Kelly Todd
CPA, ABV, CFF, CFE
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Kelly J. Todd is a shareholder at Forensic/Strategic Solutions, PC, formerly Summerford Accountancy, PC. Ms. Todd specializes in the area of forensic accounting, fraud examination and litigation support. She works closely with both plaintiff and defense attorneys; corporate boards; government inspector generals and governmental agencies.
Ms. Todd has experience in financial and white-collar investigations such as asset misappropriation, fraud and embezzlement. She also has a broad range of experience in the investigation and analysis of large electronic databases. Ms. Todd has conducted forensic examinations for governmental agencies, including the second largest school district in the United States, and publicly held and closely held businesses.
Ms. Todd’s experience in litigation support includes services for plaintiffs or defendants in civil proceedings including the calculation of economic damages in a broad range of personal and corporate disputes.
- Forensic and investigative accounting
- Fraud examinations
- Litigation support
- Consultant and expert witness
- Calculation of damages
- CPA: Certified Public Accountant, 1999
- ABV: Accredited in Business Valuation, 2006
- CFF: Certified in Financial Forensics, 2008
- CFE: Certified Fraud Examiner, 2009
- Board of Directors of the Jefferson/Shelby Unit of the American Cancer Society
- Faculty Member and Associate Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- Faculty Member and Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
- Member, Alabama Society of Certified Public Accountants
- Former Board Member, Birmingham Chapter of Risk Management Associates
- Member, National Speakers Association
- Immediate Past President and Treasurer, Alabama Chapter of the National Speakers Association
- Member, The Women’s Network
- Member, University of Alabama at Birmingham Accounting Advisory Council
- Board of Ambassadors, American Cancer Society, Alabama Chapter
- Member, Birmingham Kiwanis Club
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- School District Fraud and What Auditors Can Learn From It, School District Audits Conference, Minnesota Society of Certified Public Accountants, Brooklyn Center, MN, June, 2008
- Forensic Accounting: Fraudulent Reporting and Concealed Assets, American Institute of CPAs, KY, June 2008
- Enhancing Performance through Fraud Risk Assessment, Association of Financial Planners Annual Conference, Boston, MA, October 2007
- Forensic Investigations: Using Data Analysis Techniques to Detect Fraud, Guest Lecturer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham's IT & Fraud Examination Class, Birmingham, AL, June 2006; March 2006; November 2005; April 2005; December 2004; June 2004; March 2003; Guest Lecturer at Fraud Examination Class at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, March 2004 and The Georgia Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners' Annual Seminar, Atlanta, GA, May 2003
- Conducting Internal Investigations, Guest Lecturer at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Intro to Fraud Examination Class, February 2006; February 2005 and the Boeing Company, April 2005
- Auditing for Internal Fraud, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Fluor Corporation, August 2005; Philadelphia, PA, July 2005; Washington, DC, September 2004; Nashville, TN, August 2004 and St. Louis, MO, May 2004
- Cyber-Sleuthing: The Legal and Practical Aspect of Electronic Evidence in Discovery and Internal Investigations, Annual Multi-State Labor & Employment Law Conference, Tucson, AZ, May 2005
- Financial Statement Fraud: What Really Goes on Between the Balance Sheets? Cumberland School of Law, CLE By-The-Hour Program, Birmingham, AL, December 2004
- Ten Most Important Things to Consider in An Embezzlement Case, Blue Sky Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Bozeman, MT, June 2004; Montana Society of Certified Public Accountants 91st Annual Meeting, Bozeman, MT, June 2004; 10th Annual Canadian Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Toronto, Canada, May 2004; Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Birmingham Chapter, Birmingham, AL, October 2003 and The 18th Annual Professional Development Program of the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, September 2003
- Building Your Fraud Examination Practice, 10th Annual Canadian Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Toronto, Canada, May 2004
- Cyber-Crimes: ACL & Fraud, North Alabama Chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Birmingham, AL, April 2004
- Using Digital Evidence to Ferret Out Fraud, Cumberland School of Law, Financial Consulting Group, L.C. University, Atlanta, GA, April 2004; CLE By-The-Hour Program, Birmingham, AL, December 2003; and Annual Labor & Employment Law Seminar of the Alabama State Bar, Destin, FL, September 2003
- Occupational Fraud and Abuse, Institute of Management Accountants South Birmingham Chapter, Birmingham, AL, November 2003 and American Subcontractors Association of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, September 2002
- Using Software to Detect Fraud, 14th Annual Fraud Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Chicago, IL, August 2003
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- “Electronic Discovery in the 21st Century,”
Fraud Magazine. Jan/Feb 2008.
- “If Your Computer Could Talk,” Technology Alabama. Winter 2007.
- “Erasing the Past,” Business Alabama. November 2007.
- “Digital Evidence in a Fraud Investigation,”
Bank Fraud & IT Security Report. October 2006. Vol. 4, No. 10.
- “Retrieving Electronic Documents,”
Journal of Accountancy. September 2006. Vol. 202, No. 3.
- “Using Digital Evidence to Nail Dishonest Employees,”
White-Collar Crime Fighter. June 2005. Vol. 7, No. 6.
- “How to Use Computer-Assisted Audit Techniques to Uncover Fraud,”
Bank Fraud & IT Security Report. December 2004. Vol. 2, No. 12.
- “Using Digital Evidence to Ferret Out the Dishonest Employee,”
Employee Relations Law Journal. Autumn 2004. Vol. 30, No. 2.
- Bachelor of Science, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1987
- Accounting Equivalency, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1998
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