Carolyn
J. Newman, CPA,
CISA
President
Carolyn is co-founder
of Audimation
Services. She
has 24 years
of experience
in public accounting
in which she
was responsible
for audits and
consulting projects.
Carolyn was
formerly Regional
Technical Director
of Computer
Auditing at
BDO Seidman,
where she performed
EDP general
controls reviews
and developed
CAAT reports
and training
seminars for
staff personnel
in various offices
around the country.
As a management
consultant,
she assisted
clients in recruiting
personnel, developing
business plans
and identifying
growth and profit
improvement
opportunities,
and worked with
attorneys on
litigation support
projects. The
Texas Society
of CPA's has
recognized Carolyn
as a CPA Pathfinder.
N.
Jill Davies,
CFSA
Vice
President of
Technical Services
Jill
has over 20
years of experience
as an auditor
and manager
in the banking
industry. She
has extensive
experience in
Novell and Windows
NT 4.0 networks.
Jill's accomplishments
as an executive
include financial
analysis, software
selection and
implementation,
project management
and Novell system
administration.
Jill has authored
a number of
IDEAScript
macros that
are available
to help users
automate their
audit and analysis
work, the IDEA
applications
used to perform
payables tests
for the book
The
Payables Test
Set
and the Intro
to IDEA Guide.
She was also
responsible
for programming
the core analytical
routines for
the DATAS
for IDEA Add-In. Donald
E. Sparks, CISA,
CIA, ARM
Vice
President of
Industry Relations
Don has 24 years of experience in the property casualty insurance industry including 12 years as a chief audit executive and corporate director. He also was an assistant vice president for over six years at The Institute of Internal Auditors. Most recently, Don was a director with RSM McGladrey working with clients to achieve Sox 404 IT compliance controls. At The IIA, he was responsible for reviving the Global Auditing Information Network benchmarking services, created Flash surveys for chief audit executives that quickly grew into a global network of almost 2,500 active participants, as well as successfully created and launched the monthly live streaming video webcasts on The Internal Auditor's Role in Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 . Don brings his extensive internal auditing and technology expertise to Audimation's clients to help users get the most of IDEA.
Don is currently involved in conducting IDEA User Group sessions, maintaining relationships with organizations and associations with interests in data analysis and contributing white papers on key subject matter topics. Don is also available to work with clients that would like to share a success story using Caseware IDEA Data Analysis Software. He is a member of The Institute of Internal Auditors and currently serves on the Advanced Technology Committee; and is also a member ISACA where he held a number of leadership positions in the Chicago Chapter.
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Carol A. Ursell,
CPA
Director of
Training
Carol
has 21 years
experience in
both public
accounting and
industry. Before
she joined Audimation
Services, she
served as Accounting
Manager and
Audit Coordinator
for Cabot Oil
& Gas. Her
Big Six audit
background effectively
prepared her
for these responsibilities
and compliments
her data analysis
expertise. Carol
is experienced
with the AS/400
query tools,
including her
involvement
in the accounting
management side
of converting
from an IBM
mainframe to
AS/400 system.
Her many accomplishments
include over
8 years of training
users on new
software applications
and selecting
tools for a
paperless office
environment.
William
W. Blake
Customer
Support Specialist
Bill has over
17 years of
experience in
the banking
industry, and
more than 19
years of experience
working with
computer operation
programs in
the financial
and accounting
industries.
His responsibilities
include helping
clients to effectively
use IDEA
to solve problems
and accomplish
their audit
objectives by
providing possible
solutions and
specific action
steps to be
taken. Bill
also works with
clients on processing
projects, and
identifying
file definitions
for importing
data.
Teresa J. Kilpatrick,
CPA
Trainer/Consultant
Teresa
is an independent
consultant with
special emphasis
in data analysis
and management.
She has more
than 22 years
of experience
in the manufacturing
industry as
a cost accountant
and as a Controller
and Accounting
Manager in the
manufacturing
and utility
sectors. She
manages a wide
range of issues,
performance
measurements
and cost/benefit
analysis for
capital spending,
sales tax regulations/refunds,
as well as the
traditional
accounting functions.
Teresa has been
recognized in
articles for
Internal Auditor
and Today's
CPA, as well
as a contributor
to the PPC publication
- Guide to Data
Extraction Software.
Paul C. Hoshall,
CPA, CISA, CGFM,
CCP, CITP
Trainer/Consultant
Paul is the
Mid-Atlantic
representative
for IDEA,
with 37 years
of experience,
27 of which
have been related
to information
technology (IT).
He heads Hoshall
Associates,
an IT Audit
Training and
Consulting firm
located in Fairfax,
Virginia. He
previously served
as Director
of the IT Audit
and Technical
Support Divisions
in two Federal
Offices of Inspector
General (Veterans
Affairs and
Transportation),
and recently
served as a
technical advisor
to the USDA
Graduate School
Government Auditors
Training Institute
(GATI), where
he conducted
an assessment
and subsequent
redesign of
the current
GATI IT audit
curriculum.
His training
experience includes
instructing
portions of
the Washington,
D.C. preparation
courses for
the Certified
Information
Systems Auditor
and Certified
Internal Auditor
examinations,
teaches several
IT audit courses
on a part-time
basis at GATI,
and is a frequent
presenter at
professional
seminars and
conferences.
He previously
served and chaired
two international
boards (Education
and Research)
for the Information
Systems Audit
and Control
Association
(ISACA).
Barbara
Godish, CPA
Trainer
Barbara
has over 15
years experience
as an auditor
and consultant
, and operates
Godish Accounting
Solutions, a
consulting company
specializing
in accounting
and internal
auditing services.
She was
formerly a manager at Wessel &
Company CPAs,
where she was
instrumental
in implementing
IDEA and risk-based
auditing for
the firm. She
is a member
of the Pennsylvania
Institute of
Public Accounting,
and serves on
the board of
directors for
the American
Heart Association,
and serves as
treasurer of
the Conemaugh
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