PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
{ ACCOUNTING } BRADLEY PREBER
JOHN PRENZNO
National managing partner, business risk services Grant Thortnon grantthornton.com
Assurance principal CliftonLarsonAllen claconnect.com
Preber serves on the firm’s partnership board and was the office managing partner for Phoenix. He has more than 35 years of experience serving as a litigation consultant, expert witness, forensic accountant and fraud investigator. He is the author of “Financial Expert Witness Communication: A Practical Guide to Reporting and Testimony.” Trend to watch: “The traditional labor intensive business model used by my industry is under extreme pressure caused by digital technology. A number of reliable sources are predicting that automation, robots and cognitive analytics will replace human beings in this industry. The industry will have to adapt or risk extinction.”
Prenzno has more than 35 years of experience servicing middle- and lower-middle-market privately held companies and private equity groups. His industry experience includes manufacturing and distribution, dealerships, hospitality and telecommunications. Prenzno is a member of CLA’s National Transaction Team, focusing on due diligence, mergers and acquisitions and transaction structuring. Business advice: “Be passionate about you do. Strive to help others, it will come back to you. Say thank you to your clients and the people who work with you.” Childhood dream: “I wanted to be a baseball player, although that had little impact on baseball or my career.”
MARK WEBER Partner Moss Adams mossadams.com
Weber has been in public accounting since 1986, serving small and mid-size businesses and their entrepreneurial owners and managers. He focuses on financial statement attestation, SEC public company reporting, merger and
acquisition consulting, and strategic business planning. His specific experience includes financial audits, with related management recommendations for cost savings; merger and acquisition consulting, including analyzing targets of offers; and due diligence procedures. He previously served as a manager of emerging business services for offices of two Big Four firms and at the Securities & Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C.
BRYAN ZALL
CHUCK MCLANE
Zall’s professional experience includes more than 30 years of financial consulting, business planning, financial statement preparation and auditing. His primary emphasis is in healthcare, manufacturing, nonprofit, commercial construction and financial service industries.Zall also leads RSM’s Private Equity Fund initiative in Phoenix. In this role, he coordinates local professional services to national and international fund clients engaged in Southwestern U.S.-based transactions. Business advice: “Teamwork and collaboration. Put forth your best effort to support your natural work team. You will get noticed and be appreciated.”
As an experienced leader in the Phoenix office of CBIZ MHM, McLane’s expertise spans more than 29 years. He works with a wide array of clients in various industries, including real estate, construction, consumer products, manufacturing and distribution, healthcare and hospitality.
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Senior managing director CBIZ & Mayer Hoffman McCann cbiz.com
INDUSTRY OUTLOOK: “The biggest changes are coming from the expectations of financial statement and tax return clients and users and changes in technology. Clients and users of the information we produce have big expectations regarding the clarity and accuracy of the information. Enhanced technology is removing some of the analytical work performed by individuals and putting it in the computer. However, these changes have not yet removed the need for strategic thinking of individuals. There are big expectations for artificial intelligence. It is becoming increasingly more important for accountants to be able to determine and present hypothetical situations to clients so that they can predict future impacts on businesses.”