
(CARTHA Council of Advisor, September 2006 to March 2009)
Associate Professor, School of Accountancy
Kennesaw State University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
MAcc., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
BCom., Dipl., Math. & Stat., Bombay University
Chartered Accountant (CA), India
Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
Certified Forensic Financial Analyst (CFFA)
Research & Teaching Areas
- Corporate Governance — A Behavioral Perspective (e.g., Board Culture & Behavioral Dynamics)
- Enterprise Risk Management
- Forensic Accounting and Fraud Investigations
- Internal Auditing and internal Controls
- International Accounting (esp. IFRS)
Recent Consulting
- Infogix, Inc.
- Enterprise One Consulting Services
Academic Positions
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- The Ohio State University
- Director, Board Culture & Behavioral Dynamics, KSU Center for Corporate Governance
- Director, Institute for Business & Professional Ethics, DePaul University
- Advisory Board, Certified Equity Professional Institute, Santa Clara University
Professional Experience, Leadership & Service
- Principal, Professional Standards Group, Arthur Andersen LLP
- Sarbanes Oxley Advisor, Ernst & Young LLP
- Corporate Governance partner, Grant Thornton LLP
- Accounting Horizons – editorial board
- Journal of Information Systems – editorial board
- New Perspectives in Healthcare Governance, Risk and Control – editorial board
- Chairman, Academy for Government Accountability
- President, Board of Directors, Information Integrity Coalition
- Chairman, Audit Committee, National Board, Ascend
- Co-Chair, 2010 Common Body of Knowledge (CBOK) Study, Institute of Internal Auditors
Representative Publications
Braiotta, L., Gazzaway, R.T., Colson, R., & Ramamoorti, S. (2010) "The Audit Committee Handbook." 5th edition. New York: John Wiley.
Reding, K.F., Sobel, P., Anderson, U., Head, M., Ramamoorti, S., Salamasick, M., & Riddle, C. (2009). Internal Auditing: Assurance and Consulting Services. 2nd ed. Altamonte Springs, FL: Institute of internal Auditors' Research Foundation. (textbook translated into Spanish and Japanese).
Ramamoorti, S. (2008) "The Psychology and Sociology of Fraud: Integrating the Behavioral Sciences Component into Fraud and Forensic Accounting Curricula", Issues in Accounting Education, November, pp. 351-363.