WARREN SHULMAN, CFE, CPA, CA(SA)
Warren is the Co-Founder, President and Co-Owner of Valley Salt Cave, based in Los Angeles, California, and was the Co-Founder, Chief Financial Officer and Co-Owner of Roslyn Salt Cave, based in Roslyn, New York.
Warren has over 30 years of accounting, audit, tax and general business consulting experience. During this time, he served clients in a variety of industries including consumer products, retail, manufacturing and distribution, waste hauling and recycling, insurance, e-commerce and high-tech, grocery, construction and real estate.
Additionally, he provided clients greater access to the global market and is highly knowledgeable in international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and earned the AICPA Certificate in IFRS. Warren’s industry experience includes serving as the Chief Financial Officer for an e-commerce company (BookingZone.com) where his responsibilities included raising capital.
Warren was an audit and consulting partner at Green Hasson Janks LLP (a mid-market Los Angeles based CPA firm) for seventeen years until he took early retirement in December 2017.
Warren qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa where he worked for three years for an international accounting firm, Arthur Andersen & Co. in Cape Town.
Warren is a CPA and a member of the AICPA and the California Society of CPA’s, as well as the International Franchise Association and is a Certified Franchise Executive.
Warren is the Audit Committee Chair and Treasurer for the Immigration Center for Women and Children and the Treasurer for the Pacific Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Warren graduated from the University of Cape Town, South Africa with a Bachelor of Business Science Degree with Honors in Finance and Distinction in Auditing. He then completed a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Warren is married to Kari and they have three sons and a daughter in law. Warren is an avid sports fan and loves to travel and has attended many international sporting events including rugby and soccer world cups.