Steven Patterson, CFE, has more than 16 years of experience in internal auditing, forensic accounting and fraud investigation. During this time he oversaw and led multiple comprehensive fraud investigations and special inquiries including executive, employee and vendor fraud, maximizing recovery efforts while working with internal process owners and outside law enforcement agencies. He also has experience completing a wide variety of financial audits, special management requests, inventory reviews, contract and HR reviews, Sarbanes-Oxley and external year-end assistance work.

He presents and trains locally and nationally about interviewing, fraud investigation and investigative reasoning. He is a founding member and current president of the ACFE Charleston Chapter.