Ron Seigneur, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, MBA, CVA
Seigneur Gustafson LLP

Ronald L. Seigneur is managing partner of Seigneur Gustafson LLP, in Lakewood, Colorado, where he specializes in management coaching/mentoring, succession & exit planning strategies, business & intellectual property appraisal, litigation support services, financial reporting and taxation. Ron's diverse practice includes management consulting and strategic planning, with over 25 years of experience advising closely held and family ownership & management, including six years as the COO/CFO for a 50 attorney Denver law firm. He has published over 80 articles on business leadership, succession and exit planning strategies, reasonable compensation determinations, business valuation and related subjects. Ron has developed & taught a number of management, leadership, and advanced business valuation courses for the AICPA, NACVA, Association of Legal Administrators, CLE of Colorado, the Environmental Protection Agency, state CPA Societies, and state Bar Associations.

Ron has significant experience working with complex valuation, commercial damages, forensic accounting, and related litigation support matters, with significant experience as a testifying expert in numerous jurisdictions. Ron has served as court appointed Special Master, trustee, receiver and arbitrator. He is a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA) with the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, a Senior Appraiser in business valuation (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers, and holds the AICPA specialty designations of Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) and Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF). Ron is also a member of the Association for Corporate Growth and works closely with business intermediaries in merger & acquisition transactions, ESOP plans and related succession planning strategies.

Ron has been highly involved as a partner in a Lakewood based CPA firm for over 2 decades, with a particular emphasis working with taxation and financial reporting issues for real estate development and construction trades, oil & gas production and oil field services and professional service firms. He is nationally recognized for its specialized support of professional service firm management needs, including facilitation of business planning and marketing retreats, administrative placements, technology planning, cost controls and revenue enhancement initiatives, incentive compensation & benefits planning, start-ups and break-ups, and general practice management issues. The firm acts as an on-call resource for several business owners and professional firms and consults regularly with clients on a wide range of issues, including strategic planning, business development, innovative compensation systems, administrative management, leadership and governance, technology, profit improvement, and staff mentoring, development and retention. Ron has facilitated over 50 strategic and business planning retreats covering a wide range of issues and formats.

Ron is co-author of Financial Valuation: Applications and Models, Second Edition, a 1300+ treatise on business valuation published by John Wiley & Sons and is a charter member of the Financial Consulting Group. He is a past chair of the AICPA ABV Credential Committee, NACVA Professional Standards Committee, and has been a member of the AICPA Business Valuation Committee, and the AICPA Consulting Services Executive Committee. Mr. Seigneur is the current chair of the board of directors of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants and was inducted in 2006 as a member of the AICPA Business Valuation Hall of Fame, is a fellow of the College of Law Practice Management, and is an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver, College of Law, 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.