"Jim Davidson and I have been associated for over 26 years, since we worked together at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Over these many years, I have worked with Jim in..."
Michael Roda
"Service: Forensics investigation; business analysis; turnaround; CFO
Client: Private equity; board of directors
Company: Industrial manufacturing company
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Private equity; board of directors
“Everything is possible for who believes.”
Managing Director
JAMES F. DAVIDSON
CIRA, CTP, CFE, CPA/CFF, CM&AA
714.924.7888
Jim Davidson brings business acumen that is representative of his broad and deep experience. He is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP), Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor (CM&AA) and Certified Corporate Director. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant with financial forensics specialization credentials (CFF, CFS, and FCPA), and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He integrates diverse experience from public accounting, auditing, and consulting and as an executive and member of boards of director in private industry to provide expert advice in the areas of insolvency, bankruptcy, financial and operational restructurings, turnarounds, and profitability improvement. Jim uses his expertise to assist with issues of fraud, forensics, and litigation support, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and corporate governance. His combined experience and professional qualifications fulfill the financial expert requirements defined by Sarbanes-Oxley, NYSE, and NASDAQ. He also serves on the Financial Executives International Committee for Small and Mid-Sized Public Companies.
Jim has served in executive positions at both public and private companies ranging from entrepreneurial to multi-billion dollar firms. After 10 years of accounting, auditing, and consulting for Big Four Certified Public Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers, Jim transitioned to private industry. He spent over 10 years as a member of several boards of directors and in various financial and executive positions, including president and CEO, COO, CFO, secretary-treasurer, chief accounting officer, and corporate controller.
Jim has obtained diversified experience in many industries, including: retail/wholesale distribution, consumer products/services, food processing and packaging, industrial products, general manufacturing, E-commerce, technology, defense, semiconductor electronics, manufacturing, energy - synthetic fuels, mining, oil and gas, real estate, construction, building materials, agribusiness, finance, capital markets lending, and investing, insurance, and professional services.
He primarily serves middle-market companies ranging from $20 million to $1 billion in sales, private equity firms and their portfolio companies, merger and acquisition intermediaries, litigation attorneys and firms, bankruptcy trustees and examiners, and other professionals that would benefit from his expertise.
A university-certified facilitator and instructor, Jim has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in business and management. These have primarily related to accounting and finance, economics, business ethics, auditing, management, and critical thinking. He has also presented to various professional and business associations such as the following:
- “Managing a Turnaround” at the Southern California Business Conference by the Los Angeles Venture Association and Harvard Business School Alumni
- “Managing in a Down Economy: Doing More with Less” by the Los Angeles Venture Association
- “Corporate Transgressions and Financial Reporting Gimmickry” at the National Fraud Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- “Turnaround Opportunities in Your Consulting Practice” for the Institute of Management Consultants
Jim is a business mentor for the exclusive Midas Nation Advisor Program and member of the following professional associations:
- Turnaround Management Association
- Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Advisors
- California Bankruptcy Forum
- International Insolvency Institute
- Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Association for Corporate Growth – Orange and Los Angeles County Chapters
- Los Angeles Venture Association
- Institute of Management Consultants
- American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Financial Executives International Small and Mid-Sized Public Company Committee Member
- Financial Executives International Los Angeles and Orange County Chapters
- Forensic CPA Society
- Association for Strategic Planning
- California Society of CPAs
- Association of Certified Fraud Specialists
- National Association of Corporate Directors
Jim has attended executive certification programs at UCLA to obtain such credentials as Certified Director. He obtained a master’s degree in business with an emphasis in finance and managerial accounting in 1976 and a bachelor of arts in 1974 from the University of California at Irvine. He has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1981.
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