Meet the Padgett East Bay team!The Padgett East Bay team is passionate about helping businesses and individuals in the Walnut Creek, CA area succeed. By providing tax, accounting, payroll and business consulting services, we hope to help business owners reclaim their time and do more of what they love. We're excited to get to know you and your business and to partner with you in reaching your goals. ![]() Shinji Taniguchi, CFP®, EAOwner A long time resident of the East Bay area, Shinji received his bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of California at Berkeley. He brings over 25 years of experience in the accounting industry, and is a licensed Enrolled Agent who is able to represent you in front of the Internal Revenue Service. He is also a certified QuickBooks Proadvisor who is able to help you set up and maintain the QuickBooks software. His extensive business experience and training gives him the unique ability to offer general business advise as well as effective tax planning strategies. ![]() Alan Fishman, EA
Alan Fishman is an Enrolled Agent who has been working in tax preparation and bookkeeping since 2016. As someone who used to create spreadsheets for fun as a child, he has always loved numbers and can come up with uniquely tailored solutions to all of your accounting and financial problems. Also, he was on the debate team in college, so he is ready to defend you against the IRS in case of an audit! ![]() Elise Preisser
Elise has extensive bookkeeping experience with clients in various industries. Born and raised in the East Bay, outside of work she enjoys crochet, hot pot, and logging new movies on Letterboxd. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Interested in joining the Padgett East Bay team?If you want to work with Padgett East Bay and support our mission of helping small businesses succeed, check this page from time to time for specific employment opportunities or call us at (510) 751-3696.
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