McGladrey Expands Bay Area Presence, Names Tim Tiefenthaler Office Managing Partner

SAN FRANCISCO - May 3, 2013 - PRLog -- SAN FRANCISCO (May 3, 2013) – McGladrey LLP, the leading U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services focused on the middle market, has named Tim Tiefenthaler as office managing partner for the firm’s rapidly expanding Bay Area practice.  

In his new role, Tiefenthaler will lead McGladrey’s Bay Area team, which provides assurance, tax and business consulting services to clients in the area, leveraging both the San Francisco and San Jose locations to cover the North and East Bay, San Francisco, San Jose and Silicon Valley.

“Tim has a deep understanding of our clients’ needs, issues, challenges and opportunities,” said Don Natenstedt, regional managing partner – West Region, for McGladrey (http://www.mcgladrey.com/). “Our growing team is intensely focused on providing Bay Area clients with innovative solutions and the best possible service to help them succeed. This past year, we tripled our partner count in the area, and we have an aggressive plan in place to add additional partners and professionals in the near term and over the next three years. We look forward to continuing our growth and sharing our team’s expertise with middle market businesses in the Bay Area.”  

Tiefenthaler has more than 24 years of public accounting experience. He functions as partner, concurring partner or SEC partner for many of the firm’s largest bank clients. He has extensive experience with complex audit and accounting matters; acquisition accounting, FDIC-facilitated transactions; purchase/acquisition due diligence; stock-based and incentive compensation matters; ,  initial public offerings; other SEC filings and private capital offerings.

“The Bay Area is an important area of focus for McGladrey,” said Tiefenthaler. “I am honored to be leading such an experienced and talented team dedicated to helping clients reach their business goals in this extremely innovative and unique business community that is the Bay Area.”

Tiefenthaler is a member of McGladrey’s National Financial Institutions Steering Committee, and he recently completed a four-year term as a member of the firm’s Board of Directors. He frequently presents at conferences on accounting and banking industry matters, and is a Certified Public Accountant.

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