Lisa Colton

CPA

Managing Director, Tax

Industries: Life Science, Manufacturing and Wholesale, Technology

Lisa is a Tax Managing Director at BPM. She has nearly 10 years of experience providing customized tax solutions to clients across the high-tech, life science, manufacturing, and financial services sectors. Her primary objectives with research credit studies are to optimize the credit with complete and accurate deliverables, while minimizing the tax risk and disruption of a company’s personnel.

Elizaveta (Lisa) Colton holds an active CPA license in California.

Interesting tidbit

Lisa loves dogs, traveling, cooking and board games.

Certifications

Certified Public Accountant
Certificate of Advanced Accounting Proficiency (CAAP) – Santa Clara University

Education

BA/Business Information Systems – University of Cooperative Education, Karlsruhe, Germany

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