Exiting Your Business - Taking Control of the Process

Tom Siders, CPA, CGMA

Tom Siders is a founding member of L Harris Partners, LLC. Tom’s client service focus is helping owners increase business value and plan their exit from the business.  He has over 35 years of experience in the professional services industry. For 25 years, he provided clients, in a variety of industries, with accounting, tax and business advisory services.  From 2000 through 2010 he was a member of the management team of a top 5 accounting, tax and business consulting firm.

In his client service role, in addition to traditional accounting services, Tom assisted clients with mergers and acquisitions, business financing, fraud and forensic investigations, succession planning and owner exit strategies. He held numerous practice leadership roles throughout his 25 years in client service.  He served on the AICPA Assurance Services Committee and was called to provide expert testimony before a Joint Taxation Subcommittee of the Iowa legislature regarding the impact of tax policies on closely-held manufacturers.

In his accounting firm management role, Tom was responsible for several of the Firm’s business units. He redesigned the Firm’s business planning process and led the creation of the Firm’s federal government practice. He led many merger integration projects and designed and implemented new client acquisition and current client retention programs.

Jeff Johnson, CPA, CGMA

Jeff Johnson has worked as a business consultant or senior executive since 1981. Jeff has spent his career helping business owners, partners, board of directors and top management navigate their business to their next success plateau. He is a founding member of L Harris Partners.

Mr. Johnson has helped hundreds of companies and professional service firms with exit and succession planning, merger and acquisitions and enhancing business value. Jeff is a leading authority on creating business value including designing and building stable and effective management teams, strategic and operational planning and the execution process, compensation system design, executing operational and financial controls, growth strategies improvement, financial advisory and business advice.

Mr. Johnson has significant experience managing company operations, people and financial performance including responsibility for the management of a $200 million business segment and a $100 million business unit. He has over 30 years business consulting and management experience at two top five national accounting firms and a private equity/real estate company.