Leadership Team

Stephen J. Allen
Stephen J. Allen
Principal
713.629.0090

PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE
Current

  • Principal, Ryan, Houston office
    – Specializes in providing tax consulting services for many Ryan
       clients in a variety of industries such as oil and gas, chemical
       refineries, manufacturing, and automated tax solutions.

Previous
  • Executive Vice President, Sales and Use Tax and Tax Automation Services, national consulting firm
    – Mr. Allen spent six years leading the sales, delivery, and
       development of the sales and use tax practice.
    • Sr. Tax Analyst, State and Local Tax, privately held oil and gas company
      – Mr. Allen spent four years in the corporate tax department
         providing multistate audit defense, reverse audits, planning,
         research, and technology implementation in the refineries.
      • Sr. Manager, national accounting firm
        – Mr. Allen spent more than four years with a public accounting
           firm providing multistate sales and use tax services to Fortune
           500 clients.

      PUBLIC SECTOR EXPERIENCE
      Previous
      • Supervisor, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts

      PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
      Mr. Allen has lectured on various tax topics while at a national consulting firm and in public accounting, and also conducted in-house training during his tenure in the industry. Additionally, he has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
      • Institute for Professionals in Taxation
      • National Association of Manufacturers
      • Texas A&M Accounting Organization

      PROFESSIONALS
      • Institute for Professionals in Taxation
      • Texas Taxpayer and Research Association

      EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION
      • Bachelor of Science Degree, Accounting, Corpus Christi State University (part of the Texas A&M University system)
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