About Shawn
As a senior tax manager at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Shawn helps clients and wealth advisors with forward-looking tax planning. Shawn reviews individual and trust returns prepared by the firm and helps train the staff of tax associates within Buckingham Integrated Tax Solutions. He also periodically writes articles providing tax guidance internally for wealth advisors and externally for Buckingham clients.
Prior to joining Buckingham, Shawn was the managing partner of Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson, CPAs for 11 years. Shawn has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1992 and has reviewed and signed approximately 20,000 individual and business tax returns during his career. He has published dozens of tax and finance-related articles and has written the book “Big Success in Small Business.” Shawn was named 100 St. Louisans You Should Know to Succeed in Business by St. Louis Small Business Monthly in 2021. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Science degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
Shawn enjoys travel and history. He was on the board of the Historic Main Street Columbia Association for eight years and has lived in Columbia, Illinois, for over 23 years. Shawn has visited 27 countries and hopes to add many more in the future.
As a senior tax manager at Buckingham Strategic Wealth, Shawn helps clients and wealth advisors with forward-looking tax planning. Shawn reviews individual and trust returns prepared by the firm and helps train the staff of tax associates within Buckingham Integrated Tax Solutions. He also periodically writes articles providing tax guidance internally for wealth advisors and externally for Buckingham clients.
Prior to joining Buckingham, Shawn was the managing partner of Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson, CPAs for 11 years. Shawn has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1992 and has reviewed and signed approximately 20,000 individual and business tax returns during his career. He has published dozens of tax and finance-related articles and has written the book “Big Success in Small Business.” Shawn was named 100 St. Louisans You Should Know to Succeed in Business by St. Louis Small Business Monthly in 2021. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University and a Bachelor of Science degree in accountancy from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana.
Shawn enjoys travel and history. He was on the board of the Historic Main Street Columbia Association for eight years and has lived in Columbia, Illinois, for over 23 years. Shawn has visited 27 countries and hopes to add many more in the future.