The ABCs of Certification

Accounting Technology, December, 2006 by Alexandra Defelice

Does it really make a difference to a client that Louis Gutberlet is Louis Gutberlet, CPA, CQA, CMA, ATA, ABA? Just how valuable are all those letters on his business card? "It's a very simple thing for me," says Gutberlet, who has been in the business for more than 30 years. "It's to demonstrate competence in the subject matter both to myself and to anyone else that might be interested." Actually, those are only some of the 18 designations held by Gutberlet, the founding partner of LGG & Associates of Lawrenceville, Ga., near Atlanta.

Besides holding professional credentials, Gutberlet has also qualified for every QuickBooks certification since it became available in 1999, and most recently received the Microsoft Professional Accountants' Network Consultant title, a...

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