John Nicolopoulos CPA, MSA, MBA

John has nearly 25 years of experience, providing assurance and business advisory services to a diverse client base with focus on the consumer products, hospitality, and real estate industries.

John also serves McGladrey in a national role as the National Employee Benefit Plan practice leader. He provides audit, tax and compliance related services to a wide variety of employee benefit plans ranging from traditional profit sharing and 401(k) plans to multi-employer pension and health and welfare plans.

Prior to joining McGladrey, John was a partner at Caturano and Company. He joined Caturano and Company from PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he serviced a wide range of privately held and publicly traded companies in the retail and distribution, hospitality, and healthcare industries. He has significant acquisition experience in providing buy-side and sell-side due diligence and technical accounting advice on deal structure and related acquisition accounting matters. He also has in-depth knowledge of internal controls. John has provided internal audit services and related consulting services to privately-held and publicly traded companies.

Before entering the public accounting profession, John spent nearly 10 years in the retail industry where he gained valuable experience in all aspects of retail operations. He developed significant expertise in hiring, training, and retaining staff, inventory management and control, merchandising, cash control, and loss prevention. This unique blend of operational and financial experience enables John to fully understand his client’s business risks and to apply a practical approach to client service.