Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Entigrity Solutions LLC
With over 15+ years of experience, he has spearheaded the company operations and led Entigrity to become the global organization it is today. Shawn’s strategic vision and leadership lead to the expansion and diversification of Entigrity in several areas over the years. He understood numerous staffing related challenges plaguing the accounting community. Over time, he has provided consultation/advice to 5000+ accountants and helped them convert some of their core challenges into opportunities.
Shawn’s is a big advocate of small businesses. He says, “Small businesses are the backbone of the global economy” and his focus area is to always help small and mid-size accounting firms.
In fact, the Idea of Entigrity was born out Shawn’s wish to help small and mid-sized firms by providing them with access to global staffing and helping them compete with Big 4 and larger firms. Shawn really admires businesses that create or facilitate the creation of micro entrepreneurs like UBER, AIRBNB, Urban Company etc.
Shawn has been actively involved in many Accounting community events and forums, voicing his thoughts on various subjects pertaining to the accounting industry, some of which are:
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Shawn Parikh is the Founder and CEO of Entigrity and myCPE Group. In his role, he is spearheading the company operations, cementing the foundations of Entigrity, that works closely and exclusively with the accounting community globally. Shawn also oversees service conceptualization, strategy creation, administration, and finance, in the organization.
Shawn co-founded Entigrity in 2014 and today, the company is a global leader in providing outsourcing for accounting firms and one of the preferred outsource partners for 30 out of the top 100 US Accounting firms. With a large workforce of over 2000+ accounting experts, we are already assisting over 600 accounting & CPA firms in the United States and Canada.
The company helps small and mid-sized accounting firms hire qualified and experienced offshore staff that work from our offices in India. Entigrity has helped accounting firms in overcoming staffing challenges and building offshore teams.
The Company was recently inducted in the BDO alliance partnership and was the first company in this segment to become platinum partner with IMA (The Association of Accountants and Finance Professionals in Business).
Co-Founder & CEO, Entigrity Solutions LLC
Jody Grunden is an accounting visionary with over 20 years of experience. He has helped pioneer innovative changes within the industry, including the introduction of the first subscription-based billing method employed by an accounting firm. Together with his partner Adam Hale, Jody co-founded and serves as CEO of Summit CPA, which the pair launched in 2002. He is a member in good standing of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Indiana CPA Society. Jody works also extensively with the QuickBooks accounting software where he has been a QuickBooks ProAdvisor since 2002 and a member of the Sleeter Group where he teaches QuickBooks to small business owners. Jody’s public accounting background includes corporate experience as a tax manager for Rea Magnet Wire Company, Inc, a $250 million multi-national manufacturing company. His success at Rea Magnet Wire was highlighted by a successful appeal to the Taxation and Revenue Department of the State of New Mexico that resulted in the receipt of a $300,000 Investment Credit that the department had previously denied.
Together with Adam Hale, Jody has helped Summit CPA grow with a focus on top-tier services with an emphasis on Cash Flow Management, Forecasting, Budgeting, Debt Restructuring, and Cutting Edge Tax Planning. But Jody also recognized the distinct potential offered by emerging technology. Around a decade after forming Summit CPA, the company went fully remote and began offering a non-traditional package of Virtual CFO services to creative digital companies. Jody takes great pride in helping business owners strive in all economic conditions. He strongly believes that a well-run company will excel in both a good and a bad economy. He also believes in the educational aspect of helping businesses and the accounting industry transform and thrive within a digital environment.
Furthering that belief, Jody actively participates in numerous information-sharing endeavors, including podcasts on subjects such as essential forecasting software and critical strategies for CPAs hoping to launch their own virtual CFO firms. He is also the author of two books, Digital Dollars and Cents and Building the Virtual CFO Firm in the Cloud, and the winner of multiple awards, including recognition as 2020's Top Innovative Practitioner by CPA.com
After graduating with his Bachelor’s degree in accounting from Indiana University, Jody’s career in accounting began in the best way possible: Passing the CPA exam on the first try. He later refined and broadened his skills at Crowe Chizek and Company and Geo S. Olive (now BKD). During that time, Jody also obtained his Series 6 and Series 63 licenses in investing. Jody has been happily married to his wife April for over 25 years. April is an estate planning attorney for Grunden Law Offices where she concentrates her practice on estate planning, succession planning, and business formations. They have two children, Tyler and Lexi. Their favorite activities are participating in a wide range of sports (from hockey to golf) with their children. Jody and April have enjoyed coaching their kids’ athletic teams. They also enjoy living in their hometown of Leo and spending ample amounts of time with their extended family and friends.
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49 Ratings
JG
Sep 15th, 2021
Very informative and interesting presentation!
HN
Sep 14th, 2021
myCPE is great
DB
Sep 27th, 2021
Good program - aim was small businesses and I work for a Fortune 200. Not much of a fit as I was more interested in the how to of offshoring rather than acting as an external consulting resource.
CS
Sep 28th, 2021
The instructor had a thick accent that was hard to understand at times
WDGI
Sep 27th, 2021
Minimal 'how to' on off shoring.
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