CCH Appoints Dee Hairgrove Vice President, Tax Development

Dee Hairgrove has joined CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business as Vice President, ProSystem fx Tax Development. CCH is a leading provider of tax, accounting and audit information, software and services.

In this new position, Hairgrove will be responsible for direction, management and oversight of the ProSystem fx Tax Applications and Graphics organizations in Torrance, Calif. and Wichita, Kan. Hairgrove will report to Jim Bryant, CCH Executive Vice President, Software, and will be based in Wichita. The Wichita site, with over 560 full-time employees and 450 seasonal employees, is the location of one of CCH’s centers for the development of its award-winning tax software solutions.

With 20 years of tax software experience, Hairgrove has a broad background that covers 1040, business tax, e-Filing and Sales Tax software development. His career includes 18 years with Thomson/RIA managing and developing the InSource and GoSystem product lines. Most recently, he served as Director of Business Return Development at Thomson. Other positions he held there included Tax Developer and Project Manager.