BACKGROUND & CV

• 25+ years in Business Strategy, Operations, Management;
  founded Duitch & Franklin LLP, CPA/ Consultancy/ Business Management firm, which developed into 75-person organization, acquired by public company 1998 to become the Southern California office of Century Business Services (CBIZ).

• Consumer Products industry;
  President, Smart Inventions, Inc; multi-corporate entity with divisions including direct response marketing, manufacturing, retail distribution, international, internet, warehousing & fulfillment
  
  
• Industry Experience includes real estate, technology, entertainment (film, TV, music), post-production, legal & professional firms, manufacturing, distribution, infomercials & direct response, retail distribution, not-for-profit organizations

• Expertise includes business formation & start- ups, development & expansion phase, private-to-public entities, Board formation & execution, 'Chief-of-Staff' execution, marketing strategy & implementation, business & marital dissolution, wealth planning & insurance protection, tax deferral strategies, business succession & transition, family & partner mediation, capital raise

• Dennis Duitch CV

  Dennis Duitch, CPA, has practiced public accounting, business management and consulting for over 25 years, with expertise in strategic & operations management, taxation, finance, accounting and general business matters for a wide spectrum of companies including technology, manufacturing, distribution, retail, marketing, real estate, legal & medical practice, entertainment, and not-for-profit organizations. He has been a top-level consultant to closely-held businesses, families & high-wealth entrepreneurs, celebrities & heirs, in varying leadership roles including creative, structuring, analyzing, documenting, executing, training, facilitating, mediating, and coordinating personal lifeplans with business plans.

  With credentials including an MBA degree in Finance from Northwestern University and certificates of specialty in Business Appraisal and Mediation, Dennis provides pragmatic counsel in strategic direction & planning, business formation/structure & forecasts, operating plans & budgets, control systems/procedures & infrastructure, succession & exit strategy, deal negotiation, merger/acquisition/disposition, income & estate tax, crisis & continuity planning. He is a Certified Estate Advisor, licensed insurance advisor, and mediator for matters including partner/shareholder disputes, business dissolution, divorce property settlement, and dysfunctional families & Boards.

  Dennis has lectured extensively in management, financial and accounting areas for business & professional groups, has instructed professional & university courses, and has authored technical articles in management & taxation for national publications. He has served in executive officer roles and as a Board Member for many companies (public & private), not-for-profit organizations, and as Vice-Chairman for Accountants Global Network.

  Dennis began his career with the international CPA firm Grant Thornton in Chicago, San Francisco & Beverly Hills offices before founding Duitch & Franklin LLP, which evolved to become one of Southern California's largest independent CPA/Business Management practices, with divisions including Audit, Taxation, Forensic, Technology and Human Resource consulting, acquired by a public company in 1998. He subsequently served as President for Smart Inventions, a consumer products company with direct response marketing, retail, and fulfillment operations, until forming Duitch Consulting Group in 2003, serving clients in Advisory, C-Level, and Board roles.