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James R. Bond, Jr.
Timothy S. Pecaro
John S. Sanders
Jeffrey P. Anderson
Julie A. Kroskin
Andrew R. Gefen
Peter R. Geyer

 

JAMES R. BOND, JR.

James R. Bond, Jr. is a founder of the consulting firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc. In this capacity, he is routinely retained to examine and study economic issues which affect media businesses.

Mr. Bond has been retained to appraise the assets of over 2,500 radio, television, radio common carrier, and cable television properties. He is a member of the Society of Broadcast Engineers (SBE), the Broadband Tax Institute (BTI), and the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE). He is a member and past director of the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association (BCFM), and has served on that organization's Taxation Advisory and Industry Education Committees. He has also served on the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Tax Advisory Panel and Depreciation Task Force. Mr. Bond is a Certified Senior Radio Broadcast Engineer (SBE), a Certified Senior Television Broadcast Engineer (SBE), and holds an FCC First Class Radiotelephone Operator License.

He has testified as an expert witness in connection with numerous telecommunications valuation matters before federal, state, and local courts.

Mr. Bond received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Television, and Motion Pictures from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1976. Mr. Bond also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

TIMOTHY S. PECARO

Timothy S. Pecaro is a founder of the consulting firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc. He has actively participated in the development, research, and preparation of appraisal reports for owners of radio, television, cable, newspaper, radio common carrier, and telecommunications properties. He has also developed several research studies and has participated in special research at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Mr. Pecaro has appraised the assets of more than 2,500 communications facilities. He has also been retained to provide special market studies and individual research projects for the management of media properties and related industries. He is a director of the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association, Co-chairman of the association's Cable Television Committee, and a member of the Tax Committee.

Mr. Pecaro is also a member of The Broadband Tax Institute (BTI) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Tax Advisory Panel and Depreciation Task Force. Mr. Pecaro has testified as an expert witness in connection with telecommunications valuation matters before federal, state, and local courts; the FCC; and the Joint Committee on Taxation. He has also spoken on communications financial issues at the annual conferences of the National Association of Broadcasters, the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association, Telocator, and numerous programs and seminars. Additionally, Mr. Pecaro has been a guest lecturer at the University of Missouri School of Journalism.

Mr. Pecaro received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio/Television Communication Arts from Monmouth College in 1976. He graduated Cum Laude with highest honors in his major field of study.

 

JOHN S. SANDERS

John S. Sanders is a principal in the firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc. He has been actively involved in both fair market valuations and asset appraisals of over 1,400 television, radio, hardline and wireless cable, radio common carrier, newspaper and related communications businesses. He has also assumed primary responsibility for a number of expert testimony and similar special projects, including economic analyses of specific communications industry issues.

Mr. Sanders has spoken on financial issues for the Cellular Telecommunications Association (CTIA), the Personal Communications Industry Association (PCIA), the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB), the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association, the Telecom Publishing Group, and other organizations.

His commentaries have also been published in the trade press, including Cellular Business, PCIA Journal, Open Channels, Broadcasting, and Communications magazines and the Broadcast Financial Journal. He has been interviewed by publications including The Washington Post, The Orlando Sentinel, Communications, PCS News, and Telephony. He has served as a member of the PCIA's Program and Education Committee and Chairman of its Finance Subcommittee.

Mr. Sanders received a B.A. Cum Laude in Economics and International Studies (Honors) from Dickinson College. He also holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia.

 

JEFFREY P. ANDERSON

Jeffrey P. Anderson is a principal in the firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc. He has been actively involved in both fair market valuation and asset appraisals of over 1,200 television, radio, cable, newspaper, Internet, and related media and communications businesses. He has assumed primary responsibility for special market studies and research projects for the management of communications properties and related industries.

Mr. Anderson is co-author and editor of Bond & Pecaro, Inc.'s CyberValuation publications. He has recently participated and spoken on financial topics related to the Internet industry for the Strategic Research Institute, Netpreneur.org, and the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Association. His commentaries on Internet valuation issues have appeared in trade press publications including the The Washington Post, Mergers & Acquisitions, CFO Magazine, American Venture, Washington Techway, and the Washington Business Journal.

Mr. Anderson received the Master of Business Administration degree at the Colgate Darden School of Business Administration at the University of Virginia in 1985. In 1981, he received a B.A. in Economics from the College of William and Mary.

 

JULIE A. KROSKIN

Julie A. Kroskin is director of asset appraisals in the firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc. She has actively participated in numerous fair market valuations and asset appraisals of television, radio, cable television, technology, and publishing. She has also been involved in several cable television valuation matters before state and local courts.

Ms. Kroskin received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Radio, Television and Film from the University of Maryland at College Park.

 

ANDREW R. GEFEN

Andrew R. Gefen is a senior associate in the firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc.

Prior to joining Bond & Pecaro, Mr. Gefen was Vice President of the Financial Consulting division of The Strategis Group (formerly Malarkey-Taylor Associates-EMCI), a Washington, D.C. based telecommunications consulting firm. Mr. Gefen was at the Strategis Group from 1988 to 1998, and managed consulting projects including the valuation of cable television and telephony systems, cellular telephone systems, radio and television stations, cable television programming networks, sports contracts, and paging systems. During his tenure with The Strategis Group, Mr. Gefen led due diligence efforts on several multibillion-dollar industry transactions. He determined the financial basis used to establish a statewide cellular system, developed the financial plan used to construct a cable television system serving a Middle Eastern country, and assisted a major cable television operator in its ongoing restructuring through valuation of its limited partnership interests. Mr. Gefen has also provided expert testimony on valuing telecommunications properties numerous times in Federal and State courts. He also wrote articles about the cable television and cellular telephone industries for the company's newsletter.

Mr. Gefen received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Brown University in 1979, and a Masters of Science in Industrial Administration (MBA) from Carnegie-Mellon University in 1982.

 

PETER R. GEYER

Peter R. Geyer is a principal in the consulting firm of Bond & Pecaro, Inc., a Washington based consulting firm specializing in valuations, asset appraisals, and related financial services for the communications industry.

Mr. Geyer has been with the firm since 1994 and has chaired the engineering department since 1995. Since joining Bond & Pecaro, he has been responsible for appraising the tangible assets of over 1,000 radio and television stations, cable systems, cellular telephone systems, telecommunications facilities, and publishing properties. He is a member of International Newspaper Financial Executives (INFE), the Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

Prior to his association with Bond & Pecaro, Mr. Geyer worked as a sound and lighting technician in Eastern Europe, and as an audio-visual technician at the Colorado College.

Mr. Geyer received a Bachelor of Arts degree Cum Laude in Political Science, with distinction in his major field, from the Colorado College at Colorado Springs.