Presenter Spotlight: 2024 ASA Spring Fair Value Conference – In Person & Virtual

Join us for ASA’s Fair Value Conference, offering both in-person and virtual attendance options, taking place on April 25th, 2024 at 9:00 AM ET. Dive into the latest developments and trends in fair value alongside industry leaders. Explore our comprehensive Conference Agenda to see sessions covering risk measurement, ESG’s impact on valuations, and more. Don’t miss out—reserve your spot today to connect with peers and stay at the forefront of fair value discussions.

Our current lineup includes:

Myron Marcinkowski | Kroll, LLC
Myron Marcinkowski joined Duff & Phelps (rebranded to Kroll) in 2006. He is a managing director and North American Valuation Services Leader and part of the firm’s Valuation Advisory Services practice. Myron is also the firm’s Consumer Products and Retail industry leader. He has more than 31 years of experience in providing valuation and financial advisory services.

Josh Putnam | Ernst & Young LLP
Business valuation professional with extensive experience in the valuation of the business enterprise, equity and intangible assets. These valuations have been used by clients to support allocations of purchase price in corporate mergers and acquisitions (for both accounting and tax purposes), litigation and arbitrations, bankruptcy and reorganizations, estate and gift taxes and planning, and corporate planning and internal restructuring. Industry sectors include Media & Entertainment, Retail and Consumer Products and Private Equity.

Manish Choudhary, ASA, CFA | Deloitte
Manish Choudhary is a Managing Director in Deloitte Advisory’s Valuation practice in New York. Manish has supervised and performed diverse valuation engagements for over 20 years involving business enterprises, intangible assets, equipment, and facilities. Manish manages and performs valuation studies in a variety of industries including technology, telecommunications, media, consumer business, health care, financial services and manufacturing for purchase price allocations, impairment testing, fair value reporting, mergers and acquisition analyses, tax and regulatory compliance, bankruptcy re-organizations and strategic financial planning.

Martin Mazin | KPMG
Martin is a partner in the Economic & Valuation Services practice of KPMG LLP. He serves as the New York Metro market leader as well as the National Life Sciences Industry Leader for the valuation practice. Martin is also the former chair of the firm’s Valuation Services Technical Committee. He has approximately 20 years of valuation experience and has been responsible for and involved in a wide range of valuation assignments including, valuations of business and business interests, intangible assets, stock options, and preferred stock.

Andrew Pappania | PwC
Andrew Pappania is a Principal in the Deals Practice concentrating in Valuation. He has performed valuations of businesses, both domestic and international, ranging in size from small, closely held businesses to Fortune 50 companies. He has performed appraisals for purposes such as reorganizations, acquisitions and divestitures, litigation support and for various tax purposes. Currently his projects focus on with issues surrounding financial reporting requirements (ASC 718, 805, 350 & 360 and 460-10) and US tax requirements (IRC 338(h)10, IRC 382). He currently leads PwC’s Beverages sector for Valuation Services.

Aswath Damodaran | Stern School of Business at New York University
Aswath Damodaran holds the Kerschner Family Chair in Finance Education and is Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. Before coming to Stern, he also lectured in Finance at the University of California, Berkeley. Professor Damodaran’s contributions to the field of Finance have been recognized many times over. His skill and enthusiasm in the classroom garnered him the Schools of Business Excellence in Teaching Award in 1988, and the Distinguished Teaching award from NYU in 1990. In addition to myriad publications in academic journals, Professor Damodaran is the author of several highly-regarded and widely-used academic texts on Valuation, Corporate Finance, and Investment Management. Professor Damodaran currently teaches Corporate Finance and Valuation to the MBAs, and his interests lie in disentangling value drivers and understanding market pricing and behavior.

William Johnston, ASA | Empire Valuation Consultants
Bill Johnston is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers and was one of the first recipients of the ASA’s intangible asset designation. He has over twenty-nine years of experience in business and intangible asset valuations. Bill has managed and performed numerous valuations for financial reporting purposes, including purchase price allocation, goodwill impairment testing, and cheap stock (ASC 718/409a). He is a past member of the Board of Governors for the ASA and is Past Chair of the ASA’s Business Valuation Committee. He is also past President of the ASA’s New York City Chapter and chaired the first national conference co-sponsored by the ASA covering financial reporting valuations. Bill has acted as a guest lecturer at Fordham University, speaking on the topic of intangible asset valuation. He is a member of the Appraisal Foundation’s Working Groups on Valuing Contingent Consideration and Intangible Asset Discount Ratesand a member of the Appraisal Issues Task Force (AITF). Bill previously served as Empire’s chairperson for its Technical and Standards Committee and currently chairs an annual fair value conference and professional development conference for the ASA.

Mark Shayne, ASA, CPA, ABV, CGMA | Empire Valuation Consultants
Mark is a Senior Managing Director of Empire Valuation Consultants. He is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mark has over 25 years of valuation experience with operating, real estate and intangible assets. He also has extensive experience in the valuation of business interests and assets for purposes of Fair Value Measurement (ASC 820), Business Combinations (ASC 805), Property, Plant and Equipment (ASC 360-10), financial SEC reporting, fairness opinions, estate and gift tax and litigation. In addition, he has prepared and supervised over 3,000 valuations of direct and indirect investments in debt, equity and real-estate backed assets on behalf of major alternative asset managers, family offices and business owners worldwide.

Craig Ter Boss | Eisner Advisory Group LLC
Craig Ter Boss is a Partner in the Corporate Finance Group, with nearly 20 years’ experience providing valuation services to public and private clients. Craig delivers services across a range of industries, including consumer products, apparel, technology, business services, financial services, manufacturing, media, retail and health care. Craig’s depth of experience and skill set is a unique combination, positioning him as a specialist with client-facing concerns as well as an expert in fair value measurement issues for audit engagements. Types of engagements include allocation of purchase price, goodwill impairment, corporate strategic and tax planning, corporate transactions (e.g., mergers, acquisitions), litigation and arbitration.

Fizza Khan | Silver Regulatory Associates LLC
Fizza Khan is an expert on regulations governing investment advisers, broker-dealers and registered and private funds. As a hands-on leader across the firm’s flagship service lines – Regulatory Compliance, ESG and Due Diligence Preparation – Fizza ensures Silver’s clients are fully prepared to withstand regulator and investor scrutiny. Through leadership positions at compliance consultancies, in-house legal counsel and compliance roles at various financial institutions and law firm practice, Fizza developed an approach for her clients that calibrates best practices with their business realities. Having personally handled numerous SEC examinations while in-house and as a consultant, Fizza knows how to satisfy regulator and investor expectations without creating unmanageable complexity. Prior to founding Silver, Fizza was the Chief Operating Officer for U.S. Compliance Consulting and a Managing Director at Duff & Phelps. She joined Duff & Phelps in January 2016 as a result of their acquisition of CounselWorks LLC where she was a Partner. At both Duff & Phelps and CounselWorks, Fizza managed the day-to-day provision of compliance services to firm clients and built the foundations upon which advice was given.

David Fitzgerald | Sadis & Goldberg LLP
David Fitzgerald’s practice focuses on investment funds, securities, joint ventures, regulatory compliance and investment advisers. He regularly structures and organizes hedge funds, private equity funds, funds of funds, separately managed accounts and hybrid funds. Additionally, he advises private fund managers on structure, compensation, employment and investor issues, and other matters relating to management companies. Drawing on his 16 years of experience as an institutional Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel, David provides ongoing advice to investment advisers on securities law issues, including SEC filings. His practice also involves counseling clients in SEC regulatory matters, including compliance issues related to registered advisers.

Carla Nunes, CFA, ABV | Kroll LLC
Carla S. Nunes, CFA, ABV is a Managing Director in the Office of Professional Practice of Kroll and a Kroll Institute Fellow. In addition, Ms. Nunes is the Global Leader of Kroll’s Valuation Digital Solutions group, which produces cost of capital thought leadership content and data housed in the Cost of Capital Navigator. She has over 25 years of experience in valuation, financial reporting and tax, conducting numerous business and asset valuations for a variety of purposes including purchase price allocations, goodwill and asset impairments, mergers & acquisitions, tax restructuring, debt analysis, and gift and estate tax planning. Ms. Nunes also has extensive experience working with multinational companies, having addressed complex tax, international cost of capital, and foreign exchange issues. She is a co-author of the “Valuation Handbook” series and co-creator of the Kroll Cost of Capital Navigator. Ms. Nunes is a Practitioner Director in the Board of FMA International.

Josh Schaeffer, Ph.D. | Equity Methods
Josh Schaeffer is a managing director and practice leader for Equity Methods’ valuation practice. He leads the delivery of valuation and advisory services related to complex securities. Josh works closely with finance executives across a broad array of public and private firms. His clients range from early-stage, pre-IPO upstarts to some of the largest public companies in the world. He’s a frequent presenter for the National Association of Stock Plan Professionals, the American Society of Appraisers, and other industry organizations. Prior to joining Equity Methods, Josh worked with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services and Cornerstone Research. In these roles, he focused on valuations and statistical analyses of businesses and investments for financial reporting, tax, consulting, litigation, and arbitration purposes.

James Milne | Equity Methods
James Milne is a manager for Equity Methods’ valuation practice. He brings a wide variety of practical business experience to the valuation and equity compensation space. James has worked closely with finance executives across a broad range of public and private firms. He manages teams in valuing a wide variety of derivative instruments pertaining to compensation agreements, private companies, partnerships, earn-outs, and guarantees. He has also valued the equity, debt and intangible assets of privately held firms spanning a large number of industries including financial services, real estate, entertainment, and consumer products. Prior to joining Equity Methods, James worked with Deloitte Financial Advisory Services and a number of small valuation firms including Simon Financial, and Cronkite & Kissell. In these roles, he focused on valuations for financial reporting, tax, consulting, litigation, and arbitration purposes.