The Journey

Mark has always liked numbers. He remembers growing up as a kid and working at his grandfather’s plant nursery. Mark ran the cash register and helped customers, which he thought was a lot better than getting his hands dirty working with the plants. Looking back on it, this was probably where his love of helping others and providing great customer service started.

Mark has always had a passion for sports, especially baseball. His family has had seats at Dodger Stadium since the day it opened, so he was able to watch his hometown team his entire life. This passion for baseball stayed with Mark throughout his career as a player, and along with hard work, gave him the opportunity to play for the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) baseball team. During his time at UCSB, he developed a new passion, which was for public accounting.

Building strong teams has always been important to Mark. He coached kids’ basketball growing up and then was an assistant coach for the UCSB baseball team during his final year. It’s this passion for developing talented people and creating strong teams that has helped Mark become such a valued manager at SPS. That, along with his commitment to taking great care of customers, or in this case clients, would no doubt make his grandfather very proud.

Degrees, Certifications & Memberships

BA in Economics (emphasis in accounting), University of California, Santa Barbara 1995

Certified Public Accountant 2001

Member: American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)

Member: California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA) 

Appointments

Accountant with large Los Angeles firm, 1998 to 2007

Joined Sobul, Primes & Schenkel, October 2007

Beyond the Office

Lives in Encino

Board member of Rafu Shimpo Foundation

Enjoys sports, especially baseball, basketball and golf