Ray Onderisin

EDUCATION & BACKGROUND

Ray attended Heidelberg College and graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Accounting.  He started his accounting career in 1990 with Tischler, Beard, Wallace & Co., and joined WDW in 1999 when the two firms merged.  He was promoted to Partner in 2007.

RESPONSIBILITIES AT WDW

Ray is a Partner in our Accounting and Auditing Dept.  He is responsible for engagement planning and supervision, staff training, and business development.  He works principally from our Mentor office.

SPECIALTY AREAS

Ray has experience in multi-state financial statement audits, review engagements, consultations on structuring of advanced real property transactions, forecasts and projections, organization of client accounting systems, and litigation support.

He services a diverse clientele in industries including oil and gas, real estate, construction, retail, and manufacturing and is a member of the Firm's Real Estate, Construction, and Oil & Gas/Energy Practice Groups.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

• The Ohio Society of CPAs
• The American institute of CPAs
• Past member of Corporate Audit Committees and local industry-specific groups 

BEHIND THE CREDENTIALS

How do you define success?  Making a decision and then having no regrets.

What is one character trait you highly value?  Tenacity.

Describe yourself in one word.  Observant.

Describe the best vacation you’ve ever taken?  One-day trip to the Baseball Hall of Fame with my Dad when I was 10.

What did you want to be when you grew up?  Pro Bowler or Farmer.

What one thing would most people find surprising about you?  That I’ve never tasted coffee.

If you could have lunch with anyone, living or dead, whom would it be?  My wife, Babe Ruth, or Thomas Jefferson… but not all at the same time.

What would you like to learn?  How to solve the Rubik’s Cube without peeling off the stickers.

Favorite music group?  Rage Against the Machine.

Have you ever played a musical instrument? Guitar.