ORIGINS - Key Persons

Charles Hawkins - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Founder
  • MAcc
  • MACC CMA, CGMA, CFE
Charles Hawkins is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with many years of experience in vital roles producing world-class financials and providing complex accounting services. Charles, a former Deloitte alumnus, worked out of the Silicon Valley office, focusing primarily on private equity and venture capital funds. Charles went on to work in crucial financial roles for two Fortune 500 companies in NextEra Energy (NEE) and Tyco International (TYC), each with a market capitalization of over $30 billion. Charles then founded a successful consulting company that transformed pre-IPO companies into elite organizations. Currently, he has taken the lead in working with the IRS, FASB, SEC, and other regulatory bodies on the proper accounting for cryptocurrency transactions. Charles has many clients in the Crypto space, which inspired him to develop a more accurate and cost-effective way to handle this complex problem. With no commercial software or solutions to service his blockchain accounting clients, Charles founded Blockchain Accounting Solutions. This enabled him to provide compliance solutions and services to various clients, including leading cryptocurrency exchanges and top crypto token issues. Charles graduated from the University of Florida with both a Bachelor's and Master's in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant. Charles Hawkins is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with many years of experience serving in vital roles producing world-class financials and providing complex accounting services. A former Deloitte alumnus, Charles worked out of the Silicon Valley office focusing primarily on private equity and venture capital funds.

Joshua V. Azran

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • ABV / CFF, CMA, CGMA, CFE
Joshua V. Azran is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with extensive experience ensuring clients' financial success by providing strategic guidance and managing financial functions. Joshua is a visionary leader with expertise in public accounting, corporate finance, strategic management, financial restructuring, business valuation, management consulting, and business development. He is skilled at identifying value-added opportunities, implementing solutions, and partnering with professionals at all levels of an organization to ensure the success of financial initiatives. He excels at utilizing a consultative client approach to bring integrated solutions to even the most complex issues. Joshua has a strong reputation for "going the extra mile" to achieve 100% client satisfaction by creating high-trust, high-impact relationships with clients. Joshua holds a Bachelor of Science with a dual major in Economics and Finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University in Madison, New Jersey. Following college, Joshua was recruited into Johnson & Johnson's (J&J) prestigious Finance Leadership Development Program (FLDP), serving internal audit and corporate finance roles. Joshua left to move to Goldman Sachs and finally own an apparel manufacturing company before bringing his experience to help clients. Joshua formed Maginam Consulting in 2005, which provided financial consulting and strategic management services to private and public companies, including interim-CFO and controller services, management consulting, financial modeling, business valuation, mergers & acquisitions advisory services, and restructuring services. Maginam provided Startup CFO services & M&A Advisory Services to various tech startups & entertainment companies. A heavy focus was on the "second wave of mobile startups," with Joshua serving in the top finance roles (Finance Director & CFO) and overseeing day-to-day operations at one of the market leaders. Founder Joshua is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with extensive experience ensuring clients' financial success by providing strategic guidance and management of financial functions.

Lorenzo Abbatiello

Job Titles:
  • Certified Public Accountant
  • Director of Individual Tax and Cryptocurrency Tax Compliance & Planning
  • Industry Expert
Lorenzo Abbatiello is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with extensive experience advising clients on tax strategy. As a subject matter expert in cryptocurrency tax and crypto tax planning, Lorenzo is an industry leader. Lorenzo holds a dual major in Accounting & Financial Market regulation from SUNY Albany in Albany, New York. He began his qualification process for the CPA and achieved his Master's degree in Accounting and Business at CW Post in Long Island, New York (now part of LIU). Lorenzo was recruited into KPMG, working in their Long Island and Manhattan offices in New York. Almost immediately passing his CPA exam, Lorenzo worked his way up to Senior Auditor. He worked on financial statement audits of complex companies, including telecom, healthcare, and employee benefit plans. Clients included Cablevision (now Optimum) and Mercy Hospital System, culminating in leading the audit for his alma mater, CW Post. Lorenzo left KPMG to begin to apply his entrepreneurial expertise to open his family's restaurant business from the ground up. He learned valuable experience, sitting on the opposite side of the table as a business owner. There was a line around the corner from day one, and the restaurant was an immediate success. Wanting to further his professional practice, Lorenzo was recruited into private equity consulting as a consultant for Deloitte, working on special projects for Cushman & Wakefield. Initially based out of New York, Lorenzo was responsible for various roles, including setting revenue recognition principles. He later was based in Chicago and San Francisco leading the west coast implementation of Salesforce. Throughout this time, Lorenzo kept an independent practice servicing firms and their clients with their accounting & tax needs. Wanting to provide more comprehensive solutions for his clients, Mr. Abbatiello returned to public accounting full-time and joined a prestigious Rhode Island-based accounting, tax, and advisory practice as a manager. Combining his expertise in corporate and tax strategy, he quickly became a leader at the firm. In 2016 Lorenzo became an industry expert advising the firm and its clients on the burgeoning arena of cryptocurrency taxation. In 2018, Lorenzo began advising heavily on Act 20 and Act 22 (now part of Act 60) Puerto Rico tax benefits. He has worked with corporate and individual clients as an expert in the Puerto Rico tax redomicile process. Acting as a concierge to clients in transition, he goes far beyond the traditional Puerto Rico Act 60 tax advisor. In December 2018, Lorenzo founded Lorenzo Tax with a vision to meet the needs of entrepreneurs and investors with a heavy focus on cryptocurrency taxation, individual tax planning, and estate planning. In 2021, Lorenzo Abbatiello joined Origins Group, a full-service accounting, tax, and consulting firm that provides a range of services from traditional accounting, tax, and consulting to advanced topics like crypto tax advisory and advanced tax planning.