Ryan Howat, CPA, MSA

Ryan Howat is an accomplished accounting professional with over 4 years of audit experience, 11 years of industry accounting for private investment companies. He is a Certified Public Accountant in the state of California. His industry coverage has included private equity, venture capital, start-ups (privately funded / venture backed companies), internet companies, manufacturing, etc. Specialties: Fund Accounting, GAAP, Limited Partnership Agreements (LPA), partner allocations, capital call and distributions, investment testing, ASC 820, analytics, financial statement preparation, risk assessment, planning, internal controls, reserve analysis, inventory, fixed assets (PP&E), deferred revenue, line of credit (LOC), notes / debt, equity transactions (preferred stock, stock options valuation and expense (ASC 718 / FAS123R, warrants), revenue, expense / cost allocation, 401(k), 409A, ERISA.