BUSINESS PROFILES
Olsen Thielen Leading Strategic Sponsorship of
The State of Manufacturing ®
Olsen Thielen is one of the top
25 largest CPA firms in Minnesota
with broad industry experience in
manufacturing and distribution,
professional services, medical and
dental, construction and real estate,
not-for-profit and telecommunications.
The firm has two offices – in Roseville
and Eden Prairie – and 20 principals and
nearly 70 staff. Its team members are
experts in the individual and corporate
tax, assurance, estate and financial
planning, fraud and forensics, business
consulting, back-office cloud accounting
solutions, and technology fields, backed
by a proud history of trusted client
relationships in the Upper Midwest.
Olsen Thielen staff are consistently
involved and recognized as leaders in
their communities, serving on boards
of directors, chairing sponsorship
committees and giving their time
to local causes. Brian Deuel serves
as Treasurer on the Vadnais Heights
Economic Development Corporation’s
Board of Directors.
Beginning 2019, Joe Mayer, Brett Olsen
and Adam Hennen are leading Olsen
Thielen’s strategic sponsorship of The
State of Manufacturing ® an Enterprise
Minnesota program that will survey
the perceptions and opinions of 500
Minnesota manufacturing executives, to
reveal their thoughts on the economy
and other major issues impacting
Minnesota’s manufacturing industry.
Enterprise Minnesota is a certified
consulting organization that helps
manufacturing companies become
operationally efficient and well
positioned to grow profitably by
providing services that help clients save
time and energy, improve productivity,
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Northeast Metro Business
Olsen Thielen’s Manufacturing Industry Team: from left, front: Joe Mayer, Carrie Sundberg, Allison Boyd and Brett Olsen; back
row, from left: Kelly Salwei, Tyler Orth, Adam Hennen and Mike Breza. Photo courtesy of Olsen Thielen.
increase sales, improve profits, as well
as create and retain jobs. Enterprise
Minnesota is the official representative
of the Manufacturing Extension
Partnership (MEP) in Minnesota. The
MEP National Network is a unique
public-private partnership that delivers
comprehensive, proven solutions to
U.S. manufacturers, fueling growth and
advancing U.S. manufacturing.
100th Anniversary
Olsen Thielen is proud to be
celebrating their 100th anniversary
in 2021. The history of Olsen Thielen
CPAs begins in England with a man
named Tom Macoubrey. Born in
1894, Macoubrey came to America
as a young man and worked for one
of the Midwest’s earliest telephone
companies before it was bought out by
Northwestern Bell. With his connections
in the telephone industry, Macoubrey
used his natural talent for numbers to
establish an accounting firm in St. Paul
in 1921, T.C. Macoubrey and Company.
From its earliest years, Olsen Thielen
has served clients in what is now
known as the telecommunications
industry. Macoubrey was instrumental
in forming the first telephone holding
company in Minnesota as well as the
Minnesota Telephone Association.
But Olsen Thielen also has strong ties
to the healthcare industry, beginning
with Macoubrey’s participation in the
formation of Blue Cross of Minnesota.
Other notable clients include Red Wing
Shoes, Northwest Plastics and Weyand
Furniture Co., denoting the company’s
roots in manufacturing.
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