Staff

David Crawford, CPA, CIA
Audit Manager Emeritus

Education:
  • B.B.A. Accounting - The University of Texas at Austin
  • M.B.A. - St. Edward's University
Certifications:
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA) - Passed all parts of the uniform CPA examination at the first sitting.
  • Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - Passed all parts of the CIA examination at the first sitting, scoring in the top 2%.
Areas of Expertise:
  • Operations Management
  • Financial Management
  • Information Systems Management
  • Assembly-Line Production Management
  • Facilities Operations Management
  • Public Safety and Life Safety Management Project Management:
    • Development, validation, implementation and monitoring of strategic and annual plans
    • Evaluation, design and implementation of both manual and electronic operating systems
Auditing:
  • COSO Internal Control Model
  • Single Audits of Federally Funded Activities
  • Internal Control Audits
  • Management Control Audits
  • Operational Audits, Financial Audits
  • Control Self-Assessment (CSA)
  • Information Resources Auditing
Teaching:
  • Faculty Member:Auditing, Administrative Systems, Accounting for Non-Accounting Majors
  • Seminar Leader: Governmental Accounting and Auditing, Internal Control Review and Evaluation, Business Communications, Information Systems Controls, Operational Auditing, Control Self-Assessment, COSO Implementation

 

Relevant Experience

 

 

Auditing:

  • Local CPA Firms (For-Profit), Staff Auditor and In-Charge Auditor
  • Texas State Auditor's Office (State Govt.), In-Charge Auditor and Audit Manager
  • City of Long Beach, California (City Govt.), Audit Manager
  • Texas Southern University (University), Director of Internal Auditing
Education:
  • Texas Southern University, San Marcos:  Director of Internal Auditing, Asst. V/P for Facilities Planning & Operations, Special Asst. to President for Fiscal Systems
  • St. Edward's University, Austin, TX: Chief Fiscal Officer, Adjunct Faculty Member
  • University of California, Long Beach: Adjunct Faculty Member
  • Texas State Technical College (Vocational Education): Director of Information Systems, Director of Institutional Research
Corporate:
  • Ethyl Corporation (Manufacturer) - Accounting Supervisor, EDP Supervisor, Financial System Analyst
  • Tracor Computing Corporation (EDP Specialists), Manager of Systems and Programming
  • Temple-Inland (Lumber and Manufacturing), Controller, Asst. Sec-Treasurer, V/P Production for Furniture Manufacturing subsidiary
State Government:
  • Teacher Retirement System of Texas - Asst. Controller, Controller
  • Texas Water Commission - Budget Officer, Chief Business Officer
  • Texas Secretary of State - Director of Internal Management
  • Texas Commission for the Blind - Assoc. Director for Fiscal Affairs
  • General Services Commission Chief Information Officer - Manager of State of Texas EDP Service Bureau
  • Texas Dept. of Human Resources - Telecommunications Supervisor, Purchasing Supervisor
Entrepreneur:
  • DBC Management Consultants (Consulting & Training) - Owner

Personal Note: I came to UT System because of the opportunity to work in an organization that had adopted the COSO internal control model and that had senior management and Board of Regent support for effective implementation of that model. I am also very interested in the new audit techniques; such as, control self-assessment, continuous monitoring and CAAT. The chance to work with emerging information resources' issues and to be involved in development and execution of a training program also influenced my choice of UT System. It is exhilarating, even for an old hand like me, to be involved with a university system and an audit organization that are both on the leading edge in management and audit techniques and processes.

 

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