Robert C. Brackett Publications | Periodic Articles | Interviews | Offices/Positions | Speeches | Courses | Awards/Honors/Certifications | Education | Testimony & Depositions Robert C, Brackett, CPA, CVA, MM has served as President of Crandall & Brackett, Ltd. since 1991. As a respected member of the profession, Bob has been active in the professional organizations which provide training and standard setting for Certified Public Accountants who perform business valuations. At the Illinois CPA Society, he served on various Business Valuation related committees. Bob serves on the Standards Committee for the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA). He served on NACVA's Executive Advisory Board until 1996 when he was elected to chair the newly-established Membership Board. Bob now serves in the position of Ambassador for NACVA. Bob has authored and taught courses in Business Valuation theory and practice through the Illinois CPA Foundation, the American Institute of CPAs and NACVA. Bob's professional credentials include a Certificate of Educational Achievement in Business Valuations from the Illinois CPA Society and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Certified Valuation Analyst designation awarded by NACVA. Robert Brackett is a member of the following organizations:
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Bob conducts seminars on valuations and ownership issues for many professional associations and business groups, and writes articles for various trade publications. In May of 1999 Bob received the "Member Emeritus" award from NACVA. This designation has only been awarded four times in NACVA's fourteen years of existence. The award reads in part: "This award is given to honor you for contributions to the Association of evolutionary significance. . . .Your consistent and dependable support has come in many ways and at all levels of Association involvement: Board, Committee, Instructing, Mentoring, Advising, wherever and whenever needed. NACVA is deeply indebted and wishes to endear you to the Association forever by presenting you this prestigious award which comes with lifetime membership to the Association." Bob's background includes ten years of general business consulting, five years as an operating nuclear engineer and an undergraduate degree in industrial engineering. He is also a retired Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserves and is active in his local community emergency planning and response.
Robert C. Brackett
Publications Currently in Print Current Update in Business Valuation - 2005, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts Publications No Longer in Print
National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts: Magazine, Newspaper & Periodic Articles
"Membership Board Update", The Valuation Examiner, p.11 published
by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Salt Lake City,
Utah, Feb/Mar 99.
"Knowledge Transfer", Insight, published by the Illinois CPA
Society, January/February 2005, page 42. Chariman, Membership Board (1996 and 1997); National Association
of Certified Valuation Analysts, Member 1996-1999 (responsible for conducting ethics inquiries concerning members).
Intellectual Property Valuation From the United State's Experience, Taiwan Academy of Banking and Finance, Taipei, Taiwan, November 5, 2004. Audience: Taiwan Investment Bankers.
Current Update in Business Valuations, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Numerous courses taught across the country
from 1999 through present. Awards, Honors and Certifications "Member Emeritus" designation, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Salt Lake City, Utah, May 20, 1999, which reads in part "This award is given to honor you for contributions to the Association of evolutionary significance. Without your past support we can say the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts (NACVA) would not be where it is today. Your consistent and dependable support has come in many ways and at all levels of Association involvement: Board, Committee, Instructing, Mentoring, Advising, wherever and whenever needed. NACVA is deeply indebted and wishes to endear you to the Association forever by presenting you this prestigious award which comes with lifetime membership to the Association." "Certified Valuation Analyst" designation, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 12, 1992. Certified Public Accountant, Certificate 9265, 3 November 1983, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Certified Public Accountant, Certificate 61,346, 15 October 1995, University of Illinois.
Certificates in Educational Achievement in the Field of Business Valuation: Outstanding Member Award, National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, May 16, 1996.
Listed in Who's Who: Masters in Management from the J. L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University, awarded June 19, 1982. Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Iowa State University of Science and Technology, awarded May 24, 1975. Testimony: Scully v. Eclipse Packaging, Inc. and Daniel Gitter, Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois, Case # 00 CH 01046, October 25, 2005. Testimony: A.R. Holland, Inc. v. McAlpin Properties, Inc., et al., Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, Florida, November 3 and 4, 2003. Testimony: State of Florida Department of Transportation v. American National Insurance Company, et al., Circuit Court for the First Judicial Circuit, Escambia County, Florida, April 15, 2003. Testimony: Telular Corporation vs. Vox 2 Inc., United States District Court, Case #0006144, July 25, 2001. Testimony: Miller v. Darnell, Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Case # 99 M1 104106, June 7, 2000 - July 7, 2000. Testimony: Manziek v. Manziek, Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, Florida, Case # 96-1733-FL-01, Division E, March 23 and March 24, 1998. Deposition: Scully v. Eclipse Packaging, Inc. and Daniel Gitter, Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois, Case # 00 CH 01046, July 14, 2005. Deposition: Ciambrone v. Ciambrone, Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois, Case # 02 D 3060, April 5, 2005. Deposition: Joseph Tages, M.D. et al v. Univision Television Group, Inc. and Telefutura Television Group, Inc., United States District Court, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division; Case # 04-C-3738, February 14, 2005. Deposition: A.R. Holland, Inc. v. McAlpin Properties, Inc., et al., Circuit Court in and for Escambia County, Florida, October 1, 2003. Deposition: Laser Technologies, Inc. v. James C. Baumgartner, Circuit Court of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Kane County, Illinois, September 23, 2003. Deposition: State of Florida Department of Transportation v. American National Insurance Company, et. al., Circuit Court for the First Judicial Circuit, Escambia County, Florida, January 13, 2003. Deposition: Telular Corporation vs. Vox 2 Inc., United States District Court, Case #0006144, July 20, 2001. Deposition: D'Aversa v. D'Aversa, Circuit Court for the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, DuPage County, Illinois, Case # 98 D 2216, March 17, 2001. Deposition: Technic Engineering, Limited, f/k/a Fitzroy Engineering, Ltd., a New Zealand Corp., v. Basic Envirotech, in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division, December 14 and 17, 1998. Deposition: Jackson National Life Insurance Company v. Crandall & Brackett, Ltd., Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, Chancery Division, Case # 95-CH-00961, October 13, 1995.
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