William E. Howell, MBA, CPA/ABV/CFF, ASA, CVA 

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Brief Overview – Mr. Howell’s background includes extensive business valuation experience in many industries, senior executive roles with two closely held companies (with several years as a non-family CEO in a family business), and CPA experience with a Big Four Firm

PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATIONS

• Certified Public Accountant licensed in New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts
• Accredited in Business Valuation by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
• Accredited Senior Appraiser by the American Society of Appraisers
• Certified Valuation Analyst by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts

BACKGROUND

Mr. Howell is the Principal with William E. Howell, LLC, a firm providing professional services in business valuation, litigation support, and management consulting.  He has approximately thirty years of professional experience that is summarized below.   

• Member/Owner of firm providing business valuation, litigation support and management consulting services –
  • Performed over 200 business valuations across many industries for estate and gift, exit strategy planning, business sales, shareholder buy-in/buy-out/redemption, corporate reorganization, mergers & acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, stock options under Internal Revenue Code Section 409A, marital dissolution, shareholder disputes, and litigation support
  • Industry experience includes manufacturing, distribution, real estate, transportation, warehousing, technology, retail, professional services, and others

• Chief Executive Officer of a consulting firm – business advisor for a complex estate, assisted in business sales, key leadership role in designing and executing turn-arounds, and assisted closely held clients across a broad range of industries
  
  
• Chief Executive Officer and formerly Chief Financial Officer of a closely held distribution business with Fortune 500 suppliers – structured inter-generational ownership transaction, executed sale-leaseback of significant real estate, performed due diligence and lead consummation of 50/50 merger with similar business, lead turn-around, credited by Founder with survival and success of the Business, and other accomplishments
  
  
• Chief Financial Officer of a transportation services firm that was recognized on Inc. Magazine’s list of 500 fastest growing privately held companies – significant debt restructuring and featured in Entrepreneur magazine in April 2003; divested foreign subsidiary; and many additional accomplishments
  
  
• Certified Public Accountant with the Big Four firm now called Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Boston and Portland offices (left as audit manager when hired by a client) – focus on closely held businesses 
  
  
• Certified Public Accountant - additional experience with firms in Boston and Waterbury, CT

EDUCATION AND AWARD

• Boston College Graduate School of Management, Chestnut Hill, MA|
  Master of Business Administration, Concentration in Finance, 1981           
  Recipient of the Wall Street Journal Award for Academic Excellence in Finance
  
  
• Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA
  
  
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Major in Accounting, 1978

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

• Attended courses and passed self-study programs in valuation and litigation support that were sponsored by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, American Institute of Certified Valuation Analysts, and the American Society of Appraisers
  
  
• Maintain professional designations through meeting or exceeding ongoing educational requirements

ACTIVITIES

• Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council – Finance Committee; member (approx. 1994  to 2004) and Co-Chair (2003)
  
  
• Member of several professional organizations (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants,  National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, American Society of Appraisers, NH Society of CPA’s, Collaborative Law Alliance of New Hampshire, and others).

SPEECHES, SEMINARS, AND PRESENTATIONS

• Small Business Financial Management; Lewiston-Auburn Chamber of Commerce; September 1999 (approx.)
  
  
• Seminar on Financial Management; Maine’s Fourth Blaine House Conference & Exposition for Small Business; May 2000 (approx.)
  
  
• Optimizing & Building Value in Your Company for a Planned Exit; Lewiston-Auburn Chamber of Commerce; May 2004 (approx.)
  
  
• Business Valuation; interviewed for radio program; WKXL1450, The Business Advantage with Ted Gorski as host; April 2010
  
  
• Business Owner Exit Strategy Planning; Portsmouth, New Hampshire; May 19, 2010