Vitale Caturano Expands Leadership Base With Promotion Of New Officers

Boston Tax firm Vitale Caturano, New England's largest regional full-service Boston CPA Firm, today announced the promotion of the following three managers to vice president:

Allison H. Egbert, CPA, is a vice president in the firm's specialty audit practice. She has over 10 years of experience providing diverse accounting, compliance, and consulting services to a varied public and private client base. Her client services include audits, reviews, merger and acquisitions, consultations and analysis, due diligence services, and providing assistance to companies with international operations. Prior to joining the firm, Allison was a member of the commercial audit practice of Arthur Andersen. Allison received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics/Accounting from the College of the Holy Cross. She resides in Medford, MA.

Julie R. Houle, CPA, is a vice president in the firm's assurance practice. She specializes in financial statement audit services and assists clients in the areas of SEC accounting and reporting matters, financing transactions and Sarbanes-Oxley compliance. Julie provides services to companies in a variety of industries, including financial services, life sciences, manufacturing, and distribution. Her clients range from middle-market companies to global public companies with SEC reporting responsibilities. Prior to joining the firm, Julie was a manager in Arthur Andersen's commercial audit practice. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting/Computer Applications from University of Notre Dame. Julie resides in Charlestown, MA.

John Micalizzi, CPA, is a vice president in the firm's human resource group and directs all of the firm's recruitment initiatives. He drives the firm's strategy and operations around experienced and college hiring during a period of unprecedented growth at the firm. Additionally, as a member of the firm's operations leadership team, he is actively engaged in or leading numerous human capital initiatives. John joined Vitale Caturano after a successful 14 year career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) where he most recently served as the U.S. Experienced Recruiting Leader. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from University of Massachusetts, Amherst. John began his career in public accounting in PwC's assurance and business advisory services practice primarily serving large national financial services clients. He resides in West Newton, MA.

"These individuals have been a driving force behind the firm's continued success and growth, said Vitale Caturano President Richard Caturano. "They have led by example--providing personal, responsive, and result driven client service while balancing the equally important task of serving as staff mentors and sharing their knowledge with others," he added.

About Vitale Caturano
Vitale Caturano is New England's largest regional full-service CPA, consulting, and wealth management firm and one of the top 40 CPA firms in the country, with 34 partners and over 380 employees. The firm provides services in the areas of technology consulting, management consulting, tax, assurance, business risk and controls, transactional services, business valuation, and wealth management for companies ranging from small and emerging, to middle market and prominent public companies.

To serve the needs of our multi-location clients, the firm is an active member of Baker Tilly International, one of the world's top ten accounting and business advisory services networks, focused on serving the global needs of growing multi-national enterprises, which allows Vitale to act like a Big Four firm; comprised of 138 independent member firms with 505 offices in 104 countries.

For more information, visit www.vitale.com.