Chad Pinson Email and Phone Number

CEO of Carr, Riggs, & Ingram. Leader, executive, trusted advisor, and technologist with 24+ years of professional-service experience to clients. I bring a unique background to CRI and the clients we serve, having practiced as a litigating equity partner in the AMLAW50 oldest law firm in Texas, and as a technologist and leader of the top-tier and largest digital forensics and incident response group in the United States.CRI, a top-25 accountancy, has over 70 offices, and serves corporate and individual clients across all industries, and from the Fortune 100, to mid-market, and start-ups. In addition to core accounting, tax, attestation, and audit/single audit services, CRI and its portfolio companies serve clients across a unique set of integrated and complementary services. Highlighting a few:• Fraud, forensic, & investigative accounting• Expert testimony and litigation/regulatory consulting services• Compliance and advisory services• Advanced data analytics• Outsourced accounting & CFO/Controller services• Investment banking• Wealth management• Payroll outsourcing• Retirement plan administration• Trust and fiduciary services• Risk control services

Serving as CRI’s Managing Partner/CEO-Elect through the end of 2022, with the good fortune to work with CRI’s founder and current Managing Partner/CEO, Bill Carr. Term as Managing Partner/CEO to commence at the start of 2023. CRI, a top-25 accountancy, has over 60 offices, and serves corporate and individual clients across all industries, and from the Fortune 100, to mid-market, and start-ups. In addition to core accounting, tax, attestation, and audit/single audit services, CRI serves clients across a unique set of integrated and complementary services. Highlighting a few:• Fraud, forensic, & investigative accounting• Expert testimony and litigation/regulatory consulting services• Compliance and advisory services• Advanced data analytics• Advisory services to accounting & CFO/Controller• Investment banking• Wealth management• Payroll outsourcing• Retirement plan administration• Trust and fiduciary services• Risk control servicesAfter 10 years at Stroz Friedberg/Aon focusing on leadership in cybersecurity, technology, and incident response, and 14 years before that representing clients at Baker Botts, I’m excited to bring 24 years of leadership, technical consulting, Board and C-Suite advisory, and professional-services experience to CRI. Even as we remain committed to our core accounting services as a bedrock of everything else we do, I plan to work to further expand CRI’s offerings focusing on enhancing CRI’s technology, advisory, consulting, and data analytics to best serve and meet our clients’ needs.

Treasurer and Board Member at Scots Wrestling Club, a 501c3 providing a youth amateur wrestling program. Previously Treasurer through 2024.

Member of the Board of Directors at Cornerstone Achievement Center in Dallas, Texas. At Cornerstone, founded by my wife -- Crystal Pinson, Janet Salazar, Orlando Salazar, and me, our goal is to offer individualized and group educational services for special needs children in a nurturing, supportive, and faith-based environment.

Member since 2001. Dallas Justice and Watermark Lawyers. Editorial team member for www.jointhejourney.com project. Africa team co-leader and leader for Watermark Justice (in conjunction with African Reconciliation and Leadership Ministries "ALARM") efforts in Rwanda, South Sudan, and Democratic Republic of Congo. Past Foundation Group (newly married couples) leader.

As President of DFIR, Investigations, and Engagement Management, I serve on our executive leadership team, as well as our operating, revenue, and client-management committees. I have P&L and leadership responsibility for sales/origination/business development, delivery of services, and engagement management around those services. I lead our nationwide delivery of digital forensics, incident response, and investigations, as well as our team of engagement managers; focusing on strategic growth, sales, service-delivery, quality control, talent acquisition, training, retention, organizational risk, controls, processes, and procedures. Trusted advisor to clients in board advisory, cyber security, incident response, data breach, network intrusion, security testing, digital forensics, IR readiness, cybercrime, transactional due diligence, security assessment, investigation, and e-discovery matters. Experienced with issues including SCADA/ICS, crypto currency, alternative payment systems, blockchain, risk management, trade secret theft, infringement, insider threats, mobile device forensics, data retrieval, ransomware, big data/analytics, cloud computing, cyber-fraud and extortion, wire fraud, spyware, privacy audits, PCI, and HIPPA.Sample Industry Experience: Energy, Health Care, Retail, Consumer, Credit, Banking/Financial, Software, Legal, Manufacturing, Construction, Telecom, Investment/Finance, HospitalitySpecialties: Leadership/Strategy/Management/Sales, Thought Leadership/Public Speaking, Writing, Digital and Security Risk Management, Board Advisory Services, Cybercrime, Cyber Security, Network Intrusion, Data Breach, Incident Response, Crisis Response, Malware Analysis, Internal Investigations, eCommerce, Digital Currency, SCADA/ICS, Crisis Management, Digital Forensics, e-Discovery, Data Preservation and Recovery, Phishing, Mobile Device Forensics, Network and Database Forensics, Cloud Computing, Identity Theft, and PCI.

ACT (Advocates for Community Transformation) is a justice organization that empowers inner-city residents, through legal advocacy, to seek resolution of crime-ridden properties in their neighborhoods.

Developed a national practice litigating and advising clients in privacy, data security, data breach, data access, identity theft, e-commerce , class action, class arbitration, consumer, credit, deceptive trade practices, fraud, and banking and financial transaction matters. Handled a variety of complex matters in courts across the country, appearing in federal or state courts in 25 different states, as well as multiple arbitration forums.Represented clients in commercial litigation, class action, privacy, consumer law, consumer fraud, credit reporting, wrongful death, and products liability matters. Focused a large part of practice on big-data issues including security, consumer database, and privacy issues.Listed in in the 2012 Best Lawyers in America list. Recognized from 2004-2011 by Law & Politics as a “Texas Rising Star.” Served as Chairman of the State Bar of Texas Privacy, Data Security, & e-Commerce Committee. Specialties Commerical Litigation, Class actions and Mass Actions, Privacy Laws and Policies, Security Beach and Data Loss Issues, Consumer Credit and Credit Reporting, Identity Theft, Financial Transactions and Financial Fraud, Professional Malpractice, Deceptive Trade Practices, Contests and Promotions, Wrongful Death