About
Joe is a Managing Director and Shareholder at Johnson Global and has extensive experience in technology, audit, and audit quality compliance. Joe is the Quality Management Services Leader at JGA where he works with mid-market public accounting firms worldwide to implement quality management programs that integrate technology and process to improve the delivery audits. Joe spent more than six years as an Inspection Leader at the PCAOB. He conducted inspections of quality control and global issuer audits at large firms in the US as well as foreign affiliate firms, focusing on examining quality control and the design and implementation of audit work. Joe also has more than eight years of experience supporting financial service industry audit teams at a Big Four firm. In addition, his experience includes, more than six years of active-duty service in the US Air Force and two years directly supporting companies with IT strategic initiatives such as designing the IT framework for technology departments as well as leading implementations of ERPs and systems.
Joe holds a degree from UNLV in Accounting and an MBA from the University of Colorado. Joe is a member of the AICPA Quality Management Implementation Task Force and was instrumental in the AICPA's guide for Small and Medium Sized Firms on SQMS 1 Implementation.
Education
Master of Business Administration – University of Colorado
Bachelor of Science, Accounting – University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Media and Articles
- ITGC Deficiency Evaluation: Why Understanding the Transaction Process is So Important
- Refocusing on Audit Integration: Why Are IT Audit Issues Increasing?
- Software Audit Tools: Designing and Implementing the Control Environment
- PCAOB Update: What You Need to Know About the Confirmations Spotlight
- Effectively Monitoring Quality Management Standards
- Issue Identification & Remediation in Quality Management Systems
- QM Is Approaching Faster Than You Think — Get Ready (Journal of Accountancy)
- Quality Management Standards: How to Perform a Root Cause Analysis (Journal of Accountancy)
- New Quality Management Standards: A Practical Approach to Risk Assessment and Response (AICPA & CIMA)
- AICPA ENGAGE Speaking Session
- ISQM 1, SQMS 1: Influencing the Firm on the Benefits Beyond Compliance (Part II)