TaxConnex was originally founded by Robert Dumas — a nationally recognized sales and transaction tax consultant and expert.  TaxConnex quickly solidified the growth strategy by adding strong industry insiders - Doug Starr as the managing partner, Brian Greer as the Sales & Marketing partner, and Jeff Meigs as the Consulting Practice Leader and Partner - giving the team some of the most experienced and decorated sales & use tax leaders.

Robert Dumas, CPA
Accountant, consultant and entrepreneur Robert Dumas began his public accounting career on the tax staff at Arthur Young & Co., followed by a brief stint at Grant Thornton. In the late 1980s, Robert joined BellSouth Corporation’s tax department. In 1996, he left BellSouth to pursue a career as an independent consultant. Three years later, Robert founded Tax Partners, which became the largest sales tax compliance service bureau in the country. Robert served as president of Tax Partners and helped grow the business to $16 million in seven years. The company was sold to Thomson Corporation in March 2005, and Robert served as vice president of operations in Thomson’s transaction tax business unit until founding TaxConnex in 2006. Robert is a nationally recognized expert on telecommunications taxation and a frequent speaker on the subjects of transaction tax, business process outsourcing and sales tax compliance. He is a graduate of the University of Georgia, and holds a masters degree in accountancy, with a tax emphasis.

Doug Starr
Doug is a graduate of California State University at Fullerton, and is a graduate of numerous executive, finance, and sales & marketing advanced education programs from Darden School of Business, McCombs School of Business, and the Mihaylo College of Business.  Doug most recently served as National Director of Sales and Marketing for the sales and use tax arm of Thomson Reuters’ Corporate Software and Services Division.  Prior to this role he served as Vice President of Sales for the nation’s leading sales and use tax compliance company, Tax Partners, LLC until the Thomson acquisition in 2005.  Previously, Doug served as EVP of Sales and Marketing and EVP of Eastern Region Operations for Aegis Communications Group where he helped build a small tele-services company into one of the nation’s top 10 call center giants. Additionally, he has held executive, general management and sales and marketing roles for GTE Wireless, a cellular communications carrier.  Doug is one of the few professional business leaders experienced with sales & use tax general management and business development.

Brian Greer
A graduate of Purdue University, Brian has a rich background in serving the Technology and Accounting industries, while leading successful sales and marketing teams.  Brian began his career as an Account Manager for Firstwave Technologies, selling customer relationship management solutions to large, nationwide businesses.  Later he joined JD Edwards (subsequently acquired by Oracle) where he used his technology experience to successfully sell enterprise solutions to Fortune 500 tax and accounting departments.  Brian leveraged his technology and accounting backgrounds in 2001 by joining Tax Partners as an Executive Account Manager, initially developing sales, transaction, and telecommunications tax solutions through the professional accounting channel...primarily through partnerships with the Big 4 accounting firms.  He later led the sales and use tax sales team after the Thomson Reuters acquisition, growing the revenues to multi-million dollar levels.  Brian joined TaxConnex as a partner in 2010, guiding the sales and marketing activity and giving TaxConnex a uniquely talented technology and sales tax professional.

Jeffrey Meigs
Sales and use tax is a passion for Jeff Meigs, and has been a key component of every stage in his career.  Jeff graduated from North Carolina State University and was quickly recruited by the North Carolina Department of Revenue.  Soon after, he honed his state and local tax skills as a manager for Ernst & Young, and later as a Senior Manager for KPMG.  Jeff was a key leader in GE's sales and use tax department where he helped provide direction in one of the most unique sales and use tax environments in the country.  Eventually, Jeff was recruited by Tax Partners where he was the VP of Client Services, and later ran their Consulting activity after the Thomson Reuters acquisition.  Jeff was recruited by TaxConnex in 2010 to lead the consulting practice, while also helping to provide world class sales and use tax advice to the emerging mid-market client base.