Victor Republicano, Jr., CPA is an accounting and consulting practitioner, who has provided professional services to business owners, corporate management, lawyers and their clients, since 1977.

Mr. Republicano provides assistance in all phases of the litigation process, from strategy sessions early in the dispute, through settlement negotiations, and trial. Among his distinguishing achievements is his Diplomate status from the American Board Forensic Accounting and the American College of Forensic Examiners. Mr. Republicano has extensive experience in providing litigation consulting services and expert testimony in a wide variety of areas. His litigation consulting projects have included damage assessment and analysis, inspection and reconstruction of accounting records, pre-trial preparation, expert testimony, witness preparation, courtroom assistance, and post-trial consultation with counsel. He has served as an expert witness in over 100 cases, including matters in state and federal court, administrative proceedings, and alternative dispute resolution forums.

Mr. Republicano is experienced in small business consulting, accounting and auditing, publicly traded companies, and litigation services. His industry experience includes: Ag-Chem, Construction, Distribution, Financial Institutions, High-Tech, Manufacturing, Network Marketing, Non- Profit Organizations, Professional Services (Architects, Engineers, Law Firms, etc), Securities and Retail. Mr. Republicano has assisted a variety of companies with IPO's, private placements and statutory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He also has provided extensive consultations to entrepreneurs and others and other non-public business owners regarding mergers and acquisitions, inventory control systems, credit and collections management, and property lease analyses.

Litigation and Other Services:

Accounting Alternate Dispute Resolution (Mediation, Referee, Special Master) Business Valuations Construction Claims Contract Disputes Expert Witness Damage Calculations and Assessment Economic Loss White Collar Crime	Forensic Accounting Fraud Insurance Claims Investigative Services (accounting, finance, business and trade practices) Lost Profits Personal Injury Reconstruction of Accounting Records Witness Preparation

Hiren Kulkarni specializes is IT Services, Account Management, Business Continuity of IT Services & Support Systems. He is experienced in Business Systems Integration (mergers and acquisitions), Business Process Transformation and ERP Implementations.

Mr. Kulkarni offers Expert Witness and Expert Consultant Services in Project Management, Strategy, Delivery & Execution. He is Certified in Prince2, ITIL and specializes in Oracle Business Intelligence tools & E-Business Suite Modules: Project Accounting (Costing, Billing, Management), SLA, E-Tax, GL, AP, AR, FA, PJM, INV, iExpenses, iProcurement, PO.

Don Smith is a nationally known marketing & sales expert. 40 years as a (1) Fortune 1000 hands-on executive, (2) Consultant with world-class companies, (3) Faculty at Cornell Graduate School of Business, (4) Marketing & sales seminar leader. His expert witness references are outstanding. His 50+ expert engagements include jury trials, arbitration hearings, depositions and numerous expert reports.

Areas of Expertise

Business economic loss: Define lost sales, share and profits.

IP: Patents copyrights, trademarks, trade names & trade secrets.

Sales channels: Distributors, dealers & reps.

Market research: Define market size, growth, share, pricing, trends & customary practice.

Marketing & sales effectiveness:My expertise and research quantify this common contract dispute.

He is a nationally known public speaker in the development of new products, revitalizing existing products & managing distributors. He has in-depth, practical business experience and excels at explaining complex business issues.

Clients range from family owned businesses to Fortune 1000 companies including AT&T, Borax, DuPont, ITT, Lockheed-Martin, Lutron, Motorola (Moscow), Rubbermaid, Snap-on Tools, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai), Toshiba & West.

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Mr. Robert Bartlett is a Retail Industry Management Consultant with over twenty five years of experience in serving the retail industry. His current practice focuses on the needs of emerging and/or high-growth retail companies in the areas of Strategic and Business Planning, Organization, Management, Capital Formation and the Rapid Implementation of Core Business Strategies. Mr. Bartlett has provided expert testimony in a wide range of cases where real world knowledge and experience is required.

Biz Virutoso is the premiere Business Development company for startup, small and medium-sized companies. Their professionals excel in the field of business development and marketing. Biz Virtuoso's experts have decades of experience in the various fields of Business Development, Process Improvement, Branding, Marketing and Executive Coaching.

Virtuoso Business Plans:

Plans with detailed information to obtain loans or lines of credit

Plans to attract private investors or new partnerships

Plans for businesses looking for operational or expansion funds

Virutoso Consulting:

Brand development

Logo & website creation

Marketing collateral development

Marketing strategy development

Sales and marketing consulting & training

Turn key marketing execution

Formal business launch & re-launch incentives

Executive coaching & training

Human resource, labor and employment consulting

Sales and development training

Business assessments

Strategy review and development processes

Virtuoso Assistants:

Day to day business assistance

Event planning and execution

Executive office assistance

Account management

Appointment setting

Database management

Travel arrangements

Blog administration & HTML coding

Bookkeeping

Bulk mailings

Dr. Elliot Schreiber is an Expert in Brand and Reputation Management and Marketing. He has held executive management positions in three global corporations for over 20-years. Dr. Schreiber earned his Ph.D. from Penn State University and has taught marketing, brand management and reputation management at the MBA and Executive MBA-levels at leading business schools in the U.S. and Canada.

Dr. Schreiber has consulted to a variety of international firms, including Novartis, Society of Hosptial Medicine, AstraZeneca, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance, RBC Financial Corporation, General Motors, Procter & Gamble, among many others. He is widely sought as a speaker at international business and academic conferences and has written numerous articles that have been published in academic and business journals.

Services Provided:

Expert Witness Testimony

Traditional Consulting Engagements

Connect Marketing and Brand Strategy, Engage Employees, Create Partnerships of Value

Speaking Engagements at Business Meetings and Conferences

Executive education workshops (1-2 days)

In-House Education for the Organization in Brand and Reputation

Development and Leading of "Stakeholder Relations" Councils

Leadership Training Programs

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Charles Griffin Intelligence works for individuals, law firms, and companies specializing in Business Intelligence. The company has experience in conducting due diligence, gathering economic and other types of intelligence for domestic competition, international trade, intellectual property disputes, corporate takeovers and governance fights.

Philip Segal is a New York attorney and fact investigator with experience in U.S. corporate investigations for AmLaw 100 law firms and fortune 100 companies. Previously, Mr. Segal has been a case manager for James Mintz Group and a North American Partner and General Counsel for a British business-intelligence firm. Before becoming a lawyer Segal was a journalist specializing in finance for over 19 years in five countries. He is currently Adjunct Professor, co-teaching Fact Investigation, at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law.

Expertise

• Litigation Support
• Asset Searches
• Due Diligence
• International Matters
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Consulting For Smaller Companies
  
  

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Over 27 years securities and expert experience, formal AIFA fiduciary training.

The expert who wrote a major Wall St broker dealers' compensation plan, accounting manual, margin account, money market mutual fund sweep policy, customer account surveillance compliance reports and designed one of the first structured products in the 1980s.

FiduciaryFORENSICS examines all parties and transactions. Fiduciary performance, breach of fiduciary duty, liability, damages analysis, model portfolio, recovery. Rule 405, Suitability, Supervision, Failure to diversify, Taxes, Asset Allocation, Hedge Funds, Private Placements, RMBS, CDO's, CDS, Disclosure, ADVs.

Compensation, Valuation training, recruit, retirement, raiding, termination, customer account distribution, payment for order flow, order flow profit, broker dealer or branch profit analysis, U5 or U4 issues in employment matters.

FINRA (NASD) securities Arbitration; Trust, Estate, Probate; ERISA defined benefit pension 401k & Profit Sharing plans; Charities, Not for Profits, Foundations, Endowments and Divorce, Marital Settlements, QDROs.

Additional Areas of Expertise - Compensation, Training, Employment

Stock broker, Series 7 licensees, Financial planner, CFP's, Supervisors, Branch manager, Regional and national Executives, Product Managers, External product Wholesalers, Product Coordinators, Traders, Stock Loan, Securities Lending, Prime Broker, Margin, Structured Products, Principal Protected products.

Branch and Regional P&L analysis, valuation, Product Marketing, Distribution, Sales Force and Market Penetration Studies.

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Michell M. Cohen is a Certified Public Accountant. He has earned his Bachelors of Science in Business Administration and Accounting. His primary areas of expertise are in Manufacturing, Distribution, Restaurants, Catering, Realtors, Landscapers, Interior Design, Medical Professionals, Personal and Corporate Tax Planning, Cash Flows, Business Consulting, Strategic Business Planning, Finance and Management.

Memberships and Affiliations:

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Illinois Certified Public Accountant Society

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Nancy A. Geary is both a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Lease Professional. She received her Bachelors Degree in Accountancy from the University of Illinois. Ms. Geary has been with ECS Financial Services, Inc., a regional CPA firm, since 1984, and a Partner with the firm since 1990. Among other responsibilities, Ms. Geary manages the firm’s Leasing Services Department. Ms. Geary is proficient in various software packages specifically designed for the equipment leasing industry.

Ms. Geary’s primary areas of concentration include equipment lease portfolio management, accounting and consulting services for the equipment leasing industry, as well as accounting, auditing, income tax planning and compliance and management consulting for a wide variety of closely-held businesses.

Ms. Geary’s focus on lease portfolio management services includes:

Portfolio Management (tracking, billing and reporting lease activity)

Lease Accounting

Training and Consulting

Multi-jurisdictional Sales, Income and Personal Property Tax Reporting.

Ms. Geary has served as an instructor for the Equipment Leasing Association (ELA), the Certified Lease Professional Foundation (CLP), the National Association of Equipment Lease Brokers (NAELB) and the United Association of Equipment Lessors (UAEL). She has served in various board and committee positions for the CLP Foundation and UAEL, chaired the CLP Foundation’s committee to rewrite the CLP Exam, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the UAEL.

Ms. Geary has written articles published in several leasing publications, and authored the Tax and Financial Accounting chapter of the CLP Foundation’s Handbook of Equipment Leasing.

Ms. Geary has participated in several expert witness engagements. Her experience includes preparation of expert witness reports, rebuttal reports, damage analysis and forensic accounting.