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MAY 14, 2008 MEETING

Paul C. Pershes

(Managing Director, New YorkRosenfarbWinters, LLC)

 WILL SPEAK ON

A MEDLEY OF FRAUD CASES

Paul C. Pershes is the Managing Director of the New York Office of RosenfarbWinters, LLC. He is a demonstrated leader in several areas of forensic accounting, including commercial litigation, business valuation, shareholder divorce, matrimonial accounting and consulting, accounting malpractice, insolvency and reorganization, and has testified as an expert witness.

Mr. Pershes has over 35 years of public and private experience in accounting and auditing, and managing for-profit and not-for-profit companies. He has provided expertise in management, accounting, auditing, tax and consulting, and mergers and acquisitions, to a wide range of entities in the technology, manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, real estate, hospitality and service industries. He has extensive knowledge in P&L management, sales and marketing, productivity, strategic goal setting and mergers & acquisitions for public and family-owned businesses. Paul rose through the ranks at Laventhol & Horwath to become Managing Partner - New York, Board Member and International Liaison Partner. Paul then became President of Temco Service Industries, Inc., a large New York facilities maintenance and security company. From there, Paul returned to public accounting, specializing in auditing small public and private companies, consulting and tax planning at the firm of Weinberg, Pershes & Company, CPAs. He then went on to become President of a publicly traded healthcare technology company. Before joining RosenfarbWinters, Paul was a Managing Director of Glenwood Capital, LLC, a boutique investment banking firm, specializing in structured financings, including equity, mezzanine and senior debt financing.

Paul obtained his Bachelor of Business Administration in Public Accounting from the City University of the State of New York - Bernard M. Baruch College and has also completed 36 credits in finance and investments. He is licensed to practice as a CPA in New York and Florida and has also received his Accreditation in Business Valuation and is a Certified Valuation Analyst. He has lectured on various matrimonial issues and has recently appeared as an expert forensic accountant on New York’s Channel 25, WNYE Lawline to discuss the topic, Prenups: Do they Simplify Divorce?”.

Paul is the Co-Chair of the International Accounting and Litigation Support Committee of The International Accounting Group (TIAG). He was also recently appointed to the Litigation Forensics Board for the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA).
 

Robert Goecks

 (The practice leader of Eisner’s Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Compliance Services.)

WILL SPEAK ON

"Certified Fraud Examiner, an Anti-Money Laundering Credential"
 

Robert Goecks, CPA. MBA, CAMS, CFE, is the practice leader of Eisner’s Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Compliance Services. Rob has deep and varied subject matter expertise in AML compliance, having completed a career as a Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigations where he conducted and supervised money-laundering investigations.

Rob spent a year as a Special Investigator of sales practice violations for the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) where he introduced AML training to NASD’s District 10 in Manhattan.

Rob served as the designated AML Compliance Officer for the U.S. subsidiary of a Canadian bank for approximately three years. His tenure there included the 9/11 attack and the subsequent challenges of sustaining a compliant AML Program during the firm’s transition from Ground Zero.

Immediately before joining Eisner LLP, Rob served as the designated AML Compliance Officer for an established private bank/wealth management firm headquartered in Manhattan. The firm had an existing Cease and Desist Order involving weaknesses in their AML Program. Within six months of his arrival, the Order was lifted. The firm sustained its AML compliance for the next five years at which time the firm was acquired by a national bank. Rob reported directly to the firm’s General Counsel, participated in senior management’s risk management meetings and reported regularly to the Board of Directors. Throughout this period the firm received no additional penalties or fines related to AML issues. Rob partnered with the acquiring national bank in transitioning a fully compliant AML Program into their AML Program before his departure.

Rob is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Society of CPAs and the founding Chair of their Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the John Jay College Foundation, Inc. where he is Chair of the Audit Committee.