My entire public accounting career was spent in the audit departments of KPMG and Baker Newman & Noyes. I began with KPMG in Portland ME in 1966, transferred to the Paris France office in 1969 and returned to Portland in 1972 where I was admitted to the partnership in 1975.In 1994, when KPMG decided to leave Maine,I retired from KPMG and together with the other Portland partners acquired the practice with the former E&Y partners and created Baker Newman & Noyes. I ended my public accounting career in 2001 when I retired from Baker Newman & Noyes. I managed the governmental and nonprofit practices for the Portland office of KPMG and also ran the audit department. My administrative duties included, among other things, recruiting,goal setting, personnel reviews, budgeting, In the later part of my career I conducted significant fraud investigations, working with local police, FBI and Federal Attorney.Since retiring I embarked on a writing career and have had my first book published in 2008. I also spend considerable time working with nonprofits in various leadership positions.Specialties: Nonprofit and governmental accounting and auditing, fraud examinations, French to English/English to French translation of financial statements,