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Managing Director at Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services, LLC, specializing in the valuation of businesses, business interests and intangible assets for purposes of financial reporting, incentive stock options, litigation support (marriage dissolutions, lost profits claims), mergers and acquisitions, buy-sell agreements, and estate planning and taxation. Also performs economic analysis for personal injury claims and wrongful death actions.

PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA): Washington, 1990
  • American Institute of CPAs and Washington Society of CPAs
  • Former Co-Chair of the AICPA Valuation of Private Equity Securities Task Force
  • Former Member of the AICPA ABV Exam Committee
  • Former Committee Member of AICPA Business Valuation Subcommittee
  • Former Chair of the AICPA FAS 141/142 Task Force
  • Former Member of the AICPA National Accreditation Commission for Business Valuation
  • Former Member of the AICPA Merger & Acquisition Disputes Task Force
  • Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV)
  • Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), 1992
  • Past President and Trustee of Seattle Society of Financial Analysts
  • Member of the CFA Institute
  • Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA), 1994
  • American Society of Appraisers
  • Member of the Business Valuation Update Editorial Advisory Board
  • Panel of Experts, Financial Valuation and Litigation Expert
  • Editorial Board of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, Value Examiner
  • Former Member of the FASB Valuation Resource Group
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
  • Alvarez & Marsal Valuation Services, LLC (2012–Present)
  • Grant Thornton LLP (2003–2012)
  • Brueggeman and Johnson, P.C. and predecessor entity (1989–2002)
  • Dun & Bradstreet Corporation. National Business Analyst (1981–1989) — Responsible for analyzing large, publicly traded corporations and assisting in large-scale credit decisions. Specialized in banking, insurance and financial services industries.

Background and Education +

  • Master of Business Administration, Finance, National University, 1983
  • Bachelor of Arts, Economics, Stanford University, 1980
  • Numerous continuing education classes in the areas of accounting, taxation and business valuation

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