Study Group: Stock Option Backdating Accounting Experts (?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 11
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Ronald Kiima, CPA
President
Kiima Incorporated
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...
Thomas Klein, CPAManaging Member
KleinCPA PLLC
Thomas Klein is a Faculty Member in the University of Arizona's Eller College of Business. Mr. Klein teaches Taxation and Financial Accounting courses, both at the undergraduate and graduate (MBA, Masters of Accounting) level. He is also the Managing Member of Klein CPA, a former Deloitte & Touche National...
Larry Katzen, CPABoard Member
The Private Bank & Trust Co
Larry Katzen is a board member for The Mens Wearhouse, where he is a member of the audit and compensation committees. Mr. Katzen is also a board member for Wayport, a privately held wireless co. located in Dallas, TX, where he is chairman of the audit committee and member of the governance committee...
Daniel CollinsHenry B. Tippie Research Chair in Accounting
University of Iowa, The (inc)
Daniel Collins, PhD is the Henry B. Tippie Research Chair in Accounting at the University of Iowa. He recently was a visiting Professor of Accounting at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Dr. Collins has served on the Deloitte & Touche Academic Advisory Board, the Financial...
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