Internal Audit and Control

• Developed and led controllership renovation program for the CFO of NBC, a unit of General Electric Company. This work was featured in the internal GE best finance practices forum.
• Served as audit committee chairperson for a NASDAQ-listed company.
• Won top honors in the International Communicator Award program and a Telly Award for video program associated with the NBC controllership renovation initiative.
• Consulted to several large companies on internal control and audit practices.
• Developed and led financial leadership seminar for AT&T on Renovating Internal Controls for Speed and Self-Confidence.
• Developed and led financial leadership program for General Instrument Corporation titled, Controllership Best Practices.
• Developed and led the Renovating Internal Control Practices Conference for the Institute of Management Accountants.
• Lead author for Guidance on Internal Control report, published by the Institute of Management Accountants for the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (also known as the COSO).
• Authored New Directions in Internal Auditing, published by The Conference Board. This comprehensive research report analyzes the practices of 375 corporate audit departments.
• Lead author of “What is Internal Control? — Who Owns It,” Management Accounting, November, 1990, pp. 37-40.
• “Are Management Reports on Financial Statement Responsibility Useful?,” Management Accounting, September, 1991, pp. 41-46.
• Studied best internal audit and practices at Ameritech, Cargill, GE, and Motorola.

Viewpoint on contemporary internal audit and control issues and practices featured in:

• Accounting Today, 9/11/95
• CFO magazine, 11/96 and 7/97
• Investor’s Business Daily, 9/19/95 and 8/25/97
• The Wall Street Journal, 3/5/96
• Financial Management Network; sponsored by the FEI and IMA
• CPA Report; sponsored by the AICPA