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Education
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
(Expected May 2011)
Ph.D. in Accounting
Florida International University, Miami, FL, May 1999
Master of Accounting
Florida International University, Miami, FL, Dec. 1997
Bachelor of Accounting
Florida Board of Accountancy: May 2001
Certified Public Accountant
Foreign Languages: fluent in Spanish and French
Research
Research Interests: Archival empirical in financial accounting and audit.
"The effect of recurring and nonrecurring non-audit services on audit quality." (with Dr. Paterson)
"Value relevance differences between recognized and disclosed information attributed to investor sophistication." (with Dr. Heflin and T. Smith)
Moderator at KPMG Ph.D. Project Conference, August 2007: "Buy-side analysts' use of corporate governance ratings: evidence from the US and UK." (Kwadwo Asare, 2007) and "Are all nonfinancial performance measures created equal? Evidence on customer satisfaction and employee satisfaction measures from the homebuilding industry." (Melissa Martin, 2007).
Teaching Experience
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, Research/Teaching Assistant, Tallahassee, FL, 8/06 – Present Currently teach financial accounting.
MIAMI DADE COLLEGE, Associate Professor, Miami, FL, 1/00 – 6/06 Taught Financial and Managerial Accounting, Auditing, Personal Taxation.
Related Industry Experience
ARTHUR ANDERSEN, LLP, Auditor, Miami, FL, 5/98 – 1/00
Audited the financial statements of private and public companies according to US GAAP. Performed internal audit function for special projects.
T&J INCORPORATED, Accountant, Miami, FL, 12/93 - 08/97
Handled all aspects of accounting cycle, including A/P, A/R, inventory costing, bank reconciliations, and financial reporting.
MALLAH, FURMAN AND COMPANY P.A., Tax Accountant CO-OP, Miami, FL, 05/97 - 08/97
Prepared individual and corporate tax returns.
CARGILL, EXCEL DIVISION, Cost Accounting CO-OP, Friona, TX, 06/96 - 09/96
Prepared daily profit/loss projections based on cost analysis in the production of meat products.
Honors and Awards
- Florida Institute of CPA's-Top Ten CPA Score (6th highest score)
- KPMG Scholar
- University Fellow at Florida State University
- AICPA; FICPA, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; Independent Accountants International Education; and Presidential Awards.
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