Jack T. Ciesielski is the owner of R.G. Associates, Inc., an investment research and portfolio management firm located in Baltimore. Mr. Ciesielski is the publisher of The Analyst's Accounting Observer, which is an accounting advisory service for security analysts.

He has been a CPA since 1978, and a CFA since 1988. He also holds the Certified Management Accountant designation. From 1997 to 2000, Mr. Ciesielski served as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council, (FASAC), which is the advisory body that consults with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on practice issues and advises the FASB on setting its agenda. He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and served on that body's SEC Regulations Committee from 1992 to 1995, returning for another stint in 2002. Mr. Ciesielski is currently a member of the FASB's Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF).

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