Leadership

David was the Corporate Controller of The Home Depot, where he first began using cost segregation in the 80s, when it was called component depreciation.  He was then the CFO and an equity Partner at NTW, where he completed cost seg services for all their stores.  After selling NTW, he became one of the initial 10 Partners of Tatum CFO, now a division of Randstad, where he provided cost segregation and outsourced CFO Services to numerous businesses. 

In 1994, David began providing cost segregation services as a sole proprietor CPA, and ultimately founded Cost Segregation Advisors, LLC in 2006 to meet the needs of his growing client list.  Having completed cost segregation projects with both KPMG and Ernst & Young, and having used cost segregation from the perspectives of property owner, cost seg client, and cost seg service provider, David possesses a 360 degree knowledge of cost seg that few other providers rival. In addition to his role as CEO, David serves as the Audit Committee Chairman for the publicly traded bank, United Community Banks, Inc.

Christie began her career in business as an entrepreneur who grew her company from her home kitchen, to a 10,000 sq. ft. kitchen with distribution to national markets.  She served as an expert on shows like World News Tonight and The Today Show where she enjoyed taking complex questions and making them easy to understand for viewers – a practice she still enjoys using with cost segregation today.  Afterwards, she realized her best skill was problem solving and helping businesses grow - for this reason, she joined a McKinsey spin-off, Katzenbach Partners LLC. At Katzenbach, she assisted clients ranging from Pfizer, to T-Mobile, to Columbia University’s Mailman School. After many years of working with Cost Segregation Advisors as a client of her strategy services, Christie joined Cost Segregation Advisors full time in the role of Chief Strategy Officer before assuming the role of President.

Additionally, Christie is a commercial real estate investor and believes if you’re not utilizing your own professional services, why would anyone else want to?  Christie serves in her community on both the Zoning Board of Appeals, as well as the Citizens Finance Committee. She is a guest lecturer to Boston University’s MBA program, at franchise conventions and CPA educational seminars around the country, and is a contributing writer to industry publications such as the NY Real Estate Journal. As a member of the American Society of Cost Segregation Providers (ASCSP) she is passionate about teaching others about the large benefits of cost segregation studies, as well as how to ensure your studies meet the IRS highest standards.

Christie is also a partner in a luxury catering company where her role is to provide strategic guidance to the brand which works around the world and with clients including all of the living Presidents except for Carter, celebrities like Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr., and brands like Google and Hermes.