Accounting Financial

Samson Wright, CPA, CFE

****Greensburg Rd.

Martinsburg, WV 25404

OBJECTIVE: To plan and execute sophisticated financial and operational audits to discover and cure/prevent waste, fraud and abuse consistent with the agency's objectives.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Wright Forensic Accounting Services, PLLC DC Metro Area & Houston Texas

Forensic Accountant Engagement Principal 04-2009 – 08-2015

As the Forensic Accounting Engagement Principal and team leader of forensic accounting consultancy engagements, I was primarily responsibility for ensuring the quality of engagement work methodologies and products that were issued under my signature for consulting clients. As a CPA/Accounting professional I also worked during "Income Tax Season" preparing personal income tax returns using Intuit's ProSeries software.

Special Inspector General Iraq Reconstruction Washington, D. C.

Supervisory Auditor, GS-051*-**-**-**** - 04-2009

While planning and conducting audits, surveys, follow-up audits, and special audits, Sam planned and conducted audits, surveys, follow-up audits, and special audits. He directed and trained audit team members, preparing and presenting oral and written work, and complete other tasks, as assigned.

Federal Election Commission (FEC) Washington, D. C.

Senior Auditor, GS-051*-**-**-**** - 12-2007

Performed highly complex and controversial financial audits (including financial statement and financial related audits) of presidential campaigns, and other political organizations that fail to meet federal election commission (FEC) standards for compliance with campaign finance laws.

From 7/2006 to 1/2007 Sam was detailed as the agency's Director Of Budget, Planning And Management where he compiled, consolidated reviews, analyzed, and edited those portions of budget estimates for all departments pertaining to all operating expenditures, including personnel salaries and expenses.

Pierce & Associates Houston, TX

Independent Consulting Principal 07-1997 - 03-2002

Managed and administered audit projects for improvement or transformation services leading to successful NSF fee re-engineering for over 30 banks in more than seven states from Colorado to Mississippi.

Small Business Loan Source Houston, TX

Controller/LAN Administrator 12 - 1995 - 07 - 1997

Administered and managed comprehensive automated accounting, reporting and cash management systems for start-up SBA 7a lender with multiple office locations across the United States. Simultaneously serving as the company's LAN administration:

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) Washington, D. C.

Senior Audit Specialist (Contract: Not-To-Exceed 3 Years), G-0511-13 02 - 1992 - 12 - 1995

Managed field work of material loss audits; traveling to DOS and DA field sites, interviewing other FDIC staff, providing audit quality assurance through development of evidentiary material, determining financial audit procedures and techniques for material bank failures; proposing and justifying potential audit areas for senior management consideration.

Pierce & Associates Houston, TX

Independent Consulting Principal 06 - 1983 - 02 - 1992

Administered and managed Houston-based independent financial consultancy practice, developing, implementing and administering a PC-based financial analysis and performance review systems for asset and strategic planning. Analyzing the full range of banking operations for hundreds of troubled financial institutions, pursuant to providing strategic planning and capital planning assistance to over 200 financial institutions from California to Florida to New Jersey.

Commonwealth Financial Group Houston, TX

Financial Controller 11 - 1981 - 06 - 1983

Administered all accounting/treasury functions (FHLB borrowings, subservicing relationships, A/R, A/P, payroll, procurement, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, external audit relationships, etc.).

National Permanent Federal Savings & Loan Washington, D. C.

Chief Audit Executive (CAE) 04-1977 - 11 - 1981

Designed and implemented the internal audit charter defining the entities assurance and consultancy activities, extracted, summarized and analyzed complex financial information to identify significant financial, economic and operating trends and issues affecting the bank.

Coopers & Lybrand Newport News, VA

Audit Manager 01-1973 - 04-1977

Responsible for ensuring the quality of audit work products that are issued under the signature of the Audit Partner.

EDUCATION

AS, Accounting, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA, 1970

BS, Business, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, 1972

TRAINING:

As a CPA and CFE, I am required to take a minimum of 40 CPE hours annually to maintain my certifications. I have met or exceeded those requirements every year. In the past ten years, i have over 500 hours of CPE credits in a wide variety of accounting, audit, fraud detection, computer sciences and law. In 2012 alone, I earned over 140 hours of CPE as attested by both the WVBOA and the VBOA.

JOB-RELATED CERTIFICATES:

Certified Public Accountant (CPA):

Current Texas CPA certificate 34687, (former Virginia CPA certificate 4536, former Maryland CPA certificate 584, former California CPA certificate 25895E and former West Virginia CPA certificate 004871).

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE): Member 525738

Security Clearance: Top Secret (Inactive)

JOB-RELATED SKILLS, FOR COMPUTER SOFTWARE/HARDWARE, TOOLS, MACHINERY:

Teammate, Auditing, Accounting, Administration, Management, Taxation, SAP, PeopleSoft, Automated Systems, Financial Analysis, Budgeting, Strategic And Asset Planning, Windows 3.1/95/98/Nt/XP, IBM PC Compatibles, MSOffice Professional 2007 (Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio And Word), MSOffice Professional 97 (Access, Excel, Powerpoint, Visio And Word), Winfax Pro, ADP's PC Payroll, Netscape, Laplink, DBase, Symphony, Act!, PCtools, Quattro Pro, Coreldraw, Carbon Copy, Peachtree 3.5, Wordperfect, Taxcut And Quicken.

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Hope Episcopal Church

Treasurer & Vestry Member 08-2014 - 05-2015

Supervisor: Rev. Roberta Knowles

Volunteered as church's Treasurer and Vestry Member, Houston, Texas 12 --20 hours per week

Harris County Criminal Courts

Grand Jury Member 01-2015 - 03-2015

Volunteered as a member of Harris County, Houston, Texas, Grand Jury 12 --18 hours a week

Considered over 2,000 cases presented by over 100 different ADAs during Grand Jury term covering domestic violence, domestic terrorism, murder, domestic abuse, criminal fraud, and public corruption.

Lifeway International, faith-based drug rehabilitation services provider

Chief Financial Officer 11-2014 - 08-2015

Supervisor: John Cates

Volunteered to perform financial and accounting duties, managing all accounting and financial functions while participating in non-profit fund raising activities for Houston, Texas, faith-based nonprofit. 40 -- 50 hours a week

SECURITY CLEARANCE:

Top Secret -- Inactive

AWARDS:

Received bonus/award for outstanding performance, 2005

Received bonus/award for outstanding performance, 2006

Received bonus/award for outstanding performance, 2007

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