January 2012
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Domingos Santos, Managing Member of
Santos Law Office, P.L.L.C., has joined Paradigm's Phoenix
office as a tax consultant. Domingos’ extensive background will provide Paradigm's clients with quality
legal representation in state and local tax matters. In return, Paradigm provides Santos Law Office clients with
access to nationwide property tax consulting and compliance services.
November 2011 - NYC Office
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the opening of its 28th
office to be located in New York, New York.
The office will be staffed by Sharif Mitchell and Ian Shorts. Both
Sharif and Ian come to Paradigm Tax Group with a combined 20 years property tax experience
and have extensive experience in client service and managing property tax office operations
in the eastern United States.
While client representation in the city has until now has been provided
by our Buffalo, New York and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania offices, PTG leadership identified
a need for a local office in the largest metropolitan area in the United States. The
opening of the New York office further strengthens Paradigm's commitment to provide local
expertise and continues to position Paradigm Tax Group as the premier national property
tax practice. Oscar Diaz is Paradigm's Eastern Director responsible for the New York
office, and Lisa Story will serve as the office's Regional Marketing Development Representative.
Please visit the locations page for NYC office contact information.
October 2011
Paradigm Tax Group is thrilled to announce that Tom McDonald and his
Indianapolis based firm, Midwest Governmental Services, will join forces with Paradigm
Tax Group. Tom has been in the property tax business since the mid 1960s and has built
a superior reputation for quality service with his clients and within the assessor community.
For more information about this important expansion of Paradigm’s Indiana practice, click
here.
October 2011 - NYC Office Opening
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the intention of opening
of its 28th office to be located in New York, New York. An opening date of November 1,
2011 is anticipated. While client representation in the city has until now been provided
by our Buffalo, NY and Philadelphia, PA offices, PTG leadership identified a need for
a local office in the largest metropolitan area in the United States. The opening of
the New York office further strengthens Paradigm's commitment to provide local expertise
and continues to position Paradigm Tax Group as the premier national property tax practice.
Oscar Diaz is Paradigm's Eastern Director responsible for the New York office, and Lisa
Story will serve as the office's Regional Marketing Development Representative. The website
will be updated once location and contact numbers are finalized later this month.
September 2011
Paradigm Tax Group welcomes Teri Beauchamp to our Texas sales team.
Teri joins our Houston office where, as an Account Representative, she will be responsible
for covering the South Texas region. Teri is a results oriented, seasoned sales professional
who has developed a proven track record of sales success and high growth in extremely
competitive consultative markets. Welcome aboard Teri!
August 2011
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to welcome Len Mastrapa to our team
of Account Representative professionals. Len joins Paradigm having spent the last several
years in a related industry as a sales consultant where he assisted companies in developing
and implementing their sales processes from concept, thru prospecting, closing, and account
management. Len is based in our Ft. Lauderdale office where he will primarily be responsible
for developing new business throughout South Florida.
June 2011
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Scott Boad has joined
our team as an Regional Market Development Manager based out of our Seattle office.
Scott joins us with many years of experience in business development
and management. He spent nearly 6 years as a sales professional and sales team leader
for Thomson Reuters' property tax business, and has over a decade of practice in the
residential real estate and investment marketplace. He was a multi-year sales leadership
award winner with Thomson Reuters, and is also the designer of a unique residential real
estate sales model centered around corporate ideologies and customer service principles.
Scott comes to us with years of lead generation and relationship building experience,
as well as Salesforce database management expertise. He was educated at Arizona State
University, and was also a graduate and instructor at Dale Carnegie Training.
After many years in Arizona, Scott is happy to be back in his home
state of Washington. He looks forward to growing Paradigm's business in Seattle, where
he is joining two other Thomson Reuters alumni, Pat Howard and Ken Groesbeck. He will
be focusing his efforts on expanding the company's real estate consulting practice in
the Pacific Northwest and manufacturing client base along the west coast.
June 2011 - California Association of Taxpayers (CATA)
Paradigm Tax Group and its California based Consultants have recently
joined the newly formed California Association of Taxpayer Advocates. CATA was created
by property tax professionals in California to protect the interests of California property
tax payers and property owners with respect to adverse legislative proposals. The Association
has plans to actively support legislation, rules and regulations that enhance the rights
of taxpayers and property owners. And there are plans to promote education initiatives
for the public in property tax controversy matters that affect taxpayers. We are pleased
and proud to join with other fine professionals in California representing taxpayers
interests and advocating on their behalf.
May 2011
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Gabe Garcia has joined
our Phoenix office as a Junior Programmer. Gabe received his Bachelor of Science in Computer
Information Systems from DeVry University in May 2011. The CIS program at DeVry is known
for its real-world approach to meeting the technical challenges of today's business environments.
While attending school, Gabe worked as a level II technical support analyst at AT&T and
as a service operations specialist at LifeLock. At AT&T he consistently held the highest
customer satisfaction survey rate within his team. At LifeLock, he demonstrated initiative
and went beyond his assigned responsibilities by implementing technical solutions to
solve problems for his team. Gabe is excited to start his career as a software developer
at Paradigm. He will be providing support and administration of our national property
tax system (NPTS), as well as writing code in its ongoing development.
Paradigm Tax Group welcomes Carlos Villatoro to our Dallas office
as a managing consultant. Carlos received his Bachelor's degree in accounting from Texas
Tech University. He served for one year in the business personal property department
of the Dallas Appraisal District, followed by four years with the staff commercial department.
While with the commercial department, Carlos handled and defended tax consultants' appeals
on the informal and formal hearings, gaining a vast knowledge on valuing all major commercial
property types. Outside of appeal season, his main level of expertise is land valuation
in Dallas County. At the district, Carlos received the Registered Professional Appraiser
designation and maintains strong relationships with appraisers of all levels and departments.
He currently is working on a property tax consulting license in Texas.
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the hiring of Dennis Marx,
a managing consultant now serving our St. Louis and Kansas City offices. Dennis has over
30 years of experience in commercial property valuation and county representation at
the local and state levels. He is a former senior consultant with a large regional firm,
as well as a former commercial valuation specialist with the Johnson County, KS, Appraiser's
Office. Dennis holds experience in the review and defense of valuations at the informal
level of appeal and State Court of Tax Appeals, as well as state and federal tax legislation,
and market analysis in preparation for appeals in various jurisdictions. He received
his BGS in Psychology from the University of Kansas.
April 2011
Paradigm Tax Group's San Antonio office recently moved into a new
office space on E Sonterra Blvd, in the Commons at Concord Park. Myrtle Faucett along
with JD Garcia and Gloria Munoz comprise Paradigm's Central Texas Team who has been chosen
to enhance and expand the Paradigm footprint into Central and South Texas. San Antonio
joins Dallas, Houston and Austin as one of Paradigm's four Texas locations and one of
28 locations nationwide.
Both Myrtle and JD come from diverse property tax backgrounds having served on the side
of the Appraisal Districts for many years prior to becoming Property Tax Consultants.
Myrtle comes from Tarrant County and JD's background was established in the Rio Grande
Valley, as the Chief Appraiser for Cameron County. Both individuals are licensed as Senior
Property Tax Consultants and both have established great working relationships with the
Appraisal Districts throughout Texas.
Myrtle and JD have 27 and 33 years of experience in ad valorem taxes respectively. Both
Consultants have experience and knowledge of appraisal of every type of commercial property,
special complex properties, abatements and exemption issues. Myrtle is a Certified Senior
Property Tax Consultant in Texas and Arizona and is a member of CCIM, IPT, IAAO, TAAO
and CREW. JD is a Certified Senior Property Tax Consultant in Texas and was a former
chief appraiser in Cameron, Jack and Zavala Counties.
March 2011
Paradigm Tax Group Senior Managing Consultant and Principal, Cameron
Moore, was featured in the March 2011 issue of Shopping Centers Today in an article titled,
A Second Opinion: Landlords Could Save Millions by Appealing Property-Tax Assessments.
Highlights of Cameron’s analysis include the discussion of transfer taxes and increases
in property tax assessments on shopping center sales. Cameron states that property owners
should consider a deal-price
analysis or a purchase-price
allocation for additional tax savings. According to Cameron, “These tax savings
typically range from 15 percent to 25 percent of the transaction’s face value,
depending on the type of shopping center sold. Oddly, though, only relatively small numbers
of center owners are jumping on the tax-appeal bandwagon, despite the potential savings.”
To read the full article from Shopping Centers Today and more of Cameron Moore’s
analysis, click
here.
March 2011
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the opening of its 26th
office in Denver, Colorado. The new office further strengthens Paradigm's commitment
to provide local expertise and continues to position Paradigm Tax Group as the industry's
premier national property tax practice.
Stan Wagner, Senior Managing Consultant, will manage the office. He
joins Paradigm with a wealth of experience gathered from a long and distinguished property
tax consulting career. Stan has owned and operated his own property tax consulting practice
for the past 10+ years during which time, he has developed strong local relationships
with assessing personnel and he has achieved significant property tax reductions for
numerous clients throughout the Mountain Region. Also joining Stan in the Denver office
is Rebecca Helm, former Senior Accountant at BRE Properties. Stan and Rebecca can be
reached at our Denver Office at (303) 708-1215 or at swagner@paradigmtax.com or rhelm@paradigmtax.com.
November 2010
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the opening of its 25th
office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While client representation in the Western Pennsylvania
region has until now been provided by our Cleveland and Philadelphia offices, Erich Feierabend
will now lead Paradigm's local services as the office's Managing Consultant. The opening
of the Pittsburgh office further strengthens Paradigm's commitment to provide local expertise
and continues to position Paradigm Tax Group as the premier national property tax practice.
Joining Paradigm in 2009, Erich brings a diverse background and wealth
of professional experience. Having spent over ten years in the financial services industry
where he managed commercial real estate client relationships of all types and sizes,
Erich is uniquely qualified to effectively provide value and results for our clients.
In addition to his experience in Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania, Erich has also
represented commercial property owners in various jurisdictions throughout Kentucky,
Michigan, Ohio and West Virginia. Bob Dunlap is Paradigm's Regional Director responsible
for the Pittsburgh office and Bob Trigg will serve as the office's Regional Market Development
Executive. Erich may be reached in our Pittsburgh Office at 412.295.1454 or efeierabend@paradigmtax.com.
October 2010
We are pleased to announce that JD Garcia has joined the Paradigm
Tax Group as a Senior Managing Consultant operating out of both our San Antonio and Austin
offices. JD brings 32 years of diverse property tax experience to Paradigm having primarily
worked with Commercial and Industrial properties throughout Texas and the United States.
JD also brings with him extensive knowledge and experience in both Business Personal
Property and Real Property and has personally appeared before Boards of Equalization
in several States in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Most recently, JD was a Senior Property Tax Consultant with Assessment
Technologies in San Antonio. Previously, he was Vice President in charge of Citigroup's
ad valorem tax department where he was responsible for filing appeals and challenging
audits across the nation. Over the years, JD has owned his own appraisal firm and served
as Chief Appraiser in several Appraisal Districts in Texas.
We are delighted to be adding such a fine professional with a legacy
of property tax assessment and consulting experience.
October 2010
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the relocation of the firm's
Boston office from 20 Park Place Plaza to 31 St. James Avenue. This move reflects the
continuing expansion of our presence in the greater New England area since the opening
of the Boston office in July 2008. Paradigm's Boston office now includes five full-time
personnel, including new practice administrator Brittoni Famous. A graduate of Smith
College, Brittoni's prior experience includes executive administrative assistant at the
Park Plaza Executive Center and commercial real estate administrative assistant for a
local property management firm. Robert McNamara, CMI, continues to serve as Paradigm's
managing consultant for the greater New England area. Lisa Benotti serves as Paradigm's
New England area account representative, while Oscar Diaz is area director.
August 2010
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Michelle Galaida has
joined our Cleveland office as a Senior Managing Consultant. Michelle was previously
a Manager at UHY Advisors and brings with her more than 25 years of property tax experience.
She has worked extensively in both real and personal property tax valuation and compliance,
as well as negotiating tax credits & incentives for a broad array of properties ranging
from small retailers to large manufacturing and complex industrial properties.
August 2010
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Adam Goldberg has joined
the firm as an Account Representative. Supporting both our Simi Valley and San Diego
offices, Adam will be responsible for Paradigm's marketing and business development efforts
throughout Southern California.
Adam brings to Paradigm a background that includes multi-family investment
sales as a broker with Marcus & Millichap where he was recognized by the company as a
Pace Setter and Commercial Realty Rookie of the Year. Adam also placed over $40 million
dollars in commercial real estate financing as a mortgage broker with Commercial Realty
Consultants, and was a principal at The Peterberg Companies, a commercial real estate
construction, brokerage and financing firm.
With his strong experience in commercial real estate brokerage, mortgage,
construction and financing, Adam will combine his unique passion, commitment and work
ethic, with his business development and property tax minimization objectives to enhance
the Paradigm Tax Group brand across Southern California.
July 2010
Paradigm Tax Group professionals were recently in attendance at the
Midwest Lodging Investors Summit (MLIS) in Chicago, Illinois. The three day summit allowed
Paradigm the opportunity to exhibit our unique blend of hospitality tax minimization
services including transfer tax strategies, deal pricing analysis, pre-acquisition services,
and property tax savings; network with a unique collection of hospitality deal-makers;
and to attend important and timely presentations by hospitality industry experts.
July 2010
Kylie Cook has joined Paradigm Tax Group as an Account Representative
located in our Phoenix AZ office. Combining her knowledge and familiarity with the Arizona
commercial real estate market with her strong experiences in selling residential real
estate and recruiting services, Kylie brings over twelve years of sales and marketing
experience to Paradigm where she will be responsible for business development throughout
Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah.
May 2010
Paradigm Tax Group recently attended the International Council of
Shopping Centers (ICSC) Global Retail Real Estate Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The
three day event saw tens of thousands of retail real estate professionals from all over
the world gather together for various expert presentations, leasing possibilities, trade
show exhibitors and networking opportunities. Members of the Paradigm team exhibited
our property tax appeal services; portfolio management capabilities; local, regional
and national status reports; and demos of our national property tax database and management
system (NPTS).
April 2010
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to welcome Lisa Benotti to our growing
team of regional Account Representatives. Lisa joins Paradigm following an eight year
career with Deloitte Tax LLP and Thomson Reuters where, as a Senior Marketing Consultant,
she developed a thorough understanding of the needs of national portfolio companies in
both the industrial and commercial real estate marketplaces. Lisa now brings her outstanding
client relationship and business development experience to Paradigm where she will be
based in our Boston, MA office and cover accounts throughout New England and the northeast.
March 2010
Paradigm Tax Group welcomes Malia Sanchez to our San Francisco Office.
She joins the Northern California practice as an Associate, teaming with the Senior Managing
Consultants and other Paradigm professionals on Real Estate, Business Personal Property
and Complex Industrial consulting engagements. Malia brings 10 years of experience and
expertise in the property tax industry in various capacities of the consulting business.
Malia most recently was with the Oakland office of Thomson Reuters
property tax and prior to that, Deloitte property tax. And as Paradigm's National Practice
continues to thrive and grow, Malia represents another significant and progressive addition
to our network of top notch consultants.
March 2010
Thomas Caraffa has joined Paradigm Tax Group as a Marketing Analyst
in Paradigm's St. Louis, MO office. Tom will be responsible for continuing the development
of Paradigm's brand through the integration and publishing of numerous electronic marketing
resources. Working under the direction of our National Sales Leader, Tom will coordinate
corporate marketing strategies and analyze business development opportunities for our
growing team of Account Representatives and Managing Consultants. Tom graduated from
Missouri State University with a Masters of Business Administration and previously worked
for an information technology security firm.
Georgia
Have your property taxes continued to increase while your property's
value continues to fall? Even though property values are dropping, the taxes on property
are continuing to rise. 2009 was a critical year for Georgia taxpayers to establish their
fair market value. Unfortunately, few taxpayers did, resulting in no property tax assessment
reductions by the county and increased tax bills due to skyrocketing millage rates. (e.g.,
Gwinnett County, increased its millage rate by 21%.)
The county assessments may remain tied to 2007/08 prices, but the
newspaper headlines tell a different story. "Atlanta home prices fall 4.8 percent" in
2007, reports the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Atlanta home values drop sharply since
last summer," says Creative Loafing. These artificial assessment increases are the county
government and school system's way of increasing your property tax liability without
holding a public vote of the county commission or school board to increase your value
base. Given the declining market values and increasing millage rates, the county does
not appear to consider the performance of the real estate market in determining your
tax liability as these are back-door tax increases.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution (ajc.com) running for eight consecutive
days entitled "Why you're paying too much in property taxes." The articles stress inequalities
between the stated and true fair market values; this is inequality is even greater among
commercial and industrial valuations. According to the National Tax Payers Union, as
much as 60% of the taxable property in the U.S. is over assessed.
While one may not correct the 2009 inequities in cases where the appeal
rights have expired, we would urge taxpayers to file returns proactively asserting the
proper values prior to the April 1 return deadline. If relying on the county Tax Assessor's
office to correctly assess values in 2009 was fruitless, relying upon them to do so in
2010 would be insane. Even if your property is assessed at less than market value, you
could still be eligible for a property tax reduction due to an inequitable assessment.
It is critical to retain professional help to make sure the returns are properly filed
and that appropriate analysis is completed to establish a proper and defensible value.
February 2010
Paradigm Tax Group's entire team of Directors, Managing Consultants
and Business Development professionals once again met at the prestigious Tubac Golf Resort
and Spa in Tubac, Arizona. The biennial meeting serves the firm and in turn its clients,
by providing regional property tax updates, numerous workshops and the sharing of best
practices. Presentations included new approaches to obtaining property tax reductions
via the Income Capitalization Approach, accelerating depreciation in a down market and
discussions of the latest marketing methods used by our Business Development Group.
According to Eastern Region Director, Oscar Diaz, "It is imperative
for such an excellent group of professionals to get together and share ideas and experiences.
Paradigm is known for its local expertise, while at the same time sharing ideas and experiences
amongst each other on a personal level allows our firm a certain uniformity and national
perspective."
Paradigm Tax Group has seen marked growth since our last firm wide
meeting in January 2008. As stated by Central Region Director, Bob Dunlap, "It is of
the utmost importance to get the team together, introduce new professionals, share a
meal and spend a little down time getting to know each other on more than just a professional
level."
The three day meeting was emceed by Western Region Director, Del Kolbe
who kept the discussions lively and on topic.
February, 2010
Kaitlyn Marchek joins Paradigm Tax Group's Philadelphia practice.
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Kaitlyn Marchek has
joined our firm as an Associate Managing Consultant in our Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
office. Kait is a graduate of Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania and
has a background in business development.
Kate joins our Managing Consultants, Jack Nash and Kurt Lieberman
along with our Business Development Representative, David Munroe in the Philadelphia
office. Kait is part of our continued growth and is a welcome addition to our existing
nationwide network of top notch consultants. Kait can be reached at (610) 409-9839 or kmarchek@paradigmtax.com.
January, 2010
Myrtle Faucett joins Paradigm Tax Group to open new San Antonio, TX office.
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Myrtle Faucett has
joined our firm as a Managing Consultant in our Texas Practice. Myrtle comes from a diverse
property tax background having served as a property tax appraiser with Tarrant and Johnson
Counties in Texas along with many of years of experience on the consulting side of the
business with First American and Assessment Technologies.
Myrtle will operate from our new San Antonio office where she will
have responsibility for expanding our presence in the Central Texas corridor. She will
be working closely with our Dallas and Houston offices to widen the Paradigm footprint
in one of our most dynamic markets. Welcome Myrtle!
November, 2009
Ken Groesbeck has joined Paradigm's Pacific Northwest Practice as a Managing Consultant
in the Seattle office. Ken has myriad experience in the property tax industry having
most recently handled complex industrial and centrally assessed property valuation
for the Idaho State Tax Commission. Prior to that he held management level positions
with Real Estate Tax Services/Deloitte/Thomson Property Tax Group for over 15 years.
Moreover, Ken had his own property tax consulting company for a period of time. He
has extensive valuation, client management and property tax appeal experience over
his career and we are extremely excited about the expertise and professionalism he
brings to the position. Ken will be working with Pat Howard, Jim Buechler and Dale
Farnworth on account administration, business development and appeal work in the Pacific
Northwest Jurisdictions.
November, 2009
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce that Bernice Dowell has joined our practice
as a Managing Consultant working out of our Washington, D.C. office. Bernice enjoys
a reputation as one of the nation's leading property tax consultants to the hospitality
industry where she specializes in all types of hotels, resorts, golf courses and country
clubs. With more than seventeen years of national hospitality asset valuation experience,
her particular area of excellence is in accurately separating a property's business
value from its real estate value for property tax minimization and transfer tax purposes.
Bernice is the author of a research paper entitled, "Hotel Investment Analysis: In
Search of Business Value" and her work entitled, "Removing Intangible Assets and Rights
From the Appraisal Unit" was quoted in California's State Board of Equalization Assessor's
Handbook. She has also been a regular contributor to several industry journals including
Assessment Journal and Journal of Property Tax Management. Prior to joining Paradigm,
Bernice was the former Director of Property Tax for Host Marriott Corporation and for
ClubCorp USA. She was also a Senior Manager with KPMG's national property tax practice
and most recently, she was the owner of Cynsur, LLC, a company that provided pricing
analyses for hotel acquisitions.
To contact Bernice directly, please call her at (202) 641-0796 or
email her at bdowell@paradigmtax.com.
October, 2009
Paradigm Tax Group welcomes Patrick Howard to our Seattle Office. As Paradigm's Lead
Managing Consultant for our Pacific Northwest Practice, Pat brings over 15 years of
experience and expertise in the property tax industry along with 5 years as a fee appraiser
and several years of asset review work in the banking industry.
Pat most recently headed the Seattle office of Thomson Reuters. Previously
he also worked for Assessment Technologies and Deloitte's national property tax practice.
As Paradigm's national practice continues to thrive and grow, Pat
represents another significant and progressive addition to our network of top notch consultants.
10/05/09
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the hiring of John H. Meyer as the Account
Representative in our Chicago, IL office. John brings with him over 5 years of investment
sales experience at a large, nationally recognized commercial real estate brokerage
firm where he specialized in representing a variety of commercial landlords in the
disposition process, including private investors, REIT’s, corporations, private
equity funds, and non-profits. John brings with him extensive property valuation experience
in addition to relationships with various ownership groups based in Chicago. He will
be responsible for all business development activities in the Illinois, Wisconsin,
Iowa, & Nebraska markets. Feel free to contact John at (312) 252-0324 or via email
at jmeyer@paradigmtax.com.
September, 2009
Paradigm Tax Group welcomes Anthony Gormley to our Dallas, TX office as an Associate
Consultant where he is responsible for assessing properties, filing appeals, and filing
property tax estimates. As a recent graduate of Cleveland State University (Finance),
Anthony previously assisted Paradigm’s Cleveland office with assessing properties
and appeal preparation throughout their tax season.
August, 2009
Leilani Lobo joined Paradigm Tax Group on August 17 from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP's
Northern California property tax practice. She specializes in both personal and real
property tax services. Leilani's experience has included the creation and management
of fixed asset databases; preparation of multi-state personal property tax returns;
audit defense; assessment appeal valuation; calculation of tax projections for local
and national clients. Leilani has served clients in the following industries: high
tech, biopharmaceutical, hotel, entertainment, retail, banking, transportation, property
management, retail, and personnel services.
Leilani earned her Bachelor of Science in Business Administration,
with an emphasis in Accounting, from the University of San Francisco. She is a CMI with
the Institute for Professionals in Taxation. She also participates in seminars organized
by the Society of Auditor-Appraisers.
Leilani and colleague Alan Schultz will be part of Paradigm's Silicon
Valley office in San Jose, California.
August, 2009
Please join the Directors in welcoming Alan Schultz and Leilani Lobo to Paradigm Tax
Group. Alan and Leilani will be opening a new Paradigm office in San Jose to provide
more robust coverage of the significant client base in the Silicon Valley and South
Bay area while continuing to expand our presence within the assessment community.
Joining Paradigm from Price Waterhouse Coopers, Alan and Leilani bring
a wealth of property tax compliance, audit defense, valuation and appeals consulting
experience as well as other related business expertise. Both Alan and Leilani have an
extensive history with commercial/industrial real estate, business personal property
and complex industrial properties. Over the years they have developed a blue chip stable
of clients that we are excited to be serving going forward. We are delighted to have
the opportunity of expanding our operations in California with such experienced and professional
practitioners who enjoy a sterling reputation in the industry.
August, 2009
Paradigm Tax Group is currently rolling out its new portfolio and appeal management system;
NPTS. This state of the art on-line system will allow Paradigm to take its Superior
Client Service to a new level by allowing clients to access and download their portfolio
information on a real time basis. In today’s difficult economic times, maximizing
results and minimizing risk are critical components in serving our clients “the
Paradigm way” and NPTS significantly improves our ability to do both.
Please contact us for a demonstration of
this important new tool and see how it can make a difference in helping you manage your
property tax function and the results you achieve.
July, 2009
Jonathan Sanders has joined Paradigm Tax Group as a Managing Consultant in our
Houston, TX office. A Houston native, John attended Texas A&M University where he obtained
a BS in Economics and a Masters of Land Economics and Real Estate. John's diverse background
of Big 4 consulting experience, and national retail development allow him to apply a
unique approach to exceeding client expectations. John has experience with all property
types and approaches to value. He is co-manager of Paradigm's Houston commercial real
estate practice.
April, 2009
Sue Slayton has joined Paradigm’s Michigan office as a Practice Administrator.
Working with Managing Consultants Robert Fuchs and Barbara Jones, Sue brings several
years of commercial loan and mortgage experience gained at a local community bank. “Sue’s
versatility, experience and commitment to providing excellent client service will be
a tremendous asset to both our Michigan office and to our clients. We are thrilled to
have her join us.” says Robert Fuchs, Managing Consultant.
February, 2009
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the addition of Brenda Brown to our team of
Atlanta based Managing Consultants. With more than twenty years property tax experience,
Barbara has previously worked at some of the nation’s largest consulting firms
as well as in corporate tax for a major Fortune 500 industrial company. Barbara’s
principal area of expertise is in business personal property; filing returns, abatements,
freeport, pollution control, appeals and audits in a multi-state environment. “Barbara
provides our clients with a unique blend of corporate property tax experience, combined
with a reputation for providing outstanding client service gained from her several
years of property tax consulting”, says Oscar Diaz, Director of Paradigm’s
Eastern Region.
February, 2009
Scot Casto has joined Paradigm Tax Group as a Managing Consultant in our Washington,
D.C. office. With experience gained in commercial real estate data analysis, valuation,
and underwriting, Scot brings with him a strong valuation background including underwriting
properties for major institutional brokerage firms, and he has reviewed and appealed
thousands of properties including apartments, hotels, office, warehouse, flex, retail,
raw land, and golf courses in MD, VA, DC, and WV.
January, 2009
Paradigm Tax Group is excited to announce the hiring of Tad Berry as an Associate Consultant
in the St. Louis and Kansas City offices. Working with JP Rand, Managing Consultant,
Tad’s responsibilities include the preparation and execution of property tax
appeals in Missouri, Kansas, and Colorado. Tad is a graduate of the University of Missouri’s
School of Business. He joins Paradigm with internship experience in multi-family development,
and state and federal tax legislation.
07/01/08
The Directors of Paradigm Tax Group are pleased to announce the opening of the firm's
Boston, Massachusetts office, effective July 1, 2008. Robert McNamara, CMI, will serve
as Paradigm's Managing Consultant for the Greater New England area. David Munroe will
continue as Paradigm's New England area account representative while Oscar Diaz will
continue as Area Director. Click here for contact
detail.
06/16/08
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the planned opening of our Boston, MA office
effective July 1, 2008. This will solidify our position in the New England market and
enhance our position as the true national property tax practice. More details to follow.
06/15/08
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the addition of Jordan Berg to the Firm. Jordan
joins us as an Account Representative based in the San Francisco office. He brings
to the PTG eight years of commercial real estate business development experience. With
a particular emphasis on retail projects, his responsibilities have included land acquisition
and joint venture transactions. He has developed established relationships with tenants,
brokers, land owners and city development directors in both northern and southern California
and Arizona. Most recently, Jordan was President of Berg Enterprises where he was responsible
for raising capital to syndicate commercial real estate development projects. Jordan's
territory will include northern California, as well as parts of Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Nevada. Please contact him at (415) 692-8514 or email at jberg@paradigmtax.com.
05/09/08
Paradigm Tax Group is pleased to announce the addition of John Hess to the Firm. John
joins PTG as an Account Representative/Managing Consultant focusing on sales efforts
in Washington DC, Virginia, West Virginia, New York City and the northern counties
of North Carolina (including the cities of Winston Salem, Greensboro, Raleigh and Durham).
On a more limited basis, he will provide Managing Consultant delivery work specializing
in transfer tax work to the hospitality industry. John can be reached in our Washington
DC office at (202) 965-1135 or jhess@paradigmtax.com.
05/09/08
Although PTG has been successfully performing asset Purchase Price Allocation services
for several years, the term is occasionally assumed to refer to other federal types
of products. To avoid confusion, we have re-branded our service as A4.
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04/17/08
As Paradigm Tax Group continues its growth and strategic expansion, the Directors are
please to announce the following additions to our team:
Managing Consultants: Clifton Woodman - Atlanta
National Sales Manager: Stephen Newman – St. Louis
IT Specialist: Rex Miller – Phoenix
Property Tax Associate: Melody Bratton – Indianapolis
Portfolio Coordinator: – Bridgid Maguire – Dallas
03/17/08
If you missed the deadline to appeal your 2007 assessment in Cook County, or if your
property’s condition has changed, you can now take a second bite of the apple.
Paradigm Tax Group can help.
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01/24/08
The entire team of PTG professionals gathered this January at the prestigious Tubac Resort
in Tubac, Arizona. The meeting served to provide the firm’s team with pertinent
regional property tax updates and included various speakers and workshops. According
to Paradigm Director, Oscar Diaz, “Given the growth and evolution of our firm
since its separation from KPMG in November 2004, we saw a need for our professionals
to assemble together to put a name with a face, rekindle relationships and share best
practices. Because we are national in scope it is very important for our people
who communicate frequently via telephone and email to get together, share a meal, share
time and most of all share ideas and experiences. This will go a long way toward
enhancing an already cohesive team which will go far in serving our client’s
needs.”
