Alliantgroup, LP, Associate Director-Consultant - Senior R&D Manager - Project Manager, 2008 to 2020 Leveraged extensive knowledge of tax law to achieve over $30M in tax savings across 3 service lines for over 250 clients representing 10 major industry groups, including Manufacturing, Software, Information Technology, Engineering, and Life Sciences.Led team of direct reports conducting R&D Tax Credit Studies utilizing a consultative approach with an emphasis on client experience, maximizing the clients’ benefit and development of team members.Generated over $5M in savings for New York state clients in a new service line. This necessitated: 1) extensive research of New York state law and reporting requirements, 2) creating a market plan and process for conducting studies and gathering critical information to determine qualification and 3) building of a model to calculate the tax savings and a framework for the client final deliverable. Interfaced with client C-Suite leadership regularly, providing progress reports and interpretation of complex technical concepts.Designed a department-wide Industry Certification Program to identify key industry leaders and provided professional consultation, strategic guidance, and direction to establish best practices for 10 major industries. Program featured on company’s webpage: https://www.alliantgroup.com/industries/Built a framework for the Industry Certification Program to increase knowledge in and provide an exceptional client service experience, developed program goals, mission, qualification process and criteria, and database for tracking qualification metrics. This program successfully generated 16 Industry Experts after overseeing rollout and implementation of continuous improvements.Created and implemented continuous improvements for 26 training courses that incorporated recent law changes providing immediate practical application in complex scenarios to ensure the effective use of instructional concepts.

Young & Husain, P.L.L.C. - Associate, 2006 to 2007Oversaw the settlement and/or litigation of more than 151 personal injury, contract, commercial litigation claims.Reviewed medical records and other evidence to identify relevant information for settlement negotiations and at trial.