Scott Miller is a managing director with Willamette Management Associates and the director of our Portland office. Scott has performed the following types of valuation and economic analysis assignments: merger and acquisition valuations, business and stock valuations, divestiture and spin-off valuations, fairness opinions, forensic analyses, transfer pricing analyses, property tax valuations, estate tax valuations, ad valorem property tax valuations, intangible asset and intellectual property valuations, marital dissolution valuations, lost profits/economic damages analyses, and appraisal reviews.

He has prepared these valuation and economic analyses for the following purposes: transaction pricing and structuring, taxation planning and compliance (federal income, gift, and estate tax; state and local property tax; transfer tax), forensic analysis and dispute resolution, and strategic information and planning.

Scott has estimated the value, remaining useful life, and/or license/royalty rate of the following types of intangible assets: customer-related intangible assets, goodwill, and trademarks and trade names.

Scott has valued the following types of business entities and securities: closely held corporation business enterprises, closely held corporation noncontrolling ownership interests, various classes of common/preferred stock, public corporation subsidiaries/divisions, general and limited partnership interests, professional service corporations, professional practices, and LLCs.

Scott has performed business, stock, and intangible asset valuations for clients in the following industries: accounting and consulting, apparel, architecture, biotechnology, cement, chemical, communications, construction and contracting, grocery stores, high-tech, education, equipment leasing, financial services, food processing, food service, forest products, health care, information technology consulting, insurance, leasing, manufacturing, medical practice, printing, natural resources, public utilities, real estate development, restaurant services, retailing, software, staffing services, telecommunications, and wholesaling.

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Before joining Willamette Management Associates, Scott was a financial analyst intern with Cogent Valuation. At Cogent Valuation, Scott performed business valuations of companies in a variety of industries.

EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science in business administration, finance, economics minor, University of Oregon, Lundquist College of Business (honors program)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Scott has earned the chartered financial analyst (CFA) designation from the CFA Institute, and he is a member of the Portland Society of Financial Analysts.