is President of Wisehart & Wisehart, Inc., a CPA firm
specializing in business valuations, litigation support and forensic
accounting.Based in Columbus, Ohio the
firm recently celebrated its 10 year anniversary, performing work both in state
and across the country.Frank has
testified as an expert witness in both Federal and State courts, offering
expertise on a wide range of cases including bankruptcy, fraud, divorce and
lost profit valuations.Prior to
becoming president of Wisehart & Wisehart, Frank held several prominent
positions in the finance field includingIT
Auditor for Ernst & Young.
Frank has served as an instructor for the National
Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, teaching Economic
Losses, the Market Method Business Valuation Approach, the Fundamentals of
Litigation Consulting and Applying Business Valuation Premiums and Discounts
classes for the organization.Frank
received the honor of “Instructor of Great/Exceptional
Distinction” every year from 2004 to 2007 for his service to NACVA.
Frank also serves as member of professional ethics
committees including the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
Professional Ethics Executive Committee’s Technical Standards Subcommittee where he reviews complaints referred to the committee throughout the United
States concerning the unethical behavior or below standard work product of
CPA’s.These cases involve auditing,
business valuation, forensic accounting, and litigation support
complaints.Another ethics committee on
which Frank serves is the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants (OSCPA)
Ethics Committee.As a member of the
OSCPA Ethics Committee, he reviews written complaints about CPAs in Ohio about
the ethical behavior of members of the Ohio Society of CPAs.These cases usually involve issues of independence,
behavior or technical standard violation issues.
Frank recently
completed his MBA at Cornell University, Ithaca NY and Queen’s University,
Kingston Canada.
Recent speaking engagements include:
“Writing Expert
Reports”, July 2007, Orlando,
FL, Association of Certified
Fraud Examiners National Convention.
“Professional
vs. Personal Goodwill Webinar” author, NACVA, July 2007.
“Helping Your Client Buy or Sell A
Small-To-Medium Business,” August 2007, Columbus, Ohio, National Business
Institute.
“Matrimonial
Litigation and Support Workshop, Valuation and Appraisal Issues Unique to
Matrimonial Engagements,” September 2007, Phoenix, AZ, Consultants
Training Institute.
“Financial
Fraud, How Did They Do It?”, January 2008, Columbus, Ohio, Ohio Conference
of Community Development.
“Economic and
Industry Databases Webinar Series, Morningstar SBBI Database.” ValuSource
and NACVA, June 2008.
“Special Purpose
Valuations (Fair Value for SFAS 141, 142, 141R and Litigation)” 2008 -
2009, Baltimore, MD, Dallas, TX, National Association of Certified
Valuation Analysts.
“The (Expert)
Witness”, ACFE National Fraud Conference, July 2009.
“The (Expert)
Testimony”, ACFE National Fraud Conference, July 2009.
“The
Fundamentals of Expert Reports”, ACFE National Fraud Conference, July 2009.
