Ron has more than 30 years' experience in mergers & acquisitions, valuations, and financial restructuring. He has served more than 750 clients of all sizes in a diversity of industries. Ron is an award-winning lecturer, writer, and scholar who has taught more than 10,000 professionals and graduate students in more than 50 cities throughout the U.S., and on 5 continents and more than 20 countries outside of the U.S. He has also testified as an expert witness on more than 50 occasions in courts throughout the U.S.
Founder of R. G. Quintero & Co. and Chartered Capital Advisers, Inc.
Member of the Investment Banking Department of Bear Stearns
Senior Manager in the Corporate Finance Department of KPMG
Restructuring consultant at Zolfo Cooper
Member of, or advisor to, boards of public and nonpublic entities, as well as professional organizations
A.B., Economics and Spanish Literature, Lafayette College
M.S., Accountancy, NYU Stern School of Business
A.P.C., Investment Management, NYU Stern School of Business
Certified Public Accountant
Certified Management Accountant
Certified Fraud Examiner
Certified in Financial Forensics
Chartered Financial Analyst
Certified Financial Planner
Certified Turnaround Professional
Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor
Accreditation in Business Valuation
Certification in Distressed Business Valuation
Award-winning trainer and author
Articles in local, national, and international periodicals
Contributor to 7 major books
Author of AICPA book, audio, and training manual entitled Mergers & Acquisitions
Featured lecturer in 20-hour video preparing candidates for the CFA exam
Author of dozens of professional manuals
Adjunct professor or guest lecturer at several leading universities
Trainer in hundreds of public and in-house seminars
Inteviews have aired on national TV and appeared in periodicals
Lectures and presentations have been sold worldwide in electronic form
Most active CFA trainer in the world over the past 20 years
Has led more than 300 Level I, II, and III CFA review programs in North America, Europe, and Asia
Runs public and in-house CFA review programs through R. G. Quintero & Co., the New York Society of Security Analysts, and the Stamford CFA Society
Previously directed CFA review programs offered by the New York Institute of Finance
Featured lecturer in 20-hour CFA exam training video
Author of Q-Notes, comprised of approximately 2,000 PowerPoint slides that are continuously updated for each of the 3 levels, used for live-instruction classes and self study
Co-author of 2-volume CFA training manual
American Bankruptcy Institute
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors