Scott Price

Scott Price is the Managing Director of A-lign CPAs.  With over 15 years of professional experience and in excess of 730 SAS 70/SSAE 16 audits performed, Scott is widely recognized as the most experienced SAS 70/SSAE 16 auditor in the world.  Scott’s unique blend of both audit and business process knowledge brings value to each audit he manages.

Scott began his career with Arthur Andersen LLP in the Tampa office where he quickly became a firm-wide resource regarding SAS 70 audits.  Scott’s SAS 70 clients at Arthur Andersen included telecommunications, financial services and data center companies.  Scott drafted the Arthur Andersen SAS 70 audit methodology for the Southeast United States and released it nationally in October 2001.  In May 2002, Scott Price left Arthur Andersen to form the first-ever CPA firm to focus solely on performing SAS 70 audits; SAS 70 Solutions, Inc., where he served as President from 2002 to 2009.  Scott joined A-lign CPAs in 2009 to broaden his service offering by providing cost effective compliance solutions to companies throughout the globe.

Scott is heavily involved in the formation of the accounting and auditing profession through his service in state and national organizations.  Scott has served in the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants on the Board of Governors, Chair of the Finance and Office Advisory Committee and is the 2011-2012 President- Elect.  Nationally, Scott is an elected member of the AICPA Council serving a three-year term representing Florida on the Council.

 

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