STAFF

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Peter Witts | Sally Scott | Michael Gitlen

Peter Witts - CPA

Peter Witts is a Certified Public Accountant with over fifteen years of Government Contract Accounting experience.  His background includes tenure with the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Northeastern Regional Office, until leaving in September 2000 to found his own public accounting firm.  While with the DCAA, Peter was involved in a wide variety of audit related activities for large aerospace contractors as well as small business contractors in the Northeastern region of the DCAA.  Mr. Witts has designed and implemented government contract accounting systems, prepared incurred cost submissions, developed forward pricing rates, conducted NIH A-133 Program Audits and supported several DCAA audits for clients.

Some of Mr. Witts' accomplishments with DCAA include:

• Technical Program Specialist for the following major program areas in the Northeast region (MA, NH, ME, RI, CT, NY, MI and Europe): Cost Accounting Standards, Financial Capability Audits, Health Care Finance Administration audits, Compensation and Direct Billing initiatives and responsible for providing audit guidance to DCAA field auditors throughout the Northeastern region.
• Member of an audit team completing a highly visible audit of a Michigan anthrax vaccine producer's extraordinary financial relief of contract terms claim. The Undersecretary of Defense and the Director of DCAA commended the audit team on the high quality of the audit in a week's turnaround time.
• Leader of the Northeastern Regional team in the development of a new Cost Accounting Standard audit programs for CAS 410 and CAS 420.

• Developed a two-day training seminar for Northeastern Region auditors in the audit of contractor's financial capability.
• Conducted presentations on the Cumulative Allowable Cost Worksheets and the new closeout procedures for contracts to Contractor personnel and DCAA auditors.
• Focal point for the audit of Peer Review Organizations (PRO) audits for the Health Care Financing Administration in the Northeastern region.
  
  Email: pwitts@wittscpa.com

Sally Scott - Tax Manager, EA

Sally Scott is an Enrolled Agent with the Internal Revenue Service and has over 20 years experience in tax compliance and planning.

Her background includes tax planning and compliance at law firms and financial institutions for estates, trusts, and non-profit organizations as well as high net-worth clients. Ms. Scott has been with Peter Witts, CPA PC as the Tax Manager since September 2005. Sally is responsible for managing the preparation of tax returns as well as preparing the complex business and individual returns.

Sally began her career as a Tax Accountant at the law firm of Hale and Dorr and the law firm of Palmer & Dodge. Ms. Scott graduated from University of Massachusetts’ College of Management with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Accounting and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Taxation from Bentley College.

Sally is a member of the National Association of Enrolled Agents.

Email: sscott@wittscpa.com

Mike Gitlen

Michael Gitlen is a Certified Public Accountant with over twenty five years of Federal Contracting experience.  He has held positions of increasing responsibility at United Technologies Corporation, Kaman Aerospace, FARaero, and Bartlett Services, Inc.  Mr. Gitlen has designed and implemented government contract accounting systems, developed forward pricing rates and has prepared Government proposals both on a FAR Part 15 Cost basis and a FAR Part 12 Commercial Item basis.  Additionally Mr. Gitlen prepared a DFAR External Restructuring proposal, resulting from a merger, for a “Fortune 10 Company”, exceeding $500M. He has lectured locally on Federal Acquisition matters at the annual Boston NCMA conference at Bentley College and nationally at the DoD National SBIR Conference in Washington DC.  Mr. Gitlen has served as the NDIA (National Defense Industrial Association) New England chapter President since 2002 (current members, 1500) which successfully hosted the 2006 NDIA National Small Business Conference in Newport, R.I.

Email: mgitlen@wittscpa.com