Mr. Shields is currently a consulting member at Stevans & Associates, PLLC. He has worked in the financial field for over 30 years and has a wide range of experience in management accounting, tax, audit, and management decision support.

Mr. Shields graduated from Robert Morris University in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting and a minor in Finance. He was a manager with the public accounting firm of Case, Sabatini & Company, and worked with small, medium, and start-up businesses. His emphasis was on accounting services, audits, tax planning and preparation for corporations, partnerships, not-for-profits, and individuals.

From 1997 through 2006, Mr. Shields worked as Director of Accounting for the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-Saint Margaret Hospital. Among his many duties, Bob was responsible for creating policies and procedures for the Hospital’s accounting department, development and delivery of staff training, fund accounting, grant and tax compliance reporting, and the development of enhanced financial reporting for executive management that included various decision support activities. He has been involved in a multitude of enterprise-wide financial software system implementations for fund accounting.

Mr. Shields is currently Chief Financial Officer for Amick Associates, Inc., a regional manufacturing firm in Carnegie, PA.