About Me

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE
- 2016 -present:
Navient, Virginia,
USA, Finance
- 2015 - 2016:
ESAB, (a subsidiary of
Colfax) Maryland, USA, Finance
- 2010 - 2015: Susquehanna Bancshares Inc,
(acquired by and now merged into
BB&T)
Maryland, USA, Corporate Risk Management
Atlas Air Worldwide
Holdings, New York, USA,
Internal Audit
- 2006 - 2008: The
Pepsi Bottling Group,
(now a subsidiary of PepsiCo)
New York, USA, Internal Audit
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
(Full-Time)
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE (Adjunct)
- 2009 - present: University of Maryland University College
(UMUC), Maryland, USA
(Adjunct Associate Professor - Online)
-
School of Undergraduate Studies
- ACCT221 - Principles of Accounting II
- ACCT310 - Intermediate Accounting I
- ACCT311 - Intermediate Accounting II
- ACCT436 - Internal Auditing
- ACCT495 - Contemporary Issues in Accounting
Practice
CONSULTING
EXPERIENCE
(Feb-Jun)
- Community Environmental Center,
New York
- Developed the Accounting Policies &
Procedures manual
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE
- 2004 - 2006
Edutact Limited,
Jamaica
- Principal Director and CEO
PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING EXPERIENCE
Assurance Services.
1993 - 1994
Deloitte & Touche,
Jamaica, Assurance & Advisory Services.
PROFESSIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA): Georgia
& Maryland,
USA, 2006 & 2016 - (License#
CPA025674 & 42253)
- Certified Internal Auditor
(CIA): USA, 2002 -
(Certificate# 38965, IIA Member# 1100910)
- Chartered Global
Management Accountant (CGMA): USA
- (License#
CPA025674)
-
Fellow Chartered Accountant (FCA):
Jamaica,
2002
EDUCATION
:
- 2004 - 2005 Certificate in Online
Education & Training
The
University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica:
- 1994 - 1995 Masters of Science -
Accounting
- 1990 - 1993 Bachelors of Science - Accounting
Wolmer's Boys'
School, Jamaica:
-
1983-1990
High School Diploma (CXCs, GCE O' & A' Levels)
- 1989-1990
Deputy Head Boy
PUBLICATIONS
- Auditing in the Caribbean - A Practical
Approach, (Co-authored with Margaret Mendes) ISBN
978-976-8053-17-6, CFM
Publications C/o Department of Management Studies, University of the
West Indies, Jamaica, 2006
ARTICLES
-
Accounting
Credentials, The Cayman
NetNews, Cayman Islands, April 25, 2005
-
Fraudulent Financial Statements - Whose responsibility?, The
Cayman NetNews, Cayman Islands, July 4, 2005.
PRESENTATIONS
Delaware, March 2017.
Fraud Risk Assessment - Morgan State University,
Maryland, November 2016.
Business Ethics and Business Risk - How to
make the balance? -
Morgan State University,
Maryland, February 2014.
Publisher Based Learning Management Systems -
MACPA’s 2014 Accounting Educators’ Conference - Educators Panel,
Maryland, January 2014.
International Financial Reporting
Standards – Association of
Accounting Technician (AAT), Jamaica Branch, May 2003.
Implementing International
Financial Reporting Standards into the Accounting Curriculum
– University of Technology, Jamaica, June & July 2003.
Audit Codes & Standards – The
Public Bodies Management and Accountability Act, 2001
– Ministry of Finance & Planning, Jamaica, October 2003.
Internal Control
– The Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Jamaica Chapter, December
2003.
Inventory & Warehouse Management
– Jamaica Employers’
Federation, March 2004.
Incorporating IT into the teaching
of Accounting: eTeaching
– Accounting Educators Workshop,
Edutact Limited, July and December 2005.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
SPORTING ACTIVITIES
- 2017 - present: Chairman of Rules & Umpiring
Committee, Maryland
Youth Cricket Association, USA
- 2013 -
2016: Wolmer's Cricket
Initiative,
President.
- 2013 -
present:
Baltimore Cricket & Social Club, Maryland, USA
Vice-captain of cricket team in 2014.
- 2004 - 2006:
Welly's
International Cricket Club, Cayman Islands,
Vice-captain of cricket team.
- 1989 - 2006: Kingston Cricket Club,
Jamaica
- 1989 - 2003:
Represented the club in cricket at all levels: Minor Cup (Captain),
Junior Cup & Senior Cup
- 1997 - 1998: Served on
Management Committee
- 1992 - 1993: Sports representative,
Taylor Hall,
University of the West Indies, Jamaica
- Directed Taylor Hall in securing the
'Hall of Halls' title for intra-University competitions
- 1992 -
1993: Captain of Taylor Hall
and University of the West Indies' cricket teams
- Led Taylor Hall to victory in intra-University
competition.
- Led University to victory in inter-University
competition
- 1990 -
1992: Captain of
Jamaican
under-19 cricket team
- 1990 Led Jamaica to first
victory in 10 years in Regional tournament
SOCIAL LIFE
Last updated :
Sunday, September 22, 2019