Meet the Team

Diane Atwell

Senior Manager

Diane is a Senior Manager at BGS Consulting. Diane has spent her entire 40+ year career in accounting and finance in the local DMV area. She got her start as an accountant at Marriott Corporation in 1982. In 1994, she became the controller for a HVAC company. Then, she joined AMI Capital as assistant controller in 1996. In 1999, she became the controller for Congressional Quarterly, Inc. and was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer in 2000. In 2008, Diane was named the first CFO for Avalere Health, Inc. Following Avalere, she started her consulting career with Robert Half in 2014. Then, she was the Director of Finance and Accounting for Learning Without Tears in 2017. She resumed her consulting roles in 2018 with Robert Half, Protiviti, Anderson Frank and KForce. Diane joined BGS in June 2022.

As a Senior Manager, Diane manages client engagements providing support for audit readiness and system implementations.

In her free time, Diane enjoys reading and traveling with her family and friends.

Kyle Buzy

Business Development Manager

Kyle is a Senior Consultant in Business Development at BGS. Prior to joining in April 2021, he worked in a Client Services role with Aquarius Sports & Entertainment. He gained valuable experience in client relationship management, contract negotiation, sales, and marketing. Kyle attended Northeastern University where he played lacrosse and graduated with a degree in Finance and Economics.

Since joining BGS Kyle has been a contributor to the back-office operations including business development, client relationship management, and recruiting. Kyle brings a competitive energy to BGS’s Business Development team, with the goal of always delivering the highest quality service to our clients.

In his free time Kyle enjoys spending time with his family in Annapolis, going for walks with his dog, as well as playing golf & tennis.

Brian Ehlinger

Senior Consultant

Brian is a Senior Consultant at BGS. After graduating from University of St. Thomas (Houston) in 2016, Brian worked as an Assurance Associate up to Senior performed and in-charged Financial Statement Audits, Employee Benefit Plan Audits and Review Engagements.

As a Senior Consultant at BGS, Brian provides corporate accounting consulting services to our clients and assist the consulting firm with business development and recruiting efforts. Brian serves as a project senior and works with multiple BGS resources.

In his free time, Brian enjoys photography and spending time with his family.

Christopher Konig

Senior Consultant

Chris is a Senior Consultant at BGS Consulting. After graduating from California State Fullerton in 2018, Chris started his accounting career auditing governmental retirement plans around the United States.  

Chris joined BGS Consulting in 2021. While at BGS Chris has assisted audit clients with in-charge responsibilities for their Government Contracting and SaaS industry clients. While assisting with audits in these industries Chris has focused on revenue, contract assets, and contract liabilities. 

In his free time Chris enjoys playing lacrosse in the Maryland Lacrosse League, spending times with friends outdoors, playing board games, and learning to speak Spanish.  

Autumn Wharton

Senior Consultant

Since graduating with her BS in Accounting from Plymouth State University in 2014, Autumn has lived in various locations along the East Coast. She began her career at Cambridge Computer Services, in Waltham, MA where she undertook the role of Logistics Manager. During this role she determined her passion for Accounts Payable. In 2019, after various accounting and operational roles, she took a position as a Global Accounts Payable Associate with Diligent Corporation. In 2021, Autumn joined BGS where she now acts as a Senior Accountant.

Within this position Autumn takes on various client engagements, as well as participates in recruiting activities. Engagements have included billing, KPI Reporting, data migration, and other various operational and managerial accounting activities.

When she’s off, she really enjoys listening to music and dancing.

Anita Norris

Senior Consultant

Anita is a Senior Accountant at BGS.  She has spent the last 20+ years working in accounting and finance roles in the private sector and government contracting.

As a Senior Accountant, Anita manages BGS’s financial reporting and billing.  She also has assisted clients with multiple tasks including Accounts Payable, billing, bank reconciliations, processing refunds, preparing 1099-NEC for vendors, and researching purchases for their offices.

In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, crocheting and visiting the beaches and mountains.

Matt Dickason

Manager

Upon graduation from Longwood University in 2014, Matt played one season of semi-professional baseball before transitioning into accounting. In 2016, Matt joined KPMG Norfolk as an audit associate where he served as an associate and senior associate for a total of 4 years. Matt then joined the BGS team in 2021. 

As a Manager at BGS, Matt serves clients for various accounting and finance roles based on client needs. Matt also assists with business development by utilizing his network in the Virginia Beach area.

In his free time, Matt enjoys spending time with family, golfing, and is a co-host of a fantasy football podcast.

Daniel Hughes

Managing Director

Daniel (Dan) is a Managing Director at BGS leading the business development team. After graduating from Longwood University, he started his career in the audit practice at RSM focusing on private equity-backed and high growth companies. Dan furthered his career at a national accounting advisory firm gaining experience in operational accounting, financial reporting, and technical accounting. Prior to joining BGS, Dan was a manager in BDO’s Transaction Advisory group focusing on middle-market M&A.

As Managing Director of Business Development, Dan leads our BD team and strategy, and oversees the identification, acquisition, and ongoing service provided to BGS clients. Dan’s strong relationships in the market help establish and grow the BGS brand as he focuses on building dynamic relationships with finance executives, entrepreneurs, and business leaders.

In his free time, Dan enjoys golf, rooting for Washington sports and traveling with his wife and two rescue pups.

Bruce Prouty

COO

Bruce is the Chief Operating Officer of BGS Consulting. Upon graduation from Georgetown University in 1987, Bruce joined the audit practice of DC office of Arthur Andersen, working with both private and publicly traded clients. After Andersen, Bruce helped build the finance/accounting teams at various companies in the construction, SaaS and staffing industries.

When joining BGS in 2018, Bruce was tasked with leading the recruiting and administrative functions of the firm. Through these functions, the firm furthers displays its core value that everyone deserves our best efforts.

Bruce found it difficult to balance family, triathlons and golf, so has shelved golf for the retirement years.

Brendan Giuseppe

CEO & Founder

Brendan is the Founder and CEO of BGS Consulting. He spent his first 8 years out of college in the audit practice of Arthur Andersen.  His career shifted in 1999 to business development as he continued in that capacity at Deloitte, McGladrey and MorganFranklin Consulting prior to founding BGS Consulting.