Honored
Leader: Richard Caturano, President and Managing Partner
Company Name: Vitale, Caturano & Company
Location: Boston, Mass.
Nature of Business: Accounting and business services
Founded: 1978
Revenue: $45 million
Growth Rate (2005): 15 percent
Number of Employees: 301
Average Tenure: 4.4 years
Imagine a public accounting firm that provides gourmet dinners during tax season ... that looks more like an art gallery than a business office ... where tuition reimbursement is offered to all employees ... and laughter is on the agenda at firm-wide meetings. It's Vitale, Caturano & Company, New England's largest full service CPA, business advisory, wealth management and technology consulting firm, established in 1978. The success of this firm – which recently tripled in size to over 300 employees, according to Rich Caturano – is hiring and developing very smart people, a few of whom are a little offbeat. The firm features a learning-oriented culture in which staff are encouraged to have a personal career development plan and in which team members take ownership of initiatives. "If I have the right people in the right place, then my philosophy is to let them do the right things," Caturano says. Clients describe the firm as "top notch and not your typical accounting firm."