Dale A. Ruther

3421 Ridgewood Road Suite 300      
Main: 330.762.9785
Akron, Ohio 44333
Fax: 330.762.3108
Direct: 330.255.2427 
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Professional Info:
Dale A. Ruther, CPA, CIT, CDS
Partner
Audit and Taxation Services
 

General Info
Dale Ruther focuses on providing audit, taxation and advisory services to clients in a variety of industries.

As practice leader for the firm’s Construction Services Group, his extensive experience includes contract accounting both on the audit and tax side, construction claims, incentive performance pay packages for executive and field personnel, performance measurement systems, mergers and acquisitions and job costing system analyses.

Dale is also the firm’s nonprofit practice leader with expertise in OMB A-133, compensation strategies for tax-exempt organizations, benchmarking and performance measurement systems. In addition, Dale represents a number of manufacturing and industrial product businesses within the firm. 

Dale was with Main Hurdman (now KPMG Peat Marwick) before joining Bober Markey Fedorovich in 1982.  He was elected partner in 1992.

Certifications

  • Construction Industry Technician (CIT)
  • Construction Document Specialist (CDS)


Specializations

  • Construction
  • Nonprofit
  • Wholesale/Distribution
  • Franchises/Restaurants


Education

Bachelor of Arts in accounting and management, Walsh University, magna cum laude


Professional and Civic Memberships

  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA)
  • AICPA instructor for construction and nonprofit tax (national position)
  • Board member, PKF Construction niche
  • Construction Financial Management Association’s (CFMA) National Tax and Legislation Committee
  • Recent past president, Northern Ohio CFMA chapter
  • Treasurer, Evant, a nonprofit organization that manages group homes for the developmentally disabled
  • Treasurer, Stephen A. Comunale Jr. Charitable Foundation
  • Board member, Boys and Girls Club of the Western Reserve
  • Honorary board member, Big Brothers and Sisters of Akron

 Awards and Accolades

United Way of Summit County Community Builder Award recipient, 2009