Businessman

Bob Beers is a certified public accountant (CPA), so he understands budgets and can catch bureaucrats trying to use accounting tricks.

In 1987, Bob Beers earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from UNLV, with Distinction. By then, he was already working as a CPA trainee in the Las Vegas office of Laventhol & Horwath. In 1989, he was licensed as a Certified Public Accountant.

Beers quickly specialized in the world of PC-based computer accounting software, melding his early fascination with technology and his new mastery of accounting principles and techniques. At the end of 1989, he and a few other PC consultants formed their own company, with Beers as the managing partner. Wilson, Beers & Alu grew to 15 partners and employees before merging with a large regional CPA firm in 2002.

Beers was twice named to the Las Vegas Business Press "Top 40 Under 40" list of young business leaders.

Beers is currently employed as a business development officer and audit preparation coordinator for Public Company Management Corp, as well as a self-employed business consultant.

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