Ted Dudek, Smolin’s very first Managing Partner, took this leadership role eighteen years ago. In that time, he’s overseen Smolin’s steady growth to include a team of over 100 people with three offices and revenues exceeding $21 million annually.
Ted didn’t always know that he’d be an accountant. Instead, a great opportunity in the form of a job offer from the prestigious Arthur Andersen LLP made Ted change his college major at the last minute. And with that, Ted was on his way to a career that’s spanned more than 40 years and has let him dedicate his professional life to doing what he loves most—mentoring, building and fixing.
Ted has focused a large part of his accounting practice on bankruptcy and business restructuring and manufacturing and wholesale industries. For Ted, accounting isn’t just “tax and accounting services”—it’s about the business as a whole, including succession planning and ongoing consulting.
Ted’s experience raising four children, coaching sports for over 22 years, and participating in local politics as a member of Lyndhurst town council have all been a part of that same passion—using his leadership skills to help others and show them just how much they’re capable of.
In addition to his many professional and managerial achievements at Smolin, Ted served for many years on the Large Firms Managing Partner Roundtable of the BDO USA Alliance. Ted has also been qualified as an expert witness ands a former member of the Eastern Association of Equipment Lessors, the American Association of Equipment Lessors, the Bankruptcy Committee, and the Cooperation with Bankers committees of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants.