Dr. Jonathan B. Schiff is professor of accounting at the Silberman School of Business of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Dr. Schiff received his Ph.D. from New York University in 1985 and completed an M.S. in Accounting from New York University in 1975. He has extensive consulting experience with top companies such as American Express, DaimlerChrysler, GE, Merck & Co., and is the founder of the Finance Development & Training Institute, a best practices alliance of global companies. Dr. Schiff is the author of over 60 articles in both the academic and practitioner literature and specializes in corporate financial reporting, internal control, CFO practices and cost management.