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DEGREES & CERTIFICATION
Kent State University Ph.D. Business Administration Graduate School of Management, 1989
Dissertation: "Corporate Strategies for Competitive Advantage: The Combined Effects of Operating &
Financial Activities on Shareholder Wealth."
Univ. of Rochester M.B.A. Finance William E. Simon Graduate School of Bus. Administration, 1992
Kent State University M.S. Accounting Graduate School of Management, 1975
Kent State University B.G.S. Concentrations in College of Arts & Sciences, 1973
C.P.A. Ohio license no: 04-3-09336
Mass license no: 20796
Passed uniform CPA exam. on first attempt.
EMPLOYMENT
(Jan. 2002-Present), Founding Partner
The Brattle Group (Oct. 1998-Present), Senior Advisor (Starting Jan. 2002), Principal (Through Dec. 2001)
Putnam, Hayes & Bartlett, Inc. (Dec. 1994-Sept. 1998), Principal
The University of Rochester (Jan. 1989-Dec. 1994), William E. Simon Grad. School of Business Administration
Adjunct Faculty
Boston University (Aug. 1999-May 2000), Adjunct Faculty
Rochester Inst. of Tech. (Sept. 1987-June 1993), Assistant Professor of Accounting
The Univ. of Akron (Sept. 1982-June 1987), Assistant Professor of Management
Baldwin-Wallace College (Sept. 1982-Mar. 1984), Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Ernst & Ernst (May 1975-Apr. 1982), Audit & Consulting Staff
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co. (Nov. 1974-Apr. 1975), Audit Staff
RESEARCH
Recognition:
Glueck Award for the best paper, Congressional Politics & Corporate Mergers, in the Business Policy and
Planning Div. at the 1986 Natl Meetings of the Academy of Management.
Invited participant in the New Faculty Colloquium for the Bus. Policy & Planning Div. at the 1989
Natl Meetings of the Academy of Management.
Publications & Conference Papers:
“New Economy Litigation: Claims to Intellectual Property and Human Capital in a Global Institutional
Environment Changing at the Speed of Thought,” with Mark Sarro and Jürgen Weiss, International Society of
New Institutional Economics, September 2001.
“Succeed in the New Economy: Bust the Fed’s Bubble”. Strategic Research Institute’s Valuing New
Economy Companies III, New York, NY (April 18-19, 2001).
“Become an Expert at Choosing Experts: Five Rules You Should Use in Healthcare Qui Tam Cases Because
Your Opponents Will.” ABA Tips Newsletter on Law & Med. Spring 2001.
Employee Ownership, Corporate Strategy and Economic Performance. Natl Conf. of the
Foundation For Enterprise Development, San Diego CA (1993).
Mergers and Political Conditions. 1991 Annual Meetings of the Midwest Fin. Assoc. St. Louis,
MO.
"Industry Specialization, Innovation and Shareholder Value." CA Management Review (1990).
Economic and Accounting Performance Differences Between Frequently-Acquiring Diversifiers and Industry-
Dominant Companies. 1990 Southern Finance Assoc. Conf.
Diversification, Innovation and Shareholder Value. For the 1989 International Strategic Management Society
Conference. San Francisco, CA.
Executive Preferences, Strategy Content and Merger Frequency: Empirical Findings Encouraging a Positive
Theory of Corporate Diversification. For the 1989 International Strategic Management Soc. Conf.
San Francisco, CA
"The Political Climate and Corporate Mergers: When Politics Affects Economics." Western Political
Quart. (1988), with T. Yantek.
Business Mix and Corporate Strategy. For the 1987 International Strategic Management Soc. Conf.
Boston, MA, with Melcher.
"Leading Strategies: The Tradeoffs of Financial, Production and Marketing Activities." The Handbook of
Business Strategy: The 1986/1987 Yearbook. Warren, Gorham & Lamont, New York (1986), with Melcher
& Aragoyswamy.
Congressional Politics and Corporate Mergers. Best Papers Proceedings. Natl Academy of Management
Conf. (1986), with Yantek.
Political Conditions & Corporate Mergers. 1986 Natl Conf. of the American Political Science
Association, with T. Yantek.
Strategy & Performance of Multi-Business Comp. 1985 Internatl Conf. of the Strategic
Management Soc. Barcelona, Spain.
A Model of Corporate Performance Under Varying International Reporting Standards & Economic
Conditions. Proceedings. Midwest Institute of Decision Science (1985)
Theory of the Banking Firm: An Analysis of the Additivity & Substitutability of Current Empirical
Research. 1984 Southern Finance Assoc. Conf. Atlanta, GA.
The Effects of Accounting & Accountants on Corporate Policy. 1984 Internatl Conf. of the
Strategic Management Soc. Paris, France.
Testimonial Experience:
Testimony in the Matter of Applications of Enron Corp. for Exemptions Under the
Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, (Nos. 70-9661 and 70-10056), Admin. Proceeding File No.
3-10909, before the SEC (Nov. 2002).
Expert Report in the Matter of Westside Cellular, Inc., d/b/a Cellnet of Ohio, Inc. v. New
Par, et al., before the Common Pleas Court of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Civil Division, Case No. 428050 (Aug.
2002).
Testimony and Expert Report re: Dartnell Enterprises Inc. v. Compaq Computer Corp., before the CPR
Institute for Dispute Resolution (Aug. 2002).
Expert Report re: Cavalier Telephone LLC v. Virginia Electric & Power Company
d/b/a Virginia Power, before the FCC, Enforcement Bureau, Case No. EB-02-
MD-005 (Apr. 2002).
Affidavit re: Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, Inc. v. the US, No. 98-837C
in the US Court of Fed. Claims (Aug. 2001).
Expert Report of W. Patton Culbertson in re: Charles James Myer, et al. v. U.S. Trust
Company of CA, N.A. et al., in the US District Court Middle District of Louisiana, Case No. 00-
147-D-M3 (July 2001).
Deposition re: iJaal.com, et al. v. baazee.com, et al., in the US District Court
for the Southern District of New York, Case No. 99 CIV.9311 (23 May 2001 & 9 July 2001).
Affidavit re: Toys “R” US v. Central New England Warehouse Company, et al.; in the
Commonwealth of MA Superior Court, Civil Action No. 97-1562B (June 2001).
Testimony at arbitration hearing in re: Safety Environmental Control, Inc. v. Minnesota
Mining and Manufacturing Company, in the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire, Civil
Action No. C-98-497-SD (Nov. 2000).
Expert Report re: Alevizopoulos, et al. v. Comcast, et al., in the US District
Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action 99 CIV.9311 (SAS) (Oct. 2000).
Affidavit re: USA v. Bausch & Lomb, Inc. and Consolidated
Subsidiaries, in the US District Court for the Western District of New York, Civil No. 00-MC-6011 CJS
(Sept. 2000).
Expert re: Kansas Personal Communications Services, Ltd, Debtor in Proceedings
Under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas, Case No. 99-21747-11-JAR
(Aug. 2000).
Testimony re: Avery Dennison Corporation v. Four Pillars Enterprise Co., et al., in
the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Div., Civil Action No. 97-CV-2282
(Feb. 2000).
Deposition re: TNT USA, Inc., v. International Postal Consultants, Inc., in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York, Civil Action 99 CIV.2222 (SAS) (Jan. 2000).
Expert Report re: Safety Environmental Control, Inc. v. Minnesota Mining and
Manufacturing Company, in the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire, Civil Action No.
C-98-497-SD (Nov. 1999).
Testimony re: USA v. Pin Yen Yang, et al., in the US
District Court for the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division, Case No. 1:97-CR-288 (Sept. 1999).
Deposition re: McCord Winn Textron, Inc. and BCAM International, Inc. v. Rostra
Precision Controls, Inc.,in the US District Court of New Hampshire, Civil Action No. C-98-563-M
(Aug. 1999).
Affidavit and Deposition re: Howard Reisman, et al. v. KPMG Peat Marwick LLP, in the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Superior Court, Civil Action No. 97-1383A (June 1999).
Deposition re: Health Management, Inc. Securities Litigation, in the United States
District Court of the Eastern District of New York, Civil Action No. 96-CV-889 (ADS) (ARL) (Feb.
1999).
Deposition re: Lincare, Inc. v. Leonard W. McCauliffe, Margaret R. McCauliffe and
Wayne Moore, in the US District Court of the district of New Hampshire, Civil Action No. 95-613-M
(Jan. 1998).
Deposition re: Bridgestone/Firestone v. International Ins. Co., et al., in the Court of
Common Plea, Summit County, Ohio, Case No. CV-94-06-2057 (Nov. 1997).
Testimony re: US SEC vs. VAS, Inc. and
Vincent R. Valicenti, in Administrative Proceeding 3-8850 of the US SEC (Jan. 1996).
Deposition re: Michael F. Malone, et al., vs. Microdyne, et al., and Mayer and Judith
Gross vs. Microdyne Corp., et al., in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Alexandria
Division, Civil Actions No. 91-1515-A and No. 92-1730-A (March 1993).
Deposition in re: General Acquisitions, Inc. vs. GenCorp, Inc., et al., in the US
District Court of the Southern District of Ohio Eastern Division, Civil Action No. C2-87-348 (Mar. & Apr.
1991).
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