BIO

Responsible for quality control and compliance, Mr. Dryer has over thirty-five years experience in financial reporting in public and private accounting. Working directly with senior management, boards of directors and audit committees, his focus is on ensuring transparency and accuracy in the financial reporting process, and assessing and improving companies’ compliance initiatives and internal controls related to Sarbanes Oxley (SOX). His breadth of knowledge allows him to provide strategic advice on critical business and accounting issues.

Mr. Dryer’s career in public and private auditing and management experience includes KeySpan, where he was VP and General Auditor, and Coopers & Lybrand where he was a Senior Audit Manager.

EDUCATION

Mr. Dryer holds an MBA from Stern School of Business at New York University, and a BS in Accounting and Management from NYU. Mr. Dryer has also been an adjunct assistant professor of accounting at NYU's Stern School of Business for the past thirty-five years, where he has taught numerous sections of accounting, auditing, and financial statement analysis at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Member, New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants

• Former President-Long Island Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors

EDUCATIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University

• Instructor, Becker CPA Review