Mark R. Rodriguez, ASA 

Professional background:

Director

Mr. Mark Rodriguez is a mechanical engineer and an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) with the American Society of Appraisers.  Mr. Rodriguez has over 14 years experience as an international valuation specialist and a construction project engineer. He previously worked with the Valuation Group of a “Big Five” accounting firm in New York City and with an “ENR top 50” construction management company. Mr. Rodriguez also has a Masters Degree in Managerial Accounting. 

Mr. Rodriguez has supervised and performed a diversity of valuation, appraisal and consulting engagements, including the valuation of public utilities, independent power producers, complex manufacturing and industrial facilities, commercial buildings and residential apartments.  His experience includes both domestic and international transactions.  These valuation advisory assignments were performed for appraisals, market valuations, purchase price allocations, cost segregation studies, litigation support, project financing, transactional pricing, and for taxation and management reporting purposes.  Specifically, these transactions included the valuation of tangible assets, intangible assets, and goodwill; purchase price allocations for tax and financial reporting including compliance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement Nos. 141, 142, and 143 and 144.  These transactions have commonly involved financial, economic and statistical analysis to establish market values, cost segregation, and overall transactional structuring.

Mr. Rodriguez has analyzed a variety of electric generating facilities and public utility related assets including: base load power plants, capacity and peaking facilities, and transmission and distribution assets.  Specifically, these electric generating assets include coal; natural gas, hydroelectric, oil, nuclear, biomass, combined cycle cogeneration, black liquor, resource recovery, wind, and sludge / hazardous waste facilities.  In addition, he has analyzed both electric and gas transmission lines and distribution systems including gas regulating stations and electrical substations.

Mr. Rodriguez has supervised and performed numerous engagements involving the valuation of intangible assets including contracts, power purchase agreements, transitional agreements, mineral and fossil fuel rights, transmission constraint contracts, pollution credits, computer technology, trade names, trained and assembled workforce, leases, goodwill and going concern.  Specializations include discounted cash flow and direct capitalization models, statistical analyses including price forecasting and Monte Carlo simulations, and business entity and business interest valuations.

 Senior Manager / Director of Domestic and International Utility Valuations

Mr. Rodriguez has five years experience as a Senior Manager in the Valuation Group of a “Big Five” consulting firm located in New York City.  He served as the developer and head of the Independent Power and Public Utilities Valuation Practice that included business development, marketing, and project management of numerous industrial, commercial, public utility and independent power related valuation-consulting projects throughout North America, Latin America, and Europe.

 Mr. Rodriguez has performed valuation studies of facilities and equipment in the electric utility industry for a variety of purposes including management information, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, deregulation and corporate restructuring.  These valuation studies have generally involved financial, economic and statistical analysis to establish fair market values, residual values and remaining useful lives.  He has analyzed a variety of electric generating facilities ranging from large utility base load power plants to smaller independent power plants including coal, gas, hydroelectric, resource recovery, biomass, fossil fuel, black liquor, sludge/hazardous and biomass projects.  Additional facility valuation assignments prepared by Mr. Rodriguez include electric transmission and distribution systems and natural gas networks.

Mechanical / Electrical Project Engineer

Mr. Rodriguez obtained over five years of progressively responsible engineering and construction management experience with specific expertise in industrial and commercial contracting. 

Professional Affiliations:

ASA, American Society of Appraisers - Accredited Senior Appraiser

 §         Accredited Senior Appraiser with the American Society of Appraisers

§         ASA Designation in Machinery & Technical Specialties

§         Member of American Society of Appraisers – North Jersey Chapter #73

§         ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter, Vice President, 2003/2004

§         ASA Northern New Jersey Chapter, Chapter Secretary, 2002/2003

 Member, The American Society of Mechanical Engineers

 §         Member #: 2008068; Since 1989

 Member, Society of Depreciation Professionals

Education:

 §         Master of Science in Managerial Accounting – New Jersey Institute of Technology (“NJIT”) 1998

§         Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering – NJIT 1990

§         ASA – American Society of Appraisers

o           ME201: Introduction to Machinery and Equipment Valuation

o           ME202: Machinery and Equipment Valuation Methodology

o           ME203: Machinery and Equipment Valuation – Advanced Topics and Case Studies

o           ME204: Machinery and Equipment Valuation – Advanced Topics and Report Writing

§         Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) – Status Current

Presentations:

 §         Workshop Leader for the 5^th Annual Electric Asset Valuation Conference – Presentation Topic “Getting the Most for Your Appraisal Dollar – Valuation Techniques, Theories and Practices”

§         Numerous presentations at seminars and conferences regarding financial advisory services, business valuations, and cost segregation studies