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Executive Suite: Ken Cerini, Bohemia

Quick ReadKen Cerini says of accounting and his firm Cerini & Associates: It demands analytical and puzzle-solving skills, as well as writing and communicating abilities. "It has everything you could want."

Ken Cerini, managing partner at Cerini & Associates,

Photo credit: Steve Pfost | Ken Cerini, managing partner at Cerini & Associates, an accounting and consulting services firm in Bohemia, says accounting doesn’t have to be scary -- but that’s a sword in his hand. (Oct. 7, 2011)

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Ken Cerini does not fit the traditional stereotype of an accountant. He started Cerini & Associates in 1993 from his garage in Ronkonkoma. His present office in Bohemia is decorated in a Dungeons and Dragons motif. And he says there's plenty of laughing and joking in his staff meetings.

"Accounting doesn't have to be scary, boring, dry. It's not," said Cerini, 47. He points to the need for...

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