Services

• Accounting & Auditing
• Business Advisory and Risk Services
• Business Valuation & Litigation Support
• Employee Benefits
• Entrepreneurial Services
• Financial Services - Pittsburgh
• Financial Services - Florida
• Financial Staffing Solutions
• International Services
• Mergers, Acquisitions & Transaction Advisory Services
• Public Company Services
• Tax Compliance & Consulting

 

Robert A. Wild

Director, Public Company Services

412.281.2501 x569
rwild@alpern.com

Areas of Specialization

Mr. Wild has extensive experience in the areas of business development as well as account and relationship management on a global basis. His areas of specialty are:

• Primary global relationship manager for many of Pittsburgh’s Fortune 100 companies, such as the H.J. Heinz Company and Bayer Corporation
• Selling and managing complex risk advisory, tax consulting, tax compliance and transaction related projects for large multi-nationals within the tri-state region
• Leading the customer satisfaction interview process to ensure clients’expectations were met or exceeded
• Coaching of partners and senior managers on fee structuring and account and relationship management related to current clients and new business pursuits
• Stewardship of the new business pipeline throughout the entire lifecycle
• Coordination and creation of Firm-Wide Go-To-Market initiatives

Experience

Mr. Wild is a native of Pittsburgh and has spent the past 30 years in business development and management roles at the global professional services firm of Ernst & Young, LLP, and technology firms such as Apple Computer and Raytheon Data Systems. Additionally, he managed a commercial and custom software development practice while at Management Science Associates, a highly successful legacy spin-off of Carnegie Mellon University.

Professional Achievements

• Former board member of Corporate Intersect, North Shore Technologies and iNetworks
• Founded and successfully sold a digital media business — All Night Media
• Guest speaker at Junior Achievement regional career seminars
• Former instructor for Dale Carnegie (Leadership Training Services) and Lizardy & Associates, a management training firm specializing in interpersonal communication skills