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Bob Gerardi to hold key position on Executive Operating Team

CHARLOTTE, NC – (March 13, 2008) – RSM McGladrey has promoted Robert Gerardi to chief business process and technology officer, effective immediately. He will report directly to Steve Tait, president, as a member of the Executive Operating Team. 

In this newly created role, Gerardi will lead firm-wide business process improvement and technology initiatives focused on driving new levels of efficiency in systems and processes to enhance shareholder value. He will remain based in the firm’s Charlotte, N.C., office.

“Bob’s new position reflects the increased importance of both business process efficiency and technology advancement in the continuation of our profitable growth strategy,” Tait said. “His insight and performance during his tenure have been key contributors to our strategic planning process and operational excellence. We are proud to welcome him as a new member of our Executive Operating Team.”

For the past two years, Gerardi has served as RSM McGladrey’s senior vice president of total quality management, as well as chief of staff for the Corporate Marketing organization. 

“I look forward in my new role to continuing the great advancements we have made in leveraging technology to improve the way we serve clients and enhance the employee experience,” he said. “To remain competitive and offer clients unparalleled products and services, companies must have a keen focus on continuous process improvement and achieving efficiencies within their business.”

Prior to joining RSM McGladrey in April 2006, Gerardi worked at Duke Energy, a Fortune 500 company based in Charlotte, N.C., where he led both brand operations and business development efforts aimed at new technology that would provide broadband access via power lines. He also spent eight years in various senior-level marketing, business strategy and product development positions with Xerox and six years as a systems engineering manager with General Electric. 

Gerardi holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a master’s degree in product development from Rochester Institute of Technology. He also holds a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Syracuse University.

About RSM McGladrey
RSM McGladrey, Inc., 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.