(a) NAME:

Susan Holloway

adtk8n@r.postjobfree.com

703-***-****

B.B.A., Business Administration, George Mason College of the University of Virginia

Completed 52 Hours of Accounting at University of Virginia post-Graduation

Completed Course work for Master Program, University of Oklahoma

Certified Internal Auditor

Current Yellowbook Training as required.

Current Agency Trust Clearance

Expertise

Federal Government Contract Administration

Cost Accounting Standards

DCAA Audits

Contract Compliance

Internal Audits – SOX

Yellow Book

EXPERIENCE

August 2021 to Present

Director of Administration

Saint George Consulting, LLC

She helped this veteran owned small business set up and staff a 40-million-dollar contract to provide trained staff to help the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Benefit Administration, with the statutory requirement to conduct compliance surveys of institutions offering approved programs to eligible beneficiaries of the GI Bill. The requirement was primarily the result of the recent COVID pandemic and the VA’s own internal inability to meet their mandate because of Government restrictions on their personnel. The VA was faced with contracting this mission out to the private sector. Performs as Senior Auditor on an audit engagement which is to a prime contractor at the Hanford Nuclear clean-up site which requires DCAA type audits of subcontractor performing work for the Prime contractor for the Department of Energy.

2016 to August 2021

Susan Holloway worked for Guidehouse Inc. on a contract with the Department of Defense Joint Chief of Staff to provide remediation on their recent Soc 1 and Soc 2 audits. She supported primarily the procurement function. Prior to joining Guidehouse in June of 2020 she worked for Clifton Larson Allen LLP as a Director performing audits of Incurred Cost Proposals submitted by contractors for their contracts with the federal government for qualified cost type programs. She recently performed as an Audit Manager on various assignments which included a review of a large international firm’s compliance with SOX and an audit of invoices submitted by a major contractor for their Department of Education work for the Student Loan program. These audits are conducted with the following (including applicable predecessors): AICPA, attestation standards, OMB Bulletin No. 14-02, OMB Circular No. A-136, Government Auditing Standards, the Government Accountability Office/ Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (GAO/CIGIE) Financial Audit Manual (FAM), Federal Information System Controls Audit Manual (FISCAM), and the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act of 1996 (FFMIA). She also serves as Chief of Administration for Veritas Assurance Partners which is a small business which provides US and Foreign Governments consulting, primary litigation support and Global Intelligence and Investigation.

Susan Holloway Independent Consultant August 2011 to 2016

For 5 years Mrs. Holloway work at KPMG performed on the Maintenance & Operations contractor sites at Hanford, Washington. Mrs. Holloway was the lead auditor on three Accounting System Audits, a Contractor Procurement System Review and 5 Incurred Cost Audits.

Other clients during this period included a major construction contractor who required a Manager for a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act review in Pakistan and India. These FCP reviews involved programs under USAID and the Canadian Defense Agency construction contracts in country. These reviews were conducted in country. For a major Aero-space contractor she helped them prepare a Disclosure Statement of Accounting practices for their multi-organization units working for the US Department of Defense. The Disclosure Statement had been rejected by DCMA and DCAA and she help them get it compliant in accordance to the FAR.

Navigant Consulting, Inc. May 2007 to July 2011

Mrs. Holloway served as the Deputy Project Manager and Key Staff member on a project team to provide fiscal financial advisory service to the Governor of Guam for the Military Build-up, 2010 to 2015. The work on this project includes the development of statistical models to predict the impact of the movement of over 10,000 military personnel and their families from Japan to Guam.

Assesses and improves companies’ self-governance programs. Helped companies in zero tolerance environments with practices and procedures to ensure they comply with internal polices, contract provisions and regulatory and statutory requirements. I have helped clients review their ethics programs to determine the strengths and weakness in order to better utilize resources to track and monitor compliance with ethics agreements.

In zero tolerance environments ensure that clients’ practices and procedures comply with internal policies, contract provisions and regulatory and statutory requirements.

Provide leadership to Navigant consultants in the development of a very large company’s incurred costs submissions in order to gain acceptance by DCAA. (Over 14,000 contracts) Company is 5 years in non-compliance.

BearingPoint, Inc. October 2003 to May 2007

The workload included administration of CFO ACT OMB- 136 audits for Civilian and DoD Federal Government Agencies, State and Local Agencies, and Higher Education Institutes.

Responsible for proposal preparation including recommendations in the areas of: winning strategies, mitigation of risk for the company by writing appropriate assumptions and bounding the estimates accordingly, and editing content to ensure that the proposals are compliant with the request for proposal (RFP). .

Responsible for drafting non-standard contract terms and conditions for all types of negotiated agreements (including performance based, firm-fixed-price), and reviewing customized agreements in the areas of: intellectual property rights, price and incentives and disincentives, warranty, title and use of work product, confidentiality, and limitation of liability.

Established policies and procedures and contract compliance for both internal and auditing purposes, and writing the documentation associated with a new Engagement Document Management repository for a company-wide effort to centralize all documentation.

Provided leadership for a permanent file document collection and housing, ensuring that these systems meet the company policies, Federal Procurement rules, and the requirements for legal sufficiency.

Demonstrated proficiency as a Leader on a Team going through extensive transformation and reorganization. Provided effective liaison with all levels of the corporation and had extensive experience working with the legal department and outside law firms.

Marcum and Associates Feb 2001 to October 2003

As a government contracts and compliance consulting Director:

Provided clients with consulting services on issues they faced when furnishing goods and services to both state and local governments.

Provided support for developing cost submissions on major government procurements which required companies to prepare bids which were different than their current costs structures in order to be competitive.

Established contract administration and subcontract administration procedures to provide adequate documentation and support for government reviews and audits by DCAA, DCAS, and the Small Business Administration.

Helped a small business move from Quick Book to Deltek CostPoint and established the internal controls to ensure this small business was compliant with government regulations.

Installed a Deltek Timekeeping system.

BearingPoint, Inc. (formerly KPMG/KPMG Consulting) Sept 1996 to Jan 2001

Government Contractor Practice

Provided support for policy and program development and management, regulatory compliance, and documentation for customers in markets ranging from national defense, healthcare to environmental information management.

Provided consultation regarding complex cost allowability matters and established polices for clients for minimizing risk of noncompliance with Federal Acquisition Regulations.

Prepared analysis for clients of their direct and indirect cost structures to determine G&A and overhead rates calculations. These analyses were derived to maximize compliance and cost recovery.

Prepared compliant incurred cost submissions using DCAA approved electronic format.

Assisted Federal Agencies both Civilian and DOD with consulting and analysis to help them meet the requirement of OMB -136 and the CFO ACT.

Advised companies on the application of the CAS to existing and potential contracts.

Helped companies establish compliant cost accounting systems and prepared CASB disclosure statements.

Provided accounting support for government contract litigation matters. These cases included cost allowability and allocability matters.

Participated on proposal teams for clients providing pricing strategy as well as technical support.

Assisted in the negotiations of indirect rate submissions for incurred cost submissions for a Division of BearingPoint.

Supported all cost proposal efforts with rate submittals for negotiations with the DCAA for the Division of BearingPoint.

Responsible for developing a process for final closeout of all cost reimbursable contracts for BearingPoint.

Mrs. Holloway started her career working for DODIG. She spent 2 years on special assignment with the Department of Interior helping dissolve the Trust Territory of the Pacific. This included setting up the States of Micronesia, Saipan, Yap, and Palau. She then spent 2 years in Saudi Arabia working for the Corp of Engineers as an Internal Auditor to monitor funds spent by the US Army to aid in protecting US interest in the middle east. She was on loan from the DODIG.

REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Government Contract Audits and Compliance, 2010 CCH Chapter 1, US Government Contract Business Environment

Recently taught classes in understanding the FAR for NCMA in Pittsburg, PA and How to do ICS Audits, a review course for a CPA firm in Northern Virginia.

Treasurer and the Board of Directors, Friend of the National Fish and Wildlife Center, Department of Interior since 2016 and Head of the Finance Committee. This is a volunteer organization promoting fish and wild life friendly ecology nationwide.

Outside interest include Polymer Clay Artist, Watercolor Artist and mixed media artist with the Two Rivers Mixed Media Guild.

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