Finance Expert Witness | Colorado

Finance Expert Witness | Colorado

Finance | E-008437

Expert Qualifications

This expert has over 25 years of experience, transitioning through the professional disciplines of accounting, tax, law and finance, including public accounting and private law practice, as well as legal and corporate finance executive positions with Oryx Energy (now Anadarko Petroleum), Verizon and GreenTech Petroleum. He leverages on multi-disciplinary skill-sets in overseeing capital structure, determining the optimum mix of debt, equity and internal financing, building complex economic & financial models, performing the budgeting and forecasting function, developing strategies to improve economic efficiencies on capital deployed, managing complex tax issues and litigation and understanding and resolving financial and accounting questions. He is highly experienced at preparing and communicating business plans and strategies and preparing professional finance packages for qualified projects. He has a heavy international background, including mergers and acquisitions, and all types of domestic and cross-border transactions, with countries such as Russia, China, and Kazakhstan, among many others. He has been published in multiple national journals such as Business Week and the Journal of Corporate Taxation. He has also successfully testified as a finance expert witness in major commercial litigation (involving hundreds of millions of dollars) in venues including state and county courts, U.S. Federal District Court and U.S. Tax Court. Given his diverse background and global experience, he offers a unique blend of business acumen and legal knowledge in negotiating complex transactions, working with integrated teams of professionals from tax, accounting, finance, legal, engineering, geology, and operations departments of companies.

Bio Snapshot

Location: Colorado

BS, Accounting, Montana State University

JD, University of Tulsa College of Law

LLM, Taxation, New York University School of Law

MBA, Finance, Southern Methodist University

Recipient, Nina Werblow Tax Fellowship

Member, Betta Gamma Sigma

Graduate, National Geothermal Academy, University of Nevada-Reno program on Energy Industry Engineering & Geology

Certified Valuation Analyst

Certified Public Accountant, Texas

Licensed Attorney, Texas Bar Association

Licensed CVA

Board Certified Tax Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization

Former, Chief Tax Counsel, Oryx Energy

Published, Multiple National Journals

Former, Director - International Tax Counsel, Verizon Communications

Current, CEO & Founder, Privately-held oil & gas consulting and management firm

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