Jack Young is an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) of the American Society of Appraisers specializing in Machinery and Equipment Appraisals and a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). He has also been awarded a Master Personal Property Appraiser (MPPA) designation from the National Auctioneers Association. Jack has thousands of hours experience as an Equipment Appraiser and is an active member of the Northern California Chapter of the ASA, where he serves as Chapter Board member.

Previous to accreditation as an ASA in Equipment and Machinery Appraisal, Jack worked for many years as an auctioneer and auction manager of business assets, machinery, equipment and personal property. This experience, combined with his background in accounting and financial analysis, provides a strong base for the asset valuation concepts embraced by the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) and the commercial personal property lending industry today.

Jack received his B.S. Accountancy, Arizona State University, in 1988. While in college, he worked at the local mid-sized regional CPA firm, Price, Kong & Company, preparing monthly financial statements and performing tax work. Upon graduation he went into the audit department of international CPA firm KPMG in their Sacramento, California office. While at KPMG, Jack worked in the industries of banking, insurance, manufacturing, agriculture and distribution to name a few. Subsequent to KPMG, Jack was a financial analyst in the insurance and international micro-finance industries.