GREGORY T. REAGAN

CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT

CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINER

CERTIFIED VALUATION ANALYST

 

 

BACKGROUND

Graduated with honors from The University of Alabama at Birmingham with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting in 1982. Member of Beta Alpha Psi (accounting honorary).  Greg and his wife, Brenda, have three children and have lived in Birmingham for over 20 years.  Greg was raised in Oneonta, Alabama and enjoys tennis, golf, outdoors, and reading.

 

BUSINESS HISTORY

Greg has over 20 years of experience and is president of Reagan Accounting & Consulting Group, P.C.  He has worked with “Big Four” international, regional, and local accounting firms, performed joint ventures with international public accounting firms, and is a founder of Canaan Industries, a farm equipment manufacturer where he made his start in business in 1976.

 

Greg has a very broad base of experience in audit, accounting, tax, business valuations, fraud prevention and detection, business consulting, mergers and acquisitions, business brokerage, strategic planning, business planning, management retreats, profit enhancement and other non-traditional services. His clients include manufacturers, distributors, contractors, automobile dealers, lumber mills, medical and other professional service firms, retail companies, and nonprofit organizations, among others.

 

Greg excels as a Solutions Provider, bringing creativity and innovation to problems his clients are unable to solve.

 

Greg is a member of TEC (The Executive Committee), an international organization of CEOs dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEOs.

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants (ASCPA)

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts

TEC (an international organization dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and enhancing the lives of CEOs)

Birmingham Venture Club

Member, AICPA Consulting Services Section

Past Chairman,  Accounting Standards Committee, ASCPA

Former Member, Auditing Standards Committee, ASCPA

Former Member, Peer Review Committee, ASCPA

Past President, UAB Accounting Alumni Executive Group

“Yellow Book” Qualified under GAO auditing requirements

Former Member, Institute of Management Accountants

 

   

CIVIC ACTIVITIES

Member, Riverchase Country Club, 2001 - Present

Director, Board President and Past Treasurer, Children’s Dance Foundation, 2000 - Present

President, Homewood-Oxmoor Rotary Club, 1996 - 1997

Board Advisor, Hilltop Montessori School, 2000 – Present

Board Advisor, Birmingham Children’s Choir, 2002 – Present

Director and Treasurer, Homewood Patriot Youth Baseball, 1992 - 1993

Director and Treasurer, Homewood High School Patriot Marching Band, 1996

 

FORENSIC ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE

Court Appointed Examiner, U. S. Bankruptcy Court

-                      Metal Fabrication Contractor (1996)

-           Entertainment Facility (1997)

Expert Witness in Litigation Engagements

-                      Starnes & Atchison - Retail food chain and flooring contractor (1995) – deposed  *

-                      Sirote & Permutt - Golf course and country club (1995) – Courtroom testimony  *

-           Dominick – Fletcher - Consulting Firm (1997) – Courtroom testimony  *,  **

-                      Starnes & Atchison and Balch & Bingham - Real estate developer / property manager / sales agency (1996-98) – deposed  *

-           Sirote & Permutt - Retail shoe distributor (1997)

-           Starnes & Atchison and Balch & Bingham - Mortgage Company (2000 – 2001)

-           Lange – Simpson - Construction Contractor (2000 - 2001)

-           Starnes & Atchison - Furniture and appliance retailer (2000 – 2001)

-           Burr & Forman – PharmaceuticaL Manufacturer (2001 – 2002)

*         Business valuation case.

**     Divorce case.

Fraud Investigations

-           Automobile dealerships (1993-1996)

-                      Truck parts distributor (1994)

-           Automobile repair shop (1996 – 1997)

-           Wholesale distributor (2000)

-           Consturction contractor (2001)

 

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS

Lecturer, The Statement of Cash Flows-Birmingham Area Financial Institutions, 1988

Lecturer, AICPA and ASCPA Continuing Education Conferences, 1995 - 1998

Lecturer, United Way Conferences, 1993 - 1994

Lecturer, Region IV U. S. Dept. of Health & Human Services Conference, 1994

Lecturer, The Impact of Change on Medical Quality Assurance Services - Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation, 1997

Lecturer, Planned Giving Strategies - The International Assn. of Financial Planners, 1997

Lecturer, Fraud Risk Management -  Gifford, Hillegass & Ingwersen, P.C., 1999

Instructor, Person/Wolinsky CPA Exam Review Course – Auditing Section, 2001 - Present

 

 

PUBLISHING

The Alabama Banker, How Reliable are Those Financial Statements?, May/June 1991

Birmingham Business Journal, Environmental Remediation….The Nightmare on Wall Street, October 1995

Business Alabama, Risk Management: Your Top Priority?, November 1999

Birmingham Business Journal, Fraud Prevention…Effectively Managing the Risk of Fraud Occurrence, November 2000

 

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

Agribusiness                                                        Medical Groups & Physicians

Automobile Dealerships                                 Mortgage Banking

Banking and Financial Institutions                       Nonprofit Organizations

Common Interest Realty Associations                        Professional Service Providers

Construction Contractors                                 Publishing

CPA Firms                                                          Real Estate Brokerage & Development

Employee Benefit Plans                               Restaurants

Franchisers                        Retail Trade

Government Contractors                                 Telecommunications Companies

Health Care                                                         Timber Management

Lumber Companies                                           Wholesale Distribution (various)

Manufacturing (various)                                                                                           

                         

SPECIFIC SERVICES RENDERED

Audits, Reviews, and Compilations of business historical financial statements

Attestation & assurance services

Business acquisition due diligence

Compilations of financial forecasts & projections

Compilations of Personal Financial Statements

Business Valuations

Business Consulting

                     Accounting software selection, design and installation

Bank loan financing and venture capital funding proposals

                     Business plan development

                     Business sale and acquisition

Capital funding proposals & lease/buy decision-making

Corporate structuring/restructuring

Creating computer models for budgeting and cash flow projections

Fraud prevention & investigation

Internal Control reviews

Management information systems development

Strategic Planning and Management Retreats

Troubled business assistance

 

SPECIFIC SERVICES RENDERED- continued

Business Succession Planning                          Litigation support (Expert Witness)

CPA firm Peer Reviews                                      OMB Circular A-133 audits

ERISA audits & compliance                                  Operational & Management Reviews

HUD audits for nonprofits and real estate                     Planned Giving strategy development

    partnerships                                                     Risk management services

Income Tax Planning and Compliance