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 John
Reith is a highly experienced and results-oriented
professional. He has over 25 years of domestic and
international experience with progressive responsibilities in
corporate finance and management positions. He has been a
General Auditor, Chief Financial Officer and Corporate
Controller and is now providing consulting services to attorneys
and businesses.
Mr. Reith founded
this professional services firm in 2000. Services provided
include forensic and investigative accounting, corporate due
diligence, interim and turnaround management, consultation to
Boards of Directors on current internal auditing issues, and
evaluations of corporate governance. They also provide
litigation support, expert witness testimony and business
valuations.
Prior to
The Reith Company, he was General Auditor of the Sony
Corporation of America where he was responsible for management
of Corporate Audit offices in London, New York and Culver City
representing fifty-eight professionals and an annual budget in
excess of $9 million. Internal clients included the United
States holding company and subsidiaries including Sony Pictures
Entertainment (worldwide); Sony Music Entertainment (worldwide);
and Sony Electronics (United States) with annual revenues in
excess of $20 billion.
Mr.
Reith was Chief Financial Officer of DeLaurentiis Film Partners,
LLP a Master Limited Partnership
funded with $75 million to provide film financing to
DeLaurentiis Entertainment Inc.
He was
also the Corporate Controller for LAACO, Incorporated a family
owned business with interests in club, hotel and restaurant
management; real estate and property management; and the
manufacture of vitamin and health food supplements.
Mr.
Reith was with the public accounting firm of Coopers & Lybrand
for almost 8 years.
He has a
MBA and BS from the Marshall School of Business at the
University of Southern California.
He is a Certified Public Accountant,
Certified Valuation Analyst, Certified Management Accountant,
and Certified Internal Auditor. He has passed all the
examination sections to become a Certified Insolvency and
Reorganization Advisor.
In the
community he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of
the Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation and
has received their Distinguished Service Award. He is a member
of the Finance Committee of Five Acres – The Boys’ and Girls’
Aid Society of Los Angeles County. He serves on the Board of
Advisors of the Leventhal School of Accounting at the University
of Southern California and is the recipient of their
Distinguished Service Award. John and his wife, Charlotte were
recently honored by the San Gabriel Valley Council of the
Boy Scouts of America. |
