What Happened?
Akron, OH-based Apple Growth Partners has Appointed John Jamison as Chief Information Officer
About the Company
Apple Growth Partners has offices in Akron and Cleveland and serves the Northeast Ohio market and beyond. With nearly 100 professionals, Apple focuses on assisting privately held businesses and their families achieve healthy growth. AGP offers a full range of attest, tax planning and compliance, business valuation, litigation consulting and transactional advisory services. Through its strategic partnerships, Apple also provides financial planning and asset management solutions. AGP is an independent accounting firm associated with the BDO Seidman Alliance. The BDO Seidman Alliance is a division of BDO USA, LLP, one of the nation’s leading professional services firms. BDO USA serves clients through 52 offices and more than 400 independent Alliance firm locations nationwide. Additionally, AGP can access the resources of the global BDO network comprising 1,264 offices in 144 countries.
About the Person
As a client facing principal, Jamison serves AGP’s clients in many different capacities. He manages the SSAE 16 – SOC report (formerly SAS 70) engagements, which are crucial for the evaluation of a service organization’s internal controls. Jamison is also responsible for directing the IT portion of financial statement audits and reviews, as well as performing a variety of IT-intensive analytics. He advises clients on the proper assessments of their IT risks, compliance requirements, and the design and implementation of internal controls. Jamison supervises the electronic discovery (e-discovery) portions of litigation support and forensic accounting engagements, providing enhanced data mining and discovery capabilities for civil disputes, bankruptcies and fraud investigations. A native of Texas, Jamison relocated to Northeast Ohio from Dallas where he most recently served as senior manager at a large regional firm. Prior to that Jamison spent several years with Ernst & Young and KPMG. Jamison received his BBA in Management Information Systems (MIS) from Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School in College Station, Texas. He also obtained his MBA from Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA); Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).
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