Ellie Kehmeier, Deloitte & Touche LLP

Ellie has over nineteen years of public accounting experience with the San Jose office of Deloitte & Touche. In her role as Deputy National Leader of Tax Services for the Firm's Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group, she assists our tax practitioners throughout the country on tax matters affecting their technology clients, with an emphasis on the taxation of stock options. In her prior role as a tax partner, Ellie served many technology companies, both public and privately held. She is a frequent speaker on the tax aspects of stock options.

Ellie is a member of the AICPA, the AeA's Tax Policy Committee and a member of the boards of both the Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Tax Policy Group and the Silicon Valley Benefits and Compensation Association.

Ellie received her Bachelor of Science degree from the University of California at Berkeley and her Master of Science in Taxation from Golden Gate University.