Our People

Meet Our Team

Experienced professionals dedicated to delivering exceptional results.

Your Team

Tax & Accounting Team

The professionals you’ll work with directly on your engagement.

Armen Sepanian

Sr Tax Manager

CPA, MBA

Bendel Bateriana

Tax Prep & Review

EA, MST

Jean Kim

Jr Tax Associate

CTEC

Jeims Velasco

Tax Associate

Xin Wu

Tax Admin

Leadership

Firm Principal

Jeremy J. Salvador

Principal & CEO

UNIVERSITY & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

  • California State University- BS Accounting
  • Stanford University- Advanced Computer Security
  • Yale University - Negotiation & Management
  • Wharton School-M&A and Corporate Development
  • Columbia University - Economics of Money and Banking
  • Harvard University - MA Finance

PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS

  • CPA
  • CVA
  • CFE
  • CrFAC
  • RFI
  • CerFE
  • CFS
  • CIFA
  • CCC
  • CTC
  • ChE
  • AMA
  • MFP
  • AFA
  • CFC
  • ASBC

Jeremy Salvador is the CEO of ZSS CPAs and a renowned tax expert. Since 2009, he has specialized in taxation and forensic accounting. He regularly consults on complex tax strategies, business valuations, income analyses. He has testified as an accounting expert witness in the Los Angeles County, Santa Barbara County, and Riverside County Superior Courts.

Jeremy has extensive experience in complex tax controversy and financial disputes, including matters related to business tax, divorce, valuation, and business fraud investigations across a wide range of industries.

Includes over forty years as a forensic accountant appearing as an expert witness, court appointed special master or referee on accounting, tax and financial matters, business disputes, business valuations, damage claims, economic losses, goodwill, going concern and marital dissolutions. Author of various articles on forensic litigation in numerous professional publications. Lecturer at law school and qualified continuing education of the bar on” Forensic Accounting” ” Understanding Financial Statements,” ” Utilizing Financial Statements and Tax Returns in Litigation,” ” Estate Planning” and” Financial Planning.”

Founders

Retired Members

Lester J. Schwartz

Retired Principal

  • B.S. Accounting New York University
  • School of Commerce Accounting and Finance 1960

Includes over forty years as a forensic accountant appearing as an expert witness, court appointed special master or referee on accounting, tax and financial matters, business disputes, business valuations, damage claims, economic losses, goodwill, going concern and marital dissolutions. Author of various articles on forensic litigation in numerous professional publications. Lecturer at law school and qualified continuing education of the bar on” Forensic Accounting” ” Understanding Financial Statements,” ” Utilizing Financial Statements and Tax Returns in Litigation,” ” Estate Planning” and” Financial Planning.”

Michael D. Saltsman

Retired Principal

  • University of California, San Diego 1968
  • B.A. Economics University of California, Los Angeles 1970
  • M.B.A. University of California, Los Angeles
  • Graduate School of Management 1972
  • California Society of Certified Public Accountants

Includes over forty years as a forensic accountant appearing as an expert witness, court appointed special master or referee on accounting, tax and financial matters, business disputes, business valuations, damage claims, economic losses, goodwill, going concern and marital dissolutions. Author of various articles on forensic litigation in numerous professional publications. Lecturer at law school and qualified continuing education of the bar on” Forensic Accounting” ” Understanding Financial Statements,” ” Utilizing Financial Statements and Tax Returns in Litigation,” ” Estate Planning” and” Financial Planning.”

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