ACFE Adjunct Faculty
Martin T. Biegelman, CFE
Group Manager, Financial Integrity Unit, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA
Prior to his position at Microsoft, Mr. Biegelman was the Inspector in Charge of the Phoenix, Arizona, Field Office of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. He has more than 25 years experience in the detection, investigation, and prevention of fraud and corruption including 20 years as a Postal Inspector.
Nancy Bradford, CFE, CPA, CIA
Consultant, Jacksonville, FL
Ms. Bradford is an independent fraud consultant after having recently served as the Deputy Program Director for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners for the past 9 years. In her position as Deputy Program Director she researched, developed, wrote, and taught fraud-related courses. She is past Chairman of the Board of Regents for the ACFE having been elected to the first 3 year term. She previously worked for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Florida as Manager of the Special Investigation Unit. Ms. Bradford also spent nine years investigating health claims fraud and abuse, conducting employee investigations, and administering internal audits.
Tiffany Couch, CFE, CPA, CFF
Principal, Acuity Group PLLC, Vancouver, WA
Tiffany Couch is founder and principal of Acuity Group, PLLC – a forensic accounting firm based in Vancouver, Washington. Ms. Couch has more than 14 years of experience in the field of accounting, with the last seven years focused completely on forensic accounting-related engagements. She has conducted dozens of financial investigations, managed cases involving tens of thousands of documents, and has testified in state and federal jurisdictions. She has worked with local, state and federal officials to support their work (or provide a resource) in several significant embezzlement cases.
Ms. Couch holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Central Washington University and graduated cum laude. She is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). She is a faculty member for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and is a nationally-recognized speaker on the topic of fraud and forensic accounting. She has also published several articles in local, regional and statewide publications.
Ms. Couch is also an honoree for the 2007 Accomplished and Under 40. Each year individuals in Clark County who are under the age of 40 are recognized for their professional, personal and community accomplishments.
Eric Feldman, CFE, CIG
President, Core Integrity Group, LLC
Eric Feldman retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in 2011 with over 32 years of experience in Inspector General oversight and federal auditing, in both the Executive and Legislative branches of government. He has served in executive positions with Offices of Inspector General at the Department of Defense, Defense Intelligence Agency, and CIA, and was the longest serving Inspector General of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) from 2003-2009. At the NRO, he presided over a highly successful procurement fraud prevention and detection program, widely recognized by the Department of Justice as a model throughout the federal government.
In 2009, Mr. Feldman was appointed Senior Advisor to the Director of the NRO for Procurement Integrity. In this role, he helped the Director ensure that the NRO’s industrial partners were meeting their integrity and ethics responsibilities required by law and federal regulations. He accomplished this through the assessment of corporate ethics and compliance programs at over 40 government contractors. A former Senior Intelligence Service Officer, Mr. Feldman is a 1995 graduate of the Federal Executive Institute, and is both a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Certified Inspector General (CIG). He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Association of Inspectors General, and was the founding President of the California Chapter.
Craig L. Greene, CFE, CPA
McGovern & Greene LLP, Chicago, IL
Craig L. Greene, CFE, CPA, MCJ is partner in charge of Financial Investigation Services for McGovern & Greene LLP, a forensic accounting and litigation services consulting firm with offices in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada. A graduate of Aurora University in accounting, Mr. Greene received his Master's Degree in Criminal Justice from Boston University. He works as a consultant and expert witness for law firms, corporations, and governmental and law enforcement agencies on cases involving allegations of fraud and misrepresentation. Many of his corporate internal investigations have focused on corruption payment schemes to senior corporate executives. Other engagements have involved high profile fraud investigations both nationally and internationally, many of which have involved fraudulent financial reporting.
Elizabeth M. Junell, CFE, CPA
Director, Forensic and Litigation Consulting, Dallas, TX
Elizabeth M. Junell is a Director in the Dallas office of FTI’s Forensic and Litigation Consulting practice. Ms. Junell has over 14 years of experience in forensic accounting, financial and fraud investigations, litigation consulting, and financial statement audit and assurance. At FTI, Ms. Junell’s area of practice focuses on matters with an accounting emphasis, including financial investigations, post acquisition disputes and privileged consulting in securities litigation.
Stan Langston, CFE
Deputy Director for Global Intelligence and Analysis, Citigroup Security and Investigative Services, Washington, DC
Stan Langston has extensive experience working on illicit financial and intelligence issues from the operational to the policy levels. Prior to joining Citigroup in late 2005, he worked as an independent anti-money laundering and fraud consultant for private sector and government clients, including the Department of State. In the government, he established and directed a team of forensic accountants and fraud investigators to mount operations against the financial networks of narcotics traffickers and organized crime syndicates.
Phillip Rodokanakis, CFE, EDM, ENCE, ACE, DFCP
U.S. Data Forensics, LLC, Managing Director, Herndon, VA
Phillip Rodokanakis is the Managing Director of U.S. Data Forensics, LLC, a company providing computer forensic, expert witness, and litigation support services. Mr. Rodokanakis is a digital forensics and data recovery expert who teaches courses in digital forensics for the ACFE. He has more than 30 years of international and domestic investigative and white-collar crime experience and more than 15 years of experience in digital forensics. As a retired special agent-in-charge, Mr. Rodokanakis conducted a broad range of criminal, civil, and administrative investigations in more than 60 countries and also served as a Foreign Service Officer before being appointed to the Department of Interior where he managed investigations for the Office of Inspector General.
Robin E. Taylor, CFE, CPA/ABV, CVA, CBA
Partner, Dixon Hughes PLLC, Birmingham, AL
Robin Taylor is a partner in the accounting firm of Dixon Hughes PLLC, located in the Birmingham, Alabama. He specializes in business valuations, financial reporting and litigation support services and has written numerous articles for professional publications and business journals on the topics of business valuation, expert witness issues, and financial statement fraud. Before his work at Dixon Hughes PLLC, Mr. Taylor was president of the Financial Consulting Group, L.C., a national association of leading business valuation and litigation support firms.
Kelly J. Todd, CFE, CPA, CVA
Senior Manager, Forensic/Strategic Solutions, PC Fraud & Forensic Accountants, Birmingham, AL
Kelly Todd specializes in the area of forensic accounting, fraud examination, and litigation support. Ms. Todd works closely with plaintiff and defense attorneys, corporate boards, government inspector generals and governmental agencies. Ms. Todd has a broad range of experience in the investigation and analysis of large electronic databases and has conducted forensic examinations for governmental agencies, including the second largest school district in the United States, and publicly held and closely held businesses.
James Whitaker, CFE, CPP, CIFI
The Whitaker Group, LLC, Cincinnati, Ohio
James E. Whitaker is the President of The Whitaker Group, an investigative services, training and consulting firm headquartered in Ohio. Prior to launching his own firm he served as an insurance executive with Westfield Group. He directed the special investigation unit among several other home office operational divisions and possesses more than 35 years of hands-on experience in law enforcement, management, training and private sector investigative experience. He is a retired police lieutenant who served as the Detective Division Commander for the last seven years leading to his retirement.
Randal A. Wolverton, CFE, CPA, CFF
Randal A. Wolverton CPA LLC, Kansas City, Missouri
Randal A. Wolverton retired from the FBI after approximately 28 years of service and is currently licensed as a CPA in Missouri, Kansas and Pennsylvania and provides forensic accounting services as a Sole Practitioner. Mr. Wolverton joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in January 1981, and worked many cases involving violent crime, white-collar crime, drugs, public corruption, domestic terrorism and healthcare fraud. Mr. Wolverton was promoted in November 2007 to the Financial Crimes Section, Economic Crimes Unit at FBI Headquarters and was responsible for program management of corporate fraud, securities fraud, insurance fraud and mass-marketing fraud matters. Mr. Wolverton, along with other subject matter experts at FBI Headquarters and the FBI Academy, was responsible for upgrading and enhancing the New Agents Training Program at Quantico, Virginia. Mr. Wolverton was accredited as a Certified Instructor after completing the FBI Instructor Development Course and thereafter provided instruction on white-collar crime matters to FBI Special Agents at the FBI Academy.
Paul Zikmund, CFE
Senior Director Forensic Audit, Tyco International, Princeton, NJ
Paul E. Zikmund serves as Senior Director Forensic Audit at Tyco International. He is responsible for managing a global team providing fraud investigation, detection and deterrence services to help reduce manage the Company’s fraud risk. He has nearly 20 years of experience in this field and has effectively managed global fraud and forensic teams at various Fortune 500 companies. Paul, who is a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Forensic Financial Analyst, designs and implements programs and controls to detect fraud. He manages investigations conducted in response to allegations of fraud, misconduct or abuse occurring within Tyco. Paul also leads Tyco’s fraud risk assessments and fraud awareness training. His years of public and private sector experience includes the investigation of complex financial frauds, conducting forensic audit engagements and fraud risk assessments, and providing litigation support for a variety of industries.