CHEN & FAN ACCOUNTANCY CORPORATION - Key Persons


Mr. C.T. Wu

Mr. Wu was a partner of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, and T.N. Soong & Co. (a member firm of an international accounting firm in Taiwan) prior to his current position. He served as a specialist to Bank of Communications in Taiwan. Mr. Wu is a graduate of National Taiwan University. He was a member of the Audit Standard Board and Financial Accounting Standard Board of Financial Accounting Development Foundation of the Republic of China, and Vice-Chairman of the Accounting and Audit Committee of National Federation of CPA Association (Republic of China). He also served as an advisor of certain listed companies in Taiwan. Mr. Wu was a member of the Taiwan and the Taipei Institutes of Certified Public Accountants and was a director of the Institutes before joining this firm.

Mr. Chin Wei Fan

Mr. Fan was in charge of the firm's northern California operations prior to his retirement. He served with a state tax authority for many years prior to joining the firm. Mr. Fan was a certified public accountant in the State of California. He received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Soochow University in Taiwan.

Mr. Paul Chen - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Managing Partner
Mr. Chen manages the firm's various practice areas. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Chen was with Deloitte and Touche in charge of audit engagements plus tax services as a tax manager. Mr. Chen's other professional experience includes management positions in companies with complex multistate issues in the area of income, property, and sales taxation. Mr. Chen is a certified public accountant in the State of California. He received his MBA - Finance degree from the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California and an undergraduate System Science degree from University of California at Los Angeles. He is an active participant and volunteer in a number of community organizations and currently serves on the boards of various community Chambers of Commerce and nonprofit organizations throughout Southern California

Mr. Tien Chen

Job Titles:
  • Partner Emeritus
Mr. Chen was a certified public accountant licensed in Taiwan and the State of California. He received his MBA degree from University of California at Los Angeles. He formerly served as Associate Professor in the graduate school of accounting at Soochow University, Taiwan. Mr. Chen was a partner in the accounting firm of T.N. Soong & Co. (a member firm of an international accounting firm in Taiwan), an audit manager of a U.S. international accounting firm, and a member of the Accounting Principles Steering Committee of the Taiwan and the Taipei Institutes of Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Tom Chou

Job Titles:
  • Partner
Mr. Chou was a partner of Deloitte, Haskins & Sells, and T.N. Soong & Co. (a member firm of an international accounting firm in Taiwan). He also taught accounting in the National Chiao Tung University and served as a section-chief of the International Commercial Bank of China in Taiwan. Mr. Chou received his MBA degree from University of Utah. He was a member of the Taiwan and the Taipei Institutes of Certified Public Accountants before joining this firm.

Mr. Tsunghan (Hanks) Lin

Mr. Lin serves as a partner in both audit and review engagements. His experience includes working with our firm as well as with a Big-Four accounting firm in Taiwan. His professional expertise is in the audit and review of financial statements.

Ms. Ellen Jen

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
Ms. Jen is responsible for audit and review engagements. She had been an audit manager of the firm and has specific strength in audit and review of financial statements. Her prior experience includes working in Taiwan at a subsidiary company of a U.S. publicly listed company and at one of the Big-Four accounting firms. Ms. Jen is a certified public accountant in the State of California. She received her MS degree in accountancy from California State University, Fullerton.

Ms. Frances Juan

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
Ms. Juan serves as a partner in both review and audit engagements. Her experience includes an assistant audit manager of our firm and nine-year working experience at a Big-Four accounting firm in Taiwan. She was a partner of Deloitte & Touche Taiwan prior to rejoin our firm. She also taught Accounting at Chung-Hwa University in Taiwan. Her professional expertise is the audit of international companies and to assist companies going IPO in the US and other countries. Ms. Juan is a certified public accountant in the State of California. She received her MBA degree from Wayne State University, Michigan.

Ms. Liling Liu

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
Ms. Liu serves as a partner in both review and audit engagements. Her experience includes working as a senior manager with our firm as well as with a Big-Four accounting firm in Taiwan where she accumulated extensive audit, review and other related experiences for multinational and publicly listed companies. Ms. Liu is a certified public accountant in the State of California. She received her Bachelor of Business Administration and Information Sciences degree in the United States.

Ms. Shih-yu (Sofia) Lin

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
Shih-yu (Sofia) Lin is a tax partner with Chen & Fan Accountancy Corporation. She has more than 25 years of experience serving clients in both domestic and international income tax planning, consulting, and compliance for corporation, individual, and pass-through entity taxation and related IRS and State tax audits. Prior to joining the firm, Sofia was a tax manager with Deloitte US, where she accumulated extensive tax, audit, consulting, and other related experiences of serving multinational clients. Sofia is a certified public accountant in the States of California and Illinois. She received her MBT (Master of Business Taxation) degree from the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California and MSA (Master of Science in Accountancy) degree from University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. Sofia is a member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). She is a co-founder and was also a Board member and Secretary of Asian Pacific CPA Association.