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Advisory Board Members
Michael Amir
Professor Amir Michael is Head of the Accounting Department at Durham University Business School and Director of the Durham Rutgers Accounting Analytics Network (DRAAN). His research focuses on auditing and reporting using data analytics and AI to enhance quality and transparency, as well as digital adoption in accounting education. Formerly Associate Dean for MBA/DBA and Director of the Durham MBA program, Amir played a key role in creating the innovative BSc Accounting (KPMG/ICAEW) School Leavers Programme, recognized in UK government reports as best practice. His teaching philosophy emphasizes student-centered, research-led education, fostering collaboration and active learning.
Read Full Biography →Michael Cangemi
Michael P. Cangemi, CPAretired, CISAretired, is a former CEO serving on Boards, as Senior Advisor, author, speaker, and social media influencer. He has published 2 books and over 230 articles, and research papers. In his early career as a CPA he managed IT auditing regionally at EY and nationally at BDO, where he also founded the BDO Internal Audit Service practice. He went on to a wide-ranging business career serving as a CAE, CIO, CFO and then in two CEO positions, President, CEO, & Director of Etienne Aigner Group, Inc., and President, CEO & Director of Financial Executives International. In addition, he has served on many Boards and as AC Chair. He is a Senior Fellow at and serves on the Rutgers Continuous Auditing and Reporting Lab - Advisory Board since 1991. Professionally active he has served on the boards of COSO, and the advisory boards of the FASB (USA) and IASB (London, UK), as well as, on many professional committees and the boards of ISACA (Board Chair 1986- and first-class inductee in ISACA Hall of Fame), IIA, IIARF and FEI. He served as Editor in Chief of the ISACA Journal (1987-2007) and served on FEI’s CFIT Fintech Committee (2004-2023) where he published several research papers. He is a life member of FEI, ISACA and the AICPA. He served as Associated Editor of EDPACS 1988-1994. His experiences as a CAE were published in his second successful book, Managing the Audit Function. The second and third editions were published in 1996 and 2003 respectively. The book was featured in the business section of the Sunday New York Times in August 2002 and translated into Chinese in 2005 and Serbian in 2013. In 1991, Mr. Cangemi co-authored Auditing in an EDP Environment (Kaplan Financial Education). In 2000, The Cangemi Library was established at the University of Mississippi’s National EDP Auditing Archival Center to house his collection of over 250 books on Auditing and EDP Auditing and the ISACA IT Control Journals he Edited. Mr. Cangemi now has a significant focus on his business interests and specifically governance, fintech, AI/Analytics and Blockchain DLs for GRC, Finance and Business Process Improvement. He is an investor in and serves as an advisor to Lukka Tech (Distributed Ledgers/Blockchain/Digital Assets); serves on the Citizens Bank NJ AB, and he is an investor in and periodic advisor to Solink Corp (Video & Contextual Analytics).
Read Full Biography →Chia-Ling Chao
Professor Chia-Ling Chao is a Professor of Accounting and Information Technology and currently serves as Chair of the Department of Accounting and Information Technology (AIT) at National Chung Cheng University (CCU) in Taiwan. Her research primarily focuses on auditing and financial accounting. She also serves as an Associate Editor for the Review of Pacific Basin Financial Markets and Policies and is a Certified Public Accountant in Australia. In recognition of her outstanding research performance, Professor Chao has been exempt from faculty evaluation at CCU since 2019. She has played a central role in advancing CCU’s international collaborations with several distinguished universities, including Fordham University, Rutgers University, and Thammasat University in Thailand. Under her leadership, the AIT Department has also established a robust industry–academia partnership with Taiwan Auto-Design Co., a leading firm in the information services industry. In addition, she represents AIT in formalizing a partnership with Ernst & Young (EY), one of the Big Four accounting firms. Through this collaboration, EY will award an AIT student a merit scholarship totaling USD 60,000 upon completion of a master’s degree at a pre-approved U.S. institution.
Read Full Biography →Eric Cohen
Eric Cohen is an internationally recognized accounting-technology futurist, one of the original founders of XBRL, and a long-standing pioneer in the development of accounting, audit, and assurance technologies. A prolific writer, teacher, and trainer, he has helped accountants, auditors, academics, regulators, software developers, and business leaders worldwide understand and apply innovations in Internet technologies, XBRL and standardized business reporting, audit data standards, distributed ledgers, security and authentication, analytics, robotic process automation, sustainability reporting, generative and agentic AI, and continuous auditing and monitoring. Mr. Cohen has published hundreds of articles and columns in both the business and academic press and has written or contributed to numerous books, including serving as primary author of Accountant’s Guide to the Internet, the first book to explore the relevance of the Internet to the accounting profession. An experienced global collaborator and standards developer, he works extensively with specialists, regulators, standards bodies, and academics around the world on data-centric approaches to financial and sustainability reporting, including XBRL GL, emerging audit data standards, and next-generation assurance frameworks. From May 2000 to June 2017, Mr. Cohen served with PwC, ultimately as its XBRL Global Technical Leader, supporting global strategy, standards engagement, training, and technical adoption initiatives. He represented the firm across numerous AICPA committees focused on data analytics and technology-enabled audit methodologies and contributed to a wide range of assurance-technology innovation projects. He continues to advise on international standards efforts and to advance the integration of AI, automation, and structured data into the future of accounting and audit.
Read Full Biography →Robert Cuthbertson
Dr. Prince Doliya is an Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance at IIM Visakhapatnam. His work focuses on audit regulation, financial reporting, fair value measurement, and AI-driven analytics in accounting. He teaches across MBA, Executive MBA, and doctoral programs and is known for integrating technology, data, and innovative pedagogy into accounting education. Dr. Doliya serves as Chair of the AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award Committee (2025–26), is a Member of the AAA Membership Advisory Committee (2024–27), and reviews for leading journals and conferences including AJPT, JIAR, Accounting Research Journal, Behavioral Research in Accounting, JMAR, and AAA Midyear and Annual Meetings.
Read Full Biography →Dave Dauksas
Dave Dauksas is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers where he led data assurance and audita€‘analytics initiatives. In a statement about analytics, Dauksas emphasized that unstructured data can be extracted and analyzed to help audit and compliance professionals uncover operational risks and opportunities, illustrating his focus on innovative audit analytics.
Read Full Biography →Prince Doliya
Dr. Prince Doliya is an Assistant Professor of Accounting & Finance at IIM Visakhapatnam. His work focuses on audit regulation, financial reporting, fair value measurement, and AI-driven analytics in accounting. He teaches across MBA, Executive MBA, and doctoral programs and is known for integrating technology, data, and innovative pedagogy into accounting education. Dr. Doliya serves as Chair of the AAA Innovation in Accounting Education Award Committee (2025–26), is a Member of the AAA Membership Advisory Committee (2024–27), and reviews for leading journals and conferences including AJPT, JIAR, Accounting Research Journal, Behavioral Research in Accounting, JMAR, and AAA Midyear and Annual Meetings.
Read Full Biography →Satyajeet Ghosh
Satyajeet Ghosh, MS, MSE, MBA, CIA, CISA, CFE, is senior vice president and general auditor of CA Technologies, New York. He joined CA in 2011 and is responsible for assurance, process simplification, Sarbanes–Oxley compliance and enterprise risk management. Before CA he held executive roles in risk management, software development, capital management and M&A at AT&T Bell Labs, Dun & Bradstreet, IDT Corporation, Telcordia, Fortent and United Engineers. He serves on the Rutgers Continuous Auditing & Reporting Lab advisory board and is a senior fellow. He holds an MBA from Columbia Business School, graduate degrees in computer science and engineering from Drexel University and the University of Pennsylvania, and a bachelor’s degree in engineering from IIT Kanpur.
Read Full Biography →Mike Leonardson
Mike is a seasoned public accounting professional with 31 years of experience specializing in multi-national technology, consumer, and industrial products companies. He is a member of EY’s Americas Professional Practice group, driving audit innovation through emerging technologies such as data analytics, automation, AI, and blockchain. Mike has served as EY’s Global Emerging Technology Standards – Blockchain Leader and as Americas Audit Analytics Leader. He advises clients on accounting, reporting, operational matters, and internal controls, with expertise in SEC reporting, GAAP conversions, and global engagement management. Mike is a CPA and a University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee graduate and he contributes to research and education as a Rutgers CAR Lab Advisory Board member and former chairman of the Rutgers AICPA Data Analytics Research (RADAR) initiative.
Read Full Biography →Chung-Sheng Li
Dr. Chung-Sheng Li is currently a TSMC Fellow in the Corporate Planning Office with primary responsibility in driving digital transformation of supply chain planning and digital twin. Prior to joining TSMC, he was the Managing Director and Artificial Intelligence Lead for Trust in PwC Labs between June 2019 and November 2022 with a focus on driving AI-augmented next generation audit. Previously, he was the Global Research Managing Director of Artificial Intelligence for Accenture Operations between June 2016 and June 2019, with a focus on driving the development of new AI-enabled service offerings for Accenture Business Process Services. Prior to joining Accenture, he was with IBM Research between 1990 and 2016 holding various technical leadership positions in AI solutions, cybersecurity, next generation datacenter, and cloud computing. He received BS in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University, Taiwan, R.O.C., in 1984, and the MS and PhD degrees in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1989 and 1991, respectively. He has authored or co-authored more than 150 patent or patent applications, and 170 journal and conference papers. He is an IEEE Fellow.
Read Full Biography →Hock-Chye Ong
Dr Ong Hock Chye (王福财) has over 30 years of broad-based international experience in governance, risk, and internal control at the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and Ernst & Young at senior levels. He holds a doctorate in auditing from the Universiti Sains Malaysia with professional certifications in auditing and accounting. Hock-Chye is a founding member of AuditWithoutWalls!, an online knowledge-sharing platform for auditors. He serves on the advisory board of the Continuous Auditing and Reporting Lab at Rutgers University in New Jersey, USA; the Audit and Oversight Committee of the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland; the board of the Canadian Audit & Accountability Foundation in Ottawa, Canada; the Audit and Evaluation Advisory Committee of the United Nations Development Programme in New York, USA; and the board of the WorldFish in Penang, Malaysia. Before retiring in September 2020, Hock-Chye was the Auditor General of the Asian Development Bank headquarters in Manila, the Philippines.
Read Full Biography →Eric Mantelaers RA
Dr. Eric Mantelaers has worked in accountancy since 1988 and with RSM since 2010, focusing on technology, professional expertise, and audit quality. As a partner at RSM, he leverages data-driven solutions to enhance audit quality. He collaborates with Zuyd University’s Future-proof Auditor research group, where he delivered his 2022 inaugural lecture, “From Historian to Sensor: The Continuum Paradigm”, and contributes to programs at Maastricht University, Erasmus University, and Anton de Kom University. Eric earned his PhD with a dissertation titled “Automating the Auditor” and conducts research on the Continuum Paradigm, Blockchain, AI, data science, continuous auditing, reliability, and audit quality. Committed to equipping future auditors with strong IT and fraud detection skills, he holds certifications such as RA, AA, CISA, CCISO, and CFE.
Read Full Biography →Lily Shue
Lily M. Shue is a seasoned expert in risk management and information security with over 25 years of experience as Managing Partner at LMS Associates. Before retiring, she provided consultative services in risk management and held prominent roles, including advisor to Rutgers Business School CARLAB and Past President of ISACA‘s New Jersey Chapter. A recognized leader in the field, she frequently spoke at major information security conferences and earned numerous honors, including the ISACA New York Metro Chapter Wasserman Award (1995), ISACA Silver Jubilee North America honoree (1998), Computerworld 100 honoree (2001), and Japan Certified Information Technology Coordinator (2002). Lily was one of the ISACA 2023 Hall of Fame inductee and the ISACA New Jersey Chapter also created a Lily M. Shue Lifetime Achievement Award after her in 2018.
Read Full Biography →Trevor Stewart
Trevor Stewart, a retired Deloitte Principal, has an extensive career in audit innovation and technology. Starting in Johannesburg and later working in London and New York, he founded Deloitte’s first computer audit practice and led the global Audit Technology R&D Center, developing the firm’s integrated audit software platform. Trevor pioneered regression analysis for audit procedures, co-authored a Wiley book on the topic, and contributed to key AICPA guides on audit sampling, data analytics, and continuous auditing. Before retiring, he served on Deloitte’s international technical policy team. Post-retirement, he earned a PhD from VU University Amsterdam on Bayesian audit assurance, publishing influential research on component materiality. A Chartered Accountant with a mathematics background, Trevor continues advancing Bayesian methods in auditing and sampling.
Read Full Biography →William R. Titera
William R. Titera served as a partner in Ernst & Young’s Professional Practice group, specializing in auditing and assurance services, and was a leading partner at the firm for more than 35 years. Now retired, he continues to share his expertise through advisory roles, including with the Rutgers Continuous Auditing & Reporting Lab. Titera has extensive experience in standard setting, having chaired key technical committees such as the AICPA Assurance Services Executive Committee and the XBRL Assurance Task Force, and served as a member of the FASB's Not-for-Profit Committee. Throughout his career, he worked closely with federal officials and played a significant role in shaping auditing and assurance standards.
Read Full Biography →Ed Wilkins
Ed Wilkins was a senior financial services partner and financial expert who followed his passion by leading Audit Analytics for the Deloitte US Firm and overseeing the related transformation changes taking place in audit through the use of analytics. Ed began his career working with large insurance companies, while passionate about using technology, he then moved into a full-time role leveraging his strengths in serving audit clients while applying his deep technical knowledge of the insurance industry. With over 30 years of experience auditing and advising public and privately held insurance companies across the globe, Ed demonstrated a track record in leading large complex audit engagement teams. These experiences have culminated into a unique background in developing some of the Firm’s most complex and successful audit analytic tools, formation of small startup insurance companies and serving Fortune 50 insurance companies with complex accounting matters ranging from M&A and IPO activity with related SEC filings, to evaluating the impact of new accounting standards. His experience qualified him to lead complex audits such as Berkshire Hathaway and Allstate. In leading the Firm’s Audit Analytics practice, he worked closely with the Firm’s national audit group in challenging and changing current audit approaches to embrace change using large data and analytics. A strategic thinker, he was the Firm’s representative on the PCAOB’s Data and Technology Task Force, and Center of Audit Quality’s Data Analytics Task Force Champion. Ed worked with leaders across Deloitte’s global analytics network to help create new capabilities in using data analytics and technology to increase audit quality and effectiveness. He oversaw and managed approximately 250 analytic professionals in US and India. Ed led Deloitte’s US audit insurance sector for 10 years, overseeing quality, operational excellence, talent, and succession planning for over 500 people. He was heavily involved in the development of Deloitte’s audit approach for the insurance and health plan industries, and the creation of industry training programs. Ed’s focus on developing talent and investing in the youth of the Firm in technology and insurance was both a personal and strategic priority for him to secure the future of client relationships and succession planning, and made him a natural diversity and inclusion leader of people in the Audit practice. His passion, and proven effectiveness, for teaching the next generation of professionals is extended into retirement. Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management has appointed Ed as an adjunct professor to teach several audit and analytic courses beginning in the fall of 2022. He is also on advisory board member for Rutgers’ Continuous Auditing and Reporting Lab. During 2025, he joined the Board of Directors of Cincinnati Financial Corporation and serves on its audit committee. Ed was a member of the AICPA’s National Association of Insurance Commissioners task force, attending NAIC meetings. He was also one of Deloitte’s statutory accounting consultation partners representing insurance clients in meetings with various state insurance regulators. Ed received his bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is a licensed CPA."
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