KENT W. MEYER

Roseville, California

(916) 425-2748

[email protected]

[email protected]

 

 

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

 

1990 to 1992                           University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Sacramento, California, LL.M. Transnational Business awarded May 1992.

 

1980 to 1983                           University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law Sacramento, California, J.D. awarded December 1983.

 

1974 to 1978                           University of Texas at Austin, Doctor of Philosophy in Taxation, conferred May 1980.

 

1972 to 1974                           University of Montana, Masters in Business Administration March 1974.

 

1960 to 1965                           University of California at Berkeley, B.A. Slavic Languages and Literature February 1965.

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2000 to Present         CFO and General Counsel, Nile Cyber Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Kompono Technologies, Inc.

 

1999 to Present         CFO and General Counsel, Kompono Technologies, Inc.

 

1998 to 1999            Law Offices of Kent W. Meyer.  Domestic and International private  practice concentrating in Business Law, Estate Planning, and Taxation.

 

1992 to 1998               Senior Counsel to the Law Firm of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough.  Domestic emphasis on tax and succession planning for large estates. International emphasis specializing in international corporate acquisitions, technology licensing, construction contracts and taxation.

 

1990 to Present            Adjunct Professor of Taxation University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law.

 

1980 to Present            Professor Department of Accountancy California State University, Sacramento.

 

1987 to 1989               Director, Pacific Rim Commercial Exchange Program.

 

1987 to 1988               Special Assistant to Senate Rules Committee Office of Protocol and International Relations.

 

1987 to 1988               Tax Associate, Law Firm of Dedujian & Swoyer.

 

1986 to 1988               Chairman, Department of Accountancy California State University, Sacramento.

 

1985 to Present         Director of Governmental Accounting Institute California State University, Sacramento.

 

1985 to 1987            Director of Continuing Professional Education Real Estate and Land Use Institute.

 

1978 to 1980            Assistant Professor School of Accounting University of Southern California.  Taught in IBEAR Program.

 

1978 to 1979            Senior Tax Staff Ernst & Whinney Los Angeles, California.

 

1974 to 1978            Teaching Assistant Department of Accounting University of Texas at Austin.

 

1965 to 1973            United States Air Force Intelligence Officer Missile Combat Crew Commander.

 

 

INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

 

LANGUAGES

 

Russian (fluent); German (conversational); Mandarin (rusty)

 

PROFESSIONAL

 

U.S. AIR FORCE

 

1965   Training: Nine month course in photographic interpretation and military intelli­gence as it related primarily to China and the Soviet Union.

 

1966   Six month special intelligence course dealing with human resource intelligence.

 

Active Duty:

 

Vietnam                  Thirteen months was spent in the Central Highlands area of Vietnam.

1967-68                  Experience included interrogation of prisoners of war and defectors.

 

Hawaii                    Two years experience as an area expert for the 6499th Special Activities

1969-70                  Group. I functioned as an area expert for the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, and North Korea. I did extensive research on these countries and prepared briefings for command delivery. Duties also included travel to South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan.

 

 

Fuchu, Japan                One year at Headquarters 5th Air Force. Served as watch officer for 1971-72 the PARPRO program. Duty was to determine on a daily basis the political and military situation in China, Korea, and the Soviet Union and brief the Commander of the 5th Air Force on any perceived threat.

 

Reserve Duty:           Tours to Washington, DC; Austin, Texas; March A.F.B, California. Duties included Russian document translation, and area briefings on China and the Soviet Union.

 

CIVILIAN

 

1994 - 1996   Academic Director, USIA/CSUS/Lawfirm of Carroll, Burdick&McDonough sponsored educational exchangegrant. One week planning trip to Riga,Latvia. Meetings with U.S. Embassy,Latvian Ministries, University of Latvia Rector and faculty. First phase consisted of a three weektraining program in managerial, financial and governmental accounting, andtaxation in November 1994. Second phasetook take place in Riga, May-June 1995&1996 and covered commercial law,international tax, marketing, and financing of international transactions. Responsibilities include: curriculum andprogram design and implementation, budget planning and evaluation.

 

1992 - 1998     International counsel to the law firm of Carroll, Burdick & McDonough in charge of international acquisitions; international accounting and tax planning liaison to Coopers & Lybrand, Arthur Anderson, and Ernst & Young based in Riga, Latvia.  Travel to Turkmenistan in June 1995 to discuss future education programs and coordinate a World Bank proposal to rewrite the laws of Turkmenistan.

 

In December 1992, Dr. Meyer traveled to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan where he met with the U.S. Ambassador and numerous high-level government officials for the purpose of determining the country's needs with regard to business education.  As a result of this trip, Dr. Meyer in conjunction with the Director of International Programs, CSUS, drafted and submitted a grant proposal to USIA that was approved in 1992.  The grant proposal contained a program for the training of high level members of the national government, business and academia.  The proposed program consisted of two phases.  In phase one twenty one representatives from Turkmenistan came to Sacramento in 9/93 for a four week program.  Participants received training in economics, law, accounting, taxation, and management.  In phase two Dr. Meyer and a group of CSUS and McGeorge faculty members traveled to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan in July/August 1994 for follow-up courses. Following this program, a joint Executive MBA program and Small Business Center are planned to be housed at Magtumguli National University in Ashgabat.  Responsibilities as Academic Director:  curriculum design, faculty selection, budgeting, personnel management.  Follow-up trips in 1995/96.

 

From April 1992 through September 1992, Dr. Meyer served as the CSUS Business School co-director of a USIA sponsored program for the training of Russian academics from Far East State University, Vladivostok.  Dr. Meyer designed the business curriculum.  He also taught in the program.  This training program lasted five weeks.  The experience gained in this program will prove invaluable in designing and implementing subsequent foreign training programs.

 

From August 21, 1990, to December 1, 1990, traveled to: Salzburg, Austria; Budapest, Hungary; Moscow, USSR; Prague, Czechoslovakia; and Munich, Germany, in conjunction with the LL.M. in Transnational Business. Served as an intern for a period of one and one-half months with MOGURT in Budapest and one month in Moscow with the Moscow Institute of Economics and Statistics (MESI) and the International Trading Company, FIANIT. The time was spent studying the privatization process in Eastern Europe and joint ventures in the Soviet Union. During this period, I also was able to assist in concluding agreements with MESI and GLOBALBRIDGE (an institution training Soviet executives in Budapest).

 

Traveled to the Soviet Union in Summer 1989 for the purpose of establishing an exchange agreement between California State University, Sacramento, and the Higher Commercial School in Moscow, and for establishing business ties.

 

Member of the faculty of INTERTORG. Currently involved in the training of high-level Soviet managers. Subjects taught include Management Accounting and U.S. Tax Law.

 

President of California Business Ventures International, a corporation engaged in import and export from the Soviet Union. Duties included negotiations with government officials in Moscow, Vladivostok, and Budapest with regard to inter­national joint ventures.

 

Member of the organizing board of Phi Beta Delta, the international fraternity of international scholars.

 

Served as special assistant to California State Senate Rules Committee Office of Protocol and International Relations. Duties included drafting Senate bills, arranging visits by foreign governments, reviewing and assessing the impact of proposed legislation. Served as Director of the Pacific Rim Commercial Exchange Program. This program, located in the School of Business, California State University, Sacramento, is international in scope and includes international televideo conferencing, an international journal, seminars, and certificate programs. PRCEP developed an international electronic journal to promote Pacific Rim commercial development.

 

Assistant Professor of Accounting at the University of Southern California. Taught one year in the IBEAR (International Business Education and Research) program. This program has as students business executives from throughout the Pacific Rim countries who want to learn U.S. business methods, philosophy, and strategy.

 

COURSES TAUGHT

 

California State University, Sacramento (CSUS)

Undergraduate:                                               Graduate:

Individual Income Tax                                      Tax Accounting Periods and Methods

Corporate, Partnership, Estate, and Gift Tax         Taxation of Gifts, Estates, and Trusts

International Accounting                                   Taxation of Transnational Enterprises

Tax Research

Advanced Individual and Business Tax

 

University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law

Tax Research

Advanced Individual and Business Tax

Accounting for Lawyers

Estate Planning

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Tax Reform '86--The Effect on Real Estate, published by California Association of Realtors (CAR)/Real Estate and Land Use Institute (RELUI), 1986-1987.

 

Moving!, published by CAR, 1987.

 

Textbooks:

Income Tax Fundamentals for 1991 Tax Returns, Irwin Publishing Company, 1992.

Income Tax Fundamentals for 1992 Tax Returns, Irwin Publishing Company, 1993.

Personal Income Tax Fundamentals for 1991 Tax Returns, Irwin Publishing Company, 1992.

Personal Income Tax Fundamentals for 1992 Tax Returns, Irwin Publishing Company, 1993.

International Accounting, West Publishing Company, 1993. (Under contract)

 

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS AND PAPERS PRESENTED

 

1987 - 1994     Numerous presentations and papers presented to Foreign Governments, Professional Groups, and Academic Groups (list provided on request).

 

1995 -              Paper presented to Plenary Session of an international conference “Economic Education in Economies of Transition (Problems and Solutions)” Riga, Latvia.

 

 

 

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

 

1965                                                    Phi Beta Kappa, U.C. Berkeley

1973                                                    Dean's Award for Scholastic Achievement University of Montana

1981                                                    Placed in top 10 of International Moot Court Competition McGeorge School of Law

1983                                                    Dean's List McGeorge School of Law

1984                                                    American Jurisprudence Award in Negotiable Instruments McGeorge School of Law

1986 and 1987                                     Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award California State University, Sacramento

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Bar Association (Member)

State Bar of California (Member)

Phi Delta Phi (Legal Honor Society)

Beta Alpha Psi (Accounting Society)

Delta Sigma Pi (International Business)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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