Allen Schiff is the Managing Member of Schiff & Associates, LLC (S&A). Prior to forming S&A, Allen was a Partner with Smart and Associates and was their Practice Leader for dental practice management services. Allen has over 30 years of experience in the areas of dental practice management. He provides his clients with services in the areas of business planning to include obtaining financing, succession planning, exit strategies and long-range planning. In addition, Allen has assisted dentists with practice acquisitions, start-ups as well as operational analysis and associate contract analysis. Allen received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Baltimore in June 1975 and is an accomplished speaker on topics such as dental practice management, business planning, choosing a dental CPA, obtaining financing, identifying embezzlement in the workplace, business start ups and understanding financial statements. Allen has published numerous articles within the dental industry and can frequently be seen in Dental Economics, as he is a contributing writer to the magazine. In 1998, Allen earned the designation of Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), having the expertise to resolve allegations of fraud, obtain evidence, take statements, write reports, testify to findings and assist in the detection and prevention of fraud and white-collar crime. Recently, Allen has received the SMART CEO award 3 out of the last 4 years as one of the Top CPA’s in the State of Maryland. Allen is a founding member of the Academy of Dental CPAs (www.adcpa.org). This group of very knowledgeable CPA firms across the nation specializes in practice management services to the dental industry. He serves on the ADCPA Executive Committee and is Chairperson of the ADCPA Marketing Committee. The ADCPA combines its outstanding resources and expertise to share information and jointly develop resources to better serve the dental community. Allen enjoys sharing his dental practice management knowledge. He has presented to the ADA, local State societies, the AGD as well as various dental study clubs and dental schools on both a local and national level.