Professional Development Training
“Fraud, Fraud and IFRS Overview”
September 25, 2008
Rider University
Lawrenceville, NJ
Agenda

7:30a.m.-8:30a.m.              Registration                                                                         

8:30a.m.–10:00a.m.            Session 1: IFRS Overview                     

                                           Presenters: Jonathan Marks, Crowe Chizek

10:00a.m. – 10:15a.m.        Break (COB Atrium)

10:15a.m. - 12:00 noon      Session 2:  Fraud 

                                          Presenters:  Pam Verick Stone, Protiviti

12:00 noon- 1:00p.m.         Lunch

                                          Fireside Lounge, Bart Luedeke Student Center, 2^nd Floor                                                                     

1:00p.m.- 2:30p.m.            Session 3: Fraud Investigation and Legal Pitfalls for the Internal Auditor

                                          Presenter: Paul Zikmund, Principal, Litigation Support Services,    Amper,Politziner,&Mattia, LLP                                                                                                                                                                  

2:30p.m. – 2:45p.m.           Break (COB Atrium)

 

2:45p.m.- 4:15p.m.             Session 3: Fraud Investigation and Legal Pitfalls for the Internal Auditor (continued)

                                          Presenter: Paul Zikmund, Principal, Litigation Support Services, Amper, Politziner, & Mattia, LLP

                                          Sessions Concluded

Biographies

Jonathan Marks, CPA, CFE

Executive

Experience

Jonathan Marks is one of the leaders in Crowe Chizek and Company LLC’s Risk Consulting practice. He has a unique blend of professional experience spanning more than 20 years. Marks is a nationally recognized thought leader in Sarbanes-Oxley, risk, governance, internal audit, technical accounting, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) matters.                                                                                                                             

Prior to joining Crowe, Marks was a co-owner of Enterprise Financial Consulting Group LLC where he directed the firm’s SEC, Technical Accounting, Governance, Internal Audit, Risk Management, Fraud, Quality Assurance Review and Education/Training practices. He also has more than 15 years of experience in public accounting (Big Four) and internal audit. Marks spent six years in private industry serving in the chief operating and financial officer role. During his tenure in public accounting and internal audit, Marks planned, organized, administered, and supervised all phases of financial and operational engagements, including managerial responsibility for audits of several Fortune 100 companies. In addition, he managed several mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and initial public offerings.

Marks has expertise in dealing with complex accounting matters, SEC reporting, registrations, and compliance with the Securities Act of 1993, the Exchange Act of 1934 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. Marks, in conjunction with a Ph.D. candidate in accounting, authored a paper on reverse mergers.  He has provided litigation support services, including forensic accounting and fraud auditing, for publicly and privately held corporations. Litigation support experience also includes matters relating to internal investigations, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, class-action lawsuits, bankruptcy, insurance, estates and trusts, business valuations, damage analysis, lost profits, accounting malpractice, and expert testimony. Marks spent more than a year working closely with the attorney general of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division and U.S. Customs officials in recovering more than $24 million of assets lost by a public concern from a series of thefts and contract breaches.

He teaches and lectures nationally on SEC, accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley, governance, enterprise risk management, internal audit, fraud, and other topics. Marks has published many articles, several white and point of view papers on accounting, governance, risk management, and compliance, in many cases before the topics covered developed into issues of general concern and/or received regulatory attention.

Marks is an active member of Financial Executives International, the National Association of Corporate Directors, The Institute of Internal Auditors, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants. He is also an instructor for the Institute of Internal Auditors and has an accreditation in internal audit quality assessment/validation.

Education

Temple University/Bloomsburg University-BSBA – Accounting

 

Pam Verick Stone

Pam Verick Stone is a Director in our Litigation, Restructuring and Investigative Services solution area where she focuses on investigations and leads our fraud risk management initiative. Pam has 18 years of risk management experience, including development of anti-fraud programs and controls, fraud risk assessment, fraud and misconduct investigations, Sarbanes-Oxley assistance and development of compliance and ethics programs for both the public and private sector.

Prior to joining Protiviti, Ms. Verick Stone was a Director in the Forensic practice of a Big 4 professional services firm, where she served as a global product champion for fraud and misconduct diagnostic services. Her practice focused on fraud risk management and forensic investigations and she has provided assistance to internal and external audit teams on a myriad of issues, including financial investigations and implementation of SAS 99.

Ms. Verick Stone previously worked as a Government and Industry Affairs Specialist for the insurance brokerage of Alexander & Alexander, advising on legislative, regulatory and compliance issues affecting Fortune 1000 companies. She also held the position of Special Assistant for Immigration and Policy Reform at the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

Experience & Clients

Ms. Verick Stone’s technical expertise in risk management, specifically in matters involving fraud and misconduct, was developed through her work with Fortune 500 and 1000 companies and non-profit organizations as well as federal, state and local government agencies.

Recently, Pam has assisted Management and Audit Committees in the identification and assessment of fraud and misconduct risk, as well as evaluation and strengthening of fraud risk strategies and related anti-fraud programs and controls. These projects have been conducted in both proactive and reactive settings, either to enhance enterprise-wide risk activities, develop internal audit plans, comply with regulatory requirements or respond with remediation activities following an internal investigation.

Ms. Verick Stone has also facilitated numerous fraud and misconduct trainings and fraud risk workshops. She has assisted numerous internal and external audit teams, as well as legal counsel, in the review of whistleblower statements made in connection with suspected fraudulent activities, and performed internal forensic investigations.

In addition, Pam has experience in developing and managing new products and technology-enabled methodologies in the areas of corporate governance, enterprise-risk management, internal audit services and fraud risk.

She speaks nationally and internationally on issues relating to Sarbanes-Oxley, fraud and misconduct risk and corporate anti-fraud matters.

Paul Zikmund, CFE, CFFA, MBA, MAcc

Principal

Litigation Support Services

PAUL E. ZIKMUND serves as Principal, Litigation Support Services at Amper, Politziner, & Mattia, LLP, in Philadelphia, PA.  He is responsible for providing fraud investigation, detection and prevention services to clients. He has nearly 20 years of experience in this field and has effectively managed global fraud and forensic teams at various Fortune 500 companies.  Paul, who is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Forensic Financial Analyst, works with clients to detect and investigate instances of fraud. Paul also conducts fraud risk assessments and fraud awareness training to help clients detect and deter fraud within their organizations.  His public and private sector experience includes the investigation of complex financial frauds, conducting forensic audit engagements, and providing litigation support for a variety of industries.

Before joining Amper, Paul was a Principal, Fraud and Forensic Services at SolomonEdwardsGroup, LLC and a Senior Manager – Enterprise Risk Services with Deloitte and Touche, LLP. Prior to that, he served in a variety of in-house fraud and forensic investigative roles with Tyco International (US), Inc., The Dow Chemical Company, Nortel Networks, and Union Carbide Corporation. He began his career as a Municipal Police Officer, and then a State Trooper and Special Agent with the Attorney General’s Office in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Paul received a Bachelor of Science degree in the Administration of Justice and a Certificate of Accountancy from The University of Pittsburgh.  He continued his education with a Masters of Business Administration at the University of Connecticut and a Masters of Accountancy at Auburn University. Paul has authored various articles relating to fraud detection, prevention, and investigation. He speaks regularly at seminars and conferences on the topic of fraud and also teaches a graduate level fraud and forensic accounting course at Rider University in New Jersey and LaSalle University in Philadelphia. 

Paul is a former Board member of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and current Board member of the National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts Litigation Forensic Board.

 

Directions By Car

From the NJ Turnpike: Take the New Jersey Turnpike South to exit 7A (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to Exit 60-B for I-295 North toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 South. Take Exit 7-A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From Route 1 South: Take the exit for Interstate 95 South (sign says "To Pennsylvania"). Bear right at junction, following signs for I-95 South (Pennsylvania). Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From South Jersey: From the Garden State Parkway: take Exit 98 (I-195 West). Follow I-195 West to Exit 60-B for I-295 North toward Princeton. I-295 will become I-95 South. Take Exit 7A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From I-295 North: I-295 North, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit 7-A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

From the Pennsylvania Turnpike: Take the Pennsylvania Turnpike East to the main Philadelphia Exit 351 and follow the signs to I-95 North. Continue on I-95 North, straight over the Delaware River into New Jersey. Take Exit 7-A off of I-95 to US Route 206 South (Trenton). Rider is a quarter mile on the right.

Directions By Train or Bus

Amtrak trains for Trenton and Princeton Junction leave Penn Station in New York City and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia. New Jersey Transit provides rail service to Princeton Junction, Hamilton and Trenton from New York City and the surrounding area, and SEPTA provides service to Trenton and West Trenton from Philadelphia and the surrounding area. New Jersey Transit schedules may be consulted for bus service from Hamilton and Trenton train stations.