April 2010
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Youngstown, Ohio – Packer Thomas is pleased to announce that Ralph T. Meacham, CPA, has joined their team as Chief Financial Officer and Director of Operations. In his role, Meacham will be responsible for planning, organizing, directing and controlling the day-to-day operations of the firm. Meacham, an experienced financial manager, will add to the talents of Packer Thomas' existing team with his expertise in management, accounting, treasury, taxes, investments, human resources, benefits, banking, lending, and credit.
Previous to joining Packer Thomas, Meacham held the position of Chief Financial Officer and Director of Human Resources at Butler Wick Corporation. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Meacham is a Certified Public Accountant and received his MBA in banking and finance from Case Western Reserve University.
Celebrating over 87 years, Packer Thomas maintains two offices that are located in Youngstown, Ohio and New Castle, Pennsylvania. The firm provides business consulting services as well as accounting, auditing and tax services with industry concentrations for manufacturing companies, wholesale distribution, automotive dealerships, construction trades, and health care. Packer Thomas also performs internal auditing for hospitals, universities and clients in other industries, as well as SOX 404 consulting services for various publicly traded companies. Their information technology services consist of, but are not limited to, information technology security auditing and Sage Accpac and CRM systems implementation. Packer Thomas also provides tax compliance and consulting for high net worth individuals and assistance in the area of forensic accounting. The firm has over 50 employees of which 24 are certified public accountants.
