Experience
Zack Peters’ primary responsibilities include providing litigation support on business valuation cases, developing business process improvements, and supporting expert witness testimony. He also brings expertise in forensic accounting, particularly in tracing funds and calculating economic damages in complex cases. Mr. Peters’ professional experience is summarized below.
Business Valuation
Mr. Peters has assisted in conducting appraisals across various industries. Some of the diverse entities he has assisted in valuing include:
- A construction business. Mr. Peters researched comparable companies, reviewed tax documents and added them to the valuation template.
- An online advertising company that went bankrupt within one year of acquisition. Engaged by the buyer to investigate, Mr. Peters reviewed and indexed case materials; researched and identified case materials for Sage analyses; and researched items for business valuation.
- A pizza shop. Mr. Peters assisted with the valuation and researched comparable companies.
- An engineering firm. Mr. Peters researched comparable companies.
Forensic/Investigative Accounting
The non-valuation matters in which Mr. Peters has applied his forensic accounting skills include:
- Hedge fund fraud. Mr. Peters traced funds and categorized personal expenses vs. business expenses.
Evaluation of Economic Damages
Mr. Peters has contributed to the calculation of economic losses, or economic damages, to matters including:
- A trucking company contract dispute. Mr. Peters handled large amounts of data, developed python script to convert and extract crucial data from a variety of sources, and compiled this information into a large database used in analysis. Additionally, he reviewed and analyzed financial reports and created a spreadsheet summarizing the data.
- A farm affected by a wildfire. Mr. Peters analyzed financial reports and created a spreadsheet summarizing the data.
Educational Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Business
- Master of Accounting degree from Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Business
Professional Affiliations/Activities
- Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Utah Chapter
Types of Matters
Mr. Peters has provided professional services in several key areas, including:
Derk has provided professional services for a wide variety of purposes and in a wide variety of matters. This variety is because the foundational principles in forensic accounting, valuation, and economic damages can be appropriately applied in many different situations, the following attempts to broadly summarize the different types of matters he worked on during his career:
