FRS Equity Strategies Experts
Kimberly Whidden
Kimberly Whidden is an experienced audit professional with over 8 years of public accounting and internal audit experience. In 2005, Kimberly implemented the internal audit function at Cymer, Inc. Cymer is the world’s leading supplier of light sources used in the photolithography process in semiconductor manufacturing. As Director of Internal Audit, Kimberly is responsible for performing risk assessments and developing the annual internal audit plan consisting of financial, compliance, and operational audits. Kimberly had also developed an internal audit function at a large publically traded sub prime mortgage lender in 2003. She implemented a Sarbanes-Oxley software solution during the first year of SOX compliance and trained 83 executives, process managers and control owners how to use the software. The company had all SOX certifications and test results in the database at the end of the first year.
Kimberly started in public accounting in 2000, working for the assurance services group in a large regional CPE firm in San Diego. While at the firm, she also spent a year in the strategic wealth management group which performed personal wealth management, reviews and compilations for small businesses and partnerships owned by wealth management clients, and tax services.
Kimberly passed all four parts of the CPA exam in November 1999 and graduated from California State University San Marcos in December 1999 summa cum laude with a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration/Accountancy Option. She is also a Certified Internal Auditor.