The Peritian Group LLC

Bob Gollon is a Big 4 trained CPA with over 20 years of senior operating and financial executive experience in public, private, and not-for-profit organizations and over 10 years of dealing with Wall Street and the investment community.

As CFO of a manufacturing and distribution company, he helped it grow from the smallest player in its niche market to the largest, taking it public in the process, experiencing a ten-fold increase in size in five years.  The company’s rapid growth into a multi-location, multi-national operation was mainly the result of numerous acquisitions (including its number one competitor) that he was directly responsible for.  Mr. Gollon’s extensive experience with mergers and acquisitions encompasses all phases starting with the initial selection analysis, through due diligence and purchase negotiations to post acquisition integration of personnel and systems. 

Mr. Gollon also served as the CFO of the top optometric college in the country and its healthcare facility.  In this role his responsibilities encompassed numerous departments other than finance and accounting and was instrumental in doubling its profitability in less than 2 years.  Much of this profitability was achieved through the efficient re-engineering of many of the institution’s systems and processes.  Two of these were the design and implementation of a comprehensive grants accounting and cost tracking system and a fully automated system to process and bill all patient services to more than 100 insurance companies with coverage validation for each procedure performed.

Prior to this position, Mr. Gollon spent several years as the CFO of a large East Coast law firm where he implemented numerous technology improvements and streamlined each operation of the firm.  As a result of these significant improvements, the firm received the “Most Profitable Partner” award from theABA.   

Mr. Gollon’s use of technology to increase efficiencies, reduce operating costs, and improve overall profitability has been a constant throughout his career and has consistently produced double-digit performance increases.  In addition to this selective use of technology, he has directed the selection and implementation of several ERP and MRP computer systems.

Operationally, Mr. Gollon had the role ofCOOof a public company in the sports, entertainment, and music industries with an extensive e-Commerce presence.  Applying business process improvement skills he was able to reduce inventory level 30%, reduce order pick time by 35%, and increase delivery times by 50%.         

Mr. Gollon is one of the founders of The Peritian Group and has developed a successful consulting career providing both business process improvement and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) services to local, regional, and international companies, with headquarters in the US and Europe.  As a result of his extensive SOX knowledge, he has served as a development advisor for several of the leading software packages in the market today.

As a result of maintaining his CPA license in active status throughout his career, he was among a select group of CPA’s honored in 2007 by the PICPA for 30 years of continuous support and professional education.   

Mr. Gollon is a suma cum laude graduate ofDrexelUniversitywith a BBS degree in accounting and a minor in finance.  He is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA).

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