Thomas J. Tripp

Mr. Tripp received a Masters in Taxation from the University of Missouri Kansas City and a BS degree in Accounting and Business from the University of Kansas.  Mr. Tripp is a tax professional with 17+ year’s experience in industry and public accounting.  While working in these areas Mr. Tripp was responsible for federal and state compliance, planning, audit, research and effectively implemented numerous tax saving strategies.  Mr. Tripp has prepared numerous cost segregation studies for Fortune 500 companies.  He has over seven years experience in preparing cost segregation studies and/or maximizing fixed asset classifications to tangible personal property for ITC purposes.  Mr. Tripp has over 6 years “on-site” experience at plan reading, material takeoff and estimating commercial construction projects.  Mr. Tripp has additional experience related to §467 tax exempt bond funding on various facilities.  Mr. Tripp earned his CPA designation in Texas and is a member of the Texas Society of CPAs and serves on the Texas Society of CPA’s Taxation Committee.

 

 

Stephen G. Bilello

After receiving a BS degree in Accounting from Louisiana Tech University, Mr. Bilello joined the international accounting firm of KPMG Peat Marwick as an auditor. Working on both audit and tax engagements, Mr. Bilello began to specialize in federal and state taxation and became a Tax Manager with the firm.  Mr. Bilello left public accounting and held the top management position in tax for several publicly traded national and international companies in the manufacturing, distribution, retail and service industries.  While working for Frito Lay Mr. Bilello worked with Arthur Anderson and KPMG in cost segregation studies for plants and distribution centers.  Mr. Bilello earned his CPA designation in Texas and is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Texas Society of CPAs, and the Louisiana Society of CPAs.

 

 

Patrick Thomas 

Mr. Thomas received a BS in Accounting from McMurry University in Abilene, Texas.  Mr. Thomas has 6 years of tax experience working in private industry.  He has worked in retail/leasing, dining, and entertainment industries.  Mr. Thomas developed federal and state tax positions reducing current tax liabilities and saving tax attributes.  While working for Cinemark USA, Inc. Mr. Thomas completed cost segregation studies for state of the art multi-screen movie theatres.  Mr. Thomas has conditioned for two parts of the CPA Exam in Texas.

 

 

Karen Pope

Mrs. Pope has a Hardware Networking Certificate from Kaplan College. Mrs. Pope has managed consulting engagements for local companies. She performed data management and IT functions in various industries. Mrs. Pope has extensive experience in analyzing construction schedules of values for cost segregation analysis.

 

Don K. Bulloch, Engineer

Mr. Bulloch received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M University.  Mr. Bulloch has more than 20 years of construction project management for local and national companies.  He performed estimating, subcontract management, purchasing, design impact analysis and value engineering cost proposals in various industries.  Mr. Bulloch is a Texas registered Professional Engineer.