About Ralph Nach

Ralph Nach, CPA, is a Vice-President of AuditWatch, Inc. for whom he writes, teaches, and consults on a wide range of accounting, auditing, and financial reporting matters. Mr. Nach has been a practitioner for over thirty years, during which he has served in capacities including accountant, auditor, technical reviewer, educator, and consultant for several public accounting firms including Arthur Andersen LLP and in the National Office of Audit and Accounting of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP. Mr. Nach is a former adjunct lecturer in graduate accounting and finance at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Mr. Nach holds a BSBA with honors from the Walter E. Heller School of Business Administration of Roosevelt University in Chicago, and is a licensed CPA in Illinois.  Mr. Nach has coauthored several other books and speaks nationally on accounting, auditing, and financial reporting topics.  He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Illinois CPA Society, where he has served as a chairman and/or member of numerous committees, and an associate member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.