I investigate financial crime, testify to what I find, and teach other examiners to do the same. That work runs from a patrol car, through the fraud programs at Equifax and InComm Payments, to the forensic practice I run today.
Every job I have held came down to the same question: what does the record actually show, and will it hold up when somebody argues with it?
I learned to write a report that survives cross-examination before I ever learned to read a general ledger. That order turned out to matter. Most financial analysis is built to persuade a manager — evidence is built to survive an adversary.
I led global risk and fraud programs protecting billions in transaction volume — identifying billions in risk exposure and recovering millions in losses. Synthetic identity, BIN attacks, payment network abuse, and incident response on multi-million dollar events.
Forensic engagements, expert testimony, and the analytics behind them. I also keep a real set of books — Controller for a youth organization serving 300+ kids, running the same controls I recommend on a budget with no slack in it.
"I am not consulting from the sidelines. That has made me a better witness."
Loss quantification, financial statement analysis, tracing, and court-ready documentation. Investigative discipline from law enforcement, methodology from the CFE credential.
Discuss a caseKeynotes, panels, chapter meetings, and board sessions for ACFE, ACAMS, and IAFCI audiences — plus internal teams who need the material in plain language.
See topicsCourses built to the NASBA QAS Self-Study standard: stated learning objectives, review questions with feedback, and a scored final exam. Take them on your own clock.
Browse coursesFraud examinations, internal control design, and fractional CFO work are delivered through my practice, Illuminate Risk Advisory.
Go to Illuminate RiskRegular presenter for chapters of the ACFE, ACAMS, and IAFCI — conference sessions, panels I moderate, and university classrooms.
Occasional writing on fraud patterns, controls, and what actually goes wrong inside small finance teams.
What a standard quality-of-earnings review is not built to catch, and where the real exposure usually sits.
I have noticed a glitch in the Matrix. We successfully returned to the office, yet somehow we are still living in a Zoom box.
Occasional insights on financial risk, fraud patterns, and forensic accounting — straight from the field, no fluff. A few times a month at most.
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