Robert M. Barilla is President and Founder.  Bob has been involved in the successful completion of over 30 M&A transactions involving more than $15 billion in assets. Bob brings a unique combination of advisory, regulatory and practical experience to the table for his clients.
 
Prior to forming the organization, Bob served as a Director in the financial institutions group of a nationally recognized investment banking firm serving financial institutions in the Mid Atlantic States, and he was Senior Vice President of Corporate Planning and Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Summit Bancorp, a super regional bank which had over $40 billion in assets. Bob began his career as an Assistant National Bank Examiner for the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.
 
Bob earned his B.S. and M.B.A. at LaSalle University and is a Chartered Financial Analyst. He and his family reside in Chalfont, Pennsylvania.

Email: Robert Barilla

Brian McShane, Director of Cedar Hill Advisors.  Brian has over 25 years of experience working with financial institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region. His most recent tenure was 20 years spent at Ryan, Beck & Co. His areas of experience cover bank merger and acquisitions, capital formation, branch purchases and sales, bank stock pricing and trading, as well as more general strategic advisory services. These advisory services have included long term strategic planning, long-term capital planning as well as educational board retreats.
 
In the course of his career, Brian has witnessed several merger cycles, the S&L crisis, massive regulatory change and large run-ups (and pullbacks) in bank stock valuations. This experience serves our clients well as board members or bank managements have access to a fuller context from which to view a problem or opportunity.
 
Brian is a graduate of Haverford College where he attended as a National Merit Scholar with a degree in Economics.

Email: Brian McShane