AUDIT ANALYTICS AUDIT

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHIES
He is a passionate advocate of using technology to audit and monitor and
is working with researchers from around the world to develop a
continuous auditing and monitoring culture and technology for Siemens.
Rod successfully defended his PhD thesis The Use of Intelligent Software to
Enable Continuous Auditing. The research work included the design and
development of a proof of concept ERP continuous auditing software
model (using SAP) incorporating some of the latest continuous auditing
research concepts. The model was co-developed with Rutgers
University’s Continuous Auditing Research Laboratory (CAR Lab)—a
leading continuous auditing research group.
Rod has been actively involved in the design and implementation of
automated auditing and monitoring solutions using a variety of software
applications and worked on a centralized risk and internal control
solution for Siemens. Siemens operates in diverse business sectors
throughout the world in more than 175 countries.
Helen L. Brown-Liburd, PhD, CPA
Assistant Professor, Rutgers University
Helen L. Brown-Liburd received her PhD from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and a bachelor of business administration in
accounting from Baruch College. Her research focuses on issues and
factors that influence auditors’ judgment and decision making related to
financial reporting. She has published in Auditing: A Journal of Practice and
Theory, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Business Ethics,andIssues in
Accounting Education. Her teaching experience includes auditing, AIS,
and financial accounting.
Helen has more than 16 years of experience in such diverse areas as
auditing, financial and operating reporting, and analysis and project
management. She has worked for Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) as a
manager on several company-wide teams established to evaluate and
redesign major company-wide processes and she also served as an
internal audit manager responsible for supervising and monitoring
worldwide audits. She also worked for Pepsi Cola Company as manager
of special projects where she researched, developed, and implemented
accounting policies and procedures and performed financial reporting for
acquisitions. She began her career in public accounting as a staff auditor
for Main Hurdman (now KPMG) and later moved to Arthur Young (now
EY) where she was promoted to audit manager.
Nancy Bumgarner, CPA
Partner, KPMG
Nancy Bumgarner is an audit partner with KPMG and has served in a
number of national, international, and global roles over her career. She is
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