SUMMARY
With over 25 years of experience, EW #1654 has worked with a broad range of firms/industries in both litigation and non-litigation settings. His ability to analyze and explain complex financial matters has proved useful in numerous commercial disputes.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA)
Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

EDUCATION
MBA, California State University, Los Angeles
BA, Whittier College (graduated first in his class)

EMPLOYMENT
EW #1654 is founder of his own business.  Under his leadership it has grown to approximately 15 full-time client-service professionals, plus part-time affiliations with professors and retired professionals. He actively serves as the leader for numerous client engagements, as well as remaining responsible for Fulcrum’s overall growth and direction. His client work focuses primarily on valuation of businesses and intangible business assets, economic studies, royalty and fraud auditing, damage analysis, and lost profit calculations,. Representative engagements which he personally led, can be found at the company web site.

EW #1654 was responsible for the Southern California forensic accounting, valuation, and litigation consulting practice for one of the large international accounting and consulting firms. At the time of his departure, this practice was one of the largest such groups in the western United States. In addition to leading the local group, Mr. Nolte served on the firm-wide steering committees for the litigation consulting and bankruptcy/troubled company consulting service lines.

Prior to working as a financial consultant, he performed commercial audits for large publicly traded and private companies, and served as the overall audit partner for such services. He also worked for approximately two years in a 20-person CPA firm where he performed tax and accounting work for smaller companies.

He has taught upper division accounting and auditing classes as an Adjunct Professor at Whittier College from 1981 to 1986.