
Owner, Katzscan Inc. - Supply Chain Vendor Compliance~Supply Chain Fraud~Supply Chain SOX~Turnaround Management Help
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area

Owner, Katzscan Inc. - Supply Chain Vendor Compliance~Supply Chain Fraud~Supply Chain SOX~Turnaround Management Help
Miami/Fort Lauderdale Area
Specialist in supply chain technologies (barcode applications, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and related business operations (inventory control, fixed asset management, purchasing, accounting, distribution, shipping, barcode labeling, invoicing, manufacturing work-in-process, warranty tracking, customer relationships, sales order processing, etc.)
Expertise in supply chain vendor compliance (upstream and downstream), helping vendors sell to top-level customers: retail (a specialty), pharmaceutical, electronic components, publishing, marine accessories.
See < www.vendorcompliance.info > for more information.
Nationally published author and speaker, each 20+ time.
Business technology & operations assistance to turnaround management professionals in support of helping distressed companies.
See < www.turnaroundhelp.com > for more information.
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS), Florida Private Investigator.
Convergence of business & technical skills + CFE + CFS + PI is:
< www.supplychainfraud.com > - the detection and minimization of fraud in the internal & external supply chain.
Suppy Chain Integrity / Goverance via the application of Sarbanes-Oxley compliance framework from COSO & COBIT < www.supplychainsox.com >
Barcode applications (inventory control, fixed assets, warehouse management, compliance labeling, etc.), Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) & other forms of eB2B, with integration to ERP, distribution, and accounting systems. Supply chain vendor compliance (upstream and downstream), software/solution selection, data conversion, data reporting & analysis. Microsoft Access and Microsoft Visual FoxPro.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1996 — Present (13 years 7 months)
Serving public & private corporations, non-profits, and education institutions ranging from $10M - $1+B in annual sales in the South Florida (Miami-Dade/Broward/Palm Beach) area, with clients outside of the region and state in a wide variety of markets & industries.
Technologies & operations used to support internal & external supply chains. Fraud detection and reduction using Sarbanes-Oxley compliance frameworks as the foundation. Support to turnaround professionals providing due diligence, software assessments, data analysis, and chaos control.
Company Web Sites:
-- Main web site: www.katzscan.com
-- Supply Chain Fraud: www.supplychainfraud.com
-- Supply Chain Sarbanes-Oxley: www.supplychainsox.com
-- Turnaround Management Help: www.turnaroundhelp.com
-- Supply Chain Vendor Compliance: www.vendorcompliance.info
(Consumer Goods industry)
July 1985 — December 1995 (10 years 6 months)
Career positions with some of the countries most well-known consumer product brands: Fotomat, Tropicana Products, Hanes, and Gitano, as well as lesser-known companies such as Huyck-Formex, FLA Orthopedics, and Gepetto.
BSBA , Business & Computer Science , August 1980 — May 1985
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> Florida Private Investigator - 1998
> Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - 2006
> Certification In Corporate Governance - Tulane University College of Law - 2007
> Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS) - 2008