Principals

Susan Jacobs O'Connell, Senior Principal and President

Susan has over 20 years of auditing, forensic accounting and financial management experience.   Susan led the creation of PCC's Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOA) documentation system and deliverables.   She has been an active speaker on SOA system and deliverables, internal audit, and fraud investigations.   Prior to joining PCC, Susan spent most of her career at General Electric Company (GE) where she held the positions of both Director of Internal Audit and Finance Manager.   She is a graduate of GE's Financial Management Program.  Susan joined PCC as the Chief Financial Officer in 1994.   As the CFO, she developed and implemented a full reorganization of PCC's financial and accounting systems and enhanced financial processes in PCC's project management programs.   Susan founded the forensic accounting and internal audit services of PCC in 1997.   She has advised many clients, both public and private, on a broad array of financial and accounting issues based on her practical hands-on experience.   Susan has been a testifying expert on both forensic accounting and auditing matters in Federal and State courts.   In addition, she regularly publishes articles and is a frequent lecturer at conferences and universities.

Jeffrey Lawson, Senior Principal

Jeff has over 29 years of experience in project management, cost estimating, project scheduling and construction auditing.   Jeff has extensive experience developing and implementing combined administrative, financial and technical management programs.   For example, Mr. Lawson directed the creation of a full project cost estimate, schedule, cash flow and net-present-value analysis for a $1 billion project.   This work provided the client, for the first time, a full understanding that the issue, the costs and the timeframe that characterized this project could be bounded and described by conventional and transparent methods of analysis and documentation.   In addition, Mr. Lawson has authored articles for various legal and science and engineering journals and has lectured at legal seminars, science and engineering conferences and university classes.

Joseph Salamone, CPA, Principal

Joe has over 17 years of experience in internal controls design, documentation, and testing; consulting; public accounting; and internal audit. He has managed foreign and domestic internal control reviews, fraud investigations, financial and operational audits, and due diligence projects. Joe has also supported Susan in her role as a testifying expert in forensic accounting matters.