Professional Background

Ronald D. DiMattia
President
Corporate Value Partners, Inc.
ron@corporatevaluepartners.com

Founded Corporate Value Partners, Inc. to provide clients with a broad range of corporate finance and valuation services. Significant experience with: acquisitions and divestitures of businesses, business units and product lines, placements of debt financing, detailed analysis of financial information, development of forecasts and projections, and valuations of businesses. During 30-plus years, experience includes President of Corporate Value Partners, Inc., senior staff member for a regional accounting firm, and member of a national accounting firm's Corporate Finance practice.

Education
Master of Accounting; Bachelor of Business Administration (with distinction), The University of Michigan

Credentials
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), licensed in Ohio
Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) certification awarded by the AICPA
Certified Management Accountant (CMA), member of the Institute of Management Accountants

Organizations
American Institute of CPA's (AICPA)

Appointed to the Business Valuations Subcommittee - 1998 and 1999
Appointed to the National Accreditation Commission - 1999 - 2001
Appointed to the Governing Council - 2001 - 2003
Appointed to the ABV Credential Committee - 2013 - 2016
Appointed to the ABV Exam Taskforce - 2019, 2021/2022
Instructor for the AICPA's ABV Exam Review course - 1998 - 2000, 2002, 2005 - 2011
Member of the AICPA's ABV Exam Review Course Committee - 2010-2012
Instructor for the AICPA's introductory valuation courses - 1999 and 2005 - 2011, 2014 - 2016
Instructor for the AICPA's Fair Value Accounting course - 2007 - 2008
Instructor for the AICPA's Business Valuation School - 2008 - 2011, 2013 - 2019, 2021 - 2023
Instructor for the AICPA's Financial Statement Analysis: Basis for Management Advice course - 2014
Instructor for the AICPA's Financial Forecasting and Decision Making Course - 2015

The University of Akron

Instructor for Contemporary Accounting Issues / Business Analysis and Valuation - 2020 Spring and Fall, 2021 - 2023 Fall

Conference / Web-Based Speaking Engagements

Michigan Association of CPA's Litigation and Business Valuation Conference - June 2009
AICPA National Forensic and Valuation Services Conference - November 2013
Society of Louisiana CPA's Business Valuation Workshop - October 2014
AICPA National Forensic and Valuation Services Conference - November 2014
American Society of Appraisers web-based presentation - December 2014
Society of Louisiana CPA's Business Valuation Workshop - October 2015
Business Valuation Resources web-based presentation - April 2016
American Society of Appraisers Advanced Business Valuation Conference - October 2017
Michigan Association of CPA's Litigation and Business Valuation Conference - May 2018

Publications

Author, "Discount Terms: a Framework for Negotiation," The Credit and Financial Management Review, First Quarter 1996; a refereed journal published by the Credit Research Foundation.
Review Committee member for "Measuring and Managing Shareholder Value Creation," a Management Accounting Guideline booklet sponsored by the AICPA, IMA, The Society of Management Accountants of Canada and the Consortium for Advanced Manufacturing - International; 1997.
Author, "Controlling Interests - Discount for Lack of Marketability: The Empirical Evidence," CPA Expert, Summer 2008; a technical journal published by the American Institute of CPA's for professionals involved in business valuation and litigation support services.
Author, "Controlling Interests - Discount for Lack of Marketability: Part 2," CPA Expert, Spring 2009; a technical journal published by the American Institute of CPA's for professionals involved in business valuation and litigation support services.
Author, "Excess Cash Flow Method and Required Rates of Return," Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert, June/July 2011; a technical journal published by Valuation Products & Services for professionals involved in business valuation and litigation support services.
Author, "Treatment of Cash when Calculating Enterprise Value," Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert, April/May 2012; a technical journal published by Valuation Products & Services for professionals involved in business valuation and litigation support services.
Author, "The Required Rate of Return and Capital Structure," FVS Consulting Digest, Issue 25 - October 2015; a technical journal published by the American Institute of CPA's for professionals involved in business valuation and litigation support services.
Author, "Practical Considerations in Normalizing the Risk-Free Rate," Business Valuation Update, Volume 29, No. 10, October 2023; a technical newsletter published by Business Valuation Resources, LLC for professionals involved in business valuation and litigation support services.