Phil Dottavio is a Director with Think, LLP and has over 25 years of taxation experience, including 7 years with two of the Big Four accounting firms and over 15 years in private industry, and several years in leadership and advisory roles at a number of specialty tax firms. In addition, he has authored several published articles and has been a frequent speaker at CPE events, and has served as an adjunct accounting professor at Cleveland State University and Brown Mackey College. Phil is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of Ohio and is also an Enrolled Agent. He holds a B.B.A. in accounting from Kent State University, Summa Cum Laude, and received his Master of Taxation from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Brian has over 25 years experience in corporate and individual tax consultation. As a former Deloitte & Touche, LLP partner in both New York and Los Angeles, he was responsible for serving the firm’s most significant clients. Brian was a member of the firm’s national tax practice specializing in corporate income tax planning, entity structuring, reorganizations, and mergers and acquisitions. He was also a Managing Director for a national firm that focused on performing R&D Tax Credit Studies and manager senior manager in tax at Arthur Andersen in Orange County, California, where he focused his practice on corporate tax planning, the use of partnerships and other flow-through entities as well as international tax. Brian holds a B.S. in accounting from the University of Southern California.