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Ronald Kiima, CPA

Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima IncorporatedPresident
Kiima Incorporated
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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)

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Bush Nominates Two Democrats to SEC: More of the Same is Likely | 03-31-2008
Analysis of: White House to Tap Two Dems to SEC | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

Will President Bush's recent nomination of two Democrats to the SEC make it more investor friendly?  Not likely!

2007 Accounting Error of the Year: Depreciation and Amortization | 01-02-2008
Analysis of: Securities Suits Spike in 2007 | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

The subject article provides some interesting insights into the upward reversal in the number of securities class-action lawsuits filed during 2007.  Given such, I thought it might be fitting to offer my personal insights into what I continue to believe is the most common, yet rarely noticed, accounting...

SEC Schedule II - Visibility into the Integrity of Reported Results | 09-11-2007
Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

Few other disclosures give as much visibility into the integrity of a company’s reported results like the SEC’s Schedule II – Valuation and Qualifying Accounts. Unfortunately, despite such schedule being required of most public companies, few companies seemingly fully comply. The absence of otherwise...

US GAAP: A Foreseeable Death | 03-08-2007
Analysis of: One Accounting Standard for All? | www.cfo.com
Author: Ronald Kiima, CPA, President , Kiima Incorporated

This article raises the question as to whether the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will ultimately mandate that domestic public companies report their financial results pursuant to International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”).  I believe, as a former SEC Assistant Chief...

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