ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Many people helped in many ways to make this book possible. To all of you, thank you for your insights, guidance and assistance.

At the AICPA, I would like to thank Robert Fox, acquisitions editor, practice and industry publications, and the book development team who managed the production of this book from concept to editing of the manuscript to publication. Slade Chelbian, CPA, CGMA, MBA, CPE development manager for management accounting and CGMA, was a resource for the section on cross-cultural communication. Paul Parks, CPA, CGMA, senior technical manager, business and industry group, assisted with some of the research.

Jim Morrison, CPA, CGMA, chair of the AICPA’s Business and Industry Executive Committee and CFO of Teknor Apex Co., discussed trends in management accounting, the importance of communication skills and other topics in an interview for this book; he also suggested others to interview.

Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA, managing director of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, discussed the strategic role of CFOs in corporations, why CFOs and management accountants must have strong communication skills, and other subjects in an interview.

I also interviewed CFOs, management accountants, educators, consultants and others who commented on emerging trends in management accounting, the growing career opportunities for management accountants in organisations, how management accountants can develop their communication skills and other topics. I would especially like to acknowledge the following people, whose interviews appear in appendix A of this book:

James J. Benjamin, Deloitte Foundation Leadership Professor and head of the accounting department, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University;

David Duncan, president, Denihan Hospitality Group;

Greg Conderacci, president and founder of Good Ground Consulting;

Thomas D. Foard, CPA, executive vice president and CFO, Publishers Fulfillment Inc.;

Kenneth Kelly, senior vice president & controller of McCormick & Company;

Anoop N. Mehta, CPA, vice president and CFO of Science Systems and Applications Inc.;

Christopher J. Papa, executive vice president and CFO of Post Properties, Inc.;

Chris Rogers, vice president, finance and administration, Infragistics Inc.;

Sarah Vaudrain, business analyst (financial analyst), Teknor Apex;

Donna Viens, assistant professor and chair of the department of accountancy and finance, Johnson & Wales University; and

Amy Weinreich, CPA, vice president, finance and administration, Publishers Circulation Fulfillment Inc.

Tom Hood, CPA, CITP, CEO of the Maryland Association of CPAs and The Business Learning Institute, offered suggestions on the content of the book and recommended people to interview.

Finally, special thanks to Gail Carberry, wife of author James Carberry, for her patience and support during the many hours spent on this project.