Dr. Cade earned a Ph.D. in Forensic Accounting & Audit, MBA, and Bachelor of Business Economics. Dr. Cade has the Certified Fraud Examiner’s designation of CFE, Certified Sarbanes Oxley Expert (CSOE), Series 7 stock broker’s license, Series 66 Investment Advisor’s license, and Dr. Cade is an Accredited Asset Management Specialist (AAMS). Dr. Cade’s 20 years of work history includes experience as a Chief Financial Officer of an international organization, Owner and Managing Partner of a firm that provided accounting, financial, forensic accounting, and fraud examination services. Dr. Cade’s background also includes four years of public accounting experience and fifteen years as an adjunct professor.

Nikhil is a CA, CFE and CSOE. He is having 9 years of experience with expertise in standard operating procedure (SOP) Development / Redesigning, Enterprise Risk Management, Internal Audit, IT Audit , Data Analytics (Business Intelligence) and Data Security. He has also worked with KPMG & Mazars and other fortune 500 companies.

Dr. Hawk earned a Master’s degree and PhD in Taxation, a post-doctoral certificate in business strategy, accounting, and finance, an MBA, and a Master’s degree in Finance in addition to his undergraduate degree in accounting. He has attained the professional accounting and finance designations of CPA (Certified Public Accountant); CMA (Certified Management Accountant); CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant), and insurance and financial planning designations of CLU (Chartered Life Underwriter) and ChFC (Chartered Financial Consultant). Dr. Hawk has over 30 years of professional experience in public and private accounting and as a full time college professor of accounting and finance at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Dr. Riley earned a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) in Accounting, along with a Master degree in Business Administration. In addition, she is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for the past 22 years and holds the Certified Fraud Examiner credential (CFE).
Dr. Riley’s 30 years of work history includes being the owner and Managing Partner of a successful Public Accounting Firm to providing consulting work for corporations, including Dow Chemical, Dynegy, America Styrenics and Rumpke.
Dr. Riley has over a decade of industrial experience with AlliedSignal (HoneyWell) performing a variety of corporate finance and accounting functions. Dr. Riley has also developed deep knowledge of corporate and personal taxation regulations.
Dr. Riley’s background also includes over two decades in higher education as Business faculty and System Coordinator to include all five Regional Campuses of Ohio University. Dr. Riley creates value for clients in industry and higher education from her extensive knowledge of public accounting, personal and business taxation, and higher education experience.