NICHOLAS D. LOMBARDO CPA

Nick joined the firm in 2004 and has over 20 years of experience in public accounting.

Nick leads the firm’s Business Advisory Services Group, which includes transaction advisory, accounting advisory, business valuations, strategy consulting and outsourced accounting—including CFO services, forensic investigations and litigation support.

Nick possesses extensive experience with advisory services, Sarbanes-Oxley procedures, audits, reviews and compilations and business advisory. He is committed to providing the highest level of quality accounting services to a broad range of medium to large public and private companies.

Nick serves a diversified number of manufacturing, construction, real estate, technology, professional service and natural resources, not-for-profit, retail and restaurant clients. He is a member of various Schneider Downs internal groups, including the firm’s Assurance Technical Advisory Committee (ATAC), where he is engaged in the resolution of complex accounting, auditing and business-related issues.

Nick’s specialties include transaction advisory services, including both buy-side and sell-side due diligence, strategy, consulting and CFO services. His passion is helping companies to grow, whether through M&A advising or helping to find and implement growth-oriented strategies for companies to pursue. He has advised on numerous successful transactions and has positively contributed to the success of many businesses over his career.

Nick works closely with his clients to understand their unique business and challenges, so that he can offer practical advice and solutions to help his client base achieve their long-term goals and objectives.

Nick is one of the firm’s subject-matter experts on navigating revenue recognition accounting and leasing standards. He also has authored several technical accounting publications and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars within the region.

Education

B.A. – Accounting, Capital University

Professional and Community Involvement

Board Member and Treasurer – Association for Corporate Growth of Columbus (ACG)

Member – The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Member – The Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants

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Do you have a hobby/personal passion?
Watching movies and sports and playing games with my family.

What was your childhood dream?
To become a professional Athlete. After that didn’t work, I wanted to be a sports broadcaster….Since I am still waiting for that to happen, I just watch a lot of sports.

People would be surprised to know that I…
…have been skydiving twice!

What is the best or most interesting thing about your career?
Every day is different!  I get to interact with so many different owners and executives on a daily basis and seeing how different companies operate is very interesting.

What was your first job?
I was a dishwasher at a local restaurant.

Do you have a “motto”? (spoken or unspoken)
Something I have told my kids since they were very young is that life is all about choices, try to make the best choices you can and make the best out of the bad ones.

When you have an hour of free time, what do you like to do?
I like to spend free time with my family doing different things like playing games, watching movies, hiking, fishing and just spending time together as a family.

Do you have advice for young professionals?
Use the first few years of your career to learn as much as you can and get exposed to as many different situations as you can as it will help you later in your career.  Just take it all in like a sponge!

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Big Problem: Cybersecurity Defenses Compromised By Employees’ Passwords


Big Thinking: Significant Updates To The Cybersecurity Environment.

Shareholder ERIC WRIGHT has been involved with Information Technology with Schneider Downs since 1983 and oversees the firm’s thriving Technology Consulting and IT Audit & Compliance practices. Through this role, Eric brings extensive experience in assessing IT infrastructure and identifying cybersecurity risk and exposure.
One of our clients felt fairly good about their existing cybersecurity defenses. But they were still afraid of the unknown and newer cyber attack techniques. Through our regular audit procedures, we inquired about their current cyber controls and their confidence in withstanding an attack. We then performed a network penetration test which simulates an external adversary hacking their network. This procedure identified the client's unknown weaknesses in their defenses through a live test. “Within 48 hours, we were able to guess the passwords of close to 10% of their employees, effectively giving us VPN access to their corporate network and certain employee utilities, like email.” Eric said. "We also found that their corporate intranet site was visible over the internet and susceptible to login via the bad passwords. After identifying these issues, we worked with the client to make significant changes to their environment to make it harder for an attacker to break in." Schneider Downs provides Big Thinking and Personal Focus in delivering a variety of services for large and small businesses, both publicly and privately held, as well as nonprofit organizations, government entities and more. Through our commitment to thought leadership and knowledge management, we deliver the solutions our clients need with a personal commitment to service.

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