After a long career in public accounting and a very short retirement I took a position with Mac Haik Enterprises LTD, a large diverse real estate and automotive group with over 3,000 associates. They have been clients for several years so we both knew what we were getting into! Great experience. Retired from BKD, LLP (now FORVIS MAZARS) with over 35 years of public accounting experience working with public and privately held companies with revenues of $30 million to over a billion. Former engagement partner for middle market companies engaged primarily in manufacturing, oil field services, distribution and oil and gas exploration. Managing partner of local CPA firm that merged with BKD in 2000 to open the firm's Houston office. Became the firm's fastest growing office in its 85 year history and is now one of the firm's largest offices. Founded the firm's Energy practice and started Praxity's (world's 8th largest accounting affiliation) International Energy practice.Specialties: Federal and state income tax, taxation of foreign companies doing business in US, taxation of oil and gas industry, tax controversies, income tax planning, merger and acquisition structuring, due diligence for private equity firms