User:Jekarayan

Formerly Director of Taxes of a New York Stock Exchange-listed multinational (which was then one of the world’s largest software companies), I am a tax attorney with a "Big 8" CPA firm background who retired from practice years ago to become an full time university professor.

My JD is from the University of Southern California; my PhD is from the Claremont Graduate School, where I studied under Peter Drucker. I was admitted to the California Bar in 1977, but do not maintain a public practice.

I am a Professor of Accounting Emeritus at Cal Poly Pomona, where I earned a number of teaching, publication, and service awards, and also served as the university's first director of planned giving. Currently, I am a Professor of Accounting at Woodbury University (where I Chaired the Department of Accounting for several years). One of the oldest universities in the Western United States, Woodbury is a 1,600 student, suburban, master’s-granting institution noted for its programs in the creative industries that dominate its Southern California surroundings: architecture, animation, design, fashion, media, and business. I have co-authored books on taxation – notably State & Local Tax Planning (J. Ross 2003) & Strategic Business Tax Planning (Wiley 2006) -- and published articles in journals ranging from The Tax Advisor  to the Marquette Sports Law Review. I also have spoken before professional groups such as the World Trade Institute, the Tax Executives Institute, the California Continuing Education of the Bar, the California Society of CPAs, and the Beverly Hills Bar Association.

I have remained active outside academia with service on public and private Boards. An example of the former is my long membership on the Advisory Board to the Executive Director of California’s “IRS”, the Franchise Tax Board. As an example of the latter, I also have served on the Board of Directors of Delta Scientific Corporation. (http://www.deltascientific.com/). Headquartered in Southern California, Delta is the world's foremost manufacturer of anti-terrorist vehicle barricades. The firm was featured in Tom Peters' "Thriving on Chaos" Series on PBS, Peter Drucker's "Innovation on the West Coast" video series, and the History Channel’s Terror Tech series, as well in newspaper articles (e.g., Wall Street Journal, Christian Scientist, New York Times, Washington Post), and news programs, (e.g., NBC Evening News).

For more information, see http://faculty.woodbury.edu/karayanj