Our Team Members

Jonathan Gallo is the Principal of Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants. He started his accounting career at a large international firm, which provided valuable technical lessons, but his passion is business and winning in business.  As an in-depth tax practitioner his recommendations and solutions, are simply, NOT TAXING.
His business endeavors and entrepreneurial gene runs deeper than his leadership at Gallo. He also owns and actively manages a commercial real estate business with over 200,000 square feet of retail and office space.
Jon’s passion for leadership, people and relentless pursuit of excellence was incubated, developed and honed with his 17 years serving Canada in peace and war.  He is no stranger to adversity and helps his clients work through theirs.
When not working he shares his passion for the outdoors with his wife and three children, who all enjoy back country skiing and peaking mountains

Preet Sandhu is a Partner at Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2009. After graduating from the U of A, he articled at a mid-size national firm, where he and Jonathan Gallo first met and worked together. Preet is a Chartered Professional Accountant, passing the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountant’s national evaluation in 2011. His passion for business, accounting and entrepreneurialism started young as his family is involved both in business and the community. Preet understands what it means to bring value to the table and making businesses succeed. He has a wide range of skills, from auditing large institutional clients to providing tax and accounting advice to small owner managed businesses. He specifically enjoys integrating corporate and personal tax planning at the owner/operator level and is always keen to find efficiencies in business operations and tax structure. Preet recently joined BNI, which is the world leader is business networking and word of mouth marketing and is always looking to bring businesses together so that they can succeed together. Preet is also the current Treasurer for Kids Up Front Edmonton, a local charity whose sole purposes is to create opportunities and life-changing experiences for children, youth and families facing financial and/or social barriers by providing event tickets, that would otherwise go unused. When Preet isn’t working, he is involved in sports, including coaching of youth soccer, playing ball hockey and golf and watching all sports, including hockey, basketball, football, tennis and golf. He is yet to have his coaching skills in soccer tested against his Principal. But when the time comes, he is confident that his soccer team will crush Jon’s. After all, competition is healthy, it is the backbone of the Alberta business spirit.

Jack Lain is a recent addition to the team and brings 30 years of public practice experience in working with owner managed businesses, with an emphasis on earning and retaining profits. His taxation interests lie in both the corporate and personal areas as well as estates and trusts. When away from work Jack enjoys hiking, golfing and motorcycle riding. After hours he takes joy in cooking, finding the perfect bottle of wine for dinner or after hour’s enjoyment.

Shavinder Kingra joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in September 2014, with a few years of experience at another small sized firm. He graduated from Grant Macewan University in the fall of 2011, and has been working as an accounting technician since the summer of 2012. Shavinder is currently in the process of working towards achieving an accounting designation. He will be writing his unified final exam in June of 2015 to complete his Chartered Professional Accounting designation. He is looking forward to finishing his articling so he can spend more time developing client relationships and assisting clients with business development and growth. Outside of work Shavinder enjoys going to the theatre to catch a movie, going to the gym to ensure he stays healthy, and spending time with his family and friends.

Hrislie Chua joined Gallo and Company in January 2015 after graduating from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2014. Prior to joining the firm, she had accounting co-op experience in both industry and public accounting sectors. She received her CPA designation in the summer of 2018 and hopes to able to add more value to client services by continuously expanding her knowledge of accounting strategies and techniques. Outside of work, Hrislie is a baker, foodie, and an avid traveler. She has also made it her goal to try anything at least once (skydiving, shark cage diving, etc) and to travel to 30 countries by the time she’s 30. To keep fit, she enjoys going to the gym and playing with her two hyper Pomeranians.

Jennifer Harper joined the team at Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in June 2018 as an administrative assistant, and has since been promoted to Corporate Services Manager. She has completed her General Office Assistant Diploma, graduating in September 2018. Jennifer is responsible for providing high level administrative, strategic planning and operational support, as well as research and advice to senior management on administrative matters. In her spare time she enjoys playing slow pitch, attending sporting events, spending time with family, travelling, camping, and snowboarding in the mountains.

Mark Kennedy joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in August 2016. He graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 2015, and obtained his CPA designation in 2018. Mark is passionate about building on the technical skills he has acquired, developing strong relationships with clients, and providing them with quality service. Outside of work, Mark plays indoor men’s league volleyball in the winter and beach volleyball in the summer. Mark shares his passion of skiing and surfing with his wife, and together they enjoy deep powder days and offshore breezes. Mark is also an avid water-skier and enjoys spending time in the summer at the lake with friends and family.

Kevin Wong joined Gallo and Company in April 2017. He graduated from NAIT in 2009 and is in the process of completing the CPA program, in order to earn his designation. Before commencing his accounting studies, Kevin lived abroad in South Korea and Taiwan, teaching English to middle school and kindergarten students. Although he doesn’t miss the constant humidity, he does miss all of the fantastic foods he encountered while in Asia. Outside of work, Kevin’s main hobbies include cycling, attending advanced movie screenings and trying new eateries.

Brandin Kiist joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in May 2017. He graduated from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technologies with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in the spring of 2018, and will now start working towards his CPA designation. Brandin is excited about developing his technical skills as a professional, and helping build strong relationships with clients and provide quality service. Brandin was born and raised in Ardrossan where he grew up playing mainly hockey, soccer, and volleyball. He has since continued playing soccer and volleyball on various adult teams and taking up coaching youth club volleyball teams. Brandin has a passion for all sports, and follows his favorite teams very closely throughout the year. He looks forward to every summer where he can spend time in the outdoors with his family and friends.

Yana joined Gallo & Company in April 2019 after working in a mid-size public accounting firm for 4 years. Yana graduated from University of Alberta and holds Bachelor of Commerce degree and CPA designation. She moved to Canada from Ukraine in 2009. Outside of work, Yana enjoys travelling, cooking and spending time with family and friends.

Eric Mah joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in January 2018. He graduated from MacEwan University in November 2016 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree and is currently pursuing his CPA designation. Eric hopes to hone his technical accounting skills so that he can provide excellent service to clients. In his spare time, Eric is an avid curler, a car enthusiast, and enjoys spending time with his friends and family.

Dale joined Gallo and Company in October 2015 with 17 years’ experience doing personal taxes and 11 years doing US tax returns. Dale continues to develop his knowledge of both US and Canadian taxes. Graduated from NAIT in 1988 with a major in accounting. When not at work Dale enjoys cross country skiing, cycling, and swimming.

Jane Triska joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in May 2018 as an articling student. She is currently in her third year, working on getting her business degree with a major in Accounting and a minor in Business Law and Psychology at MacEwan University. After graduating she plans to pursue a CPA designation and hopes to grow as an involved business-professional in the Edmonton area. She looks forward to developing her technical accounting skills in order to further attend to client’s needs.  In her spare time she enjoys going to the beach, being outside, playing soccer, and spending time with her family, friends, and dog.

Kelsey Sinclair joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants after achieving a BBA degree (emphasis in accounting) with honors from NAIT. She spent 4 years in industry before joining our team in March 2018. Currently in the early stages of pursing a CPA designation her meticulous attention to detail and reliability parallels with the core values of this firm. Born and raised in Edmonton she spends majority of her free time with her hyperactive Pomeranian. Hobbies include snowboarding in the winter and camping in the summer.Long term goals are to become CPA designated and pursue a master’s degree. She is thrilled for the opportunity to strengthen her skills and flourish in a professional environment.

Alina joined Gallo and company Chartered Professional Accountants in April 2018. She graduated from MacEwan University in 2016 with a Bachelor of Commerce degree. Alina was born and raised in Tanzania and moved to Canada to continue her post-secondary education. Alina loves the outdoors, travelling, the mostly the ocean.

Katrina Bjerky is the Administrative Assistant at Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants Sherwood Park location. She started here in August 2018 and is responsible for booking client meetings, preparing client files, and assisting with tasks around the office to ensure everything is running smoothly. In her spare time she enjoys reading, painting, and spending time with friends and family.

Nick Vandal joined Gallo and Company Chartered Professional Accountants in Sept 2018.  He graduated from Macewan University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in the spring of 2018, and will now start working towards his CPA designation in the fall.  Nick hopes to develop his technical skills as much as possible in the coming years to be able to provide excellent service to the clients.  Nick was born and raised in the Sherwood Park area where he grew up playing hockey all year round.  He has since continued playing on adult teams and enjoys coaching the next generation of up and coming hockey players.  He also enjoys the summers at the lake spent doing fun activities such as quading, boating, and golfing with family and friends.