Professional Reprographics Advisory Board Members
James C. Kieckhafer, CPA
Partner
In 1991, after nearly ten years at Arthur Andersen LLP,
Jim formed what is now Kieckhafer, Schiffer &
Company LLP. KS&Co was formed primarily based on Jim's desire
to be more involved in his clients business structure, strategy,
acquisition and disposition planning. Jim's ambition was to build a
firm that focused on providing business expertise as well as
traditional tax and attest services. As the founding partner, Jim
has continued to provide service to clients in a vast array of
industries while also running his own business.
Jim has over twenty-six years experience providing tax, accounting
services and consulting to the real estate, construction,
manufacturing, distribution, health care, agriculture, and service
industries. His specialties include closely held business planning,
partnership taxation, private placements, business acquisitions
and/or dispositions, estate planning, and business succession
planning.
Jim's special projects have included litigation support,
including expert testimony and numerous special investigation
projects. Since forming KS&Co, Jim has focused on building
teams in the firm to focus on service lines. These teams include
attest services for mid market companies and also employee benefit
plans and tax services for high net worth individuals, mid market
companies, and large corporations. Jim has also formed and oversees
a wealth management team. The formation of these specialized teams
has allowed Jim to focus on providing his clients with business
strategy, and consulting. This includes Jim being significantly
involved with his clients' major transactions. As a result of Jim's
significant involvement in his cl's business transactions, Jim has
significant experience with the review of contracts as well as
legal structure of transactions and entities. Jim started as a
staff accountant with Arthur Anderson LLP in 1982 and worked his
way up to senior tax manager. In 1986, he became a California
Certified Public Accountant. Jim was a member of Arthur Andersen
LLP's Southern California Real Estate Services Group (RESG),
specializing in homebuilders and developers from 1987-1991. He was
also responsible for overseeing the individual income tax practice
in Arthur Andersen LLP's Irvine Office.
Jim grew up in West Bend, Wisconsin. He attended Marquette
University, graduating in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science degree,
majoring in Accounting. Jim also holds his life insurance license
and securities license. Jim spends his personal time at home in San
Juan Capistrano with his wife, Lia, and their four children,
Alexis, Will, Natasha, and Zane. He also enjoys golfing at Marbella
Country Club.
Jorge D. Alvarez
Real Estate Development Executive
Award-winning and results-oriented strategist in
self-started, private and Fortune 500 enterprises, forging and
executing plans for outstanding team engagement, creating
efficiencies, and maximizing profits and savings.
- Demonstrate expertise in business development, operations
establishment and direction, policy and procedure development,
project management, sales and marketing, fiscal oversight, quality
assurance, and client satisfaction.
- Implemented numerous cost savings initiatives.
- Increased revenues.
- Applied extensive construction design and land development
capability to create master-planned communities, as well as
residential, commercial and mixed-use structures.
- Specialize in preparation of feasibility studies, selection and
purchasing of land, budget preparation, procurement, attainment of
approvals, and provision of on and off-site construction
management.
- International experience with projects in Saudi Arabia.
- Orchestrate cross-functional and external entities to
completion of extensive projects.
- Build, focus, and motivate teams to surpass enterprise
expectations.
- Identify and maximize opportunities to expand role of
assignment.
- Bi-lingual, fluent in Spanish.
- Very adaptable to changing corporate policies and directions;
leading the team in the new policies & directions and mentoring
& coaching new hires.