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• Double Backsolve Remains Unsupported

Business valuation expert in technology & VC

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I have more than 16 years of professional experience valuing businesses and intangible assets and have been retained and appointed as an expert witness. I have experience testifying at deposition and have not testified at trial. I currently own and operate Mercovus Valuations: Mercovus primarily provides valuation services for the purposes of corporate planning, tax compliance, and financial reporting. Over the course of my career, I have authored more than 800 valuation opinions. The subject matter of litigation for which I have been retained has included: business damages, business valuation, fiduciary duty, lost profits, wrongful termination, forced dissolution, marital separation, and similar matters. The range of industry sectors in which I have been involved includes artificial intelligence, automotive, aviation, bio-technology and pharmaceuticals, communications and networking, computing, conglomerates, data analytics, e-commerce, education, enterprise software, food and beverage, mining, oil and gas, financial services, Internet advertising, medical devices, residential construction, semiconductors, solar energy, and others. I have been engaged by courts, corporations, individuals, law firms, and by government offices. I have received security clearances from both the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). Education and Accreditation I have earned the designation “Accredited Senior Appraiser” (“ASA”) from the American Society of Appraisers (“ASA”). I am current in the requirements for continuing education to maintain this designation. I hold a BA in Economics from Washington University in St. Louis. Professional Associations I formerly served as Treasurer of the American Society of Appraisers’ Northern California chapter (“ASA NorCal”). In service to the board, I remained abreast of current issues in valuation and organized valuation events and meetings. Publications I have authored articles on valuation topics, have been published in the Business Valuation Review, and have served as a Reviewer for this journal: "Double Backsolve Remains Unsupported," Business Valuation Review: Summer 2022, Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 48-52. "Implied Volatility and Volatility Smiles in Option-Pricing-Based Security and Business Valuations," Business Valuation Review: Spring 2015, Vol. 34, No. 1, pp. 31-38. "Two Theories of Control," Business Valuation Review: Fall 2016, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 103-111.