statements in a consistent manner.The various rules and pronouncements come from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) which is a non-profit organization that the accounting profession has created to promulgate the rules of GAAP reporting and to amend the rules of

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