JEFFREY D. KNIGHT

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BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS 72712

479-***-****

advhbg@r.postjobfree.com

EMPLOYMENT

• JIM SCHWALLS & ASSOC., McKinney, Texas. November 2016-February 2023. Manager. Leveraged my “big-box retail” experience through recruiting new clients (JCPenney), grew employer’s personal property clientele (Tokusen USA) by initiating, developing and maintaining client relationships and assisted in serving employer’s existing customers audit, personal and real property tax needs.

• WAL-MART STORES, INC., Bentonville, Arkansas. March 1994-October 2016. Senior Tax Manager II, Specialty Tax - Finance, August 2009-0ctober 2016. Insured real estate property tax values on 1,200+ leased or owned parcels located primarily in MA, MI, NJ, NY, OH, PA and Texas, respectively, reflected market value through (informal) negotiations or (formal) appeals, with and without outside counsel, as well as establishing and maintaining favorable relationships with the assessing community (external) and customers (internal).

• Regional Sales Director - Sam's Club, November 2007-August 2009.

• Director, Real Estate - Sam's Club, October 2002-November 2007.

• Real Estate Manager-Excess Property, December 1996-September 2002.

• Real Estate Manager, March 1994-November 1996.

• CHEVRON USA, INC., Houston. Texas. November 1990-February 1994. Land Attorney.

• WATSON & McKENZIE, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. May 1988-October 1990. Attorney.

• ATLANTIC RICHFIELD COMPANY, Midland, Texas. August 1980-July 1985. Landman.

• PENROD DRILLING COMPANY, Dallas, Texas. June 1977-August 1979. Accountant. PROFESSIONAL ACHIEVEMENTS

Reduced BPP and RE taxable values ~30% and ~18%, respectively, in 1st year representing Tokusen Secured ~20% taxable value reductions on 14 Walmart locations before Michigan Tax Tribunal 1st or 2nd highest annual tax savings secured by Tax Manager (2010-2016) As Director, Real Estate, 57% (98/171) of completed projects involved Sam's Club's senior leadership- prioritized building expansions or relocations to Company’s then-current building specifications. 1st Real Estate Manager- Excess Property to dispose of > 3M SF in a single year (2000). Also, oversaw former Walmart buildings demolition in favor of design, construction and leasing of Walmart's first "build-to-suit" tenant space (50K SF in Pensacola, FL). EDUCATION

• UNIVERSITY OF TULSA COLLEGE OF LAW, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Juris Doctor, May 1988. Activities: Energy Law Journal — Staff Member, 1986-88. Student Bar Association — Delegate, 1986-87.

Publications: 23 Tulsa Law Journal 653-665 (1988), "Is the Burford Abstention Doctrine Still Viable in the Oil and Gas Industry?"

• THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, Austin, Texas. BBA (Major/Petroleum Land Management), August 1980.

• ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, Abilene, Texas. BBA (Major/Accounting), May 1977. ACTIVITIES/HONORS

• Member, Abilene Christian University Board of Trustees (February 2005 to February 2021)

• Sam's Club Financial Action Award recipient (2004)

• Abilene Christian University Young Alumnus Award recipient (1992)

• State Bar of Texas (licensed November 1991)

• Oklahoma Bar Association (licensed October 1988)

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