Ron Seigneur, MBA, CVA, CPA/ABV

Ronald L. Seigneur, MBA, CPA/ABV, CVA is a partner in Seigneur Gustafson LLP, a CPA firm located in Lakewood, Colorado. He holds the AICPA specialty designation of Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV), and is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.

He has published over 100 articles on business valuation, commercial damages, leadership, and related subjects. Ron has developed & taught a number of intermediate and advanced business valuation courses for the AICPA, NACVA, state Bar Associations; and currently serves as the chair of the AICPA BV Webcast production team.

Ron has been qualified and provided testimony as an expert witness in several jurisdictions on a wide range of issues ranging from complex business valuations, forensic investigations, and various forms of economic damages. Ron has served appointments as trustee, mediator, arbitrator, special master of the court, as well as serving as an expert for the Colorado State Board of Accountancy and Colorado Attorney General.

He is co-author of the 1300+ page treatise on business appraisal titled Financial Valuations: Applications and Models, published in 2006 by John Wiley & Sons. He is a past chair of the AICPA ABV Credential Committee and has been a member of the AICPA BV Committee, the AICPA Consulting Services Executive Committee, past chair of the NACVA Professional Standards Board, and past Treasurer of the Colorado Society of CPAs. Mr. Seigneur was inducted into the AICPA Business Valuation Hall of Fame in 2006, is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management and has been an adjunct professor at the University of Denver College of Law for over 18 years where he teaches financial, management and leadership courses. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management from Michigan State University, and a Master of Business Administration in Corporate Policy and Finance from the University of Michigan.

Stacey D. Udell, CPA/ABV, CVA

Stacey is a Manager in the Business Valuation Services Group at Gold Meltzer Plasky & Wise. She is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant by the State of New Jersey and holds the Accredited in Business Valuation designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants signifying experience and expertise in the valuation of businesses and professional practices.

Stacey is a Candidate of the American Society of Appraisers. Additionally, she is a Certified Valuation Analyst, which is a certification issued by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. She served on the Valuation Exam and Grading Committee for the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts. She is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants, the NJSCPA Matrimonial Accounting Interest Group and the Litigation Support and Valuation Services Interest Group, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, and the American Society of Appraisers.

Additionally, she has lectured for both accounting and legal organizations. Stacey has worked in public accounting since 1996. She is actively involved in performing business valuations and spends the majority of her time performing such engagements. She has provided business valuation services for litigation support, acquisitions, divestitures, gift and estate tax planning, and corporations. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.

James A. Andersen , CPA/ABV, ASA

Jim Andersen is the founding partner of Andersen & Company LLP. Over the last 20 years, he has been involved in more than 700 business valuation and litigation assignments and has testified as an expert witness in counties throughout California. Jim's particular area of expertise is business valuation, and he brings this expertise to bear when assisting clients with merger and acquisition transactions, buy/sell agreements, dissenting shareholder actions, marital dissolutions, and estate and gift tax plans.

Jim is a past chairman of the Business Valuation Section of the California Society of Certified Public Accountants' (CalCPA) Litigation Section and a board member of the Litigation Section's Steering Committee. He also is a member of the business valuation committee for the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

A renowned industry expert in business valuation, he has published numerous articles on the subject and is a highly requested speaker before accounting and legal audiences. Jim has served as an instructor for both the AICPA and the CalCPA Education Foundation on various business valuation topics. He co-authored the CalCPA's business valuation training curriculum and currently teaches courses on business succession planning and on mergers and acquisitions for small- and medium-sized businesses.

Sharyn Maggio, CPA/ABV

Sharyn Maggio, CPA/ABV is principal of the firm Maggio & Company located in Eatontown, New Jersey. Her practice concentrates on litigation support, forensic accounting and business valuation with a special emphasis on matrimonial litigation. She also incorporates mediation into her practice. She has extensive experience in tax and financial planning which she incorporates into her matrimonial practice.

Ms. Maggio is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is the principal of a practice aid in matrimonial litigation for CPAs for the AICPA and is past chair of the Family Law Task Force. She is a member of the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants (NJSCPA) and is a current member of the Board of Trustee. She is also the past chair of the Matrimonial Litigation Committee. Ms. Maggio is a candidate for admission to the American Society of Appraisers and a member of the Institute of Business Appraisers. She is a published author on issues of divorce, economic loss assessment, fraud and forensic accounting, tax and financial planning and is a frequent lecturer on various to attorneys, mediators, judges and CPAs.

CPE Credit Information

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