Mr. Bayley, a Managing Director, is the founder of Accumyn and serves as its President. He has served public and private businesses, governmental entities, and law firms with auditing, accounting, financial, and economic consulting services for over 20 years. A primary focus of his practice is analysis of damages, fraud and financial forensics, preparation of expert reports and expert testimony regarding accounting disputes, financial and economic claims, and valuation analysis.
His dispute consulting experience includes assisting in matters such as breach of contract, lost profits, intellectual property infringement (patent, copyright, trademark, and trade dress infringement), misappropriation of trade secrets, antitrust/anti-competitive analysis, business interference/interruption, shareholder and partner disputes, lender liability, wrongful termination and employment disputes, fraud and misrepresentation, funds tracing, and forensic accounting investigations.
Mr. Bayley has provided expert testimony in matters involving financial disclosures, generally accepted accounting principles, securities fraud, shareholder disputes, broker/dealer actions, breach of fiduciary duty, failed mergers/acquisitions, intellectual property disputes, professional malpractice, directors and officers claims, insurance fraud, and valuation of securities and derivatives.
Most recently, Mr. Bayley was a Managing Director for the expert services firm LECG in Houston. Previous positions include Partner-in-Charge of financial advisory services at BDO Seidman, Managing Director with responsibilities for litigation consulting, forensic accounting and valuation at KPMG, Senior Manager in dispute analysis and corporate recovery services at Price Waterhouse, and Manager in audit and business advisory services for Arthur Andersen.
Mr. Bayley holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree (BBA) in Accounting from The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of CPAs (ABV). He is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). Professional affiliations and memberships include the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, and the Licensing Executive Society.