About Ardius
A story of accounting, engineering, and the entrepreneurial spirit
Our mission
We founded Ardius with a mission to democratize tax incentives that reward innovation, giving all companies a bigger opportunity to grow.
Our Partners
Joshua Lee
CEO/Founder, CPA
13+ Years CPA Experience
Richelle Drost
Customer Success
Karla Frazier
Customer Success
Dimitri Ramos
Software Developer
Michael Young
CTO
Eileen Bae
Technical Writer
Michael Betwarda
R&D Credit Specialist
Jay Manon
R&D Tax Specialist, JD
20+ Years CPA & Tax Law Experience
Janice Orlando
Business Development & Operations
Marc Grayeb
R&D Credit Specialist
Byron Wang
Product/Head of Engineering
Frank Chiu
Director of Machine Learning
Jim Lee
Design Director
Natale Lessey
Technical Writer
Elbert Ballo
Software Developer
Mike Hsieh
R&D Credit Specialist
Patrick Kim
Product Designer
Kyle Fried
R&D Credit Specialist
Sam Lee
QA Manager
Phillip Hyun
Strategic Partnerships
Mike Okabayashi
CPA
36+ Years CPA Experience
Brennan de Raad
Business Development
Chris Morgan
Business Development
Origin Story
Even with the expansion of R&D tax credits in 2015, barriers to access remain. Only select CPAs and top firms have been trained to navigate the new tax laws, and even then the process is excessively time-consuming. That’s where Ardius comes in.
US R&D tax legislation
was passed, but mostly benefited large enterprises with $100M+ in revenue.
1981The PATH Act
gave small and medium-sized businesses access to R&D tax credits.
2015Ardius intelligence
automates the process, finally making it cost effective to turn your ideas into tax credits.
Today
Type A Technology. Team Player People.
- We are a diverse group of people with experience spanning accounting, engineering, and entrepreneurship.
- We brought together top engineers in gaming and automation to build our ‘type A ‘ technology–an obsessive, AI-powered platform that uncovers the biggest possible credit, every time.
- Across every level of the company, all the way up to our Founder, we have CPAs who cut their teeth at the Big 4 firms before becoming change agents at Ardius.
