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Jim Mack Joins Amper, Politziner & Mattia as Partner in Financial Services Industry Group
Christopher B. Hegarty Joins Citrin Cooperman
Accounting firm Carrow Doyle combines with Citrin Cooperman

Jim Mack Joins Amper, Politziner & Mattia as Partner in Financial Services Industry Group

New Role Signifies Firm’s Insurance Practice Expansion
in Philadelphia Region

PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release

Philadelphia (August 11, 2009) – Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP ("Amper") is pleased to announce that Jim Mack has joined the firm as a Partner in its Financial Services Industry group. Mack will be located in the Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, office. In this role, Jim will build a greater Financial Services Industry presence in and around Philadelphia.

Prior to joining Amper, Jim was President and Founder of West Valley Group of Wayne, which specialized in assisting CFOs and executives in leadership roles in making their operations more successful through the use of enterprise risk solutions, CFO interim support, and merger integration.

In addition, Mack served as partner-in-charge of Advisory and Assurance Business Services at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC. Prior to SMART, Jim spent 12 years with Ernst & Young, where he advanced to Senior Manager. In this role, he served as lead engagement manager to many of the Philadelphia office’s largest clients, including Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company, US Healthcare, Lincoln Financial Group, and Alf Atochem.

Amper's Financial Industry group provides clients with a range of services including: Enterprise Risk Management Implementation and Monitoring, NAIC Model Audit Rule Implementation and Monitoring, GAAP and Statutory Audits, Internal Audit, Sarbanes Oxley services and tax compliance and planning.

"Amper’s strength in the financial services arena is well known in the New York and New Jersey markets, and the timing is right to expand that expertise in the Philadelphia region, under Jim’s leadership," said Thomas Mulhare, partner-in-charge of Amper's Financial Services Group.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Widener University, where he is also a Member of the Board of Trustees, Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee, and Member of the Audit Committee. He is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

Amper, Politziner & Mattia, LLP, a member of the AICPA's Major Firms Group, is a regional Certified Public Accounting and consulting firm, serving publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as non-profit entities and governmental agencies throughout the New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia business community for nearly 45 years.

Christopher B. Hegarty Joins Citrin Cooperman

Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP announced that Christopher B. Hegarty, CPA, has joined accounting and business consulting firm Citrin Cooperman & Company, LLP, as a partner in its Philadelphia office.

"The addition of Chris reinforces the firm's commitment to the Philadelphia market and our clients through the addition of local talent," said Citrin Cooperman managing partner Joel Cooperman. "As we expand our client base in the Philadelphia area, Chris will be an integral part of the Citrin Cooperman team helping clients navigate a challenging economic environment."

Hegarty, who has more than 23 years of experience providing audit and accounting services to both public and private companies, has also provided CFO services to emerging growth companies on an outsourced basis in Philadelphia and the surrounding area. Specifically, Hegarty has worked with clients in several industries including manufacturing, retail and distribution, professional services firms, and the financial services sector.

Previously, Hegarty was partner-in-charge of the accounting and audit practice at Smart and Associates, LLP, providing audit and consulting services to large private institutions. He also worked on the corporate side as Assistant Vice President-Corporate Controller for The Pep Boys-Manny, Moe and Jack (headquartered in Philadelphia). As corporate controller of the publicly-traded retail store chain, Hegarty was responsible for managing the accounting department, including general accounting, retail accounting, inventory, accounts payable, and internal and external financial reporting.

Hegarty, 45, has a great deal of experience helping businesses, both large and small, establish accounting policies and procedures and in assisting organizations transform their accounting functions, particularly through periods of high growth and high stress.

Chris earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. He is a member of both the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants and serves as a member of the PICPA Executive Committee. He is active in his church and his children's activities. He resides in Bryn Mawr with his family.

Philadelphia Business Journal - November 16, 2009
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Accounting firm Carrow Doyle combines with Citrin Cooperman

Monday, November 16, 2009
Philadelphia Business Journal - by Jeff Blumenthal Staff Writer

New York-based accounting firm Citrin Cooperman & Co. said Monday that Carrow Doyle & Associates has joined the firm’s Philadelphia office.

The 13-person Carrow Doyle is the third Philadelphia-area accounting firm to join Citrin in the past two years. Matarazzo Goldis & Co. came on board in November 2008 and Yampolsky Mandeloff Silver Ryan joined in November 2007.

Joining Citrin as partners are Mark S. Carrow, managing partner at Carrow Doyle, who will become the managing partner in Philadelphia; William C. Briggs, who will be in charge of the tax practice; and James A.J. Revels, a partner specializing in high net worth individuals and family offices. Additionally, 10 professionals and support staff from Carrow will be joining. The Carrow Doyle group has relocated from Berwyn to Citrin’s Philadelphia offices at 1800 Market.

Citrin Cooperman managing partner Joel Cooperman said the firm now has 50 people and a projected $10 million in annual revenue at its Philadelphia office. Citrin now has a total of 84 partners, and $87 million in estimated annual revenue. It also has offices in New York City; White Plains, N.Y.; Springfield, N.J.; and Southport, Conn.

Carrow Doyle had annual revenue in excess of $3 million. Carrow said the firm’s practice leans 75 percent toward tax matters, which fits with the existing Citrin Cooperman office that focuses more on audit work. The firm represents broker/dealers, private equity and hedge funds, real estate development companies, entrepreneurs, middle-market businesses, and the bioscience industry in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland.

Terms of the business combination were not disclosed. Christie Hoyt and Neal Friedant of Partners for Corporate Recruiting were instrumental in working with Citrin on the transaction.