International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA) – Director of Education (2008). Responsible for business valuation materials and examinations for all IACVA Country members. The International Association of Consultants, Valuators and Analysts (IACVA) is a 10,000 member organization with business valuation designation-granting authority in 55 countries. Board of Directors, 2010 to Present.
2012 Forensic Accounting Conference: The Risk Assessment and Prevention of Fraud in Business at the National Taipei University on April 27, 2012. The presentation was titled “The Meaning and Importance of Risk Assessment and Prevention of Fraud in Businesses.”
Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China, 2012. Presented a class titled “Relationships between Risk and Value in Valuation” to graduate students.
Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing, China, April 29, 2012. Accepted an appointment as adjunct Professor of Valuation and as Research Fellow of the University’s Asset Appraisal Institute.
Chinese Appraisal Society in Beijing, China, November 2008. Co-Presenter of weeklong business valuation course. A partial list of topics included: (1) remaining useful life analysis, (2) survivor curves, (3) valuing customer relationships, (4) valuing brands, (5) allocation of goodwill, valuing software, (6) quantifying synergies.
2009 Taipei International Conference: Valuation and Forensic Accounting in November 2009. Presenter, “Fraud Prevention and Detection.”
Chinese Appraisal Society in Seattle, Washington, August 2, 2010. Presenter, “Using Income Approaches and Using Guideline Companies.”
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, September 19-21, 2010 Co-Presenter, “The Relationships Between Risk and Value: The M & A Transaction, Value”; and “The Valuation Report: What Do You See? Value, Fraud, Risk: From Valuation to Fraud.”
Asian-Pacific Conference on Valuation and IFRS in Seoul, South Korea, December 3, 2010. Presenter, “Fraud, Risks and Valuations.”
Chinese Appraisal Society in Beijing, China, December 12-13, 2010. Presenter, “Fundamentals of Business Valuations” and Co-Presenter, “Valuing Intangible Assets.”
Adjunct Professor in Business Valuation at the Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China, 2012 to 2017.
IACVA in Washington, DC, June 2013. Presenter, “The Meaning and Importance of Risk Assessment and Prevention of Fraud in a Business.”
Chicago International Business Valuation Symposium, October 11, 2013. IACVA Presenter, “The Meaning and Importance of Risk Assessment and Prevention of Fraud in a Business.”