Alan Olsen, Adjunct Professor - Business Administration Department

Contact Information

Alan Olsen, CPA MBA (tax)
Adjunct Professor: Accounting
Business Administration Department
(510) 797-8660 x233
aolsen@ohlone.edu
Campus: Fremont campus

Courses Taught at Ohlone

• BA101A-04 Principles of Accounting

Biography

Alan Olsen is an Accounting Professor at Ohlone College. His 25-plus years of accounting/tax experience enable him to bring a real-world learning environment to the classroom.

His insight and expertise on tax matters have made him a sought-after source for national media such as the Journal of Accountancy, Money magazine, Entrepreneur Magazine , and Portfolio.com, as well as local business journals and broadcast news.

Alan is the managing partner at Greenstein Rogoff Olsen & Co., LLP (GROCO®), a leading CPA firm that works with some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world. His clients helped build companies such as Google, Skype, eBay, Oracle, Sun Microsystems, Compaq, and America Online. GROCO was named Best Financial Planning Firm in the USA by Source Media (publisher of Accounting Today, and Practical Accountant). INSIDE Public Accounting called GROCO one of the best-managed CPA firms in the United States. GROCO is also recognized as one of the fastest-growing companies in the Bay Area.

Business Office:

Alan Olsen, CPA MBA
Greenstein, Rogoff, Olsen & Co., LLP
39159 Paseo Padre Pkwy., Ste. 315
Fremont, CA 94538
aolsen@groco.com
(510) 797-8661 x233
http://www.groco.com

Education

• MBA Taxation - California State University at Hayward
• BA Accounting - Brigham Young University

Professional Memberships

• Alliance of CEOs
• Washington Hospital Foundation Board
• Boy Scouts of America Executive Board
• Bay Area Friends of Scouting, Chairman
• California Society of CPAs
• Fremont Education Foundation
• East Bay Community Foundation
• Brigham Young University-Idaho President’s Advancement Council