Summary
Mehrdad Talaifar joined EY in 2017
Prior to joining EY as an Associate Partner in Dubai, Mehrdad held various executive positions at Avalara, Ryan, Thomson Reuters Tax & Accounting, Sabrix Inc. and Arthur Andersen.

Skills
Mehrdad has a demonstrated history of leading and managing tax technology implementation and transformation projects for multinational and medium sized companies in various industries such as Oil & Gas, Financial, High Technology, Product and Process Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, eCommerce and Services.

Relevant experience
Mehrdad has over 33 years of consulting experience providing clients proven expertise and support in:

• design, implementation and management of global tax compliance processes and procedures
• improvement and transformation of indirect tax, direct tax, and transfer pricing compliance processes
• selection and implementation of tax, business process, operations and compliance automation solutions either on premise or as Software as a service.

Education

• Mehrdad holds an MBA in Finance from Santa Clara University, California
• He has BA degrees in Finance and Accounting from San Francisco State University, California.