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Who we are
David R. Hinton, CPADavid began his financial career with a Pasadena-based CPA firm in 1975 and eventually went on to become, in 1982, chief operating officer for an international engineering consulting firm. David returned to public accounting in 1988 with the opening of his own firm, which he later merged into Hinton, Kreditor and Gronroos. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants and has served as a past board member and current chairman of the audit committee for the Arthritis Foundation. David received his bachelor's degree in 1975 from California State University, Los Angeles. Garrett P. Kreditor, CPA – 1965 to 2007Garrett Paul Kreditor, a founding partner of Hinton, Kreditor & Gronroos, LLP, passed away on July 3, 2007. In a career that spanned more than 15 years, Garrett's experience included being a consultant with two Big Eight firms. In those positions, he honed his expertise in auditing and international tax practice with a focus on outbound global transactions. Garrett followed his entrepreneurial calling and opened his own tax and accounting services firm in 1993, which he later merged into Hinton, Kreditor and Gronroos. His broad expertise included real estate and construction, manufacturing, and hospitality. He was a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Garrett also dedicated time to the community as a member of the Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association, Pasadena Optimist, Foothill Family Services board member, La Canada Educational Foundation, and the Palm Crest PTA Board. Garrett received his bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Southern California in 1987. Eric A. Gronroos, CPA, MBTWith more than 20 years of experience, Eric began his career with Ernst & Young in Los Angeles where he developed broad skills in tax consultation, manufacturing, distribution and corporate reorganization. He later founded his own accounting practice that he merged to create Hinton, Kreditor and Gronroos. Eric continues to specialize in tax consulting, compensation and estate planning. Additionally, he provides tax consulting and representation to businesses and other accounting firms in IRS audit disputes. He frequently speaks at educational seminars and other industry events; and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Eric has a master's of business taxation degree from the University of Southern California (1991) and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Santa Barbara (1985). Fred T. Arjani, CPAFred's more than 16 years of experience includes operating his own accounting firm and consulting to businesses ranging in size from $2 million to over $600 million in sales. He has a strong specialization in manufacturing, apparel, non-profit and real estate. Fred is also a prominent consultant to attorneys on accounting litigation issues and an expert accounting witness. Fred has also developed a niche helping his clients set-up captive insurance corporations. He is a graduate of California State University, Northridge and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and the California Society of Certified Public Accountants. Fred is licensed in both California and Hawaii. Jorge R. Fernandez, CPAJorge has been in practice for over 20 years and is a former partner
of as Santa Monica based accounting firm. During his last seven years
there, he was in charge of the firm's quality control as well as personnel.
He has a strong background dealing with the unique accounting and tax
issues associated with family owned businesses. Jorge also represents
high-net worth individuals, manufacturing companies and real estate
entities. David W. Riley, CPA, JDWith some 25 years of experience, David has significant expertise in
tax consulting for both mid-sized companies and
high-net worth individuals. As an accountant and lawyer, David has developed
a tax practice focused on the needs of business entrepreneurs including
high-level tax structure and estate planning and entity and trust formations. Edward Alvarado, CFEEd has close to 10 years of experience, which includes operating his own forensic accounting firm. He has experience in loss measurement, forensic accounting and business valuations. He also has extensive experience dealing with financial, accounting, economic, business and valuation issues relating to liability and damages in litigation matters and with all forms of commercial insurance loss and value work. In addition Mr. Alvarado has given numerous seminars on accounting, business valuation, and loss measurement to members of the legal profession, members of the insurance industry and risk managers. Ed received his bachelor's degree in accounting from Loyola Marymount University in 1998. David Stevenson, MCSEDavid specializes in working with clients to provide management and technical consulting, presenting designs and plans regarding purchases and installation of network hardware, software, and telecommunications equipment. His extensive experience in Information Technology Consulting includes acquiring forensic images of computers for government agencies and assisting in account receivable extractions. David has been responsible for design, implementation, documentation, security evaluation, LAN and WAN topology development, router installation, configuration and administration. Ann Marie Flaherty, CPAWith more than 20 years of accounting experience, Ann Marie has a strong
background in auditing and tax services. Her major clients have included
aerospace manufacturers, real estate management and development firms,
medical laboratories, professional service businesses and high-net worth
individuals.
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