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Rob graduated from Butler University with a Business
Finance major and an Accounting minor. Upon graduation,
Rob spent four years as a Financial Analyst and Assistant
Vice President for a private investment banking and
business valuation firm in Indianapolis, Indiana. He
returned to Columbus, Ohio to manage the valuation
department of a regional CPA firm. In 2000 he joined GBQ
Partners LLC (a BDO Seidman Alliance Firm) as the Director
of Valuation Services. GBQ's valuation department has
grown to be one of the largest in Ohio and issues over one
hundred reports each year.
Rob's entire career has been dedicated to the successful
completion of business valuation projects. Rob (and the GBQ
valuation team) strive to combine both integrity and consistency
in each and every valuation project. Presently, Rob reviews
and manages valuation assignments on a full-time basis for
estate and gift tax planning, conversion from C corporation
to S corporation status, ESOPs, domestic and tax litigation,
merger and acquisition, buy-sell agreements, and divestures.
Rob's experience includes business appraisals of entities
in the following industries: manufacturing, wholesale/distribution,
retail, construction, advertising/marketing, food service,
industrial dry cleaning, real estate, and holding company/estate
planning vehicles. The majority of his appraisal experience
has been in the Mid-West states, including Ohio, Illinois,
Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and Michigan.
Rob has earned his AVA, ASA and CM&A certifications. He is
active with the ESOP Association (both local and national),
the Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors, the National
Association of Certified Valuation Analysts and the American
Society of Appraisers.
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