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    Curriculum Vita for Peter Daley

    Peter Daley
    1890 Tahiti Drive
    Costa Mesa, CA 92626

    EDUCATION:

    Bachelor of Science, Business Administration
         Cal State Northridge - 1965

    Masters of Business Administration
         Pepperdine University -1991

    Accredited Senior Appraiser
         American Society of Appraisers -1999

    BUSINESS:

    IBM Corporation, Marketing Representative.
    Marketed mid-range computer systems and peripherals in the Southern California area. 
    Received Regional Managers Award and two District Managers Awards for competitive
    wins. Qualified for three hundred percent clubs.

    Itel Corporation, Marketing Representative Re-marketed the IBM System/360
    portfolio to customers in Southern California, Hawaii, Colorado and Arizona. 
    Qualified for three hundred percent clubs.

    Saddleback Marketing Corporation, PresidentBrokered and leased used IBM
    equipment to customers in the western United States.  Sales volume varied between
    $3 and $5 million per year.

    1980-2001 - Daley Marketing Corporation President.  From 1980 to summer
    of 1985, brokered and leased IBM equipment in the Western United States.  In 1981
    began to market an IBM Computer Price List and in June of 1985 sold existing leasing
    business and created the market value and residual value publications that are
    sold worldwide today.

    2001-2005 – Computer Economics.  President.   Mr. Daley acquired CEI on
    January 1, 2001.  CEI is an IT Consulting company that deals with economics
    of running and managing an Information Technology department.  It publishes FMV
    and Residual Values for the computer equipment as well as salary and demographic information.

    1994-Present - DMC Consulting Group.  President.   From 1994 to present
    Mr. Daley has been writing computer appraisals and reports for Fortune 500
    customers.  He received his Accredited Senior Appraisal certificate in April 1999
    from the American Society of Appraisers.

    2005-Present– DMC Valuations.  President.   April 1, 2005 the IT Consulting side
    of CEI that deals with economics of running and managing an Information Technology
    department was sold, and DMC Valuations which publishes FMV, Vendor Pricing,
    Residual Values and Appraisals for the computer equipment was established.

    2006-Present – Commonwealth Capital Corporation. Director.   Advise Commonwealth Capital
    Corporation (CCC) with direction and residual value assumptions with the purchases of leases of IT
    equipment. CCC then seeks leasing arrangements from investment growth companies
    (creditworthy firms typically rated Baa by Standard & Poor’s). CCC buys Fair Market Value
    operating leases with transaction sizes generally between $50,000 and $750,000
    and lease terms from 12 to 36 months.

    Appraiser Qualifications

    PETER DALEY, Accredited Senior Appraiser

    Professional Overview

    Mr. Daley is an ASA (Accredited Senior Appraiser) for the discipline of Machinery and
    Equipment with a specialty in High-Tech for the valuation of computer equipment
    and has successfully participated in the Society’s mandatory re-accreditation Program
    and formal re-accreditation is granted until April 16, 2014.

    Mr. Daley has been in the computer business since 1965, first with IBM as a computer broker/lessor
    and then with Daley Marketing Corporation (DMC), a firm he founded in July 1980 to publish reports about computer
    equipment, including "Market Value Reports" and "Residual Value Reports." In January 2001 Mr. Daley acquired Computer Economics, merged DMC into CEI and in April 2005 sold the IT Management Company and created a new company focus on the fair market value business. Additionally, Mr. Daley remains president of
    DMC Consulting Group, a separate company that specializes in writing Appraisals,
    Portfolio Analysis and Property Tax Valuation from Fair Market Value (FMV) to Residual Value (RV) valuations.

    Mr. Daley has developed a database of “Fair Market Value” equipment values from 1980 to the
    present, utilizing a variety of reports and publications along with the DMC and CEI Market Value Reports. This database has been successfully used in the valuation of computer equipment in the
    settlement of a number of Virginia tax cases. He has also previously testified in California, Minnesota,
    Michigan, New York and the Virginia Courts as an expert in the field of
    valuation of computer equipment.

    Lectures/Seminars/Presentations

    Equipment Leasing Associations Management Conference - Residual Value Forecasting,
    Tuscon, AZ, February 1997.

    American Society of Appraisers Machinery Conference - Determining Fair Market Values and
    Residual Value Forecasting, Chicago, IL, October 2001.

    Panelist at the fall Comdex  - Orderly Disposition of Computer Assets. Las Vegas, November 2001.

    American Society of Appraiser’s International Conference – Residual Value
    Forecasting for the Computer Industry, San Diego, CA, August 2002.

    Equipment Leasing Associations Management Conference – Fair Market Value’s
    Scottsdale, AZ, March 2004.

    AFCOM Spring Conference – Lease Negotiations April 2004

    Published Articles

    Computer Economics IT Advisory Web Site - Planning IT Equipment Acquisitions
    – Overview – October 2003

    Computer Economics IT Advisory Web Site – Lease Negotiations – March 2004 

    Five Year PC Desktop Study 2001 to 2005 – Depreciation schedule and fair market value - September 2005

    PC Notebook Study 2001 to 2005 – Depreciation schedule and fair market value - January 2006

    IT Vendor Discounts – Computer Discounts for Desktops to Servers – January 2006

    Mr. Daley has testified in Federal and Tax Courts in the following cases:

    Andantech, LLC v. Commissioner of IRS
    No. 15532-98, 4277-00, 6348-00
    U.S. Tax Court
    October 2000
    St. Paul, MN

    Nicole Rose v. Commissioner of IRS
    No. 1967-00
    U.S. Tax Court
    December 2000
    New York, NY

    Central Funding Inc v. CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
    Case No. 01CVH05-4019
    U.S. District Court
    May 10, 2002
    Columbus, Ohio

    CMA Consolidated, Inc and Subsidiaries, Inc. v. Commissioner of IRS
    No. 12746-01
    U.S. Tax Court
    October 2002
    San Francisco, CA 

    CTC Communications, v CCA Financial LLC.
    Case No. 02-12873
    U. S. Bankruptcy Court
    January 2003, March 2003
    Wilmington. DL

    Long Term Capital Holding v United States
    Case No. 3:01CV1290
    U.S. District Court
    June 2003
    New Haven, CT

    Cable & Wireless USA of Virginia v Commonwealth of Virginia State Corporation Commission
    Case No PST-2002-00045
    Virginia State Tax Court
    October 2003
    Richmond, VA

    Mr. Daley has been deposed in the following cases:

    Central Funding Inc v. CompuServe Interactive Services, Inc.
    Case No. 01VH05-4019
    Santa Ana, CA
    April 23, 2002

    Magnetek v. United States
    Case No. 3-00-0925
    Los Angeles, CA
    July 16, 2002

    Long Term Capital Holdings v United States
    Case No. 3:01CV1290
    Santa Ana, CA 
    February 19, 2003

    WorldCom, Inc and MCI WorldCom Network Services v. General Electric Global Asset Management Services
    Case No. : 02-13533 (AJG)
    Los Angeles, CA
    April 25, 2005

    Globe Investment, LLC v. Tax Express-Gratiot, LLC
    36th District Court No.: 06-313221-LT/Judge Cylenthia L. Miller
    Irvine, CA  92612
    July 13, 2007

    Computer Sales International, Inc v Lycos, Inc.
    United States District Court of Massachusetts No 05-10017-RWZ
    Boston, MA
    December 7, 2007 

    Partial Client List

    BankAmerica Leasing & Capital
    Chase Equipment Leasing         
    Commonwealth Capital Corp
    Compuserve
    Dreamworks Interactive
    EMC Corporation
    First Financial Leasing
    FLC Partnership
    Gartner Group
    G.E. Capital Solutions   
    GTE Service Corporation
    Hewlett Packard Financial Services
    Home Depot
    IBM Corporation
    Internal Revenue Service
    Leasing Technologies Int’l
    Meridian Leasing Corporation
    National City Leasing
    Price Waterhouse Coopers
    Ratheon E-Systems
    United Computer Capital
    United States Department of Justice
    Worldspan


    DMC Publications History

    The following is a breakdown of reports conceived and marketed by
    Daley Marketing Corporation and now part of Computer Economics:

    PRODUCT  

    STARTED  DESCRIPTION  

    Manufacturer’s Price Lists

    IBM Computer Price Lists        

    Non-IBM Price List                 

    1981

    1990-1998    

    Mfr’s List Price, Maintenance Prices

    Amdahl, Hitachi Data Systems, EMC, Storagetek List Prices

    Market Value Reports - Broker and End-User Reports - Monthly  

    IBM/PCM Market Value Report         

    1985    

    Market Values for Amdahl, IBM, EMC, HDS, Memorex, STK .  From Mainframes to Midrange to I/O Equipment

    DEC Market Value Report                                 

    1991    

    Market Values for DEC I/O Equipment, VAX, MicroVAX

    Workstation/PC Market Value                

    1992    

    Market Values for DEC, HP, IBM, SGI, SUN, Compaq etc.       

    Network Communications                                 

    1995

    Market Values for over 25 mfrs. Bridges, Hubs, Routers, Switches

    Residual Value Reports

    Mainframe/Midrange Report               

    1987

    Mainframe Residuals for Amdahl, HDS, HP, IBM and Stratus    

    Disk/Tape/Miscellaneous I/O Report   

    1987    

    Residual Values on DASD, printers, controllers and tape Subsystems for Amdahl, EMC,  HDS, IBM, HP & StorageTek.

    Workstation & PC Report 

    1994    

    Residual Values for DEC, HP, IBM, SGI, SUN, Compaq etc.

    Network Communications Report

    1995    

    Residual Values on Bridges, Hubs, Routers, Switches, etc.

    Miscellaneous Publications

    Computer Dealer Information Guide      

     

    1992

     

    Directory of Brokers/Dealers, Lessors, Maintenance, Refurb companies in North America

    The above subscriber products are available either hard copy, on-line or email.

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