Robert A. Rivero has extensive experience in international business operations and providing advisory services.  He has worked with almost every type of business, from domestic middle-market companies to major multi-national corporations such as Nestle, Xerox, Pillsbury-Burger King, NMB, Honda, Mitsubishi and Citibank.  He started his accounting career in New York with KPMG and remained with the Firm for 34 years until his early retirement. He served as a Senior Managing Partner leading the operations of eight different business units including domestic and overseas operations. He had domestic posts in Miami, New York and Los Angeles and has also lived and worked in Europe, Latin America and Asia. In addition, while serving multinational clients with headquarters in New York, Miami and Europe his client service responsibilities resulted in working extensively with the KPMG London office and traveling often throughout the U.K., Germany, Spain, France and Italy. In Los Angeles, with responsibilities as the lead partner on major Japanese clients, he traveled frequently to Japan, Thailand, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. His experience in Latin America spans more than 25 years. He was the Managing Partner of KPMG's Colombia and Latin America practice and has extensive knowledge in issues relating to doing business in various countries throughout Latin America. In addition to living in Bogota, Colombia for four years (becoming fluent in Spanish) he has visited every country in South and Central America and a number of cities in Mexico working with KPMG offices in those countries on various client and operational matters. Subsequent to that, he was the Partner in Charge of KPMG’s Miami office and he continued his involvement in providing services to companies doing business in Latin America. In recent years, Bob has served as a business advisor to firms of varying sizes with headquarters located both domestically as well as overseas.  He currently is focused on providing services to companies that are interested in establishing operations in Latin America, especially Brazil. He assists companies in developing a plan for entry and facilitates the process by coordinating the needed actions with his contacts in the local country who are reliable professionals that are able to execute the needed legal and other actions necessary for registration, formation and start up of the companies. He also advises on the business operations aspects of the entity.   Languages: Spanish, Italian and some Japanese. Credentials: Licensed CPA in California, New York and Florida