Meet our team of experienced professionals

Our professionals have the experience and a results-driven focus to help you navigate through the treacherous tax and financial environment we live in today. The tax rules and laws are changing rapidly and with our entrepreneurial team of Certified Public Accountants, Certified Fraud Examiners, Enrolled Agents and more, we can help you keep up and come out ahead.

John Thayer

CPA

Managing Partner

Curt Vaculik

Enrolled Agent

Tax Principal

Jose Pena

CPA

Audit Partner

Faisal Siddiqui

CPA

Audit Partner

May Huang

CPA

Audit Partner

Patrick Wong

CPA

Audit Partner

Curt Vaculik

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Debra Engel

CPA, FCA

Tax Manager

Cason Peters

CPA

Tax Director

Karen Watson

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Audit Operations Senior Manager
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Sid Nueno

PHR & CPAFMA

Chief Operations Officer
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Thomas Rand

CPA

Tax Manager

Anika Dickinson

CPA

Tax Manager

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John Thayer, CPA

Managing Partner

John is an accomplished Tax Partner with 40+ years’ experience.  He personally oversees the preparation of over 1500 annual tax returns.

John received his Bachelor of Business of Administration Degree from the University of Houston where he is an active alumnus.

Areas of Expertise
  • Tax Returns
  • IRS Audit & Negotiations
  • Public & Private  Accounting
  • Corporate Finance
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Medical Practices
  • Business Valuations
  • Bankruptcy Proceedings
  • Litigation Support & Expert Testimony
  • Buy & Sell Agreements
  • Estate & Gift Tax

Curt Vaculik, AE  

Tax Principal

Curt is an accomplished tax partner with 15 years of professional experience with strong expertise in healthcare, construction, and real estate.

He graduated from the University of Houston with a BBA in Accounting in 2003. 

Contact him today to discover what his extensive knowledge can do for you.

Areas of Expertise
  • Income tax planning
  • Income tax preparation
  • Choice of entity and business structure planning
  • Tax minimization and credit strategies        
  • Business purchase, sale, or mergers
  • Sale or purchase of real property
  • Property exchanges
  • Lease/Buy analysis
  • Financing alternatives
  • International issues
  • Consolidated returns
  • Tax credits (R & D, work opportunity, earned income, foreign, etc.
  •  Payroll, property and sales tax issues
  • IRS audit representation
  • Estate & Gift Tax

Faisal Siddiqui - CPA

Audit Partner

Faisal Siddiqui boasts over 18 years of professional experience, including his tenure at Big Four accounting firms and his involvement in audit inspections with PCAOB. His extensive background encompasses leading both International and Domestic engagements. These engagements range from Emerging Growth Companies to Fortune 500 enterprises, where he has guided companies through IPOs, evaluated and implemented Internal Control Environments, and assessed Audit Quality & Remediation.

With a history of service across various industries such as oil & gas, manufacturing, hospitality, utility & power generation, home building, information technology, construction, and private equity funds & brokerage enterprises, Faisal Siddiqui possesses an unparalleled wealth of diverse technical knowledge and experience.

His impressive portfolio encompasses clients from both the privately held and publicly-traded realms. No task is deemed too small or too large; feel free to reach out to him at any time to discover solutions tailored to your needs.

Areas of Expertise

  • Public and Private Accounting
  • External and Internal Auditing
  • Internal Control Auditing
  • Implementation of COSO Framework
  • Financial Analysis
  • Marketing Research Consultation
  • Assessment and Consultation on Audit Quality
  • Consultation for Remediation
  • Consultation on PCAOB Comment Forms

Jose Pena - CPA

Audit Partner

CPA in Texas, Venezuela and Colombia, bilingual (English-Spanish) with international Public Accounting experience. Proven and comprehensive experience in audits and business advisory role in Energy, Services, Healthcare, Construction, Real Estate, Manufacturing, and Distribution audits. Broad range of achievements as a Big Four Professional Services Partner in a highly competitive, change intensive environment. Resourceful leader with a strong balance between technical proficiency, business objectives, strategic vision and organizational and staff development.

Extensive expertise in all key aspects of financial management including: auditing, accounting & risk assessment, financial reporting & analysis, performance & profit improvement, accounting systems & internal control, business opportunity assessments, IPO, reverser mergers & regulatory/SEC compliance, and International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).

Specialties: IFRS experience, SOX 404 compliance,Accounting for Foreign Currency, Income Taxes, Impairment of Long Live Assets, Stock Based Compensation.

Patrick Wong - CPA

Audit Partner

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May Huang - CPA

Audit Partner

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Debra Engel

Tax Manager

Cason Peters – CPA

Tax Director

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Karen Watson

Audit Operations Senior Manager

Karen joined the firm’s audit staff in July 2018. Karen graduated from Abertay University in Scotland. She moved to Houston in 2003 and was company administrator at 2 other companies prior to joining TPS Thayer. Karen’s responsibilities focus on performing audit and preparing reports for public and private companies.

Sid Nueno

PHR

Well – Rounded Human Resources Director, with over 14 years of experience in the professional service and medical/biotech industries, with specialized expertise in employee relations, recruiting, retention, leadership developing, coaching, counseling and strategic planning.

Thomas Rand – CPA

Tax Manager

Thomas brings 45 years of public accounting experience to the TPS Thayer tax team. His career began with a small local public accounting firm in 1974 and evolved into the ownership of a local CPA firm in North Alabama.  After merging his practice with another local firm, Thomas and his partners created the largest local firm in that area.

Thomas has worked with various industries, including medical, legal, small retail establishments, oil and gas activities, construction, engineering, and agricultural interests.  He has also spent a great deal of time working with real estate investors and developers.  Thomas recently developed an interest in the accounting and taxation of agricultural activities, primarily livestock breeding.

Anika Dickinson – CPA

Tax Manager

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