Robert A. Gambardella, CPA CTC

Bio

Certified Public Accountant and Certified Tax Coach
Best-selling co-author of "Secrets of a Tax Free Life: Surprising Write Off Strategies Most Business Owners Miss"
Featured on WTNH TV News and often quoted in articles related to tax planning for independent contractors and business owners
Blogger for the Fairfield Patch website
14+ years experience in accounting and finance, spanning individual and business tax preparation and planning, audits and reviews, technical accounting research, controllership, budgeting & planning, and advanced financial analysis
Graduated from Quinnipiac University
Member of the AICPA, AICTC, and the CTSCPA
Shelton, CT Resident

Owner of Concierge Tax Services, LLC since 2005
From 2005-2011 was Site Controller and Finance Director of PerkinElmer, Inc.'s Analytical Sciences business unit in Shelton, CT
From 2002-2005 worked at GE Commercial Financial Services in Norwalk, CT. Served in roles as Senior Technical Accounting Advisor for CFS headquarters, as well as Operational Controller of their Corporate Lending Group
From 2000-2002 worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP global "Big 4" accounting firm in Stamford, CT as a senior audit associate serving a wide variety of clients, from hi-tech start-ups to pharmaceutical giants
From 1998-2000 worked at RSM McGladrey national accounting firm, as an audit and tax associate, serving primarily financial institutions, as well as municipalities and manufacturers
From 1996-1998 worked at T.M. Byxbee Co. local accounting firm in Hamden, CT performing a wide variety of services for individual and business tax and review clients

Proud sponsor of the annual Avon Walk for Breast Cancer in New York City, in which my wife walks 40 miles in honor of her mother and grandmother
Donor and volunteer for the Spooner House, a homeless shelter in Shelton, CT
Prior to moving to Shelton, was a Board Member and volunteer at WHEAT (West Haven Emergency Assistance Task Force), a food shelter in West Haven, CT
Former Committee Member of the National Alzheimer's Society in Hamden, CT while attending college in the area
Winner of West Haven Community House Duffy Award, for Outstanding Lifetime Community Service in West Haven, CT

Happily married to my awesome lovely wife, Jennifer, a Shelton school teacher, certified spinning instructor, Ironman Competitor, and marathon runner.

I enjoy taking care of our "kids", Paris and Maui, though they might tell you its the other way around (if they could only speak)

I am a huge New York Mets and Washington Redskins fan (fees for Cowboys fans are automatically doubled!)
I played in the Bridgeport Senior City Baseball League from 2006-2008 (my professional baseball comeback attempt was unsuccessful, but fun. So here I am, doing your taxes)

I played in the National Adult Baseball League from 1994-1996
I am a car enthusiast with a self-diagnosed obsession with standing out in a crowd (The path to a cure begins with admitting I have a problem)