Blog Post: RSM McGladrey adds CEO-CFO Group President as Director to Phoenix practice

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RSM McGladrey adds Business Development Director to Phoenix practice

(PHOENIX, Ariz., November 19, 2008) – RSM McGladrey has announced the addition of Michael Swiszcz as a director of business development in the Firm’s Phoenix office.

            Swiszcz brings over seven years of accounting and financial staffing experience, most recently with Ledgent, where he was responsible for sales, recruiting and client satisfaction. Swiszcz is well known in the Phoenix business community as the co-founder and President of the Phoenix CEO-CFO Group, whose membership has grown to more than 2,300 local C-Level executives in three years.

            Swiszcz will be responsible for strategically growing RSM McGladrey’s audit, tax and business consulting practices in Arizona and New Mexico . 

            “RSM McGladrey’s industry experience and pool of resources in Phoenix is very strong. We are pleased to have Michael on board paving the way for further growth. Michael understands our business, is actively involved in the community and can identify firms who would benefit from our service lines,” said Bill Wells, Executive Managing Director of RSM McGladrey’s Desert Southwest region.

            Swiszcz is an active member of the Construction Financial Management Association and the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA). He has been a member of the board of directors of the AZ Valley of the Sun Chapter of the IMA for over five years, two of which he served as President.

Swiszcz holds a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Bentley College in Waltham , Massachusetts .

About RSM McGladrey: RSM McGladrey is a leading provider of financially focused business services. The RSM McGladrey group of companies offers accounting, tax services, business consulting, retirement resources, employer services, corporate finance, wealth management and financial process outsourcing. RSM McGladrey Inc. serves clients’ global business needs through its membership in RSM International (an affiliation of separate and independent legal entities). RSM McGladrey Business Services is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of H&R Block (NYSE: HRB).

McGladrey & Pullen LLP (a partner-owned CPA firm) delivers audit and attest services. McGladrey & Pullen and RSM McGladrey have an alternative practice structure. Though separate and independent legal entities they can work together to serve clients’ business needs. When considered together, the two companies rank as the fifth largest provider of accounting, tax and business consulting.