Vice President Sales
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ALAN R. SANKIN
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Senior Tax Executive with extensive experience in international and acquisition
taxation for multi-national corporations.
Int l tax restructurings
Both an Attorney and CPA
Int l tax equity planning
Extensive M&A experience
SOX documentation experience Transfer pricing management
2007 Current
DOLBY LABORATORIES, INC.
Vice President, Taxes & Treasury
Responsible for global corporate federal, international and state tax matters including tax
planning, transfer pricing planning and documentation, international equity planning, IRS and
international audits, legal entity subsidiary structure and inter -company agreements, and
treasury operations
2005 2007
ORACLE CORPORATION
Vice President International Taxes
Responsible for international tax matters including international acquisition planning and
integrations related to the active Oracle acquisition strategy, transfer pricing planning and
documentation, Advance Pricing Agreements (APA s), international equity planning,
expatriate program, IRS international audits, legal entity subsidiary structure and inter-
company agreements, cash repatriation strategy. Supervise a group of 15 professionals
including attorneys, accountants and economists
FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION 2001 - 2004
Director of Taxes and Treasurer
Responsible for all tax and treasury matters for this publicly traded software and service
company which is the premier international credit scoring provider (FICO score) with $800M
in revenue. Responsibilities include worldwide tax compliance and tax accounting for
operations in 15 countries, SOX documentation, transfer pricing implementation, expatriate
planning, sales and use taxation, domestic and international tax audits . Established
investment management guidelines and hedging policies for Audit Committee
CISCO SYSTEMS 1993 - 2001
Director, Tax Planning
Provide tax advice to senior management on seventy-five acquisitions focusing on
maximizing tax benefits, tax due diligence and integration planning. Recommended tax
structures to decrease after tax cost of acquisitions. Supervise a staff of ten tax and customs
professionals
Director, International Taxes
Responsible for all tax issues relating to international activities, including legal structures for
new operations, inter-company agreements, international audits, transfer pricing, expatriate
planning, and customs. Established tax strategy for off-shore operations reducing tax rate
7%. Created international stock option database for employees in 80 countries
AMBASE CORPORATION 1983 - 1993
Assistant Vice President, Director of Tax Research and Planning
(Formerly City Investing Company / The Home Group Inc.)
Holding company with banking, brokerage, insurance, international and manufacturing
operations with $5 billion in revenue. Responsible for preparation and coordination of Federal
tax protests and appellate negotiations, and settlements, covering twenty years involving
$500 million, maximizing foreign tax credit usage, providing research and factual assistance
to outside counsel in the preparation of Netherlands Antilles and insurance tax litigation,
negotiating tax provisions on sales of $5 billion in assets and stock.
WESTVACO CORPORATION 1982 - 1983
International Tax Attorney
Responsible for tax planning for FSC corporation including maximizing cash dividends and
loans, restructuring foreign operations to utilize the lower foreign tax rates and prepared tax
protests on all foreign issues.
KENNECOTT CORPORATION 1979 - 1981
International Tax Counsel and Senior Tax Attorney
Responsible for structuring domestic and international mining transactions, assisted foreign
subsidiaries in reducing proposed tax assessments, foreign tax credit planning, prepared
Federal and state tax protests, negotiated with appellate conferees.
ARTHUR ANDERSON & COMPANY 1976 - 1979
Tax Senior
Responsible for researching, planning and reviewing returns in international and domestic
corporate tax areas for manufacturing service and brokerage clients.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS
Certified Public Accountant (New Jersey)
Attorney admitted to practice in California, New York, New Jersey
President, San Francisco Foreign Tax Club
Member, Silicon Valley Tax Directors Group
SPEAKING ACTIVITIES
European American High Tech Tax Institute (UK), Mergers & Acquisitions
Tax Executive Institute: Mergers & Aquisitions and Int l Stock Options (FL & CA)
EDUCATION
New York University School of Law, Graduate Division, L.L.M. in Taxation
University of Toledo College of Law, J.D. Associate Editor, Law Review
Syracuse University, A.B. (Cum Laude) Major: History Minor: Accounting
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