Partner Profile

Alyssa G. Martin, CPA
Dallas Executive Partner, Risk Advisory Services
Certified Public Accountant, Texas

Phone:
972.448.6975
713.850.8787
E-mail:
agmartin@weaverandtidwell.com

Professional Experience

  • 20 years of experience in public accounting
  • Service line partner over risk management, internal audit and IT audit services
  • Joined Weaver and Tidwell in 1998 through the merger with Hoffman, McBryde & Co., P.C.
  • Practice emphasis in the areas of financial accounting, business management consulting, strategic planning, profit enhancement consulting and strategic planning
  • Private sector experience as controller for holding company which retained interest in multiple publicly-traded companies

University and Continuing Professional Education

  • Bachelor of Science in Business Administration/ Accounting, University of Texas at Dallas
  • Masters of Business Administration with specialization in Taxation, University of Texas at Dallas

Professional Awards, Activities and Memberships

  • Member of Executive Advisory Committee of the Accounting and Information Management Area of the University of Texas at Dallas’ School of Management
  • Co-chairperson, University of Texas at Dallas AIM Alumni Curriculum
  • Member, Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants (TSCPA), and Dallas Society
    • Trustee of the Accounting Education Foundation of the Texas Society of CPA’s
    • TSCPA, Today’s CPA Editorial Board
    • TSCPA, Leadership Development and Membership committee
    • Member, Dallas Chapter of CPAs, Partners in Education Committee
    • Member, Dallas Chapter of CPAs, Nominating Committee
    • Young CPA of the Year, Dallas Society of CPAs 2004
  • Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA)
    • Member, AICPA Virtual Grassroots Panel (formerly Group of 100)
  • Co-Chair, Baker Tilley International Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee
  • Member, Institute of Internal Auditors, Dallas and Fort Worth Chapters
  • Member, Information Systems Audit and Control Association, Dallas and Fort Worth Chapters
  • Member, SEC Practices Group, Dallas Chapter
  • American Woman's Society of CPAs

Publications

  • Assessing Your IT Controls for Today's Technologies, posted to site, www.creditunionmagazine.com, January 2008
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404 Assessment: The Devil is in the Details, Dallas Business Journal, January 2008 and cover story, Today’s CPA, November/December 2004
  • Process Level Risk Assessment – Dealing with Risks at Every Level, Oil and Gas Investor, December 2007
  • Assessing IT Risks Enables Upstream Companies to Confront Vulnerabilities, Upstream Technology, September 2007
  • Service Providers and SAS 70 Reports, Bank Director Online, August 2007
  • Revised Guidelines for Sarbanes- Oxley, Automation World, August 2007
  • Risk Assessment and Management Enables Companies to Thrive Amidst Uncertainty, Oil and Gas Financial, Journal August 2007
  • Monitor for Fraud, Automation World, April 2007
  • Mitigating Spreadsheet Risks - Sarbanes-Oxley 404 Compliance Calls for Careful Scrutiny, Today's CPA, September/October 2006
  • Gauging Business Risk, Internal Auditor Magazine, June 2006
  • Get Spreadsheets Under Control, Internal Auditor Magazine, December 2005
  • How Section 404 Can Help Deter Fraud, Financial Executives International Magazine, May 2005
  • Making SOX Work for Your Company is Just Good Business, Fort Worth Business Press, June 2004