John N. Vitucci is the ESOP Practice Leader at the Firm. John has more than 30 years of experience working with Fortune 500 corporations, private business and investment banks in all areas of employee benefits, executive compensation and ERISA. John is currently an adjunct professor at Columbia University where he teaches Pensions & ERISA and Oral Communications for Actuaries in the Actuarial Masters Program. John was a senior partner at a Deloitte Tax LLP where he worked for 24 years. He was the National Employee Benefits Leader, Northeast Employee Benefits Leader and member of the Northeast Tax Management Committee where his primary focus was on ESOPs, serving clients and the development of new employee benefit products. He was previously a pension specialist with the Employee Plans Division of the Internal Revenue Service. John has spoken at numerous seminars on employee benefits, has published many articles, and has been quoted in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Forbes & the Financier. He previously chaired the Employee Benefits Committee for the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He was the chairperson of Foundation for Accounting Education’s 1994 and 1995 Employee Benefits Conference. He was a contributing editor of the employee benefits column for The CPA Journal for 4 years. Frank is the former Chairman and CEO of Deloitte Italy where he managed 5,500 professionals and $950 million in revenue. Prior to this international role, Frank served as the Vice Chairman for Deloitte U.S., directly supervising all of Deloitte U.S.’s offices on the West Coast managing 6,000 professionals and $1 billion in revenue.. In addition to Frank’s Big 4 experience, he was the President and CEO of Herbalife International Inc., a publicly traded nutrition company that did business in 52 countries with $2 billion of sales. Frank is currently the CEO of Finaxstrure Associates LLC, which provides growth and revenue enhancement strategies and systems for professional services firms.