CPE PACKAGES (Incl. Ethics) for Multiple States and Qualifications @ $4/credit. CLICK HERE to view.
CPE PACKAGES (Incl. Ethics) for Multiple States and Qualifications @ $4/credit. CLICK HERE to view.
Mark provides CPE and technical staff training for CPA firms, private industry, state CPA societies, and government organizations. His topics include accounting, SSARS, ethics, fraud, internal and external auditing, internal control development (COSO), entrepreneurship, and developing a business plan. Mark is in the process of initiating a new entity, The Internal Control Institute, which will be offering CPE and staff training related to internal controls, and in conjunction with professors from Claremont Graduate University, will be providing internal control consulting.
Mark is also an expert witness in the defense of CPAs in cases involving primarily ethics, fraud, and compliance with standards in the performance of professional services.
Mark also provides consulting services to CPA firms with an A & A practice that do not have an expert on GAAP or requirements of Professional Standards within the firm. He addresses such matters as conformity with GAAP, adequacy of disclosures, compliance with professional standards, risk assessment, development and performance of audit and review processes, engagement documentation, compilation and preparation engagements, ethics and independence requirements, assessing and enhancing internal controls for the firm and clients, preparation for peer review, and staff training and CPE. He also provides consulting services related to client management and marketing.
Mark’s public accounting experience includes working with Kenneth Leventhal & Company and more recently, he was a partner at NSBN, a Beverly Hills CPA and business consulting firm. Mark’s industry experience includes serving as assistant controller of a large trucking and warehousing firm along with controller and Vice President of Finance and Administration for major real estate development companies. Mark also spent nearly 30 years as an entrepreneur, operating a company that prepared individuals for the CPA exam nationwide.
Mark
has been involved in accounting education at CSU Northridge, CSU San
Bernardino, Loyola Marymount University and UCLA. He obtained his bachelor’s degree in
accounting from CSU Northridge. He obtained his Executive MBA at the Peter
Drucker and Masatoshi Ito School of Management at Claremont Graduate
University, where he previously had been a student of Dr. Drucker’s. He also obtained an Internal Control
Certificate from COSO. Until recently, he
authored “Knowledge Based Preparation, Compilation, and Review Engagements” for
CCH and updated their checklists for SSARS engagements. He also served as Senior Editor for Roger CPA
Review.
JL
The concepts were easy to understand since I already had a fair idea about accounting however, sometimes the visualization seemed to distract me from the course... Perhaps another type of visualization is better.
VK
This course has been absolutely amazing. My understanding and knowledge of the different types of skimming and forensic accounting overall have increased. The lecturer also makes it very easy to understand by including the implementation of cartoon characters and visual examples.
DH
If you want profound and holistic knowledge of Accounting and Auditing, then this is the right CPE course. This course gives insights into various types of frauds that take place in the Finance domain. It highlights different forensic auditing methods which are used to tackle the frauds, gives insights to the investigation methods. The course also offers various case studies which makes it easy to understand the problems, questions and examine the study and thus, get a quality knowledge about the subject.
AC
Details and explanations for the specific disclosure requirements were the greatest take away for me. Great presentation skills and seamless execution. I will get my colleagues and friends for multiple other webinars
MB
The content and inductive communication for presenting was the most effective way of learning for me. Mark is an exceptional educator. Looking forward to learning more at myCPE.
RK
The methodology wherein, he had multiple example disclosure mentioned while learning gave an in-depth understanding regarding the disclosure consideration and requirements of the pandemic
RN
Keep doing what you are doing - the webinar was easy to join, and video and audio worked great.
IB
Mark was quite a presenter. I felt, he understood the need of the hour and communicated as per that. Very much required content and presented flawlessly.
DS
All the way Mark's content and a detailed explanation about the process of preparing the disclosures step by step. Definitely recommended.
AD
Fantastic Presentation Skills And Take Away Information. Super Knowledeable Presenter
GQR
The course was extremely useful. The learning approach of using real life examples to cover the topics made the course simple but effective. I learnt many things I will use in my professional practice.
MZ
great training
MZ
Very good self study
WD
The examples and personal experiences the instructor shared were very informative.
AM
The content and presenter of this live presentation was very valuable, even more so than presentations that have cost substantially more.
SR
Great Speaker and webinar.
SR
Great webinar !
CL
good information
KV
Great job
ME
When he is sharing a video, he needs to be sure that when he shares his screen, he also clicks the button to share his computer sound so that we may also hear it.
NG
Great CPE material
PG
I thought the knowledge the presenter had was excellent
CE
Great material...I just wish I knew that the 8 hour course was a combination of shorter courses - a lot of stores told 2, 3, 4 times. Mark does an amazing job!
SL
Mark is an outstanding presenter and his practical approach to fraud made this webinar especially good and relevant. I truly appreciated his citations and I will buying a couple of the books that he suggested. And as always, the best examples are often on YouTube - and Mark's selection of those pieces was also excellent!
DL
Great seminar and speaker!
MO
The on-demand webinar was very convenient to fit in required CPE. The instructor was very engaging.
KH
Great examples, not just textbook information.
TG
Awes Awesome presenter!
MD
As a CFE, I'm drawn to these courses as most relevant. The instructor brought some additional perspective beyond just the fraud triangle, which was fantastic!
SB
Great
BB
NA
DC
Very informative and well presented course
DC
very informative course
DC
very informative course
MC
The course provided a good insight into various frauds in the accounting field.
AH
Good
LH
Great!
LH
Great!
KA
Well constructed class. Alot of personal experience on behalf of the presenter.
JH
n/a
CC
very informative.
YT
Very detailed and based on real and practical examples.
EL
Ease to log into the webinar, and the webinar is well organized. Thank you.
LA
My experience with the webinar was very informative. There was some technical issues with the polling questions.
YI
Please continue to bring back Mark for more webinars! Mark is the best!
AR
This was a thought provoking seminar. Very useful in the real world. I rate this course very highly.
JM
This was a very good webinar. Thank you!
DA
I have taken several courses from your company and this one is the ONLY one I felt was truly worth my time. The instructor was fantastic!
LR
Helpful topic
MQ
IT WAS A GREAT CLASS. THE TEACHER WAS ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THE TOPIC, WHICH MAKES THE CLASSES MORE ENGAGING. THANK YOU
JK
Great webinar!
SR
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AA
my-CPE.com is a professional and decent website. Many Thanks
MT
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MS
Mark was an interesting presenter & I hope to see future presentations from him. The webinar was informative despite technical operating difficulties.
JO
Thanks for another great webinar.
LK
JB
provided quality information that was relevant to the current status.
TF
Each of the review questions must be reviewed for grammar and clarity. The instructor's presentation skills were terrific, but all the presenters I've seen so far constantly clear their throat which is distracting.
CG
N/A
CG
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CS
There is so much controversy about handling PPP Loan forgiveness that this seminar helped clarify. Time has passed with no direction for many months, and many financial statements are already issued. Further, banks have been so difficult to process applications for forgiveness. All these things have made this topic so uncertain for a long period of time.
MV
Over all experience was good.
MR
its good
LM
Instructor was very clear and made the information relatable. There was some repetition over the 8 hour session.
DK
There was issues with the tech audio during the presentation.
KO
Convenient, high level update.
JP
lots to cover and he did good job of staying on track to get through it all
MW
It was great There was time in which the video he was presenting did not have audio. He then spoke about it for the next 15/20 mins and it was hard to follow. He did offer the link after the presentation but it was hard for me to follow the section without understanding the video. It was a little annoying but not a major issue.
EG
The first and second 2-hour sessions covered nearly the exact same material. The shoplifting prevention material is not necessarily applicable to all participants - would recommend less on this topic. The time could be used to cover other internal fraud schemes.
WL
I found the profiles of fraud perpetrators very interesting.
EB
Great
HG
webinar was too long, for 8 CPE hrs at 50 min each should have finished much earlier....once a seminar becomes too long the audience loses interest , and suffers information overload.
HG
webinar was too long, for 8 CPE hrs at 50 min each should have finished much earlier....once a seminar becomes too long the audience loses interest , and suffers information overload.
HG
webinar was too long, for 8 CPE hrs at 50 min each should have finished much earlier....once a seminar becomes too long the audience loses interest , and suffers information overload.
EB
Great
EB
Great
LS
Very interesting subject.
JM
Very good learning experience.
EH
Overall experience with the class was pretty good.
SW
N/A
LJ
good
JE
The content was well done. The time monitoring of the video was off and I had to run the video a second time.
JE
The content and topic are both great, however it does seem a bit rushed towards the end.
JE
MB
doing the best we can in the circumstances. I live events better but Mark is very good.
JC
JC
GM
CR
thank you for providing this critical info in a timely manner.
KF
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BM
Had some issues with audio during the webcast.
KL
I thought the webinar was very informative
AH
a downloadable pdf and exam would be helpful. its hard to review the video all the time
RJ
was good
SW
The presenter really did not go through the slides, he rather talked a lot on the background and talked through requirements. I wish he would have touched more on the exact changes as that is what I thought the course was to cover. He had a nice tidbit of information and work papers at the end that was the biggest take away for me.
SL
I guess I lack sufficient specific knowledge and there was not enough depth for me to comprehend what was being taught.
SL
I guess I lack sufficient specific knowledge and there was not enough depth for me to comprehend what was being taught.
CK
You are already aware
SA
8 hours which consisted of multiple courses lumped together. So much repetition in the material and examples. Practically all examples and course material was repeated at least 4 times.
OS
I felt the information could have been presented in a quarter of the time.
SH
very good
DZ
good
ER
I was hoping for more detailed topics or checkpoints to consider covid 19 impact on disclosures. Some of the questions in the Final Quiz are grammatically incorrect. They read as if a non-english speaking person wrote them. Put them through a grammar check next time.
RM
KW
CS
The course material was good. However, some of the material was duplicated. This made the exam very difficult (as the example were different in the two sections). Also, trying to re-review the course materials was very difficult. I kept getting the spinning wheel - very aggravating.
DC
The webinar seemed like it was recorded previously and said the same information over and over again.
CA
The instructor went over the same material with the same examples and same polling questions twice during the session. In other words, it could have lasted 4 hours instead of 8 hours!
MP
This was not one continuous seminar but a bunch of shorter seminars Heard the same stories and info multiple times. Too much overlap.
LS
This was a very repetitive webinar. The first three of the four sessions was the same material worded just slightly differently.
ARP
JS
The material was presented as we would read it ourselves. It neither was a learning tool or effective in explaining the changes.
TM
The instructor made the class! Good Job!
AH
