John is the national leader for Forvis Mazars’ private equity team. He has more than 20 years of experience performing financial statement audits of public and private companies in the manufacturing and distribution, service, retail and technology, and software industries. He is knowledgeable of enterprise resource planning systems and control environments and oversees a variety of attest and advisory engagements related to acquisitions, revenue recognition, and stock-based compensation accounting.
He works with multinational companies and before joining Forvis Mazars, gained international experience while fulfilling a two-year assignment in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In addition, he worked in the national office of a large international accounting firm, where he was responsible for developing and applying its assurance policy and methodology.
John is a member of the American Institute of CPAs, Missouri Society of CPAs, Financial Executives International, and Association for Corporate Growth.
He is on the board of advisors for KC Tech Council, is a member of the United Way of Greater Kansas City Tocqueville Society, and has recently served on the boards of Catholic Education Foundation and LaunchKC.
John is a cum laude graduate of University of Notre Dame, Indiana, with a B.B.A. degree in accounting.