Jim DeLeo, CPA, MBA, MST
When Jim DeLeo speaks, people listen. And they usually prosper from his advice.
Jim’s diverse experience and entrepreneurial thinking in a wide variety of businesses and industries has given him a deep well of insight into what it takes to make a good business better, and a better business great. He brings this practical expertise to bear for his clients.
After starting his accounting career with a regional firm, Jim joined Gray, Gray & Gray in 1990. He has management responsibilities for several of our major clients.
Jim’s background and depth of experience make him a key player in our Professional Services, Energy and Private Equity practice Groups as well as with clients in the manufacturing and wholesale distribution industries. His expertise has proven to be valuable to both mature organizations and start-up and early stage companies.
Jim’s involvement with start-ups includes an association with the innovative "Hatchery" entrepreneurial program at Babson College, which provides support and services for fledgling businesses. Jim also assists entrepreneurs through his involvement with The Capital Network.
A graduate with a degree in accounting from Bentley College in Waltham, Mass., Jim earned his Masters in Taxation from Suffolk University and his MBA, with a concentration in entrepreneurial finance, at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.
He is a member of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. Jim also serves as a corporator for the Boston Biomedical research institute.
E-mail Jim at jdeleo@gggcpas.com.