Roger C. Birong, MBA, CBA, CMC
Education
Master of Business Administration
University of North Florida
Bachelor of Business Administration
Accounting, University of North Florida
Certifications and Professional Affiliations
Certified Business Appraiser, member, Institute of Business Appraisers.
Certified Management Consultant, member, Institute of Management Consultants.
Continuing Legal Education Instructor for Business Valuation, Florida Bar Association.
Continuing Education Instructor for Business Valuation, Florida Small Business Development Center Network—Senior Business Analysts.
Continuing Education Instructor for Business Valuation, Financial Planning Association, NE Florida.
Licensed Florida real estate agent.
Member, Institute of Business Appraisers
Member, Institute of Certified Management Consultants USA
Affiliate member, First Coast Collaborative Family Law, Inc.
Affiliate member, Family Law Section, Florida Bar Association.
Experience
Mr. Birong is Principal of Birong Associates, LLC located in Jacksonville, Florida, and has provided business valuation and management consulting services to over 400 companies since 1993. Prior to the formation of Birong Associates he was a principal of a middle market investment banking firm where he provided valuation and merger and acquisition intermediary services to corporate clients. He has held senior and executive management positions with privately owned companies as well as publicly traded firms including an NYSE Amex Equities stock exchange company and a New York Stock Exchange company. He has provided valuation services for divestitures and acquisitions, buy/sell agreements, minority interest disputes, marital dissolution, litigation support, estate taxes, estate and gift tax planning and the pursuit of venture capital in over seventy industries. Mr. Birong also provides intermediary consulting services to clients in connection with acquisitions and divestitures of equity interests in corporate entities and has been qualified as an expert witness in litigation involving business valuation in the Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth and Eighteenth Judicial Circuit Courts of Florida. Mr. Birong is a Qualified Appraiser, as defined under the Pension Protection Act of 2006 and Internal Revenue Code Section 6695A(c) and a Qualified Source for independent valuations as defined under SBA SOP 50 10 5(c).
Selected Affiliations
Former registered representative, National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Series 7 (1996 – 2003) and Series 22, Direct Participation Programs/Limited Partnerships (1984 – 1990). Management and financial advisor to the owners of Salt Life, Inc. (Jacksonville, Florida) and Paradise Show and Design, Inc., Bluejay Productions, Inc. (Orlando, Florida), and Resort Sports, Inc. (Fort Myers, Florida). Management and financial advisor to the Law Firm of Khalid Alnowaiser and former management advisor to Nawahel International LLC (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) and the owners of Famous Tate Electric Company, Inc. (Tampa, Florida), Preprint Sales and Marketing Company (St. Louis, Missouri), and Preprint Publishing Company, Inc., Ocean Waves, Inc. and Johns & Associates, Inc. (Jacksonville, Florida). Charter member, First Coast Venture Capital Group; former Director and Vice Chairman of Safe Harbor, Inc, a not-for-profit home for boys; former Director, President and Chairman of the board of directors of Pine Castle, Inc., a not-for-profit community agency serving the needs of mentally disabled adults; and former member of the board of directors of the St. Johns River City Band, Inc., a community agency dedicated to the enrichment of the arts in North Florida. Member of the Leadership Jacksonville Class of 1987.
