Firm Member Biographies

Louis Tommasino, CPA, CEO

Louis Tommasino has extensive experience in tax services, auditing and financial consulting, including trust and business planning, and management services. Since 1996, he's operated his own practice, providing results-oriented tax and accounting services for small businesses, non-profit organizations, estates and individuals.

Louis has accounting experience in a broad range of industries including: the biotech industry, entertainment, restaurants, real estate, medical offices, contractors, retailers, medical supplies, and non-profit organizations. Louis has worked with several start-up companies in Arizona and California. He has used his expertise to consult development-stage companies in the following industries: historic renovation, action clothes, kiosk technology, and the biotech industry.

Louis believes in giving back, so he's donated his time and talent to non-profit organizations in Arizona and California. He has also taught accounting and tax courses at the community college level in Northern Arizona.

While helping clients add value to their businesses is Louis' prime objective, he has a special place in his heart for those of Italian heritage. He helps Italian-speaking clients negotiate contracts and learn about U.S. business practices using his working knowledge of the language.

Louis graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Arizona State University, which is consistently rated in the top 20 U.S. schools of Accountancy. After several years working in the court system as a probation officer, in government as a controller, and in a large accounting firm as an auditing manager, he started his practice to be able to provide personalized service to businesses and individuals.

Louis' interests include coaching and playing soccer. He's involved in many community and professional events and is an active member of several civic and church organizations.

Timothy A. Coons, CPA, Ph.D.

Timothy A. Coons has over 24 years of experience in public accounting dealing with a wide variety of industries, close corporations, small to medium sized businesses, and has been preparing Tax Returns for partnerships, corporations (both S and C), individuals, trusts and estates since 1987.

Tim has extensive experience in representation of clients before the IRS, Franchise Tax Board, State Board of Equalization, and Employment Development Department. Tim has prepared numerous multi-state Returns for corporations and individuals. Tim has been auditing security firms since 1992, mostly 5000 BD and 50000 BD broker dealers.

Tim specializes in small to medium-size companies, and is versed in many Tax Planning strategies to help people save their hard earned money. Tim has a wide variety of experience over many different industries including entertainment, manufacturing, construction, real estate, professionals such as attorneys, doctors, dentists, and has consulted for other CPA firms who value his knowledge and expertise.

Tim has helped many people over the years with back tax issues including IRS resolutions and State resolutions that helped our clients get back on their feet and reduce or eliminate the back tax filings or issues relating to corporations, partnerships, trusts, estates, and individuals.

Huong Chau, Senior Staff Accountant

Huong has worked as a Senior Accountant with Louis Tommasino, CPA APC for nine years. She is in charge of accounting and support services. Her areas of expertise include manufacturing, construction, real estate, medical offices, dentist offices, consulting offices, and the entertainment industry.

Huong handles Tax preparation relating to Individuals, Partnerships, Corporations and S-Corporations. She also has experience in Business Management.

Her prior accounting experience includes billing, inventory, general ledger account reconciliation, advertising purchase orders, advertising month-end and advertising account reconciliation for Petco Animal Supplies, Inc. She also has previous financial experience from Peninsula Bank of San Diego and Bank of America as a proof operator.

Huong graduated in May of 2002 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from San Diego State University. To increase her knowledge further, she has also taken the Tax Boot Camp course from University of San Diego, School of Business Administration.

Huong is currently working on her CPA designation. She lives in Linda Vista and enjoys the weekends with her family.

Josh Taylor, Staff Accountant, M.B.A.

Joshua A.Taylor, a life-long San Diegan is the Staff Accountant for Louis Tommasino CPA.

His wide range of duties includes Financial Bookkeeping, QuickBooks Consulting and preparation of Tax Returns.

An Accountant since 2000, Joshua comes most recently from a corporate accounting background in the golf and hospitality industry, but he also has worked in the property management, biotech industries, and for a construction subcontractor.

As a Regional Accountant for IRI Golf Group, he oversaw seven golf courses while working in San Diego. After that he was a controller for five hotels for Woodfin Suites.

He attended Grossmont College and got his Bachelor of Science in Business Management, MBA and graduate level accounting certificate at University of Phoenix. He plans to take the CPA exam in 2011.

Daniela Rottigni, Corporate Assistant, Certified Notary Public

Daniela Rottigni is the Corporate Assistant and Notary Public for Louis Tommasino, CPA APC office. She currently oversees contract revisions, company archives, and assists company executives in drafting speeches and discussing negotiations. She also assists with Corporate Services to include Minutes, Management Agreements, Articles, and Shareholders' Agreements. She supervises all the daily office operations to include customer service and relations, marketing, hiring, policing, and staff meetings.

Her expertise relates to International and Corporate Services supported by outstanding Attorneys and Accountants in the field of practice. She has worked extensively in matters involving International Immigration and Taxation while she worked for the San Diego World Affairs Council in San Diego, CA as a Marketing Assistant and Event Coordinator. She conducted primary and secondary market research through surveys, interviews and analysis of collected data and was responsible for recruiting local businesses while creating liaisons between their industry and non-profit causes. She also worked for a Family Law Office where she acquired experience in administrative and legal filing. Daniela helped conceptualizing, reviewing and translating Attorney's correspondence with clients to provide both ethical and bilingual support. Daniela is fluent in Italian and Spanish.

She earned her BA in English & Comparative Literature in 2004 from San Diego State University and became a Certified Notary Public in 2008. Daniela is currently a law student at the California School of Law in Santa Barbara, CA, and plans to graduate in 2014.

Daniela was born and raised in Bergamo, Italy. She moved to San Diego 13 years ago to pursue her business career and enjoys play tennis in her spare time.

Sandi Heida, Business Management Operations

Sandi Heida manages the Business Management Operations at Louis Tommasino CPA, she has moved from Bookkeeping and Accounting in smaller local businesses to handling the day-to-day Bookkeeping representing Rock Bands for domestic and international tours.

Her days are spent with Bill Pay services and Tour Accounting for our Entertainment clients, with reconciling settlement sheets, receipts, money on the road, and credit card charges- all to keep the firm's touring band clients solvent on a day-to-day basis. Above all she enjoys working with our entertainment clients as she finds the work "fun, challenging and rewarding".

Sandi, a detail oriented multi-tasker, is so energized by the intricacies of her career that she has recently completed the Certified Bookkeeper Certificate Program at UCSD Extension, and has the goal to move on to the Accounting Certificate.

Brian Earley, Account and Marketing Manager

Mr. Earley has worked for a number of for-profit and nonprofit organizations including The San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, The San Diego Film Festival, National University and most recently The Classical Academy Charter School in Escondido, CA. He has worked on behalf of numerous CEO's and Executive Directors carrying out sales, communications and community programs and initiatives with their clients.

He is the founder of the Cynthia Earley Educational Foundation and serves on the board of directors as Treasurer of Stonehaven Association, a private community in north San Diego. Born in Washington D.C. and raised in Annapolis MD, Mr. Earley is a graduate of Chapman University, with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration.