Mr. MacKenzie has lead and participated in a variety of assignments, including valuation of closely-held businesses, professional practices, intangible assets, and segment valuation of publicly traded companies. His work has been used in estate and gift tax filings, financial statement reporting, marital dissolutions and solvency analysis. His work has been subjected to peer review, and he has met the high degree of skill, knowledge and judgment as a business appraiser required for recertification every five years.
Mr. MacKenzie has been awarded the ASA and CBA designations. These accreditations currently require that the applicant hold a four year college degree, five years full-time active experience as a business appraiser, successful completion of proctored exams, and submit two self contained appraisal reports subjected to review by the qualifications committee.
Mr. MacKenzie has prepared over two hundred different appraisals since 1997. The following is a sample of engagements Mr. MacKenzie has lead: retail flower distributor in Boston for strategic purposes; wholesale distributor in Boston for s – election; impairment testing of telecommunications company; purchase price allocation for a Fortune 500 medical device manufacturer; software company for gift tax purposes; purchase price allocation for facial recognition software company; option pricing model for like-kind exchange. His damages experience includes determination of lost profits due to theft of intellectual property, business interruption calculation due to fire at a major plastics manufacturer, and lost value due to shareholder freeze out and self dealing.
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