Robert J. Warren, CPA

Robert J. Warren, CPA
Director of M&A and Finance

Robert J. Warren is Maverick's Director of M&A and Finance. He brings to the Firm an extensive background in domestic and global M&A, corporate development, negotiations, and compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley); gleaned from a three decades-long tenure at Diebold, Inc., and Booze Allen before that.

As controller for Booz Allen's mergers and acquisitions division in the late 1970's, Robert was able to develop a substantial working knowledge in the field of M&A. A few years later he joined Diebold, Inc., where he leveraged his experience to establish its Corporate Development Group (CDG). The CDG at Diebold was responsible for all M&A related activities plus divestitures, partnerships, joint ventures & strategic alliances.

In his 29 years at Diebold, Robert successfully initiated and completed well over 200 deals across 6 continents. Perhaps more importantly, Robert evaluated and passed on numerous opportunities that were not appropriate for Diebold. Given that domestically, approximately 70% of all acquisitions fail to deliver on their expected financial performance, Robert enjoyed an M&A success rate that far exceeded the industry averages. During his career at Diebold, he also wrote their M&A Playbook; a highly detailed plan for the execution of the Four Phases of M&A, which is still in use there today.

In addition to his M&A background, Robert also has broad experience in Finance, Strategic Planning and Accounting. Prior to his career at Diebold, Robert spent 5 years at Booz Allen, 5 years at the Royal Insurance Company and 2 years at American Appraisal Associates.

Robert received his B.S. in Industrial Management at Purdue University and his EMBA at Kent State University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.