Bruce Pounder

Author of The Convergence Blog

Bruce Pounder is an internationally-recognized Convergence expert, educator, and consultant. Currently, he serves as President of Leveraged Logic™, a leader in the development and delivery of educational products and services for financial professionals.

Since founding Leveraged Logic in 1988, Bruce has presented accounting and finance seminars to thousands of professionals around the world. His seminar participants have come from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), each of the ten largest U.S. accounting firms, and many "Global 500" companies.

Prior to founding his firm, Bruce worked for several global companies including Eastman Kodak, IBM, Pennzoil, and Exxon. Currently, he hosts "This Week in Accounting," an online seminar series conducted live in the CPEanywhere™ Virtual Classroom.

Bruce's new book, The Convergence Guidebook, will be published by John Wiley and Sons in 2008. He also writes articles that regularly appear online and in print publications reaching hundreds of thousands of accounting and finance professionals, and his expert commentary is frequently quoted in the media.

In addition to being a highly-regarded educator and author, Bruce has nearly two decades of practical experience as the Chief Financial Officer of a privately-held corporation. Over the same period, he has also served as a consultant to many public corporations (including The Coca-Cola Company, Quanex, and Fidelity National Financial), for whom he has provided expert advice on the design, development, and implementation of financial planning and reporting systems.

Bruce is a Certified Financial Manager (CFM) and a Certified Management Accountant (CMA). In 2004, he earned the Johnson & Johnson Gold Medal for attaining the highest score in the world on the CFM examination, and the Procter & Gamble Silver Medal for attaining the second highest score on the CMA examination. Bruce also holds a Bachelor's degree from Syracuse University and an MBA from Rice University.

Bruce is based in Asheville, North Carolina and can be reached by phone at +1 (828) 254-4812.