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Thomas Kalajian's
Qualifications
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Thomas Kalajian, BS, CRTP, AVA, ABAR
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Career Highlights
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ABAR, Accredited in Business Appraisal
Review. This new business valuation credential is issued by the
Institute of Business Appraisers as a senior appraisal designation.
It requires a 4-day rigorous full emersion workshop, examination, experience,
prior designation and acceptance of a qualifying appraisal review report
by the ABAR Qualifications Review Committee. The Qualifications Review
Committee commended Mr. Kalajian's qualifying appraisal review report as
advancing the best practices in appraisal review.
The credential is the only one of its kind
in existence among appraisal credentialing organizations. It formalizes
and standardizes practices in procedures and report content and establishes
the standard for all appraisal review reports. All applicants are
required to sign an oath requiring adherence to ethical standards specific
to the responsibility conferred to holders of this credential. Mr.
Kalajian was among the first 25 accredited ABARs in existence.
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CRTP, CTEC
Registered Tax Preparer, Registration of California Tax Professionals
by CTEC, California Tax Education Council. Qualified professionals
are awarded the new designation of CRTP, which requires completion
of comprehensive qualifying eligibility requirements, and thereafter, 20
hours of professional continuing education in taxation annually.
Thomas Kalajian's firm also provides Compiled
financial statements and a broad spectrum of other financial services for
individuals and privately-held businesses.
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AVA, Accredited Valuation Analyst.
This new business valuation credential requires the most rigorous education,
testing and experience requirements of the national credentialing organization,
the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts.
More demanding than NACVA's original CVA credential,
the AVA credential requires a 4 year university degree in finance and accounting,
2 years experience in valuation methodologies, and practical knowledge in
the valuation field.
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Bachelor of
Science, BS, degree in Business Administration. Thomas
Kalajian's university education included successful studies in physics,
chemistry and a major in business administration with a concentration in
accounting.
The accountancy curriculum included
Managerial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Intermediate Accounting, Advanced
Accounting, Financial Auditing, Business Law and Federal Taxation.
In addition, course work included Marketing, Finance, Statistical Analysis,
Business Communications and both Micro- and Macro-Economics.
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Mensa. American Mensa is part of an international membership society
of individuals with IQs among the highest 2% of the population.
Individuals can apply for membership through the
process of examination with qualifying scores, or become eligible for membership
through other acceptable qualifying scores in equivalency examinations administered
by any of the military branches of service.
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Viet Nam Veteran.
Thomas fulfilled his military duty, serving
in Viet Nam in the U.S. Army Signal Corps beginning in 1968. He graduated
with honors from Signal School in 5th echelon multiplex radio repair as
a Specialist 4th Class and an expert marksman with a Sharpshooter medal.
His last duty assignment before honorable discharge was the Transportation
Coordinator of I Corps quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang, Viet Nam.
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Television Broadcast
Correspondent For 10 Years. Shown at the broadcast studios of
OCN at the news anchor desk, Thomas Kalajian volunteered over 10 years of
service to the Orange County California community from 1991 through 2001
by providing tax and management tips as the field correspondent for OCN,
(Orange County Newschannel) Orange County's
24-hour cable news channel.
OCN reached a base of
over 2 million viewers in Orange County, and Thomas Kalajian's broadcasts
were consistently one of the highest rated segments based on favorable viewer
telephone calls.
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Business Strategist.
Documented here also is Thomas Kalajian's career accomplishments from accounting
graduate in 1971, to Certified Public Accountant, CPA, for over 25 years
from 1975 to 2001, his commitment to intensive training in business development
strategies beginning in 1995, his California state registered tax designation
as a CRTP in 2001, and his further expansion to his valuation designation
as an AVA in 2002 for preparing formal certified business valuation
appraisal reports.
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Business
Leader. Included as well is documentation showing his life-long
commitment of service to the public, to his country during his military
service and his pursuit of personal and professional excellence, traditional
family values and high moral, committed to his professional
mission and enduring core
values. Shown here is a
plaque of appreciation to Thomas Kalajian for his involvement as a member
of the Board of Directors of the Small Business Network in Orange County.
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