Stephen J. Baumgartner is a specialist in financial matters and quantitative analysis, with extensive experience in forensic accounting, preference analysis, reorganization plan preparation, feasibility analysis, debt restructuring, cash flow planning, strategic planning and analysis, work-out plans, strategic business plans, financial modeling, and project management.
Mr. Baumgartner has more than twenty years of business experience in the areas of finance, accounting, information systems, manufacturing, real estate, and management at firms including Xerox and Rand. He has published extensively as a practitioner and academic in the areas of strategic management, investments, finance, information technology, real estate, and bankruptcy.
Professional Activities
- Faculty Member, George L. Graziadio School of Business and Management, Pepperdine University
- Licensed California Real Estate Broker
- Commercial Designated Member, Appraisal Institute
Publications
The Family Owned Business: Three Major Pitfalls to Avoid When Operating a Family-Run Business
Graziadio Business Report: Journal of Contemporary Business Practice
Spring 2007
What Stays and Who Pays? The Rights of Buyers and Sellers Pertaining to Defective Parts
Graziadio Business Report: Journal of Contemporary Business Practice
Fall 2003
Protect Trade Secrets: Know Your Rights When an Employee Leaves
Graziadio Business Report: Journal of Contemporary Business Practice
Fall 2002
Education
B.S., St. Lawrence University
M.B.A, State University of New York, Buffalo
M.Sc. (Econ), London School of Economics
Ph.D. program (all but dissertation), Claremont Graduate University
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