Forensic Accounting Archives – Page 5 of 10

Rachelle Jackson

Rachelle Jackson has more than 10 years of experience working in government contract compliance, strategy and advisory.

Rachelle undertakes assessments of client accounting and finance practices, performs mock audits of business systems, implements remedial action plans and internal controls critical to managing compliance and financial risks. She also specializes in assisting contractors in responding to audit requests.

Rachelle’s career has focused on Federal labor compliance including the Service Contract Act (SCA), Davis Bacon Act (DBA) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) prevailing wage and apprenticeship programs. She conducts detailed back pay calculations and implements best-practice controls within business processes. 

Rachelle has in-depth knowledge of the regulations contained within the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Circulars, Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 200, Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation (DFARS), and the Cost Accounting Standards (CAS). She supports federal government contractors in preparing strategic and compliant proposal price estimates when responding to Federal Requests for Proposals (RFP), reviewing forward pricing rate proposals (FPRP), incurred cost proposals (ICP), and negotiating indirect cost rate agreements (NICRA). She has also assisted with strategic cost accounting restructures, cost accounting non-compliances and changes which includes preparing general dollar magnitude (GDM) or detailed cost impacts (DCI).

Rachelle has a bachelor’s of business administration in finance and is a member of the Young Professionals Committee for the Colorado’s Judicial Institute.  

Jeffrey Matthews

Jeffrey Matthews is a forensic accountant nearly 30 years of experience. He has served as a financial expert on numerous occasions.

Jeff is a very good forensic accountant. A leader in the industry. He is very knowledgeable and good with clients.

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Jeff has testified in multiple civil and criminal matters at both state and federal levels for cases with awards of over $100 million. He has acted as a court appointed accountant in federal bankruptcy court and led the investigations on the largest domestic public corruption case in history. His clients include the USA’s top law firms, Fortune 100 legal departments, and government investigative agencies.

Jeff is an experienced FINRA arbitrator designated to cases involving inflated asset values, unsuitable investments, and alleged theft among other fraudulent actions. During his tenure at two large public accounting firms, he was instrumental in developing proprietary anti-fraud and compliance tools and implementing risk management programs for companies across a wide range of industries.

Jeff has significant expertise in issues related to the Lanham Act, Sarbanes-Oxley, the False Claims Act, and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). He specializes in financial investigations, forensic accounting and litigation support regarding corruption and white-collar criminal cases and supports clients on complex multi-jurisdictional business disputes. He also delivers expert opinion regarding the calculation of damages resulting from breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, diminution of value, and misappropriation of trade secrets.

Jeff is a Certified Public Accountant (Texas) and Certified Fraud Examiner. He teaches at the University of Texas at Arlington and has authored an accounting textbook, published by Wiley in 2019, entitled “Holding Accountants Accountable”.

Jeffrey Matthews stands out in the forensic accounting field, with clients commending him as a “very good practitioner who is excellent with clients.” His peers further acknowledge his expertise, praising him as a “knowledgeable practitioner and a leader in the industry,” reinforcing his standing as a trusted expert whose insight and leadership consistently shape outcomes in high-stakes forensic accounting matters.

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Chad Salsbery

Chad Salsbery is a Certified Valuations Analyst with over 25 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert on over 50 occasions.

Chad has testified in arbitration (including delivering concurrent evidence), litigation, and at deposition for disputed matters with values of up to $500 million. He has undertaken expert analysis and opined for cases in district and county courts, domestic and international arbitral proceedings, and presented damages analysis to members of the Department of Justice in mediations and other settlement negotiations.

Chad’s background ranges from forensic accounting, business consulting and valuation services to litigation consulting and assistance on causation and damage issues in a wide variety of industries. He has also led multiple financial due diligence reviews to assist both buyers and sellers in assessing the value of target companies. Early in Chad’s career, he worked for a large publicly traded medical supply company, Baxter International, in various financial roles, including reporting and planning, treasury, and internal audit.

Chad specialises in commercial damages and forensic accounting, bankruptcy and financial valuations, and construction, insurance and government contracting disputes. He analyses and addresses issues regarding lost profits, price erosion, business interruptions, lost earnings, reasonable royalties, unjust enrichment, increased costs, and diminution of business value.

Chad is a member of the National Association of Certified Valuators and Analysts and the American Bar Association. He has spoken on a variety of subjects including economic and financial issues.

Tyler J Donnelly

Tyler J Donnelly is a forensic accountant with over 10 years of experience. He has been appointed as an expert on more than ten occasions.

Tyler was the named expert in a wide range of financial disputes at state and federal courts and has prepared and authored detailed expert reports used in the adjudication, negotiation and resolution of disputes. He has provided expert testimony in disputes of up to US$20 million.

Tyler has had leading roles in investigating white-collar crimes and allegations of fraud. He has led teams in matters encompassing the False Claims Act and regularly provides consulting in bankruptcy and insolvency, shareholder disputes, and internal investigations. He is also widely experienced in the evaluation of construction cost claims.

Tyler specializes in highly complex commercial damages investigations and lost profit calculations. His expertise includes a wide range of financial analysis, forensic accounting, and construction quantum damages.

Tyler holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Information Technology Professional in Accounting. He is Certified in Financial Forensics and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

Jordan Sandberg

Jordan Sandberg is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner with 10 years of experience. He has assisted the named forensic accounting expert on multiple occasions.

Jordan has provided litigation support and assisted in multiple investigations, into highly confidential matters, on behalf of both private and government counsel. He has worked on cases with damages in excess of $1 billion.

Jordan has a broad range of forensic investigations experience alongside supporting clients with dispute resolution matters. He has provided large scale data analysis to demonstrate state-specific compliance with enforcement regulations based on master settlement agreement (MSA) enforcement and prepared financial analysis and modelling for various disputed matters across the USA.

Jordan’s expertise includes fraud investigations and trademark infringements. He has assessed lost profits and damages, analyzed bank statements and other financial data to identify flow of funds, and evaluated targeted individuals and entities for fraudulent transactions.

Jordan is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He holds a master’s in accounting and a bachelor’s degree in crime, law and justice.

Angela Fu

Angela Fu is a Certified Management Accountant with more than 8 years of experience. She has been appointed as an expert and assisted the named expert on numerous occasions.

Angela’s expert work covers commercial damages, economic and accounting analysis, government contracting, and settlements and distributions related to US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations.

She has advised clients across numerous industries including aerospace, construction, financial services, manufacturing, professional services, and shipbuilding. Her consulting roles have included several settlement calculations and distributions related to SEC investigations.

Angela’s expertise includes the assessment of damages related to breach of contract, lost profits, defective and delayed deliveries, productivity, disruption and delay, changes, increased costs, insurance recovery, and other economic damages. She has extensive experience working with large datasets and is adept at building complex and dynamic financial models and constructing and analyzing large databases.

Angela is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants. She holds a degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame, with a supplementary major in applied and computational mathematics and statistics.

Juan Francisco Nasser

Juan Francisco Nasser is a forensic accountant and corporate development professional with more than 20 years of experience. He regularly acts as a quantum and contentious valuations expert in commercial disputes.

Juan Francisco was an extremely diligent expert. I would highlight his great knowledge of the subject matter, attention to detail, and ability to work. Juan possesses excellent discussion capacity and skills to defend his position during hearings.

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Juan has given expert testimony over 65 times, both in arbitration proceedings and in judicial proceedings. He has testified in both English and Spanish for disputes with values in excess of €600 million. He also prepares expert determinations in mergers and acquisition disputes.

Juan has wide ranging experience in corporate transactions, commercial disputes and investigations. He has been engaged in numerous transactions in Latin America, Europe, Middle East and Asia.

Juan’s expertise includes quantification of damages, contentious valuations, economic analysis, and complex financial and accounting matters. He has advised corporate clients and their legal teams across a wide range of sectors, including renewable energy (wind, photovoltaic, hydro), fossil fuels, water infrastructure, technology, real estate, and sports.

Juan holds a master’s in financial management, he is a Chartered Financial Analyst charterholder, an accredited valuation expert, and a full member in the practising category as a forensic accountant of The Academy of Experts. He has lectured on business valuation and mergers and acquisitions in several editions of a master’s degree at a Spanish university.

Jennifer Flickinger

Jennifer Flickinger is a forensic accountant with 30 years of experience. She has been appointed as an expert on government contracting matters.

Jen has been cross-examined in arbitration at the Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals (ASBCA) and taken part in several pre-hearing negotiations. Her engagements include government contract compliance, litigation, investigations, and external restructurings. She has acted as an expert for disputed projects with values of up to $1 billion and has a strong record of negotiations with the government agencies including the Departments of Defense, State, Labor, and Energy.

Jen designs cost accounting structures for emerging contractors and analyzes existing models for compliance and effectiveness. She prepares cost impacts, disclosure statements, incurred cost proposals, and requests for equitable adjustments). She also supports contractor negotiations related to audit findings by with their responses to the Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA), Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), and General Services Administration (GSA).

Jen specializes in cost and pricing matters including government audit issues, defective pricing, labor charging and compliance, Cost Accounting Standards (CAS), cost allowability and allocability, Federal Supply Schedule contracts, claims, requests for equitable adjustment (REA), terminations and prime and subcontractor disputes. Her focus is on compliance with the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), CAS, the Uniform Guidance as well as FAR supplements (e.g. Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS)). She is a recognized expert in prevailing wage compliance, including the Service Contract Act and the Davis Bacon Act.

Jen is a member of the National Defense Industrial Association, the American Bar Association Section of Public Contract Law, and the Professional Service Counsel. She has published articles regarding the Service Contract Act and has undertaken numerous speaking engagements on matters related to accounting, cost and pricing.

Stephanie Raizon

Stephanie Raizon is a forensic accountant with over 10 years of experience. She has assisted the named expert on numerous occasions.

Stephanie has performed damages analyses for increased costs and lost profits and has assisted in preparing expert reports and subsequent testimony in various matters. She has experience in litigation (including Court of Federal Claims and state and district courts), arbitration, mediation, and bid protests before the Government Accountability Office.

Stephanie is experienced in increased costs, False Claims Act allegations, contract terminations, and compliance issues, including analysis and review of indirect rates, preparing incurred cost submissions, and responding to DCAA audit requests and reports for government contractors. She has assisted nuclear utilities with spent fuel litigation and settlements, various decommissioning cost analyses, the preparation of regulatory filings, and preparing for hearings before the Public Utility Commission.

Stephanie specializes in accounting and financial analyses related to US government contractors and utilities, including but not limited to False Claims Act investigations, big protests and cost damages analyses. She has experience with government contract compliance matters related to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) and Cost Accounting Standards (CAS).

Stephanie holds a bachelor’s in finance and accounting and is a Certified Management Accountant. She is a member of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA).

Drew Hauge

Richard Andrew Hauge Jr. (Drew) is a forensic accountant with over 15 years of experience. He has worked as both the named expert and assisted other experts on dozens of occasions.

Drew has been recognized as a forensic accounting expert by the DC Superior Court, having provided trial testimony in cases involving misappropriation of assets and fraudulent accounting records. He has provided expert testimony in disputes up to US$2.6 million and has assisted counsel in fraud investigations valued at US$10 billion.

Drew has managed a variety of engagements, including fraud investigations, asset tracing, damages analyses and compliance assessments. He oversaw an audit team of 15 individuals as part of a foreclosure process review of a top-10 mortgage servicer.

Drew specializes in a wide range of forensic accounting matters and complex damage analyses. He has significant experience investigating fraudulent conduct in matters of misappropriation of assets, fraudulent misrepresentation, investment fraud, and corruption.

Drew holds a master’s and bachelor’s in accounting (with concentrations in forensic accounting and audit) and is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Fraud Examiner. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. He is a published co-author in Westlaw Journal on White-Collar Crime and has provided presentations and lectures on forensic accounting, including recently serving as a recurring guest lecturer at Wake Forest University.

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