Career Accomplishment Summary of Thomas Kalajian

Thomas Kalajian is a highly trained and experienced financial services professional.  Thomas Kalajian is unique in that he is proficient in integrating, planning and coordinating multiple financial and administrative disciplines for achieving extraordinary results for both client and community objectives.

Tom Kalajian earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting, holds a designation by the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts as an Accredited Valuation Analyst (AVA).   Thomas Kalajian is a former CPA, licensed with the State of California from 1975 to 2001, after which he continued his income tax and accounting practice as a Registered Tax Preparer under the auspices of the California Tax Education Council as a CRTP, offering greater flexibility for broader services to his clients.

Thomas Kalajian is a published author on business valuation, is a graduate of the Accountant's Boot Camp as a qualified Business Development Specialist from the prestigious international training organization, Results Accountants' Systems, is an award-winning Toastmaster speaker, and nominee for Businessman of the Year with the Santa Ana Chamber of Commerce.

Thomas Kalajian was the Southern California Armenian community coordinator for the most successful membership drive to date in the history of Orange County's PBS station KOCE-TV, is a member of the founding Executive Committee of the Orange County Armenian Festival, the first pan-Armenian festival of its kind in North America.

Thomas Kalajian was the only business and tax commentator for ten years on Orange County's first cable news network, Orange County NewsChannel (OCN), is a visiting lecturer with Chapman University's School of Broadcast Journalism, is an organizing volunteer for fund-raising and organization for multiple school projects, including fine arts and athletic programs.

Thomas Kalajian is an accomplished seminar leader and speaker on topics of income tax reduction, business development and profit improvement strategies and systems, and frequently contributes his time and efforts to charitable and cultural organizations throughout Orange County and the Southland.

Thomas Kalajian is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts, the Institute of Business Appraisers and was accepted as a member of American Mensa, Ltd. 

Thomas Kalajian is a veteran of the U.S. Army, completed electronics training in the Signal Corps in Ft. Monmouth, NJ in Fixed Plant Radio Equipment Repair (MOS 34E20), moving on to graduate the advanced course and earning a promotion to the rank of Specialist 4, and ended his volunteer enlistment in Viet Nam with an honorable discharge as the Signal Corps' Transportation Coordinator of "I Corps" quadrant, headquartered in Nha Trang. 

Thomas Kalajian won the first place trophy at his first attempt at desert motorcycle racing in the Novice division of the CRC, riding a modified Hodaka 100B, and thereafter retired from the hobby.

In his early education years, Thomas Kalajian earned his amateur radio Technician Class license at age 14 from the FCC as call sign WA6JAM, was elected the president of the Radio Club, won a science fair award on Transistor Theory and Operation, and appeared on a summer television program on science on the topic of transistor operation circa 1959.  Thomas Kalajian went on to be elected the president of the honorary Electoneers Club, supported in part by the engineers at the Pasadena Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

Thomas Kalajian played the double bass (bass viol) in the school orchestra, which he later converted to electric bass guitar, which he still enjoys as a musician with a band specializing in authentic Armenian and Anatolian folk dancing music since the early 1960's.

In his elementary years, Thomas Kalajian won art awards and was a featured young watercolor artist for his unique attention to detail and perspective at the Pasadena Art Museum, later renamed the Norton Simon Museum of Art.  Thomas Kalajian speaks the Western dialect of the Armenian language.

"... [Thomas Kalajian, in his career as a CPA]  has demonstrated the utmost integrity, objectivity and dedication to his clients..."

Christian Frederiksen, CPA

"...Thomas Kalajian [in his career as a CPA] possess the highest degree of competence as a Certified Public Accountant."

Richard J. Aprahamian, Attorney at Law

"... [Thomas Kalajian in his career as a CPA] has the highest degree of integrity I have ever seen..."

Robert B. Breskin, CPA