James S. Pellen, the Managing Partner at Hertz Herson, has over 25 years of public and private accounting experience, including over 20 years with the firm, providing strategic accounting and tax advisory services to clients in a diverse business spectrum. This includes apparel and textile, distribution, wholesale, manufacturing, retail, international tax, information technology, food industries, and consumer products. James has extensive consulting experience in mergers and acquisitions, succession planning, corporate financing, organizational structure, corporate tax, and international activities including cross-border acquisition and tax transactions. In addition to his client responsibilities, James is the chairman of the firm’s accounting and auditing committee responsible for technical compliance issues.

Boris Onefater, CPA has been a strategic leader in business and finance for over 35 years. He successfully founded, built and managed several firms. Over his impressive career he was a Partner and National Director at a “Big 4” professional services firm, a CEO, President, CFO, adviser and a board member of many successful business enterprises. He is currently focused on building a platform to help small and mid size businesses with their infrastructure. During his prior venture, Constellation Advisers LLC, he and his partner created and sold the firm to a Private Equity firm and then to a strategic buyer creating significant value for all investors.

Robert Fligel has experienced accounting from a multitude of angles. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Robert began his accounting career providing audit and tax services at a New York City CPA firm. He went on to become an Audit Manager at a Fortune 500 firm, associate at a national search and recruiting firm and Director of Human Resources for a “Big 4” accounting firm. In his first go-round at entrepreneurship, Robert co-founded what would become one of New York’s largest and most successful executive search firms. In 2004, he launched RF Resources. He is an active member in the New York State Society of CPAs, the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, and other professional organizations. Over the course of his career, Robert has placed countless partners and senior professionals in CPA firms, Fortune 500 and privately held companies, and consulted on numerous firm mergers and acquisitions.