EVENT UPDATE(S):

2010:

Jim Hallinan is scheduled to be the Featured Speaker at the Financial Executives Networking Group (FENG) Session/ Meeting in Philadelphia. Date and Topic follows:

January 11, 2010 (Stress Coping Skills) 

2009:

Jim Hallinan is scheduled to be the Featured Speaker on behalf of McDevitt and Kline, LLC for five full day continuing professional education sessions in November/ December 2009. Event Titles and Dates follow:

Introduction to Governance Auditing
 
December 11, 2009

Sarbanes-Oxley Revisited:
Fundamentals and Advances in Auditing Internal Control -
Moving from Effectiveness to "Efficiency"... and Beyond!

November 13, 2009
November 14, 2009
November 20, 2009
November 21, 2009

Please link to www.ceworkshops.com for more details regarding event location, registration information, etc.Thank You!!

9/12/09 Cat-Pickering: Poem Power Book Signing Event:

Jim Hallinan is an independent business consultant specializing in internal audit and risk/control related independent review services, quality assessment, and training and development. Jim has over 25 years of diversified corporate internal audit and related independent business consulting experience. He has extensive experience in the banking industry. Jim has been approved by the Pennsylvania State Board of Accountancy as an official Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Program Sponsor.

Jim has worked on a number of major quality assurance related projects for the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the recognized global leader of the internal audit profession. Such projects have included:

• Performing as a Team Member and Team Leader/ Project Manager for select IIA Quality Assurance Reviews.
• Being a contributing author of the IIA’s Quality Assessment Manual (4th Edition).
• Functioning as the primary individual responsible for the re-write/ updating of the IIA’s Quality Assessment training and development course (to coincide with the publication of the 4th Edition of the QA Assessment Manual).

Prior to the start of his independent business consulting career in 1998, Jim had a successful 16 year corporate career at CoreStates Financial Corp, the largest headquartered banking institution in Philadelphia, PA at the time of its merger with First Union Corporation (now Wachovia/ Wells Fargo). He functioned as Vice President for the Internal Audit Division at CoreStates, where he was responsible for the planning, implementation and oversight of various major financial, operations, subsidiary, regulatory and international audits. Jim managed various domestic and international audit assignments including ones located in: Philadelphia, PA (corporate headquarters); New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Houston, TX; Pittsburgh, PA; Wilmington, DE; London, England; Sydney, Australia; Hong Kong; Tokyo, Japan; and Taipei, Taiwan. He also served as Vice President and Director of Professional Practices and Quality Assurance. Throughout his corporate career he was actively engaged in creating and leading various in-house and external training and development programs for the division, as well as, coaching and mentoring personnel from a professional/ career and personal development perspective.

Jim has earned the following accounting/ audit related professional certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)
• Certified Financial Services Auditor (CFSA)
• Certified Bank Auditor (CBA)

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Contact Jim Hallinan/ Independent Business Consulting Services at:

jamesdhallinan@gmail.com

610-202-2255

Related website links for Jim Hallinan:

Poem Power!  www.poempower.com

Life Transformation Resources  www.lifetran.com