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MICHAEL J. KAZEN, MAI

President and Managing Director


Education

BSBA, With Honors, University of Florida (Business Administration, Real Estate)

MA, With High Honors, University of Florida (Real Estate and Urban Planning)


Professional History

Vice President - General Manager, Real Estate Services, Arthur D. Little Valuation, Inc., Los Angeles, California

Vice President, Landauer Associates, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida

Vice President - Account Officer, BA Appraisals, Inc. (Bank of America), Miami, Florida

Senior Staff Appraiser, Florida Department of Transportation, Fort Lauderdale, Florida


Professional Experience

Mr. Kazen's real estate appraisal and consulting background involves not only the more traditional forms of real  property such as industrial, office, retail, and apartment projects, but also such specialty properties as power plant sites, refinery sites, railroad corridors and maintenance facilities, communication and utility corridors, resort hotel and convention facilities, health spa resorts, golf and tennis resorts, mobile home parks, and residential subdivisions.  Assignments involve the valuation of small and large scale real estate holdings for corporations, lending institutions, attorneys, estates, and regulatory agencies. Additionally, he has provided testimony for the prevailing side in court, tax appeal hearings, rent control hearings, and before the IRS. 


Professional Affiliations 

MAI: Appraisal Institute, Member No. 7580

Experience Review Committee

Candidate Field Verification Committee

Demonstration Report Data Verification Committee

Examination Proctor

Certified General Real Estate Appraiser No. AG004231 (State of California)

State-Certified General Real Estate Appraiser, No.  RZ180 (State of Florida)

Real Estate Broker, No. 0167236 (State of Florida)


Companies Served (Sample of organizations served during Mr. Kazen's career)

Advanced Micro Devices

Amgen
BancBoston Real Estate Capital
Bank of America
Bank One
BMW of North America
Berkshire Hathaway/BNSF Railway Company
Catellus Development Corporation
Chevron
Cineplex Odeon Corporation
Citicorp Venture Capital, Ltd.
Embassy Suites, Inc.
Equitable Life Assurance Society
ExxonMobil
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (F.D.I.C.)
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp. (F.S.L.I.C.)
Hang Ten Corporation
Hilton Hotels
Host Marriott Corporation
Hyatt Hotels
J.C. Penney
Kellogg’s Corporation
KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP
Los Angeles Community College District
Masco Corporation
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
MCI Telecommunications
Merrill Lynch Realty
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Morgan Stanley Realty
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Prudential Life Insurance
PwC (fka PriceWaterhouseCoopers)
Redken Laboratories
Residence Inn Company
Resolution Trust Corporation (R.T.C.)
Robinsons-May Department Stores (Macy’s)
Sherwin Williams
Union Pacific Railroad Company
University of California at Los Angeles
United States Department of Defense
United States Department of the Navy
United States Environmental Protection Agency
United States Small Business Administration (SBA)
Walmart
Wells Fargo Bank


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JOHN TENFELDER

Director, Financial Valuations


Education

M.B.A.  Finance/Accounting, UCLA; Los Angeles, California

B.S. - Petroleum Engineering, University of Missouri at Rolla

B.S. - Engineering Management, University of Missouri at Rolla


Professional History

Director, Duff & Phelps, Standard & Poor’s, PricewaterhouseCoopers

Vice President, Arthur D. Little and Arthur D. Little Valuation 

Offshore Production Engineering Manager, Phillips Petroleum

Petroleum Engineering Manager, Southern California Gas

Drilling, Production and Reservoir Engineer, Chevron 

(Colorado, Alaska, California, Saudi Arabia, Texas)


Professional Experience

John spent a decade working as an upstream oil and gas operations engineer and engineering manager before he acquired an MBA.  As a valuation consultant for the last thirty-three years, he has completed assignments valuing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tangible and intangible assets for property tax, income tax, and financial reporting purposes.  


Professional Affiliations

Retired Professional Petroleum Engineer, California # PE13351335
Chartered Financial Analyst Level 3, Society of Petroleum Engineers


Expert Witness

Texas Railroad Commission, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, 

Wyoming and California Boards of Equalization


Companies Served (Sample of organizations served during Mr. Tenfelder's career)

Duke International

Powergen

LG&E Energy

E.ON

NRG

Entergy

PPL Corp

PNM

CalPine

Dynegy

Reliant Energy

Mirant

Southern Co.

International Power

PSEG

Exelon

British Energy

Exxon Mobil

Shell

British Petroleum

ARCO

Amoco

Sohio

Occidental

Texaco

Amerada Hess

AGIP

Leor

Breitburn

Falcon Gas Storage

Cook Inlet

Hunting

Noble Energy

Pacific Rubiales

E.On Ruhrgas

Torch Energy

Schlumberger

Halliburton

Dresser

Expro Group

Noble Drilling

Powerwell

Prime

Vetco

Flowserve

Cooper-Cameron

Baker-Hughes

Smith International

EOG Ressources

GATX

Union Tank Car

Sherwin Williams

Precision Castparts

Best Buy

3M

Supervalue 


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JON S. EPPERSON

Director, Cost Segregation


Education

Coursework: Construction Engineering Technology, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

A.S.: Construction Engineering Technology- Los Angeles Pierce College

A.A.: Architecture Technology- Los Angeles Pierce College


Professional History

Senior Manager, Construction Services, Arthur Consulting Group


Professional Experience

Mr. Epperson is a licensed General Contractor for the State of California.  He has more than twenty years of professional experience preparing cost segregation studies of new and existing construction.  His depreciation analyses have significantly reduced taxes for industrial, retail, office and medical clients, as well as apartments, auto dealerships, broadcast facilities, data centers, petroleum refineries, and high-tech manufacturing facilities.


Mr. Epperson has significant expertise relating to construction, engineering and architectural services. Construction studies have involved planning, budgeting, cost control and completion revisions. He has successfully defended his cost segregations with the IRS, as well as testified in Court proceedings. Mr. Epperson has developed proprietary software for direct costing of property units and allocation of indirect components. His comprehensive understanding of what constitutes a structural component versus tangible property is key to creating significant tax savings for his clients. 


Professional Affiliations 

Contractors State License Board (CSLB) California, License #662866


Companies Served (Sample of organizations served during Mr. Epperson's career)

Advanced Micro Devices

Amgen

American Honda Motor Company, Inc.

Apple

Bally’s 

Belk Stores Services, Inc. 

BMW of North America

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

Caesars World, Inc. 

California Pizza Kitchen

Chrysler Corporation

Circus Circus Enterprises, Inc.

CMS Energy Company

Dow Corning Corporation

Equinix, Inc.

Four Seasons Hotels

Golden Nugget

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

Hilton Hotel Corporation

Inserra Supermarkets, Inc.

J.C. Penney Company, Inc.

Landry’s, Inc.

May Department Stores Company 

Mercedes-Benz of North America

Nordstrom, Inc. 

Pacific Theaters 

Polo Ralph Lauren 

Radio Shack Corporation 

Safeway, Inc. 

Saker ShopRites, Inc. 

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers 

Sherwin-Williams Company 

Sunstone Diamond, LLC 

Tenet Healthcare 

The Capital Group Companies, Inc. 

The Cheesecake Factory Restaurants Inc. 

Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc. 

Valspar Corporation

Vons Companies, Inc. 

Walgreens 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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