JD is recognized as an international tax expert and demonstrates extraordinary
client-focus. Prior to forming TTI JD worked as an
international tax
consultant for over 14 years with a number of Big Four accounting firms.
Most recently, JD created a successful international tax specialty group,
Quantitative Consulting Services (QCS) at Deloitte & Touche. As the leader of
the QCS group, he created international tax planning applications as part of
large-scale international tax planning and compliance engagements. JD also
worked on a variety of engagements requiring an in-depth understanding of
international tax issues, including determination of earnings and profits,
overall foreign losses, tax basis of assets, and pre- and post- disposition
attribute studies.
Prior to joining Deloitte & Touche, JD worked with Arthur Andersen LLP’s
corporate tax software development office in Sarasota, Florida. At Arthur
Andersen he was instrumental in the conceptual design
of International Compliance, designing the paradigm, critical screens,
international tax calculations, and tax calculation testing scenarios. JD also
assisted with the definition of a data extraction script for Arthur Andersen
that provided International Compliance users with the ability to extract tax
attributes from compliance data to create international tax planning scenarios.
JD also worked for Price Waterhouse for a number of years in its International
Tax Services group in the New York office. He worked on large multinational
clients’ international tax planning issues requiring complex calculations. JD
also worked with the Price Waterhouse Tax Technologies Group as a tour-of-duty
international tax manager, serving its AYCE clients in the New York area. During
his tenure, JD used FTMS™ and ITMS™ extensively to build tax planning models,
audit defense models, and perform large-scale tax compliance for many clients./p>
JD graduated from the University of Texas and New York Law
School. He is a member of the Texas State CPA, AICPA, ABA, and New York and New
Jersey Bar associations.