FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CPA AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FIRM MUELLER NAMES ROBERT E. CRONIN DIRECTOR OF FIRM’S BUSINESS VALUATION GROUP ___________________________ Mergers & Acquisitions Advisor Brings Diverse Industries’ Background to Firm CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 – CPA and Management Consulting firm Mueller today announced that veteran business valuations advisor Robert E. Cronin has joined the firm as Director of its Business Valuation Group. With more than 20 years of experience in business valuation advisory services across multiple industries, Cronin, 51, joins Mueller’s Business Valuation Group from Fort Dearborn Partners, where he was a Partner and headed the firm’s Business Valuation Practice. In his new role Cronin will advise clients considering a merger or acquisition or other business matters with a portfolio of valuation methodologies and strategic planning services, econometrics, financial analysis and transaction structuring. Cronin will be based in Mueller’s downtown Chicago office. In making the announcement, firm Partner and head of Mueller’s Management Consulting Practice, Randy Rupp, said, “Bob’s extensive experience across a diverse set of industries and deep insights into the complexities of business transactions make him the ideal person to direct our Business Valuations Group. Our clients will benefit greatly from his strategic and tactical advice in navigating the financial and legal challenges of financial transactions.” Cronin, who holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Colorado State University and an MBA from the University of Colorado, is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in Business Valuation from the American Society of Appraisers; Certification in Distressed Business Valuation (CDBV) from the Association of Insolvency & Reorganization Advisors; and is a Certified Management Consultant by the Institute of Management Consultants. Cronin is a resident of Glenview, Illinois. -more- Mueller Names Robert E. Cronin Director of Business Valuation Group/2 ABOUT MUELLER│ Mueller & Co., LLP is a certified public accounting and management consulting firm located in the Chicago metropolitan area. Since 1968 the firm has provided accounting, tax, assurance, and management consulting services to privately held and publicly traded companies, local governments, and not-for-profit organizations within a wide variety of industries. An affiliated company, Mueller Financial Services Inc. provides comprehensive financial planning, business planning services, investment advisory services, and insurance-based solutions since being organized and incorporated in 1991 by the Partners of Mueller. MEDIA CONTACT: Bill Keegan Keegan Strategic Communications LLC 312.927.8424 Billkeegan07@gmail.com Securities offered through 1st Global Capital Corp., Member FINRA/SIPC. Investment advisory services, including fee-based asset management accounts held through NFS, LLC. are offered through 1st Global Advisors, Inc. All other financial planning and fixed insurance services are offered through Mueller Financial Services, Inc. Mueller Financial Services, Inc. and 1st Global Capital Corp. are unaffiliated entities.