I am a Senior Partner in a Big 8 Forensic Investigations, Disputes & Regulatory Compliance Practice, with nearly 40 years of experience guiding boards, audit committees, executive leadership, and counsel through complex, high-stakes investigative, litigation, and governance matters across industries and geographies.

Investigations & Litigation Support

I direct large, multidisciplinary teams on global corporate and government investigations spanning fraud, misconduct, bribery and corruption, antitrust, cybercrime, false claims, whistleblower and retaliation matters, money laundering, terrorism financing, and tax irregularities. I have presented my findings to regulators, including the SEC, DOJ, and FINRA. I perform lost-profits analyses and financial assessments to support economic damages in litigation and provide expert testimony on forensic accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls. I have served as an integrity monitor and neutral in arbitration matters.

Board Advisory & Corporate Governance

I have worked closely with boards of directors, audit committees, special committees, and litigation committees to strengthen oversight, accountability, and risk management. I advise directors on fraud risk governance and enterprise risk and have served as an outsourced Chief Audit Executive and Chief Compliance Executive. I serve as Board Chair of the Cancer Support Community’s National Board. My Wharton Corporate Governance credential grounds my board advisory work in leading governance frameworks.

Compliance, Risk & Internal Controls

I lead enterprise-wide and fraud risk assessments, internal control design and evaluation, governance and compliance program reviews, and third-party risk initiatives. My technical foundation spans GAAP, GAAS/PCAOB, and SEC reporting, as well as frameworks such as the FCPA, SOX, Dodd-Frank, the False Claims Act, RICO, and the UK Bribery Act.

Thought Leadership

I teach forensic accounting at the MBA level at West Virginia University, host the Forensically Speaking podcast, and contributed to the 2023 COSO/ACFE Fraud Risk Management Guide. I developed the Fraud Pentagon®, a trademarked framework extending the fraud triangle by incorporating Competence and Arrogance.

Credentials: MBA | CPA | CFF | CFE | CITP | CGMA | PI | Wharton Corporate Governance | IIA QA | Reid & Ekman Trained

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