About

With over 30 years of experience, Aguilera & Associates, located in Silicon Valley, provides forensic accounting, fraud investigation, litigation support services, and royalty audits to law firms, businesses, and universities. We leverage our expertise and skills to evaluate complex financial arrangements and transactions with an understanding of legal procedures. Our practice focuses on handling complex accounting issues related to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), and the financial statements of public and private organizations. Our practice also includes evaluating the actions of CPAs against the applicable professional standards.

Doug Aguilera, Principal

Doug graduated from San Jose State in 1990 and started his career as an auditor in the San Jose, California, office of Arthur Andersen.  Doug became a licensed Certified Public Accountant (“CPA”) in California and has been practicing as a CPA since 1993.  As a forensic accountant, Doug has earned the Certified in Financial Forensics and the Certified Fraud Examiner designations.  

Using his 30 years of global investigative accounting expertise, Doug performs internal investigations and testifies in depositions at arbitration hearings and trials.  Doug has 18 years of “Big 4” experience, most recently as a Senior Manager with EY.  Since 2008, Doug has run a successful forensic accounting and royalty audit practice in Palo Alto, California. 

Doug possesses strong knowledge and skills related to CPA professional responsibilities, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (“GAAS”), laws, courts, dispute resolution, discovery, document preservation, electronic collection, witness interviewing and analysis of historical financial records.

Doug performs internal investigations and litigation consulting in various circumstances using his forensic accounting skills.  Doug communicates technical and detailed financial results in logical, easy-to-understand, oral, and written presentations.