Fraud Fighter Podcast
Hosted by a former white-collar federal criminal investigator, this bi-weekly podcast seeks to find the best tools, practices, opportunities, and people to answer your questions about fraud and forensic accounting. Every episode is a conversation with an expert in the fraud or forensic accounting industry who has a story to tell, ideas and wisdom to share, successes to inspire, and failures to confess. Where can you find the right credentials for your career? Where can you find the right training for you and where you want to be? What opportunities exist in the anti-fraud industry? What software or technology is available to help you in your career? If you are asking these questions, this podcast is for you.
Fraud Fighter Podcast
019 - Growing A Forensic Accounting Firm - Chrissie Powers
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Robert Nordlander, CPA, CFE
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Episode 19
Chrissie A. Powers, CPA/CFF, CFE, CVA is the owner of Powers Forensic Accounting, LLC located in Columbus, Ohio. She left a regional accounting firm that shut down their forensic accounting services niche and decided to start her own boutique firm.
https://www.powersforensic.com
In this episode, we discuss:
- How she got started in forensic accounting
- Why she started her own forensic accounting firm
- The value of a CPA license and CFE credential
- The importance of books and conferences in growing her firm
Book recommendations:
- “Frankensteins of Fraud: By Joseph T. Wells
- “The Expert Witness Marketing Book” by Rosalie Hamilton
- “How to Market Your Expert Witness Practice Evidence-Based Best Practices” by James J. Mangraviti, Jr; Steven Babitsky; Alex Babitsky
- “Who Moved My Cheese?” by Spencer Johnson, MD
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