Kenneth B. Shapiro, CPA/PFS, CFP®
		CERTIFICATIONS
			Certified Financial Planner (CFP®), November 1984
			Certified Public Accountant (CPA), May 1982
			Enrolled to practice before the Internal Revenue Service, Sept. 1977

PERSONAL BIOGRAPHY

Kenneth B. Shapiro is an independent registered investment advisor and President of Shapiro Financial Security Group, Inc. in Hazlet, NJ.  He is a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) designation.  

Ken’s firm offers comprehensive fee-based financial planning, investment management and tax preparation services.  His particular niche area of specialization is in providing tax and financial consulting services on employee stock option diversification strategies.

Ken has over thirty years of experience from positions in the public, private, & educational sectors of the profession, including ten years as a full time college professor earlier in his career. He was an instructor for the Person Wolinsky CPA Review Program for over eleven years, and recently completed an assignment as an adjunct professor at Monmouth University.

Ken is a frequent speaker at financial literacy programs and personal finance or tax planning conferences, and was named 2008-2009 Community Volunteer of the Year Award by New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA) for his efforts on behalf of the society’s Financial Literacy & Help Center programs.   He has also contributed to a number of articles published in local & national publications.  

Mr. Shapiro currently serves as chairperson of the NJSCPA Monmouth Ocean County Chapter’s Personal Financial Planning Committee.  Ken is a past chairperson of the society’s Financial Literacy Committee and its Personal Financial Planning Resource Group.   He also served a four-year stint as Treasurer & Executive Board Member of the New Jersey Chapter of the Financial Planners Association (FPANJ).  

Ken received his Masters in Business Administration degree in Finance from Rutgers University in Newark, NJ, and his undergraduate Bachelors of Science degree in Accounting from Rider College, now Rider University, in Trenton, New Jersey.

Ken resides in Toms River, NJ with his wife, Sandi.  He escapes from his professional activities by being a “hands-on” dad to his daughter, Reba, and his two sons, Russell and Devon.