Dan Burt, Chairman & General Counsel
London, England
Dan Burt is a founder of Compliance Technologies International, LLP. He has forty plus years of international business and legal experience. Prior to founding CTI, Mr. Burt founded Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP, a successful boutique international tax law firm specializing in every aspect of U.S. and international taxation of large, publicly held foreign and U.S. corporations.
Mr. Burt specialized in U.S. taxation of international operations immediately upon graduating from Yale Law School in 1969. He was an Attorney-Advisor to the International Tax Counsel to the U.S. Treasury and then the Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Tax.
Mr. Burt taught at Boston University Law School (1973-1974) and consulted for Deloitte & Touche, LLP on international tax in their New York office (1973-1975) after leaving the Treasury, then formed his first law firm specializing in international taxation in 1975. He again entered to public service in 1980, returning later to private practice in 1986 when he founded Burt, Maner & Miller (now Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP).
Education & CredentialsBA – LaSalle University (1964) |
Bar AdmissionsMassachusetts |
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Honorary Fellow, St. John's College, Cambridge
John M. Staples, Executive Director
Washington D.C.
John Staples is a founder of Compliance Technologies International, LLP. His plan was to bring his many years of Internal Revenue Service and international tax experience together with a team of highly qualified legal, tax, operations, and software development professionals to create end-to-end solutions for financial institutions and multi-national corporations.
John Staples joined Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP in 2003 as the Managing Partner of the U.S. office. Prior to joining Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP, Mr. Staples was the Associate Chief Counsel International of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Office of Associate Chief Counsel International ("ACCI") provides advice to the IRS and U.S. Treasury Department on internationally related litigation, technical guidance such as regulations and rulings, advice to IRS field operations, private letter rulings, advice on U.S. tax treaties, U.S. positions in multi-national fora, and legislative proposals. He directed a staff of more than 120 attorneys, tax law specialists, program analysts and support employees, including the staff of the Advance Pricing Agreement ("APA") program. While Associate Chief Counsel (International), Mr. Staples personally oversaw the U.S. government's implementation of the section 1441 withholding tax regime. Mr. Staples currently represents many of the largest financial institutions and multi-nationals with respect to both domestic and nonresident alien withholding and reporting compliance and audit defense.
Before his appointment as Associate Chief Counsel (International) in January 2001, Mr. Staples served as the Acting Deputy Associate Chief Counsel (International-Technical) and as the Assistant Chief Counsel (International-Technical). In both positions, Mr. Staples had primary responsibility for managing the technical international tax program for the office. From June 1995 to February 1998, Mr. Staples served as Assistant to IRS Commissioner Richardson, where he advised the Commissioner on a wide array of issues, particularly international, financial products and financial institutions tax issues.
Prior to joining the IRS, Mr. Staples specialized in international taxation at Burt, Maner & Miller and the Washington D.C. office of Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan. He has lectured and published extensively on a wide array of international tax topics as part of both his government service and his private practice. Typical audiences include Bar groups, trade and banking associations, and industry groups. Mr. Staples has also presented private international tax training seminars for his clients.
Mr. Staples is frequently contacted by the tax press for his views on international tax developments.
Education & CredentialsBA – Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (1982) |
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia |
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Cyrus Daftary, Executive Director
Boston, MA
Cyrus Daftary is a founder of Compliance Technologies International, LLP. His many years of electronic commerce, international business and legal experience enable him to address the problems associated with compliance obligations and implement operational, systemic processes, outsourcing, and IT solutions to ensure prospective compliance with these rules.
Mr. Daftary is also a partner at Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP specializing in international taxation and regulatory compliance. He has extensive experience with the United States withholding and reporting rules for U.S. and non-U.S. persons, as well as the U.S. Patriot Act and various anti-money laundering regimes, the European Savings Directive, and e-commerce issues.
Prior to founding CTI, Mr. Daftary was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, where he led the Information Withholding and Reporting group within the Tax and Advisory Practices. He specialized in information withholding and reporting and tax technology related solutions and consulted with multi-national corporations and financial services institutions regarding their tax technical, operational and systemic compliance around the 1441 regulations. Prior to this position, Cyrus served as the Chief Technology Officer for PwC's Tax Practice and led the Firm's Financial Services Tax Technology Consulting Practice.
Mr. Daftary has lectured and published extensively in the areas of anti-money laundering, the European Savings Directive, international withholding and reporting, tax technology, and e-commerce topics as a part of both his academic and private practice. He is a co-author of three editions of the E-Business Legal Handbook, and has taught courses on cyber-law, Internet taxation and e-commerce as an adjunct professor at Suffolk University School of Law, Northeastern University's Master of Taxation program and Suffolk University's Frank Sawyer School of Business.
For a list of speeches and publications presented by Mr. Daftary, please click on the following link.
Education & CredentialsBA – Indiana University (1990) |
Bar AdmissionsDistrict of Columbia |
Michelle E. d'Arcy, Chief Operating Officer
Boston, MA
Michelle E. d'Arcy is the Chief Operating Officer of Compliance Technologies International, LLP. Ms. d'Arcy manages all operational functions at CTI. She oversees day-to-day activities of the organization and is responsible for devising both immediate and long-term business strategies. Her distinctive strength in instituting best practices and enhancing cross-functional cooperation positions the firm as the major provider for the exceptional fulfillment of tax-related compliance requirements for CTI clients. Her purview includes, but is not limited to, maintaining and exceeding quality standards, supervising order fulfillment (both pre-sale and post-sale) and quality control, establishing internal systems and business processes, budgeting and forecasting, instituting procedures and efficiencies resulting in operations improvement, and the management of all human capital and Human Resource matters.
Ms. d'Arcy brings more than thirty years of corporate experience to CTI. She served in various capacities throughout her long and varied career as an executive at Reed Elsevier/LexisNexis®, the leading provider of legal, tax, regulatory, risk management, and business information solutions to professional, corporate and government customers worldwide. Her special expertise in developing strategies for preference markets, including government contracting and academic sector, contributed significantly to the successes of those divisions. Additionally she served on the team securing venture capital (VC) for the early-stage funding of the high potential, growth startup, Law Office Information Systems, and brought the firm to an effective initial public offering (IPO). She contributed thereafter to the successful sale of Loislaw® to the publisher, Wolters Kluwer. Ms. d'Arcy created and devised the strategic direction for U.S. Public Printer (United States Government Printing Office) enabling the USGPO to make the transition from print-only media to online and web-based publishing.
Prior to her corporate contributions, Ms. d'Arcy taught classical foreign languages and English literature in Western New York, where she completed both her undergraduate and graduate work at Canisius College and the State University of New York at Buffalo, where she majored in comparative languages and mathematics.
Jill Dymtrow, Vice President
Los Angeles, CA
Jill Dymtrow joined Compliance Technologies International, LLP to provide additional strength to the firm's tax technical and accounting efforts. Prior to joining CTI, Ms. Dymtrow was a leader in the Legal Support Group of Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP, where she brought years of experience working with U.S. withholding agents and Qualified Intermediaries on compliance with Section 1441 rules.
Prior to joining Burt, Staples & Maner, LLP, Ms. Dymtrow specialized in information reporting and withholding as a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP. Ms. Dymtrow began her career at PwC working in Tax for the Banking Group. In 2001, she began working with Qualified Intermediaries in preparation for the QI Audit cycle in 2002. She worked with foreign PwC offices and their clients to train them in QI compliance, withholding and reporting requirements, handling technical issues and working on QI audits. In the spring of 2003, Ms. Dymtrow began working with U.S. withholding agents on Section 1441 compliance matters similar to those that affected the QIs. She took a number of U.S. withholding agents through the Voluntary Compliance Program. Her work has involved large U.S. financial institutions, as well as energy, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Ms. Dymtrow was also a member of the core group that developed PwC's tax technology solutions.
For a list of speeches and publications presented by Ms. Dymtrow, please click on the following link.
Education & CredentialsBS – University of Florida (2000) (Honors Program) |
Nazeem Issac, Chief Technology Officer
Boston, MA
Nazeem Issac is the Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the development, evaluation and oversight of all new and existing technologies including program and research, design, implementation, budgets, support, application architecture and development, management and expansion of hosting facilities and other infrastructure. Mr. Issac drives the planning and implementation of programming and research undertaken by CTI to meet strategic goals.
Mr. Issac brings twelve years of experience in information technology, in addition to many years of practice in tax and finance. Prior to joining CTI, Mr. Issac was a manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP's Boston Office, in the Financial Industry Technology Practice. During his tenure at PwC, he helped to design and develop software applications for clients in both the Banking and Real Estate industries. He was a member of the core 1441 Compliance Solutions team and assisted in the designing and development of software components. Mr. Issac has also worked in the design and development of software for the Aviation Industry.
Mr. Issac received a Degree with Distinction in Engineering from the University of Kerala (India). He is a certified ISO 9001 Internal Auditor with experience in systemic, management, resource, realization and remedial auditing.
Education & CredentialsB. Tech with Distinction in Engineering from University of Kerala (India) |
Visak Krishnamoorthy , Chief Technology Architect
Boston, MA
Visak Krishnamoorthy is the Chief Technology Architect and is focused on the technical issues within Compliance Technologies International, LLP. As Chief Technology Architect, Mr. Krishnamoorthy directs the Firm's research and development portfolio innovatively. With more than twelve years experience in the technology industry, Mr. Krishnamoorthy manages CTI's decisions with respect to technology and advanced software development.
Mr. Krishnamoorthy is responsible for the technical design, architecture and development of the various CTI products. Mr. Krishnamoorthy manages the development team and works with CTI's clients to integrate the CTI offerings, as required. Mr. Krishnamoorthy encourages open communication, creativity and inventiveness among his team as he provides strength to the Firm's technology and software development efforts. Mr. Krishnamoorthy uses his experience in technology and architecture to enhance his consulting expertise. He has designed and implemented solutions for numerous financial institutions, including those that represent the largest in the world.
Prior to joining CTI, Visak Krishnamoorthy was a Senior Associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP in the Financial Industry Tax Practice, Boston Office. During his tenure with PwC, Mr. Krishnamoorthy helped architect large scale distributed systems to automate the tax compliance operations for clients in the Banking, Hedge Fund, Venture Capital and Real Estate arenas. Mr. Krishnamoorthy was also a member of the core group that developed PwC's tax technology solutions.
Education & CredentialsMS Electrical Engineering – University of New Hampshire (2005) |
Von Duran, Vice President, Client Service Delivery
Boston, MA
Von Duran is Vice President, Client Service Delivery, and is responsible for managing CTI client relationships as well as working with clients to prioritize desired enhancements to CTI's suite of applications.
Von brings nearly 20 years of Financial Services industry experience to CTI. After serving in the U.S. Navy as a Lieutenant on board a nuclear powered submarine, Von started his civilian career as the global securities processing product manager at SEI Investments, where he successfully managed a $10M partnership with Andersen Consulting (Accenture). He continued to expand his product management expertise through broad-ranging and varied experience at several financial services firms, including SunGard, Broadridge, and Wolters Kluwer. Prior to joining CTI, Von was the fixed income trading product manager at Charles River Development and was responsible for driving the product roadmap. He directed the formulation of product enhancement strategies, developed the product roadmap, managed the product backlog, and prioritized initiatives by working closely with external clients including Portfolio Managers, Traders, and Front Office IT staff.
Education & CredentialsBS Nuclear Engineering – Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Steve Walker, Vice President, Business Process/Requirements
Boston, MA
Stephen Walker is the Vice President, Business Process/Requirements responsible for the overall management of end-to-end large scale software implementations. His team performs all tasks related to project management, business analysis, and quality assurance in the Software Development Lifecycle.
Steve brings nearly 20 years of experience in the Financial Services, Software and Consulting industries. After starting in the accounting field, he expanded on his experience in financial services by taking on various roles in the mutual fund industry, including financial reporting and compliance. In addition Steve spent time honing his skills in the consulting and software implementation fields, with service time at IBM Business Consulting Services, IGEFI and Broadridge Financial Solutions.
Education & CredentialsBS Business Administration – Villanova University (1993) |
Sebi Thapa, Vice President, Outsourcing Operations
Boston, MA
Sebi Thapa is the Vice President of Outsourcing Operations for Compliance Technologies International, LLP. Sebi manages and oversees the Outsourcing division including information return reporting (Forms 1042-S and 1099), the FATCA Service Bureau, and all document validation (Forms W-8, W-9, 8233, KYC, Self-Certifications) processes thereby allowing CTI clients to focus on core strengths while they entrusting CTI with their compliance needs. Additionally, Sebi manages CTI's Outsourcing relationships with foreign and domestic financial institutions as well as multi-national corporations.
Prior to joining CTI, Sebi was Associate Director at UBS Investment focusing her career on client documentation, tax withholding, and information reporting requirements related to intermediaries. Sebi also assisted in preparation and review of IRS field audit materials including client documentation and 1099/1042-S reporting for internal/external audits working towards integrating strategic solutions for account opening and intermediary processing into the tax compliance framework.
Education & CredentialsBS Business Management – B.M.S College, Bangalore India (2000) |