Meet our team at Founder's CPA

Curt Mastio, CPA

Curt Mastio started Founder’s CPA in 2017 and currently serves as the Managing Partner of the firm. After obtaining both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in accounting from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign Curt started his caree ... Read More

Jake Sokolowski, CPA

Jake is a results-oriented Certified Public Accountant and Partner with over a decade of experience in accounting and taxation. He has a proven track record of success in providing comprehensive accounting services to a diverse range of clients, ... Read More

Scott Brillhart, CPA

Scott is a Partner and Director of Tax at Founder’s CPA who helps clients navigate complex tax and financial issues. His areas of expertise include family office services, private equity, closely held businesses, and income tax and financial pla ... Read More

Pete Rub, CPA

Pete Rub is a director on the Founder's CPA team.

Abdul Syed, CPA

Abdul is a Certified Public Accountant and a Senior Tax Manager at Founder’s CPA. He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Northeastern Illinois University with a degree in accounting and has been with the firm since early 2018. He loves working on tax ... Read More

Chris Arlinghaus

Chris Arlinghaus is a Senior Manager at Founder’s CPA, focused on the accounting services and outsourced CFO service lines. He joined Founder’s in the fall of 2017 becoming the first member of the team to join Curt in the early days of the compa ... Read More

Colin Burton, CPA

Colin Burton is a Senior Manager on the Accounting Services side at Founder’s CPA. He joined the team as an Associate in 2018 before being promoted to Senior Associate in 2019, Manager in 2021, and Senior Manager in 2025. He attributes this to h ... Read More

Megan Westcott, CPA

Megan is an Accounting Services Senior Manager at Founder’s CPA. She joined the team in Fall 2020 as a manager to oversee the month end close process for a variety of clients, the majority of them in the venture-backed technology and crypto indu ... Read More

Jamey Marelli

Jamey is a Manager on the Accounting Services team at Founder’s CPA who joined the company in January of 2023. He started his career in multistate tax services at a big 4 financial services firm, and since then has worked in the nonprofit space, ... Read More

Jamie Schiltz

Jamie is a manager on the Accounting Services team. Prior to joining Founder’s in November 2023, she worked for a leading manufacturer of consumer-packaged goods as the Director of Finance and Operations. She graduated from Western Michigan Univ ... Read More

Caitlyn Dobner

Caitlyn Dobner is a Senior Associate on the Accounting Services team at Founder’s CPA. She started her career on the corporate accounting team at a top music publishing company. Since then, she has worked in a variety of industries including hea ... Read More

Joe Alioto

Joe Alioto is a Manager with the CFO Services team. He joined Founder’s CPA in 2023. Joe graduated from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities with a degree in applied economics. He has spent the bulk of his career assessing and executing merg ... Read More

Saima Uribe, EA

Saima Uribe is an Enrolled Agent and a Tax Manager on the Tax Services team at Founder’s CPA. She joined the team in 2025. Saima brings over 20 years of experience in the accounting industry, with 14 of those years focused specifically on tax. W ... Read More

Tyler Butt, Esq.

Tyler is a Tax Manager at Founder’s CPA. He joined Founder’s CPA with a background in Tax, Compliance, Resolution, and Advisory work. Prior to joining, Tyler was at an accounting firm specializing in both individual and entity compliance, adviso ... Read More

Patrick Shannon, CPA

Patrick is a Senior Associate on the Accounting Services team. Prior to joining Founder’s CPA in late 2022, he worked in private accounting where he gained experience in multiple industries. He has a bachelor’s in accounting from St. Ambrose Uni ... Read More

Andrew Van Duerm, CPA

Andrew Van Duerm is a Senior Associate in the Accounting Services line at Founder’s CPA. He graduated from Northern Illinois University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the state of Illinois ... Read More

Doug Burbank

Doug Burbank is a Senior Associate with the Accounting Services team. He joined Founder’s CPA in August of 2022. His experience prior to joining the team was with internal accounting departments for staffing agencies and a long stint with corpor ... Read More

Gibson Chean

Gibson is a Senior Associate in the Tax Services at Founder’s CPA, having joined the firm in October 2021. He specializes in the tax preparation and review of tax returns for high-net-worth individuals, estates and trusts, foreign corporation re ... Read More

John Koncar, CPA

John Koncar is a Senior Associate on the Accounting Services team at Founder’s CPA. He joined the team in December of 2023. John began his career in Big Four public accounting, working primarily in audit and forensic accounting. He then gained e ... Read More

Jose Garcia

Jose Garcia is a Senior Associate with the Accounting Services team. He joined Founder’s CPA in July of 2023. Prior to joining the team, he worked as an accountant for a Network of Charter schools and has experience working as an analyst in the ... Read More

Juliette Strauss, CPA

Julie Strauss is a Senior Associate on the Accounting Services and Tax team at Founder’s CPA. She joined the team in 2025. Julie began her career in Big Four public accounting in audit and financial due diligence. She has gained experience in sa ... Read More

Rebecca Berger

Rebecca Berger is a Senior Administrative Assistant at Founder’s CPA, where she has been a part of the team since August 2021. She focuses on supporting Curt, helping the FCPA team stay organized, and coordinating projects with clients. Rebecca ... Read More

Zach Carnes, CPA

Zach Carnes is a Senior Associate at Founder’s CPA and a member of the tax team. He also provides accounting services to a variety of clients, many of which are in the digital asset space. He joined the team as a staff accountant in 2019 after g ... Read More

Eliza Navarrete

I joined the team as an Associate for both Tax & Accounting Services in December, 2025. Currently a CPA Candidate in the process of completing my exams, I graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business and Economics with a concentration in A ... Read More

David Collins

David joined Founders CPA in 2023 as a Tax Associate. He also works on the accounting services team outside of the tax season. David graduated from Carthage College with a major in finance and a minor in economics. He has experience working on i ... Read More

Ted Sofios

Ted Sofios is an Associate with the Accounting Services team. He joined Founder’s CPA in October of 2024. Prior to joining the team, Ted was a payroll accountant for various non-profit and healthcare organizations throughout the Chicagoland area ... Read More

Rufus

Rufus joined the team in August of 2019 to focus on improving overall office morale. Though Rufus lacks the work ethic embodied by his other coworkers, he makes up for it by providing pure happiness to everyone he meets. Try to have a meeting wi ... Read More