SwaimBrown: Accountants and Advisors: About Us: People





	We believe in getting to know you, and encourage our clients to get to know us. It’s important to know who you work with and people are the ultimate measure of any organization. We pride ourselves on providing expertise with individual attention, always focused on your needs and goals. We want you to be comfortable with those to whom you entrust with your peace of mind and future. To help you get started, meet SwaimBrown’s shareholders and directors — and see the people you do business with. C. Eddie Brown, CPA Julian Crawford Scott Keim, CPA Steve Nevelle, CMC Jay Peay, CPA Ray Scarborough Michael N. Swaim, CPA, CVA James F. Joyner, III C. Eddie Brown, CPA Shareholder Education: B.S., Business Administration, University of South Carolina, 1978 Practice Areas: Corporate and individual tax planning and strategy, International Tax, Business Consulting, Estate Planning, Business Planning, M&A, Succession Planning; Manufacturing, Real Estate, Construction Experience: Derrick, Stubbs & Stith; United States Air Force Professional & Civic: AICPA; SCACPA; Estate Planning Council of Spartanburg; SCACPA International Business Committee; South Carolina Baptist Foundation/Trustee Personal Interests: Family, friends, world travel Favorite Books: Gospel of John; The Gift of the Magi Scott Keim, CPA Shareholder Education: B.A., Accounting, Wofford College, 1990 Practice Areas: Audit and assurance; employee benefit plans; management consulting; business advisory & planning; business start-up planning; Manufacturing; Construction Experience: SwaimBrown Professional & Civic: AICPA; SCACPA; PKF Continuing Education Committee; Spartanburg Development Association; Walker Foundation/SC School for the Deaf & Blind; First Presbyterian of Spartanburg; Mobile Meals; Health Resource Center Personal Interests: Sports enthusiast; golf; tennis; visual arts Favorite Book: Tuesdays with Morrie Jay Peay, CPA Shareholder Education: B.A., Accounting, Wofford College, 1984 Practice Areas: Business Planning, Complex Engagements, Estate and Retirement Planning, Money Management, Management Consulting, High Net Worth Individuals, Manufacturing/Distribution, Professional Services Experience: Cherry, Bekaert & Holland Professional & Civic: AICPA; SCACPA; SCACPA Personal Financial Planning Committee; PKF North America Investment Advisory Services Committee; Broad Street United Methodist Church Finance Committee; Leadership Laurens; Clinton Family YMCA, Laurens County Chamber of Commerce; Laurens County Community Foundation Personal Interests: Golf, family Michael N. Swaim, CPA, CVA Director Education: B.S., Accounting, Mars Hill College, 1969 Practice Areas: Tax Planning and Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, Management Consulting, High Net Worth Individuals, Estate Planning, Business Valuation, Real Estate, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Construction Experience: PriceWaterhouse auditing publicly held companies Professional & Civic: AICPA; SCACPA/Director; Estate Planning Council of Spartanburg/Chair; PKF North America Network Closely Held/Family Held Business Committee/Chair; First Baptist of Spartanburg Finance Committee/Chair; Mobile Meals/Chair; Boys & Girls Clubs/Chair; Spartanburg Chamber of Commerce; Mars Hills College/Foundation Director and Trustee Personal Interests: Family, reading, current events, hiking Favorite Book: Anything by Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum or John Grisham Favorite Vacation Spot: Maine Steve Nevelle, CMC Director, SB Consulting Education: University of Arizona Practice Areas: Information technology planning and implementation; project management; data migration; data analysis; custom training; custom development; Manufacturing/Distribution Experience: Collins Computing (CA), IBM, Burr-Brown Research Professional & Civic: Certified Master Consultant/Microsoft Business Solutions; Microsoft Great Plains Consultant Personal Interests: Horticulture; landscape architecture; nature Favorite Book: Thomas Covenant’s The Unbeliever Ray Scarborough Director, SB Consulting Education: B.S. Marketing, University of Georgia Expertise Areas: Business management software and solutions; enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems; manufacturing resource planning (MRP) software; IT/network infrastructure; project management; customer support Experience: EMC Corporation major accounts division overseeing sales, implementation and support for large enterprise projects including SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards and Lawson Professional & Civic: First Presbyterian Church of Clinton Personal Interests: Family, hunting, sports, gardening, finance Favorite Book: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Of Interest: authoring a book Julian Crawford Director, Business Consulting/M&A Education: B.A., Economics, University of Sheffield (UK); The Chartered Institute of Marketing (UK) Practice Areas: Mergers & acquisitions; business re-engineering; turnaround strategies; supply chain management; corporate strategy development; product cost modeling; strategic business planning; change management planning; business start-ups; state and local tax incentives for industry Experience: Former VP/Strategy for Teijin Monofilament U.S.; Sales & Marketing Manager for Johns Manville Monofilament; European Strategic Planning Manager for Hoechst Trevira GMBH; Sales Manager for Technical Fibers, Hoechst UK Fibers Division Professional & Civic: Director of several domestic firms; fluent in German Personal Interests: Golf, tennis, cricket and rugby; spending time with his children Favorite Book: J.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings Of Interest: British national with four years of experience working in Germany; holds two patents James F. Joyner, III, CPA, CVA, CPC Director, Business Valuation & Litigation Support Services Education: B.S., Accounting, Bob Jones University Practice Areas: Business Valuation, Employee Benefit Plans, Employee Stock Ownership Plans, Tax Planning and Strategy, Healthcare/Physician Practices, Closely-held/family-owned businesses Experience: Dixon Hughes PLLC; Cherry Bekaert & Holland Professional & Civic: AICPA; SCACPA; South Carolina Chapter of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts; American Society of Appraisers; American Society of Pension Actuaries; National Center of Employee Ownership; ESOP Association; Children’s Advocacy Center of Spartanburg; Spartanburg Boys Home; Healthy Smiles of Spartanburg Personal Interests: Family, friends, hunting, fishing, reading Favorite Vacation Spot: Lake Adger, NC