Ralph M. Jeswald CPA, LSSMBB

Ralph M. Jeswald

CPA, LSSMBB

Partner

Assurance Services Group

At a glance

A Partner with Dopkins & Company, LLP, Ralph’s primary responsibility is providing a unique blend of consulting and compliance services to many of the firm’s clients. As an of-council member of the firm’s Leadership Committee, he actively participates in executing the many facets of the Dopkins “One Firm” vision.

Ralph has developed a unique expertise in the design and implementation of custom performance management and improvement solutions primarily for service-based entities. As a certified Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, he has had significant experience using and teaching the Lean and DMAIC tool sets, strategic planning, activity-based cost/management, performance measurement, and other related performance improvement methodologies. Ralph has been published in the New York State CPA Journal and Canada’s Chartered Accountant and has been a featured speaker at events such as the Financial Tracking for Six Sigma conference sponsored by the International Quality & Productivity Center. The value stream costing method developed in his role as consultant to HSBC helped to win the Best Defect Elimination in Service and Transaction Award 2004. He joined Dopkins & Company in 2005.

A Certified Public Accountant licensed in New York, Ralph is active in the western New York community serving a variety of organizations in advisory and board member roles. To help keep his “right brain” active, he is blessed with active avocations as a published songwriter/composer and outdoor photographer.

Principal areas of expertise

Change Management Facilitation
Activity-based costing
Lean/six sigma
Process improvement
Strategic planning
Health care

Designations

Certified Public Accountant
Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Professional affiliations and community service

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
New York Society of Certified Public Accountants
SUNY Fredonia Business School Advisory Council
Canisius College Council of Accountancy
Amherst Chamber of Commerce Treasurer
UB School of Management Center For Entrepreneurial Leadership
Canopy of Neighbors
Christ The King Seminary

Awards & Achievements

Listed, Who’s Who in Banking and Finance, published by Business First of Buffalo
Canisius College Bernard L Martin Award – 2015
Canisius College Dr. Joseph R. Coppola Award – 2010
Business First 2010 Health Care 50

Education

B.A. in Psychology, cum laude from State University of New York, College at Fredonia
M.B.A. in Professional Accounting from Canisius College

Speaking Engagements

Panelist, Maximizing Efficiency As Employees Return to Work: A Lean Six Sigma Approach (June 2020)
Panelist, Successful Organizational Change: Stories from the Road (November 2019)
Panelist, Change Management: Executing Lasting Change within Organizations (May 2019 and June 2019)
Presenter, Generational Diversity Awareness, Amherst Chamber of Commerce 2018 Emerging Business Leadership Program
Presenter, Activity-based cost management principles/methods, New York Medical Group Management Association Seminar
Presenter, Six Sigma Demystified! (A Person Centered Approach), Financial Managers Association (FMA) of Rehab Agencies 30th Annual Conference (Cooperstown, NY)
Co-Presenter, Generational Diversity Awareness – A Key to Shaping Your Agency’s Future , Financial Managers Association (FMA) of Rehab Agencies 30th Annual Conference (Cooperstown, NY

News & Events

Ralph Jeswald and Andrew Reading publish an article on Change Management in Northeast Dairy Magazine

Dopkins & Co LLP

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