Ronald A. Bero Jr.

Ron Bero is a Senior Vice President – Economic Consulting with Aperture (formerly The BERO Group). Ron works with attorneys, government agencies and businesses.  He provides accounting and financial consulting services primarily in the form of expert testimony pertaining to economic damage and valuation issues in a wide range of civil litigation matters.  Ron’s experience as an expert witness spans more than 20 years.  He has testified as an expert approximately 90 times in trials, depositions, arbitrations and other hearings in both state and federal courts.

Ron’s forensic accounting and damages quantification experience includes breach of contract matters, solvency and fraudulent transfer opinions, automotive dealership disputes, failure to deliver technology, fiduciary breaches, erroneous business valuations, personal injury, music copyright valuation and other similar matters.  Ron has served as an expert in commercial litigation matters concerning a wide range of industries including automotive, construction, retail, toys, trucking, waste, energy, securities, medical devices, insurance, banking, farming and manufacturing, among others.

Ron bases his opinions on his “real-world” financial leadership experience.  Prior to joining the firm, he held Chief Financial Officer, Vice President of Operations and Information Technology, Auditor and other senior-level positions in the U.S., Canada and Eastern Europe. Ron has been involved in numerous industries as diverse as food service distribution, heavy manufacturing, forest products, mining, pulp and paper, construction, retail and waste management.  Ron has performed financial, fraud, operational and other forensic investigations in more than 100 companies on a global level from tiny Alaska Native Corporations to Fortune 500 companies.  He has integrated the operations and systems in more than 40 acquisitions, performed due diligence globally and facilitated numerous company restructurings and turnarounds.

Ron has given presentations on topics including damages, business valuations, accounting theory and the prevention and detection of fraud.

Ron has been active in community affairs and in numerous professional organizations, including:

• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
• FBI Milwaukee Citizens Academy Alumni Association
• National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts
• Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants