Meet the team
behind your credit
When you refer a company to a specialist, the people you’re referring them to matter as much as the firm name on the door. The team below is the working group of R&D Advantage — the people your clients will speak with, work alongside, and receive their final deliverable from.
Every engagement runs through the same team and the same disciplined process. Industries vary — manufacturing, engineering, software, the life sciences — but the standard doesn’t.
Charles Riggs
— Founder & CEO
Charles founded R&D Advantage after more than a decade in public and private accounting, where he worked on research and development credit studies for Fortune 500 companies. Having spent some of those years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, he built RDA around one idea: the documentation discipline the largest firms apply to their largest clients, produced independently by a specialist firm for companies whose advisors hold them to the same standard.
He has led R&D credit engagements for dozens of companies across manufacturing, engineering, software, and the life sciences. He is also co-founder of Incentive Partner, a software platform for R&D credit documentation.
Charles lives in Utah with his family, and he tries to go willingly when his wife pulls him out into the mountains for some fresh air.
Jeffrey Ting
— Director of Operations
Jeff leads R&D credit engagement delivery at R&D Advantage. He joined RDA after six years at PricewaterhouseCoopers’ Los Angeles specialty tax practice, where his R&D credit work spanned Silicon Valley technology firms and Burbank and Hollywood entertainment studios.
Before PwC, Jeff served eight years in the United States Marine Corps, including two overseas deployments. He holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Southern California’s Leventhal School of Accounting.
Outside of RDA, Jeff is supported by his wife and two sons when spending his time putting rubber to tarmac, racing time attack with his Civic Type R.
Brandy Price
— Director of Business Development
Brandy leads business development at R&D Advantage, working with family offices, private equity firms, venture capital groups, and the portfolio companies they refer. Her work sits at the intersection of relationship and discipline — understanding where the R&D credit fits inside a client’s broader financial picture, and introducing RDA at the moment it’s actually useful to the people making the decision.
Before joining RDA, Brandy built her career across entrepreneurship, real estate, ecommerce, and corporate partnerships with professional sports organizations including Real Salt Lake. That range shapes how she works: she recognizes how companies at different stages think about innovation, capital, and advisor relationships.
Outside of RDA, Brandy spends her time on mountain trails, in Pilates, or noting the looks on her husband’s face when she is in the company of as many animals as she can gather.
How we work
Every engagement runs through the same four-phase process: understand the technical work, document it, calculate the credit, and produce a complete filing-ready deliverable. We coordinate with the client’s existing tax preparer rather than displacing them. Audit support is included as part of the original engagement.
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