Acena Consulting is a multi-dimensional tax and accounting services company servicing public and privately-held companies. Our team of experienced tax professionals include former "Big Four" national office partners, attorneys, CPAs, engineers and other experienced tax professionals.

While our roots stem from the "Big Four" accounting firms, our approach to working with our clients is hands-on, conservative and technically driven. Our goal is to help our clients reduce their taxes and operating expenses in order to provide additional cash flow to grow their businesses.

Whether you are curious about federal research and development tax credits or export incentives such as the IC-DISC, we can help you understand, document and monetize these and more tax incentives for your business.

It might be "Old School" to believe that handshakes and long-standing relationships matter. At Acena Consulting, they are part of our core. Trust, ethics, and doing the right thing for our clients, team members, CPA firms and alliances are core values and a critical part of our success.

With more than 20 year of professional services experience, Mr. Eickhoff  launched his career with Arthur Andersen’s Tax Practice in Southern California. His clients include multi-national technology firms as well as small privately-held manufacturing, sports and technology companies. Over the last five years, Mr. Eickhoff has been a driving force behind the growth of specialty tax services to middle market and Fortune 500 companies directly as well as through their CPA firm. He has worked with over 200 companies on various tax credits and other government incentives.

Mr. Eickhoff is a licensed CPA, a member of the California Society of CPAs and holds a BA degree from UC Santa Barbara. His resides in Ventura County with his wife and two sons.

Interesting Facts

• Masters swim coach & top tem swimmer
• Former US National Team Lifeguard competitor.
• World record holder in World Masters Lifesaving competition
• Numerous world and national titles in lifesaving, masters swimming and open water competition.
• Former team captain for UC Santa Barbara’s Division 1 Men’s Swim Team (1988).
• Board of Managers, Simi Valley YMCA
• Volunteer Swim Coach, Cal Lutheran University
• Founder, Acena Consulting, LLC

Greatest Accomplishments:

I think my greatest accomplishments have come from affecting positively the lives of people around me. As a lifeguard in San Diego, I would make a lot of rescues during the summer. Most of them were focused on prevention but there were many rescues that saved a life or kept a child from getting smashed on the rocks. As a tax consultant focused on tax incentives, our hope is that our work creates additional jobs at our clients and helps drive their success.

Hobbies:

NFL, most sports, reading, writing, sunrises and sunsets.

Acena Consulting builds relationships through many avenues. We are a proud member of the California Society of CPAs, California Society of Enrolled Agents and the California Space Authority.