Ronald G. Quintero, CPA, CFA, ABV, Chartered Capital Advisers, Inc.

Mr. Quintero has more than 40 years' experience as a senior financial professional at KPMG, Bear Stearns, Zolfo Cooper, and the 2 firms that he founded, Chartered Capital Advisers and R. G. Quintero Co. He has testified as an expert witness on more than 100 occasions in courts and arbitrations throughout the U.S. He has performed more than 2,000 valuations of businesses, professional practices, financial instruments, options warrants, intangible assets, and other financial instruments. He is an award-winning scholar, writer, and lecturer who has given seminars to professionals around the world, some of which have been available online, and in printed and electronic format. He is a three-time recipient of the Lawyer Monthly Expert Witness Award in the Business Valuation category.  His areas of expertise include valuations, mergers acquisitions, bankruptcy insolvency, forensic accounting, investments, commercial damages, and personal injury damages. Educational background: A.B., Lafayette College; M.S. Accountancy, New York University; A.P.C., Investment Management. Professional licenses: Certified Public Accountant; Chartered Financial Analyst; AICPA Accredited in Business Valuation; Certification in Distressed Business Valuation; Certified Financial Planner; Certified Fraud Examiner; AICPA Certification in Financial Forensics; Certified Management Accountant; Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor; Certified Turnaround Professional. Mr. Quintero has served as a bankruptcy examiner, trustee, and interim executive, and his firm (R. G. Quintero Co. is a CPA firm) has been retained as accountants and/or financial advisors to debtors and creditors' committees. He has given lectures and seminars aggregating more than 20,000 hours pertaining to his fields of expertise in more than 60 cities throughout the U.S., and more than 20 countries in 5 continents outside of the U.S. He is regularly retained as an expert witness in shareholder disputes, securities litigation, equitable distribution, financial and accounting fraud, bankruptcy insolvency-related matters, investment suitability, commercial damages, personal injury, and earnings impairment, among others. We are pleased to provide a free consultation to attorneys and/or their clients.