Executive Team

Fernando Jimenez serves as Chief Executive Officer of RJI International and was appointed to that position in 2014. He is responsible for project administration, firm administration, practice development, financial management, technical reviews, and strategic planning and has managed the firm with the highest level of integrity in meeting client expectations. The firm has received extensive notoriety for its quality services and responsiveness in national magazines local newspapers and business journals.

Fernando has specific experience in corporate re-organizations, buy/sell transactions, entity formation and liquidation, representation before the IRS and state regulatory agencies, ownership transition and succession planning, strategic and operations planning, transactional analysis, and private wealth services. Fernando has experience in several industries, including real estate, manufacturing/distribution, restaurant/retail, professional services and industrial products. His experience also includes complex consolidated corporate transactions.

Brent spent the early years of his accounting career with Deloitte, Haskins, & Sells (now Deloitte) before moving on to a large local accounting firm where he eventually became the managing partner. When that firm split up in 2014, Brent established his own practice, which recently merged with RJI CPAs.

He has extensive experience in income and estate tax planning and compliance and has served clients in many different industries with particular emphasis in real estate, construction contractors, franchisees, private equity funds, and technology.

Ian Lawson has over 25 years of experience working with national and local firms serving the middle market. Lawson provides audit, review, compilation and consulting services to privately held and publicly traded companies. He is a knowledgeable advisor regarding GAAP and complex accounting matters.

Diana A. Zambrano is a tax manager at RJI International. She joined RJI in 2004 and specializes in accounting and taxation. Diana is fluent in both English and Spanish.

She is responsible for reviewing and supervising the tax preparation of S-corporation, partnership, property tax, payroll, and individual tax returns. Diana is also responsible for tax preparation of large and middle market C-corporations, S-corporations, estate, partnership and high-wealth individuals. Her experience also includes tax projections and research. Diana also assists senior management with consolidated corporate transactions, asset acquisition and disposition, dispositions of subsidiary companies as well as employee training and mentoring. She also has experience in dealing with federal and state tax authorities with regard to corporate and individual income tax issues.

Grace Pamon has over 14 years of experience providing tax and accounting services. Her experience includes preparing multi-state tax returns and consulting with high net worth individuals for tax planning and savings.

Bob has a combined 35 years of fixed asset, construction, estimating, and drafting and design experience. He has over 25 years’ experience in the cost segregation and tangible asset valuation fields, and over 10 years in the construction industry.
Bob provides client services in the areas of fixed assets, cost segregation, repairs, abandonment, machinery & equipment valuation, and construction.
He is experienced in a variety of industries, including construction, banking, retail/franchises, restaurant, health care, manufacturing, distribution, technology, hospitality, and real estate.
He has provided taxpayer benefit for capital assets on all property types for new construction, acquisitions, renovations and improvements, multiple locations, and purchase price allocations.
Bob has successfully assisted taxpayers with revenue exams, Compliance Audit Process (CAP) audit teams, and IRS appeals related to cost segregation and capitalization.

Janet works with high-net-worth individuals and closely-held businesses across a variety of industries. She has experience preparing individual, partnership, corporate, S-corporate, and nonprofit income tax returns. Janet regularly consults with high-net-worth individuals for tax planning and savings and responds to IRS and State Tax authority audits and notices. In addition, she conducts training for staff and interns.