SCOTT A. BAYLEY

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 thirty years. A primary focus of his practice is analysis of financial damages and economic claims, valuation analysis, fraud and forensic accounting examinations, preparation of expert reports and expert testimony regarding accounting disputes, claims of financial and economic loss, and valuation opinions. His…

LUIGI CALABRESE

Mr. Calabrese has been retained by law firms to assist in matters involving lost profit, lost value, unjust enrichment and other financial and economic analysis. Luigi has also determined pecuniary damages for personal injury and wrongful death and wrongful termination for both plaintiffs and defendants. Luigi has appraised businesses, equity securities and specific assets. Types of securities valued include valuation of common stock of privately held companies on a controlling and non-controlling basis, partnership interests, corporate notes, incentive distribution rights,…

MARIA TERESA RITCHEY

Ms. Ritchey has served in management and executive positions for public and private corporations in manufacturing, banking, agriculture, and not-for-profit sectors and has consulting and advisory services experience in both the US and South America. Ms. Ritchey’s leadership roles have included serving as financial manager, administrative director, assistant controller and chief financial officer. She has held management responsibilities in the fields of financial accounting and analysis, treasury, and human resources including payroll administration. Her business management experience has involved state…

HANK ARNOLD

Mr. Arnold is a computer programming and software design expert, assisting Accumyn’s clients by providing solutions to complex information technology challenges.  He has over 30 years of software design and development experience in computer programming, systems development, and network administration. He specializes in providing cost effective and timely solutions to “one of a kind” problems, but has also built a significant library of solutions for processing typical data sets for industries such as  healthcare, securities trading, energy, electronic equipment; seismic…

GUY BRASSEUX

Mr. Brasseux directs exploration and production consulting activities for Accumyn. He has more than 35 years of technical, supervisory, and managerial experience in wells and operations as-well-as special projects with British Petroleum and Amoco, providing him with exceptional prerequisites to professionally address almost any aspect of upstream oil & gas exploration and production. In addition to a solid understanding of onshore and offshore drilling processes, his background includes internal consulting and the training of executives in support of domestic and…

INSURANCE & CLAIM REVIEW

INSURANCE Accumyn assists legal counsel, insurance companies, agencies, and policyholders through the complexities of the insurance industry. We assist in the preparation of comprehensive, logical and well-documented claims to achieve reasonable settlements. We also assist our clients on pre-loss matters, such as business interruption values and maximum probable loss studies. Our accountants, valuation professionals, economists, and engineers are often retained immediately after an incident to provide advice and guidance to the policyholder in the recovery process. Our expertise ranges from…

JOHN MCREYNOLDS

Mr. McReynolds has provided consulting and expert services in over 100 legal matters. John has been deposed numerous times and provided live testimony in both jury and bench trials as well as in arbitration and state administrative hearings. He assists both individuals and companies with matters of all sizes and scopes, and has been about equally retained by plaintiffs and defendants. John specializes in matters related to construction defects with an emphasis on residential construction, but significant experience in other…

JONATHAN PARRY

Mr. Parry has twenty years’ experience working with IOC’s, NOC’s and Independents. As a Principal Engineer he has participated in major capital projects in North and South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. At ConocoPhillips he provided oversight to Latin America, Africa, Middle East, Caspian and Russian well operations, and contributed to their new ventures and farm-in activities. In Functional Excellence Mr. Parry is familiar with defining appropriate standards and processes to manage corporate risk and enhance value. He…

BENJAMIN SCHRADER, PE

Mr. Schrader provides consulting and expert services to clients and their outside advisors in matters relating to the energy and capital project management sectors.  He has over 35 years of operating and consulting experience in the petroleum and chemical industries. His 14-year tenure at Chevron Corporation provided extensive refining and supply experience, including managing the operations of refinery process units. Mr. Schrader’s broad experience as a management consultant to the industry since 1991 includes extensive advisory assignments on both domestic…

R. MICHAEL STROMAN

Mr. Stroman has over 35 years of experience in the insurance industry. Currently serving as an industry consultant, he assists insurance purchasers, insurance companies and agents, and their attorneys, accountants and other industry advisors, with agency management, claims consulting, underwriting practices, standard of care, and other technical assistance. Mr. Stroman has assisted numerous clients with transaction advisory services, assisting with the identification of merger & acquisition candidates, the structuring of transactions, valuation, and general insurance company and agency consultation. Mr.…

Analysis of Federal Employee’s Pecuniary Damages from an Auto Pedestrian Accident

Accumyn prepared a detailed damage analysis for an employee of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who was severely injured after being struck by a bus while attempting to cross a downtown intersection.   The testimony of a medical expert established that the injuries sustained from the accident hastened a pre-existing kidney disease, requiring a premature kidney transplant and reducing the individual’s life expectancy. Accumyn projected long-term growth for future medical costs and wages from federal government agencies.   Accumyn…

Audit of Internal Control Policies for Independent Refiner of Petroleum Products

Accumyn audited the internal control policies of an independent refiner and marketer of petroleum products (the “Company”), operating several refineries in the United States, to determine if its senior management breached the Company’s policy on extending credit.   The Company’s senior management, pursuant to internal control policies and procedures, extended credit to a wholesale customer on an open account basis based on letters of credit the customer provided as collateral and statements made by the Company’s external auditors. After analyzing…

Cause of Loss Investigation for Apartment Complex Related to Storm Damage

An Accumyn expert provided in-depth analysis and critique of an apartment owner's claim that a hail storm which purportedly had caused more than one million dollars damage to the property. The property owner claimed a total loss of all of the roofs, awnings and HVAC units. The plaintiff’s experts calculated the roofing values with very little depreciation and no allowance for any preexisting issues. John used historical aerial photography as well as historical weather data and other documents in the…