About Us

History

Pulakos & Alongi, Ltd. is one of the largest Albuquerque certified public accounting and business consulting firms. George P. Pulakos established the firm in 1960. Carl Alongi joined in 1968 and the firm was incorporated as Pulakos & Alongi, Ltd. (P&A) in 1972. Today P&A employs over 35 professionals.

The Early Years: George Pulakos started his own accounting practice in Albuquerque in 1958 after studying accounting following his service in World War II. Carl Alongi joined George in 1968, and the firm was formally incorporated as Pulakos & Alongi in 1972.

As P&A grew, George and Carl recognized the need to add expertise, particularly in the tax area. The firm broadened its perspective to include international and nonprofit taxation issues with the addition of Dennis Sterosky. Carl Harper, who joined P&A after two years as a specialist with an international CPA firm, became the "go-to" guy for complex technical questions and issues relating to different corporate structures, partnerships and bankruptcies.

Broadening Services:  In the 1980s P&A strengthened its abilities in audits, reviews and compilations when Ed Amsden joined the shareholder group. The firm began to offer more extensive services in family wealth planning and mergers and acquisitions when Bill O'Connor came on board. Both men were experts in their fields, and brought a new depth to the firm's broad array of services.

The 1990s saw the growth of management consulting services offered by P&A, with Carl Alongi focusing on strategic business planning and business valuation. Carl became one of the first CPAs in the country to be accredited in business valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.  Bob Lenberg, who is a Certified Management Accountant as well as a CPA, joined the firm and added expertise in private industry controllership and tax issues.

In 2001, Bob Lenberg became managing shareholder of P&A so that Carl Alongi could focus on expanding the firm's management consulting division. In 2003, P&A formed a separate Limited Liability Company, CPA Wealth Advisors, to further assist its clients by offering comprehensive wealth advisory services. In 2004, James Haynes was elected a tax shareholder. In 2006, Brad Steward joined the shareholder group to handle consulting and client attestation services.

Today, P&A employs more than 35 professionals who offer a variety of traditional financial and accounting services as well as management consulting, business valuation and other services.

P&A is a member of CPA America International, Inc., an exclusive organization of independent certified public accounting firms.  Through its alliance with Horwath International, CPA America is part of the third largest accounting association in the world. This affiliation guarantees our clients access to the advice and resources of more than 12,000 industry professionals in over 90 countries around the world.  These alliances give us the resources and expertise to offer services that are traditionally associated with large accounting organizations while allowing us to maintain our individuality and provide the personal attention and involvement our clients have come to expect and deserve.  And, it helps us offer our staff national quality professional training.

Other Affiliations
Pulakos & Alongi is also affiliated with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the premier national organization serving the accounting profession since 1887.  Our Business Valuation Group is affiliated with the Financial Consulting Group, L.C., the leading organization of business valuation and financial consulting firms in the United States.

As P&A has grown over the decades, one thing hasn't changed. Our goal has stayed the same...To help our clients achieve their goals.