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About Us

 

Inspectel is a premier, nation wide, best-practice, professional services firm specializing in telecommunications. Each of our members and partners actively subscribe to the accounting and telecommunication industry's highest standards.

 

The Inspectel Difference

 

Unlike other firms that seek to provide a wide-array of services, our expertise and focus is on telecommunication tax, audit, and management. We specialize in the recovery of federal telecommunication excise taxes assessed by the IRS, and in assisting Clients to maximize their return on telecom assets. Given the complex nature of telecommunication-specific tax law and the rapid pace of change in the global telecommunication landscape, your firm needs to work with an organization with focus on, and a complete understanding of, Telecom Tax Regulations, Telecom Law, the Internal Revenue Code,  the IRS, and the Telecommunications industry. 

 

 

We invite you to contact us at (617) 686-1981 to discuss our services, and to begin recovery of your entitled Telecommunication Excise Tax Refund.


 

Our Professional Team

 

Walter Kazmierczak , Managing Director

Walt founded Inspectel in 2007. His expertise in corporate management, finance, tax, auditing, M&A, operations, and business development was gained over a 20 year period during which time he held senior executive positions at middle-market and Fortune 100 media companies including Faxon, Houghton Mifflin, Harcourt, Viacom, Pearson, Crown Books, AOL/Time Warner, and Vertrue. Walt received a BA in Economics from Yale, MBA in Finance from Suffolk University, and executive degrees in finance and marketing at Wharton and Columbia respectively. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and Professional Risk Managers' International Association.

 

James Downey, CPA, CFA

Jim is a risk management, audit, and tax expert, bringing over 14 years of experience gained at KPMG and in private practice to Inspectel. His background includes substantial work in corporate tax, SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and accounting for complex transactions. Jim is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant, the CFA Institute, and earned his BS in Accounting from Bentley University.

 

Charles Rockwood

Charles brings 20 years of tax, audit, corporate finance and operating expertise gained with Big 4 accounting, Fortune 500, and private equity firms to Inspectel. Charles received his BABS in Accounting and Finance from Suffolk University.

 

Gerald Wrynn, J.D., Tax Counsel

Gerry brings over 20 years of extensive experience dealing with the Internal Revenue Service regarding the processing and audit tax returns, at both the agent and appeals levels. Gerry is licensed to practice in both Connecticut and New York. He received his BS in Economics and J.D. from St. John's University.

 

 

Telecommunications Technology

 

Alon Cohen, Chief Technology Advisor

Alon Cohen is an entrepreneur, inventor and is widely recognized as one of the creators of the Voice over IP industry. He  has founded and managed a successful series of recent business ventures, including BitWine and RemoteAbility. Cohen was also the co-founder of VocalTec Communications (NASDAQ:VOCL), the first company to provide Internet voice technology worldwide, which in 1996 was one of the earliest successful Internet IPOs. As an innovator, Alon Cohen holds 4 US patents on different communications technologies, including the “Audio Transceiver” (US Patent 5,825,771) which is the basis for Voice over the Internet (VoIP) technology. He is currently Chief Technology Officer at Phone.com.

 

Moira Hallowell

Moira Hallowell serves as Vice President of Information Technology at Inspectel. She is a result driven telecommunications and information technology executive who brings 20 years of application and infrastructure project management, and operational management experience gained at Fortune 100 corporations to our team. Moira has received numerous awards domestically and internationally in her areas of expertise, and is a graduate of Yale where she earned her degree in Technology and Administrative Sciences.

 

 

Corporate Development

 

Edward A. Terino, Chief Development Advisor

Ed Terino sits on the Board of Directors of several publicly traded corporations, and chairs the Audit and Compensation Committees at Phoenix Technologies LTD. Mr. Terino is President of GET Advisory Services, LLC, a strategic and financial management consulting firm focused on technology and maritime industries. He began his 30 year business career with Deloitte & Touche. He has held senior executive positions at publicly traded corporations including Corporate Vice President at Houghton Mifflin, CFO, Treasurer & Secretary at Celerity Solutions, Applix, and Art Technology Group before becoming CEO of Arlington Tanker Ltd. Ed holds a B.S degree from Northeastern University and an MBA from Suffolk University.

 

Mark Jankowski

Mark Jankowski serves as Vice President of Corporate Development at Inspectel, and brings 25 years of industry experience as a marketing executive at multi-national Global 1000 corporations to Inspectel. Over the past decade he has led domestic and international market expansion strategies for US based technology, chemical and manufacturing corporations in North and South America, Asia, and the EU. Mark is considered an expert in his field and has been a frequent industry speaker. Mark received a BS in Chemistry from Yale.

 

 

Independent Legal Counsel

 

Michael J. Mazzone

Mr. Mazzone is a Partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP and is licensed to practice in both Texas and Massachusetts as well as in all of the federal courts in Texas, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court.  Mr. Mazzone is also a member of the American Arbitration Association’s National Panel of Arbitrators, and is regularly called on to preside over arbitrations. He received his undergraduate degree in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina, attended graduate school at the University of Michigan, and obtained his law degree from Suffolk University Law School in Boston.

 

 

Alliances & Partnerships

 

Inspectel assists business, government, and institutional entities to gain a more complete understanding of current issues in, and surrounding, the telecommunications industry, including competitive structures, financial performance, pending legislation, potential and actual class-action suits. and longer-term strategic issues.

 

On a case sensitive basis, we partner with the nation's leading authorities in telecommunication law and tax matters to provide clients with complete assurance that their FET refund claims are fully entitled and will be treated reasonably by tax authorities.

 

Through Inspectel's alliances with national and regional accounting, audit, and tax firms and accredited professionals, we possess in-depth cross-industry knowledge. Our practice focuses on Telecommunication Excise Tax Recovery for our clients; our expertise in accounting, auditing, and tax delivers maximum results.

 

Our partnership with the industry’s top-ranked telecommunication management firm provides clients with value-added services in telecommunication expense management, technology, and strategy. On average, clients who engage with us in Telecom Expense Management can expect to realize annual telecom expense savings of 25% during the first two years of service.

 

 

Clients

We bring a combined 75 years of consulting and operational experience in accounting, auditing, tax, telecommunications and IT strategy, and expense management to clients across a broad industry range, including:

 

  • Financial Services

  • Communications

  • Manufacturing

  • Technology

  • Distribution

  • Health

  • Retail

  • Media
  • Non Profits 

 

A Best Practice Firm