BAINBRIDGE ISLAND, Wash. - Sales-and-use-tax vendor Avalara has named Kevin Riegelsberger, best known in the accounting profession from his years at Epicor, as its president and chief operating officer. Riegelsberger was most recently CEO of Estorian, which provides applications for mainframe storage applications.
A founder of Platinum Software, now known as Epicor, Riegelsberger held several executive-level positions at that financial software company. Reporting to CEO Scott McFarlane, Riegelsberger will have responsibility for finance, accounting and treasury, development, technical operations, compliance and customer care. McFarlane had previously held the title of president.
Bob Scott has provided information to the tax and accounting community since 1991, first as technology editor of Accounting Today, and from 1997 through 2009 as editor of its sister publication, Accounting Technology. He is known throughout the industry for his depth of knowledge and for his high journalistic standards. Scott has made frequent appearances as a speaker, moderator and panelist and events serving tax and accounting professionals. He has a strong background in computer journalism as an editor with two former trade publications, Computer+Software News and MIS Week and spent several years with weekly and daily newspapers in Morris County New Jersey prior to that. A graduate of Indiana University with a degree in journalism, Bob is a native of Madison, Ind