David Crawford, in partnership with his wife, Justina, provides international consulting and educational services in the areas of internal auditing, collaborative assurance, risk management, self-assessment, and Sarbanes-Oxley internal control documentation. In addition, he continues with The University of Texas System Audit Office in an Audit Manager position providing support to the U.T. System Institutional Compliance Program, Sarbanes-Oxley initiative, and enterprise risk management initiative. He holds the CIA and CCSA designations and has a Masters in Business Administration from St. Edward’s University. Justina partners with him in all their endeavors and holds a Master of Arts from Western Illinois University.

Over his career David has been continuously involved in the audit process, sometimes from the auditor perspective and other times from the auditee perspective. David has over forty years of management experience in manufacturing, finance, information systems and audit; and, has had a direct, senior management involvement in four major audit departments. He has held both operating and senior management positions in manufacturing and service industries, governmental entities, and institutions of higher education; and, has also been a member of the accounting faculty of three institutions: The University of Texas at Austin, the University of California at Long Beach, and St. Edward’s University in Austin, Texas.

David and Justina have presented at Internal Audit and Risk Management conferences in North America, Europe and South Africa. In addition, they have conducted professional seminars throughout North America in COSO implementation, risk-based auditing, self-assessment, Institutional Compliance, Managing the Audit Department, Sarbanes-Oxley Act implementation, and other risk management subjects. David has also been responsible for organizing four national conferences on corporate compliance in higher education and one national conference on Sarbanes-Oxley and Higher Education.

David authored an article in the October 2000 issue of the Internal Auditor on Levels of Control in the COSO Model. He also authored (with Justina as editor) a book entitled Effective Compliance Systems: A Practical Guide for Educational Institutions, which is available from The Institute of Internal Auditors, Inc.

In recognition of their joint contributions to the practice of internal auditing, The Association of College and University Auditors honored David at their annual conference in September 2003 with the first ACUA Professional Outstanding Contributions Award in recognition of his sustained outstanding contributions to the practice of internal auditing in higher education and Justina with a Certificate of Recognition for her sustained outstanding support of the practice of internal auditing in higher education.