Instructor Bios

Richard T. DeJohn, MCSE, PMP, MIT

Rick DeJohn works with Becker Professional Education to deliver Management Advisory Services continuing professional education courses to accounting and finance professionals. Rick currently is a Curriculum Consultant and Adjunct Project Management Instructor at DeVry University and also serves as an Adjunct Project Management Instructor at Harper College. Rick is the author of an instructional guide to teaching PMP Certification and is also the creator of a comprehensive database for PMP Review.

Rick has extensive national experience as an IT consultant, network engineer, and project manager. Before founding his consulting company, Camus Consulting, he was a partner in Idea2Group, a web design and consulting firm with a specialization in Project Management. He has also been a Vice President at MicroTrain, engaged in training, curriculum development and sales, and has held the Electronics Department Chair at the New England Technical Institute. Rick has earned Certified Training Credentials with both Microsoft and Cisco. He holds degrees in Computer Networking and Electronics and has earned bachelor’s degrees from Rockford College and Arizona State University. Rick has also attained a Masters Degree in Information Technology from American Intercontinental University.

Timothy F. Gearty, CPA, MBA, JD 

Tim Gearty is the National Director and Editor-in-Chief for the world's largest CPA review program, Becker Professional Education CPA Exam Review. In addition to his editorial leadership, Tim is also Becker's National Lead Instructor, whose taped lectures are seen in over 325 locations throughout the world.

Tim is a nationally recognized expert and speaker on a variety of accounting and tax topics, and has appeared as keynote speaker for several Fortune 100 companies as well as many national associations. He has frequently been called upon over the past twenty years to present accounting and tax topics to large groups, organizations, and corporations, accounting firms and in legal proceedings.

Tim is a partner in Gearty & McIntyre, LLP, CPA, a firm which has developed a reputation as a specialist in business advisory services, litigation support and forensic accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Public Accountants as well as a trustee of that organization. He holds a BS in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and both a MBA in Finance and Law Degree (JD) from Seton Hall University. Tim is a member of the New Jersey and American Bar Associations.

Ben Jones, CPA, CFA, MBA

Ben Jones exemplifies his belief that the CPA and CFA credentials are, in his words, a “passport to anywhere.” His career has literally taken him around the world and given him a broad international perspective on business.

As a CPA, he began his career managing client audit work and doing tax consulting for Ernst and Young. He then went on to serve as an international auditor in more than 20 countries for the Tupperware Corporation. Later, as senior financial analyst for that company’s European region, he won significant acclaim for his successful efforts in revitalizing the United Kingdom and Irish markets.

While working in Europe, Jones earned his MBA from the University of Chicago’s Executive International Program in Barcelona, Spain. He was awarded his CFA charter in 2007. As a national instructor for Stalla’s Review for the CFA® Exams, he appears on Stalla CD course lectures at all three levels. He teaches live classes for both CPA and CFA review in the Chicago area. Jones also serves as Director of Business Operations for Becker Professional Education, managing the company’s 22-state Midwest region.

Peter Olinto, CPA, JD

Known as one of Becker Professional Education’s most dynamic instructors, Peter Olinto serves as a National Lead Instructor for both Becker’s CPA Exam Review and Stalla’s Review for the CFA® Exams. He appears in many of the CD course lectures for both review programs.

Following his graduation Magna Cum Laude from Pace University in 1990, Olinto completed the Becker’s CPA Exam Review—his initial connection with the company—and passed all four parts of the CPA Exam on the first attempt. He then worked as an auditor for Deloitte & Touche and earned his Juris Doctor degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1995.

After gaining experience as a tax attorney for Ernst and Young, Olinto spent almost ten years teaching law, accounting, financial statement analysis, and tax at both the graduate and undergraduate levels at Fordham’s business school. He began his career at Becker in 1998 and takes an active role not only as a faculty member, but also in the development and marketing of new course and product offerings.