Ronald Kiima, CPA

Council Member Biography

Ronald A. Kiima is a former SEC Assistant Chief Accountant. Mr. Kiima is currently the President of Kiima Incorporated, a private consulting firm specializing in SEC accounting and disclosure issues, SEC registration statements and periodic reports, SEC investigations and enforcement proceedings, corporate governance and risk management (including compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), investor relations and communications, due diligence and investigatory procedures, and litigation support and testimony. His firm’s clients include, among others, SEC registrants, IPO candidates, public accounting and law firms, and continuing professional education providers.

Through his firm, Mr. Kiima also serves as a principal technical advisor to numerous investment banking firms, mutual funds and hedge funds on matters of SEC, accounting and financial reporting compliance.

Prior to founding Kiima Incorporated, Mr. Kiima served in a number of increasingly responsible positions with the SEC’s Division of Corporation Finance in Washington D.C., his last five years there as an Assistant Chief Accountant. During his eight-year tenure with the SEC, he had oversight responsibility for a number of industry sectors including, among others, high technologies, retailing, miscellaneous services, manufacturing, banking and insurance, metals and mining, healthcare and real estate. (This is me - Update Profile)

Employment History

1997 - 1998

Manager Financial Compliance, Reporting and Speci, Coldwater Creek, Inc.

1997 - 1997

President, Kiima Incorporated

1997 - present

President , Kiima Incorporated

1988 - 1990

Shareholder/Partner, Jones & Associates

1987 - 1997

Assistant Chief Accountant, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

1985 - 1987

Accountant/Auditor, Ernst & Whinney LLP (Ernst & Young LLP predecessor)