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James W. Clifton, CPA, CFE

Assistant Professor of Accounting Practice

College of Business Administration

North Dakota State University

Fargo, ND 58105

Phone: 701-231-7504

E-mail: james.clifton@ndsu.edu

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Education: University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND

Master of Accountancy 1988

University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND

Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology 1980

Professional

Certification: Certified Public Accountant 1988 to present

Certified Fraud Examiner 2004 to present

Professional

Experience: Owner of consulting firm in Fargo, ND 1998 to present

➢ Consult as an expert witness on GAAP and taxation

➢ Provide efficient solutions for local business’s accounting, fraud, & tax problems, including choice of legal entity, accounting software, compensation plans, and hiring of qualified employees.

➢ Consult on the use of accounting software.

➢ Used QuickBooks accounting software since 1996 (22 years of experience)

➢ Prepare financial statements, tax returns, and perform fraud analysis.

Accountant at a local CPA firm in Fargo, ND 1989 to 1998

➢ Managing Accountant from 1997 to 1998.

➢ Interviewed prospective candidates for accounting positions within the firm.

➢ Supervised two staff accountants and reviewed the work of two senior accountants.

➢ Attended and conducted weekly staff meetings.

➢ Supervised audit fieldwork and reviewed workpapers of staff auditors.

➢ Supervised tax preparation and reviewed corporate, partnership, and individual tax returns.

➢ Handled collection of account receivables for the firm.

➢ Gave sales presentations to prospective clients to secure business.

➢ Attended several annual Board of Director meetings for clients to present audits and to discuss and review year-end tax planning.

➢ Met with clients to collect data necessary for preparation of financial statements and tax returns.

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Academic

Experience: North Dakota State University Fargo, ND

Assistant Professor of Accounting Practice 1998 to Present

and 1988 to 1990

Courses taught, starting with the most recent:

➢ Individual Taxation

➢ Principles of Fraud Examination

➢ Applied Professional Research

➢ Advanced Fraud Examination

➢ Intermediate Accounting I

➢ Business Taxation

➢ Governmental and Not-For-Profit Accounting

➢ Intermediate Accounting II

➢ Elements of Accounting I and II

➢ Federal Tax Research

➢ Taxation/Management Decisions

➢ Skills for Academic Success

➢ Advanced Accounting

University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND

Lecturer 1987 to 1988

Courses Taught:

➢ Principles of Accounting I

Honors: 2016 Service Learning Award from North Dakota State University

2015 Green and Golden Globe Diversity Award

2013 – 2014 Apple Polisher Award: Bison Ambassadors

2010 – 2013 Eisele Teaching Fellow: The award is presented to a member

of the teaching staff who demonstrates the characteristics of

an outstanding teacher that are associated with the model

established by Eisele

2011 – Beta Gamma Sigma: Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor

society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International

2010 Odney Award for excellence in undergraduate teaching by the

NDSU Development Foundation

2008 Innovations in Accounting Education Award by the American

Accounting Association

2006 Hubbard Award: Presented by the Association of Certified Fraud

Examiners for the best paper of the year in their journal

“Fraud Magazine”

2015 – 2016 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2011 – 2012 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2010 – 2011 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

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Honors (Continued):

2008 – 2009 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2006 – 2007 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2004 – 2005 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2003 – 2004 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2001 – 2002 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

2000 – 2001 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

1999 – 2000 Teacher of the Year for the College of Business

1998 – 1999 Apple Polisher Award, Bison Ambassadors

1998 – 1999 Professor of the Year: Presented by the NDSU Acct. Club

Publications:

Snyder, Herbert, K. Ehnert, H. Knopik, and J. Clifton. Women’s Work? Beauty Pageants, Professionalism and Tax. Journal of Theoretical Accounting Research. Fall 2012, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p24-36. 13p.

Snyder, Herbert and James Clifton, 2010. Forensic Accounting Fieldwork,

Media and Exercises Project. Journal of Forensic & Investigative

Accounting. Volume 2, Issue 2: 294 – 307.

Snyder, Herbert and James Clifton, 2005. Stealing from the Collection Plate. Fraud Magazine. Volume 19, No. 6: 21 - 23, 46.

Buckhoff, Thomas and James Clifton. 2004. Exotic Embezzling: Investigating Off-Book Fraud Schemes. Journal of Financial Crime. Volume 11, Number 3: 249 - 256.

Samelson, Donald, Gary Cavett and James Clifton. 1995. Choosing the Form of Business for Professionals. Taxation for Accountants, January.

Academic Presentations:

One Man’s Trash… Performing and Preventing Trash Archeology at the Sixth Annual Fraud and Forensic Accounting Education Conference, May 15 – 17, 2012 in Savannah, GA (Coming in May 2012)

Women’s Work, Beauty Pageants, Professionalism, and Tax at the American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences Conference, February 24 – 27, 2011 in Las Vegas, Nevada

Forensic Accounting Fieldwork, Media, & Exercises Project at the American Accounting Association Annual Conference, August 4 – 6, 2008 in Anaheim, California

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Academic Presentations (Continued):

Intellectual Capital and Economic Espionage at the Second Annual Fraud and Forensic Accounting Education Conference, May 13 – 15, 2008 in Charleston, South Carolina

Auditing Alchemy – a Forensic Accounting Case at the Midwest American Accounting Association Meeting, April 12 – 14, 2007 in St. Louis, Missouri

Business Presentations:

Interview with Becky Parker from WDAY about budgeting, investing, and fraud on February 11, 2015

Bush Tax Cuts Scheduled to Expire on December 31, 2010 at the Fargo Moorhead Chamber of Commerce on September 1, 2010.

Why Do People Steal? with Beth Mohan and Tom O’Halloran at the Fargo Moorhead Chamber of Commerce on October 22, 2009.

Affiliations: Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

(AICPA)

Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)

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