Ron has more than 35 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 school students in more than 60 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 85 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
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 25 years
Has led more than 400 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. (Stamford, CT) and Sharp Seminars (New York)
Previously directed CFA review programs offered by the New York Institute of Finance and Wallace Cititraining (London), and taught CFA Level I, II, and III review programs for the New York Society of Security Analysts, 7city, FitchLearning, and NYU School of Continuing and Professional Studies
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 Academy of Economic and Financial Experts
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
Association of Certified Turnaround Professionals
Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors