Alan B. Scharf CPA provides professional services, as both consultant and/or joint venture principal, in the areas of business as well as real estate development, finance and operations, with a specialty in turnaround asset management. He financed his college education by performing as a disc jockey for eight years, both on radio and in. private appearances. He has also written words and music for a radio commercial and has authored a comic strip. Mr. Scharf’s consulting clients and partners, ranging from $1 million to $38 billion in size, have included several NYSE, institutional, and international firms.