Bob is a member of the Forensics & Valuation service line. He focuses on providing fraud investigation, forensic accounting, and litigation consulting services. His experience encompasses a wide spectrum of financial consulting matters spanning multiple industries and client types. Bob works closely with corporate stakeholders, in-house and outside counsel, auditors, and special committees on forensic and fraud investigations with an emphasis on SEC enforcement matters and fraudulent financial reporting.
His experience also includes investigations related to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, commercial litigation involving technical accounting issues, assisting clients with post-acquisition accounting disputes, and conducting proactive compliance-related work, such as anti-corruption assessments and broader compliance program related assessments, on behalf of public and private companies.
Prior to joining the Forensics & Valuation service line, Bob spent more than 20 years working for two global professional service firms. He also worked as an enforcement accountant in the enforcement division of the SEC, where he investigated potential securities laws violations. Bob’s prior experience also included conducting financial statement audits on behalf of multinational public and private companies.
He participates in more than 50 hours of continuing education each year, including delivering courses related to fraud investigation and forensic accounting at industry conferences, to audit practitioners, to clients, and to law firms. He spent more than 10 years as an adjunct professor teaching a series of forensic accounting courses in a graduate certificate program in forensic accounting at Northeastern University.
Bob is a graduate of Bates College, Lewiston, Maine, with a B.S. degree in economics, and a graduate of Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, with an M.B.A. degree and an M.S.A. degree.