Leadership

Douglas J. DeRito

Principal, Client Services Leader

Georgia

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PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE

Current
  • Principal, Client Services Leader, Ryan, Atlanta – 271 17th Street NW office
    • Specializes in providing multijurisdictional tax services in a variety of industries with a focus on transaction tax and tax technology solutions.
    • Responsible for assisting Ryan clients with the new Puerto Rico sales tax structure and providing best practice insights and regulatory guidance related to the new sales tax by meeting with the Commonwealth’s Treasury department.
Previous
  • Principal in Charge, Ryan, Atlanta office
  • Executive Director, East Coast Property Tax Practice, Southeast Sales and Use Tax Practice, national tax technology and business solutions firm
  • Partner, national accounting firm
    • Served on National Leadership Partner Team for Sales and Use Tax Services.
    • Served on International Partner Committee as U.S. representative for eBusiness Strategy.
    • Served as Sales and Use Tax Practice Leader of Metro New York.
    • Served as Partner in Charge of Southeast Sales and Use Tax Practice.
    • Served as Partner in Charge of National State and Local Tax Technology Practice.
    • Member of National Telecommunications and Utility Industry teams.

PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE

Previous
  • Senior Revenue Auditor, Department of Revenue, State of Illinois
  • Board of Education Trustee, Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey
  • New Jersey School Board Liaison, State of New Jersey
  • Councilman, Borough of Edgewater, New Jersey
  • Councilman, City of Alpharetta, Georgia

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Mr. DeRito is a frequent speaker on tax topics, including transaction tax, tax technology, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Additionally, he has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
  • Council On State Taxation
  • Institute for Professionals in Taxation
  • Interstate Tax Corporation
  • National Business Institute
  • Tax Executives Institute 

BOARD & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Certified Member of the Institute (CMI) Committee/Symposium Committee
  • Institute for Professionals in Taxation
  • Sales & Use Tax Monitor, Editorial Advisory Board 

EDUCATION & ACCREDITATION

  • Bachelor of Business Administration Degree, Accounting, Iona University
  • CMI, Institute for Professionals in Taxation 
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