Advanced Preparation

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  Mike Brandstetter

  • Partner, Technical Accounting

  Mike is a Partner in Connor Group’s Technical Accounting and IPO Services practice, providing assistance to clients with technical accounting issues and helping clients achieve IPO readiness. Mike has extensive experience with revenue recognition, business combinations, consolidation and variable interest entities, complex debt and equity arrangements, derivatives, goodwill and intangibles, inventory and related reserves, stock-based compensation, financial statement preparation and SEC Reporting. 
  
  Prior to working at Connor Group, Mike worked as an audit professional at PwC in San Jose, California and Singapore, for more than 11 years, most recently as a senior manager serving both public and private multi-national and small... Read more

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  Jennie Jiang

  • Director

  Jennie has extensive experience in complicated accounting areas such as business combinations and asset acquisitions (ASC805), revenue recognition (ASC606), collaborative arrangements (ASC808), lease accounting (ASC842), consolidation and variable interest entities (ASC810), share based compensation (ASC718), derivatives (ASC815), fair value (ASC820), financial instruments (ASC480/ASC825), investments (ASC320/ASC321/ASC323), financial statements preparation, IPO filings and SEC reporting. 

  Prior to working at Connor Group, Jennie was an Inspection Specialist at PCAOB. This followed over a decade at Deloitte & Touche, where she worked as a Senior Manager in both the San Francisco and Beijing offices, serving a diverse range... Read more

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  Dmitry Petrichenko

  • Director, Technical Accounting

  Dmitry is a Director in Connor Group’s Technical Accounting and IPO Services group primarily engaged in assisting clients with resolving technical accounting issues and achieving IPO readiness. Most recently, Dmitry is serving pre-IPO and public clients in software, technology, and biotechnology industries. 

  Prior to joining Connor Group, Dmitry worked in the audit practice at EY serving public and multinational private clients in various industries, including industrial products, retail and consumer products, utilities, and telecommunication. 

  Dmitry is a Fellow Certified Chartered Accountant (ACCA, UK) and Certified Public Accountant in the state of California

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