RSM US LLP Board of Directors Announces Three New Members, Names Matt Bradvica Chair

CHICAGO — (November 27, 2019) — RSM US LLP (“RSM”) — the nation’s leading provider of audit, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market — recently elected three new board members: Ty Beasley, Paul Guirovich and Tim Tiefenthaler, to serve four-year terms, beginning Dec. 1, 2019. The members of the RSM US LLP Board of Directors have also selected Matt Bradvica to serve a one-year term as chair, beginning Dec. 1, 2019. Bradvica succeeds Sergio de la Fe who has served as chair since Sept. 1, 2018.

“We were very fortunate to have Sergio’s strong focus and leadership as board chair for the past 15 months,” said Joe Adams, managing partner and CEO with RSM US LLP. “He has a vast understanding of the issues and opportunities facing the middle market, a keen grasp of our firm, and strong relationships with our people and our clients. As the first Hispanic board chair, he made it his mission to bring diversity of perspective and ideas to the board. Matt will be an equally strong chair due to his knowledge of the technology, workforce, regulatory, global and other issues middle market executives are facing. I’m looking forward to working with Matt in his new role.”

“I’m honored to follow in the footsteps of Sergio, and build on the tremendous work that he and other former chairs have set into motion,” said Bradvica. “And, I’m looking forward to working more closely with our senior management team, which brings longevity and consistent focus to execute our strategy to be the first-choice advisor to middle market leaders globally. And, equally important, is how we will continue to nurture and protect our unique culture to empower our clients and our people to succeed.”

Bradvica is a tax partner in the firm’s San Diego office. He has served as a board member since Dec. 1, 2016, and chairs the board’s Partner Matters Committee. He also leads the firm’s national business tax practice, focused on strategic positioning to better serve the changing needs of the middle market. Bradvica previously led the national credits, incentives and methods group, and the San Diego tax practice. Since 1991, he has served growing public, private and family-owned companies in the technology, software, food and beverage, consumer products, real estate and business services sectors, as well as  private equity. As a tax professional, Bradvica specializes in mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, accounting periods and methods, ASC 740 (Accounting for Income Taxes) and tax incentives. He is a frequent speaker with the Institute of Management Accountants and the CFO Roundtable, has been featured in industry and business publications, and was selected by the San Diego Daily Transcript as one of San Diego’s “Top 100 Influentials.”

Bradvica is a certified public accountant and a member of the California and Minnesota CPA societies and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He also serves on the board of directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters. He earned a Master in Taxation degree from San Diego State University and Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Redlands.

Beasley is the managing partner of RSM’s Dallas office, one of the firm’s fastest-growing offices in the U.S. He is also the regional consulting leader where he oversees the risk, technology, financial and transaction advisory services offered from the Central Region. In addition to being the face of the firm in the north Texas business community, he is responsible for driving growth and maintaining an office culture of talent development, client service excellence and innovation. Beasley’s leadership influence in the firm spans from local and regional positions to national leadership roles where his signature “Lead From Where You Are” platform serves as an energizing invitation to leadership development. Beasley has more than 19 years of experience with RSM and over 28 years of financial services industry experience. He started his career in financial services with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency as a national bank examiner. Beasley’s leadership involvement includes leadership program development and delivery, advisory board member for the Dallas Regional Chamber, board member of Recovery Resource Council and HeROs (He Respects Others, Genesis Women’s Shelter & Support), and chair of the North Texas Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists. He has a Master of Business Administration degree from Webster University and Bachelor of Business Administration in finance from Loyola University New Orleans.

Guirovich is a tax partner in RSM’s New York office, and serves the Northeast regional tax leader and national private equity tax leader for the firm. He has more than 26 years of experience serving in a tax advisory role for organizations ranging from closely held entrepreneurial companies to global Fortune 500 enterprises. Guirovich provides tax planning, reporting, and tax controversy administration services to a variety of businesses. His clients operate in industries such as industrial products, financial services, technology, apparel, business services, retail and consumer goods. Guirovich’s strategic tax planning experience includes structuring of complex multinational transactions and performing due diligence on domestic and international tax issues related to acquisitions. He services entities in almost every legal form, with knowledge of partnership and corporate taxation. He understands the needs of prompt and efficient reporting, as well as value-added real-time planning and advisory services. As the Northeast regional tax leader, Guirovich is responsible for the implementation of quality control practices and is personally a role model for the highest quality, client service excellence, and people development. He routinely works in conjunction with members of specialty practices in international tax, state and local tax, employee benefits and other areas to make sure our tax services provide a full array of support for the evolving needs of dynamic clients and add value to their organization. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Louisiana State University.

Tiefenthaler is RSM’s Bay Area office leader and the market leader for the Northwest region. He has more than 30 years of public accounting experience, and devotes nearly 100% of his client service time providing professional services to the firm’s banking and fintech clients. Tiefenthaler has been involved in 10 successful IPOs and often functions as the partner, engagement quality reviewer and/or SEC reviewer on the firm’s larger banking clients, including banks with over $20 billion in assets. Heleads the firm’s National Fintech Steering Committee and was a previous member of RSM’s National Financial Institutions Steering Committee and the firm’s Financial Institutions Insights editorial board. Tiefenthalercompleted a four-year term as a member of RSM’s Board of Directors, 2007-2011. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has a Bachelor of Arts degree in accounting from Buena Vista University.