Brian K. Hasson, DBA, CPA

Experience

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  Deloitte & Touche LLP

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2001

  Audit Manager

  Manager in audit and assurance function. Primarily served depository insitution clients (e.g., credit unions, community banks and savings & loans), along with construction, not-for-profit and manufacturing clients. SEC and privately held.

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  Suncoast Credit Union

  Aug 2002 - Mar 2005

  VP/Controller

  Directed accounting and financial reporting for $4+ billion federally chartered credit union, and numerous subsidiaries. Role included investment and ALM activities, as well as budgeting and forecasting.

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  MetLife, Inc.

  Mar 2005 - Mar 2013

  Director

  Responsibilities included Statutory and US GAAP legal entity financial reporting, renisurance financial reporting, bank holding company financial reporting, intercompany and fixed assets accounting and reporting, and expense budgeting and forecasting.

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  Idea5, Inc.

  Apr 2013 - Jun 2016

  Chief Financial Officer

  Chief Financial Officer of newly formed technology company. Primary day-to-day responsibility for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all financial-related activities. Direct responsibility for accounting, finance, budgeting, forecasting, financial reporting and tax functions.

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  Erwin, Inc.

  Jun 2016 - Dec 2017

  Vice President, Finance

  VP of Finance for a newly formed, privately-held software firm, established in March 2016 through the acquisition of the ERwin data modeling product line and associated intellectual property from CA Technologies. Responsibilities included the international close and reporting process. Established a Tampa Finance team of three, oversaw the implementation of NetSuite, lead the company through it's first independent audit, and oversaw the assimilation of multiple acquisitions.

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  Florida Southern College

  Jan 2018 - Jun 2020

  Assistant Professor

  Teaching undergraduate courses in foundations of financial accounting, foundations of managerial accounting and accounting information systems, and an accounting research course in the Master of Accountancy program. Current research projects are focused on auditor professional skepticism. Research interests include behavioral accounting and auditing, auditor professional skepticism, and financial accounting and disclosure. Currently serve as the Director of FSC's Institute for Accounting Excellence and also as Faculty Advisor for the College's petitioning chapter of Beta Alpha Psi, an accounting honor society Show less

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  Appalachian State University

  Aug 2020 - now

  Assistant Professor of Accounting

  Teaching the graduate auditing course in the Master of Science in Accounting program, along with the undergraduate auditing course, and principles of financial accounting, in the Walker College of Business. Conducting behavioral auditing research, primarily using qualitative, interview-based methods.