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 CPA Team

Joshua Lee
CEO/Founder, CPA
Former West Coast R&D Credit Team Lead CPA for Ernst & Young

Christina Ahn
CPA and R&D Tax Specialist
Former R&D Tax Specialist at KPMG and Deloitte Tax

Jay Manon
CPA and R&D Tax Specialist, JD
Former R&D Tax Specialist at Ernst & Young and Price Waterhouse Cooper

Mike Okabayashi
CPA and Tax Specialist
Partner at Ernst & Young
Our Success Team

Michael Han
VP of Success

Janice Orlando
Director of Success

Richelle Drost
Customer Success

Karla Helms Frazier
Customer Success
Our Technology Team

Michael Young
CTO
Former CTO of Liferay

Byron Wang
Chief Product Officer / Head of Engineering
Former VP of Engineering of Spokeo

John Lee
Director of Engineering
Former Lead Architect,
Warner Bros.
Our Partners










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.



"Ardius takes something very labor intensive and archaic and makes it super easy. Their Big Four tax and accounting experience and start-up expertise make me confident that I can continue to benefit from these types of credits for years to come. I'd recommend Ardius to any founder!"
Walter Chen,
CEO