Biography

Thomas has provided valuation consulting services since 2000 and oversees the firm’s valuation services throughout the greater Bay Area. His focus is business valuation, audit support, financial and tax reporting and analysis, and financial valuation modeling for clients in the technology, life sciences, financial services, and manufacturing industries.

Thomas’s experience includes ASC 805 intangible asset valuations and purchase price allocation, ASC 350 goodwill impairment analyses, IRC 409A deferred compensation valuing common stock for privately held companies, pre-acquisition due diligence, and tax-related valuations.

He’s also experienced in the valuations of developed and in-process research and development, trade names and trademarks, noncompetition agreements, customer relationships, loan portfolios, core deposit intangibles, fixed maturity deposits, interest rate swaps, and debt instruments.

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Fair Value: A Reasonable Range of Valuation Outcomes
    (Praxity Forensic Litigation & Valuation Services Conference, November 2014)
  • Issues in Fair Value
    (Moss Adams Internal Assurance Conference, September 2014)
  • Challenges in Valuation
    (Moss Adams Technology Conference, June 2014)
  • Creating Growth Brand Strategy and Enterprise Value
    (Accounting and Banking Seminar, May 2014)
  • Valuations’ Role in M&A
    (Tribal Business Seminar, December 2013)
  • Valuing Customer Relationships
    (BV Resources Webcast, November 2012)
  • Exploring the Valuation of Contingent Consideration and Financial Instruments
    (National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts (NACVA) Conference, February 2012)

Professional Affiliations

  • Member, American Society of Appraisers

Education

  • BA, business economics, College of Wooster
  • MBA, finance, Thunderbird School of Global Management

Insights from Thomas Zambito

Baker Tilly US, LLP, Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and Moss Adams LLP and their affiliated entities operate under an alternative practice structure in accordance with the AICPA Code of Professional Conduct and applicable laws, regulations and professional standards. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiaries, and Baker Tilly US, LLP and its affiliated entities, trading as Baker Tilly, are members of the global network of Baker Tilly International Ltd., the members of which are separate and independent legal entities. Baker Tilly US, LLP and Moss Adams LLP are licensed CPA firms that provide assurance services to their clients. Baker Tilly Advisory Group, LP and its subsidiary entities provide tax and consulting services to their clients and are not licensed CPA firms. ISO certification services offered through Moss Adams Certifications LLC. Investment advisory offered through either Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC or Baker Tilly Wealth Management, LLC.