Gregory L. Bailes

Gregory L. Bailes, CPA

Partner-in-Charge, Austin Audit
Partner-in-Charge, Technology Services
Certified Public Accountant, Texas

Phone:
512.609.1902
E-mail: greg.bailes@weaverllp.com
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Professional Experience

  • More than 30 years public accounting experience
  • Extensive experience in project, business and risk management, mergers and acquisitions, accounting and auditing and consulting on a wide range of business issues
  • Collaborates proactively with boards of directors, audit committees and executive management in providing sound business advice and producing high quality financial statements
  • Diverse background serving clients in the technology, manufacturing, services, distribution, energy and retail industries
  • Significant experience leading audit teams, and signing opinions on financial statements of multinational and domestic public and private companies, including reports on internal controls
  • Key advisor in the facilitation of mergers and acquisitions, including due diligence reviews and appropriate accounting of business combinations and restructurings
  • Counseled private companies on the process of going public, registration statement and other filing requirements, and the preparation of public company financial statements

University and Continuing Professional Education

  • Bachelor of Business Administration, Accounting, The University of Texas at Austin
  • Currently meets continuing professional education required by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy

Professional Awards, Activities and Memberships

  • Appointed to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy by Governor Rick Perry in 2005. Has served as Chair of the Rules committee, Secretary to the Board and as a member of the Executive committee, the Behavioral Enforcement committee and one of two Technical Standards Review committees, involving major cases with large accounting firms
  • Immediate Past Chair of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy 
  • Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
  • Member, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA)
  • Treasurer/Director of Austin chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
  • Member of the Accounting Advisory Council of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas
  • Served as Executive VP and Treasurer of the World Congress on Information Technology, a biannual gathering of global technology leaders, held in Austin in May 2006