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Peter J. Kern is a partner with the Pittsburgh office of Malin, Bergquist & Company, LLP, a Pittsburgh Top 10 certified public accounting firm, with offices also in Erie, Greensburg, and Jeannette. He has more than 15 years experience providing clients with business and financial consulting as well as audit and accounting services.Peter’s broad based experience and education gives clients a range of expertise and solutions to a wide variety of business issues. He holds a masters in business administration, has been licensed as a registered investment advisor, and has extensive experience in audit, accounting, tax, and technology. His current areas of emphasis include providing consulting and auditing services to publicly traded companies. He strives to exceed clients’ expectations by providing unique insights into financial and business decisions impacting the profitability of their enterprises.Among his publicly traded clients, Peter has provided strategy and organizational vision, as well as navigating the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ever more complex accounting and reporting requirements. His perspective includes working at the board level by advising clients that are pursuing initial public offerings of their stock, assisting management with the design and structure of accounting systems in order to comply with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, providing organizations with expert technical advice on accounting and disclosure issues, and training and evaluating of accounting personnel.Peter’s clients have navigated significant organizational changes, such as mergers and business acquisitions, restructuring of operations, implementing new information technology systems, and evaluating and selecting new locations. Among the industries he serves, Peter has in depth knowledge of the operations and management in the energy and insurance fields, as well as construction, publishing, warehousing and distribution, and non-profit organizations.Peter received a bachelor of business administration degree in 1990 from the University of Notre Dame, and his MBA in 1997 from the University of Pittsburgh’s Katz Graduate School of Business. He was certified as a public accountant in Pennsylvania in 1994.He is a member of the American and Pennsylvania Institutes of Certified Public Accountants. He is also active in the Northern Allegheny County Chamber of Commerce, serving as a board member and participating in numerous committees. | 