Technology Assurance Leader
Area of Focus
Technology
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Benjamin Shappell

Partner, Technology Assurance Leader
Technology Assurance Leader
Area of Focus
Technology
Connect

About Benjamin

Ben Shappell is RSM US LLP's technology sector assurance leader. He provides diverse accounting and advisory services, primarily in the technology, life sciences, and manufacturing and distribution industries. 


Experience

Ben has more than 19 years of accounting and audit experience. He works with companies throughout their lifecycle, from dynamic emerging growth companies raising their initial capital, to high-growth companies expanding globally, to companies contemplating a liquidity event through either the public markets or a merger. He has significant experience with complex revenue recognition and debt and equity accounting, as well as extensive experience in Securities and Exchange Commission accounting and reporting matters, including Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.

Ben spent more than 10 years working in RSM’s Boston office and repatriated to San Francisco in 2018 after working for two years in London as a part of RSM’s expatriate program. In London he supported the firm’s internationally active clients as a member of the global engagement team by coordinating and executing on U.S. standards for audit engagements.


Professional affiliations and designations

  • Certified public accountant, California and Massachusetts
  • American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • California Society of CPAs
  • Massachusetts Society of CPAs

Education

  • Master of Science, accounting, Boston College
  • Bachelor of Science, accounting, George Washington University
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