Douglas R. Krieser,
ASA
Douglas R. Krieser, ASA works with EquipNet in the engagement of appraisal and consulting projects related to pharmaceutical, chemical and the packaging industries. He has performed and supervised valuations
and consulting projects on an international basis for over 18 years. His area
of expertise is primarily machinery & equipment/personal property. However,
he has valued buildings and improvements for insurance purposes. He has broad
experience in performing valuations and consulting projects for a variety of
purposes including, but not limited to the following:
- Tax appeal
- Insurance
- Purchase price allocation
- Asset-based lending
- Leasing (beginning and
end of lease valuations)
- Financial and tax reporting
- Donations
- Liquidations
- Shareholder disputes
- Sarbanes Oxley conformance
- Asset tagging and tracking
- "Anti-Dumping"
lawsuits
- Contract related lawsuits
- General consulting (useful
life determination, obsolescence studies, etc.)
- Various other purposes
Mr. Krieser has performed and supervised valuations throughout the United States,
Europe, Asia, and South America. In addition to his valuation experience, Mr.
Krieser has experience testifying in several states regarding personal property
tax matters and has testified in federal bankruptcy court.
Mr. Krieser has authored various articles and has given presentations at national conferences on topics such as obsolescence, insurance valuation issues, the effects of accounting standards on the appraisal profession, and various personal property tax issues. He is also a contributor to the latest edition of Valuing Machinery and Equipment:
The Fundamentals of Appraising
Machinery and technical Assets (Second Edition) published by the American Society
of Appraisers in 2005.
He is a Staff Instructor for the American Society of Appraisers, teaching ME201
Introduction to Machinery and Equipment Valuation and ME202 Machinery and Equipment
Valuation Methodology.
Previously, Mr. Krieser
spent two and a half years with Stout Risius Ross, Inc. ("SRR") where
he managed their machinery and equipment practice. Prior to SRR, he spent four
years at Arthur Andersen in their Valuation Services Group. During the last
two years, he was Andersen's Central Region Equipment Valuation Manager. Prior
to Arthur Andersen, he spent ten years with Factory Mutual Engineering, a leading
supplier of insurance related appraisal and engineering services.
Mr. Krieser earned a BS
in Industrial Engineering from Marquette University. He is a Senior Member of
the American Society of Appraisers ("ASA") and is a member of the
Machinery and Technical Specialties committee.
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