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.