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Executive appointments and stronger organizational model intended to enhance business performance and drive more value

MINNEAPOLIS – (April 28, 2008) – RSM McGladrey, a leading accounting, tax and business consulting firm focused on serving the middle market, has implemented several organizational and leadership changes designed to provide greater client service and value, easier access to the firm’s breadth of expertise, and faster speed to market. 

The organizational changes include merging the firm’s lines of business into its operations group for greater strategic alignment and strengthening its regional management structure for enhanced synergy and effectiveness. As a result, two new positions have been added to the Executive Operating Team. In addition, the company’s international and industry marketing strategies will be integrated into corporate marketing to fully deliver on those capabilities for domestic clients.

“The depth and breadth of talent and expertise RSM McGladrey people bring to enhance our clients’ business performance is what drives our success,” said Steve Tait, President of RSM McGladrey. “The new organizational and leadership structure will ensure a higher level of service to the middle market by creating greater accessibility to our full range of services, depth of industry expertise and strong international capabilities.”

With these changes, Chief Operating Officer Doug Opheim assumes additional responsibilities for line of business strategy development and execution for Consulting, Tax, Capital Markets and Wealth Management. He will continue to be responsible for the Western, Northeast and Southeast regions.

To broaden the input from the field on key business decisions and ensure faster speed to market, Joe Adams and Jim Kadavy have been elevated to Regional Managing Directors and members of the Executive Leadership team, reporting to Tait.

Joe Adams was promoted to Regional Managing Director of the Great Lakes region, including  Northern Illinois, Southern Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio. In his previous role as Executive Managing Director of the Great Lakes economic unit, Adams successfully completed one of the largest integrations in the firm’s history. He has held a number of different leadership roles in his 29 years with the company.

Jim Kadavy was promoted to Regional Managing Director of the Great Plains region, including Iowa, Southern Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska and North Dakota. Kadavy was previously Executive Managing Director of the Central Plains economic unit, where he led the firm’s successful organic expansion into Denver and Omaha. He has been with RSM McGladrey for 18 years in a number of leadership roles.

In addition to the new regional managing directors, Mark Audino was named Chief Marketing Officer and member of the Executive Operating Team, also reporting to Tait. He was previously Senior Vice President of market strategy and research where he spearheaded the organization’s first national client loyalty survey. Audino had been serving as interim Chief Marketing Officer since December, and his new responsibilities integrate international and industry marketing strategies with corporate marketing initiatives.

“Expanding our executive leadership team to include more representation from the field will create a faster time to market for RSM McGladrey’s key business initiatives,” said Tait. “And our new marketing structure will increase our industry-focused, go-to-market strategies and enable us to better represent our international advantages to our domestic client base.”

About RSM McGladrey
RSM McGladrey is a leading professional services firm providing accounting, tax and business consulting. RSM McGladrey operates in an alternative practice structure with McGladrey & Pullen LLP, a partner-owned CPA firm that delivers audit and attest services. Through separate and independent legal entities, they work together to serve clients’ business needs. Together, the companies rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of accounting, tax and business consulting services (source: Accounting Today), with 8,000 professionals and associates in nearly 100 offices. RSM McGladrey Inc. and McGladrey & Pullen LLP are member firms of RSM International, an affiliation of independent accounting and consulting firms. RSM McGladrey is the official accounting, tax and business consulting firm of The PGA of America.