Chris is a principal leading Baker Tilly’s national risk advisory public sector practice. He is a self-motivated leader with more than 25 years of audit and consulting experience and is the national public sector industry leader for Baker Tilly’s risk advisory practice. He consistently delivers on commitments and achieves individual and team goals and offers strong management abilities, setting high expectations for himself and the teams he leads.
- Directly led projects with more than 60 public sector entities and more than 10 Fortune 1000 companies
- Directed financial, operational, IT, SOX and compliance audits
- Supervised or performed more than 200 fraud investigations and partnered with the FBI and state police
- Trained in the Reid Technique of Interviewing and Interrogation, commonly used by law enforcement agencies
- Presented audit reports and investigations to audit committees and executive management
- Served as chief audit executive for multiple internal audit outsource relationships
- Identified internal control issues and operational deficiencies that impacted service delivery to citizens, caused financial losses to state and local governments, and non-compliance with laws and regulations
- Uncovered collusion between city employees and a vendor that led to the arrest of nine individuals. This investigation revealed a culture of overtime abuse that was prevalent for approximately 20 years
- Partnered with a vendor to develop an app to allow citizens to report fraud on their smartphones. This city became the 2nd local government in the U.S. to develop a fraud reporting app for citizens
- Previously served as director of internal audit at a Fortune 500 international company and reported to the chief financial officer (CFO) and audit committee
- Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA)
- Association of Local Government Auditors (ALGA)
- Association of Government Accountants (AGA)
- Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- Delivered more than 30 CPE presentations or webinars to audit and accounting organizations such as the IIA, AGA, ALGA, ISACA and ACFE. Example topics included fraud, internal controls and supply chain management
- Authored multiple thought leadership articles on topics such as fraud and inventory management
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
- Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
- Recipient of the AGA’s 2024 Private Sector Financial Excellence Award given to an individual across the nation that exemplifies and promotes excellence in state or local government financial management, outstanding leadership, high ethical standards and innovative management techniques
