Michael Holmstrom, senior audit manager at Sax LLP, is a New York CPA and has received his M.S in Accounting from SUNY Old Westbury. Michael has an extensive auditing background in real-estate, construction, manufacturing and distribution, healthcare, food and beverage and architecture and engineering. Additionally, he enjoys researching audit technology and gaining an understanding of how data analytics can help firms become more efficient. For example, with the use of Excel and other software, he has helped develop efficiencies and automation in the audit practice.

Stefan Davis is a Lead Technology Product Manager in the Audit Product Management team and leads the data-driven audit and global audit initiatives.  Stefan is one of the original founders of TeamMate Analytics and joined Wolters Kluwer in 2017. 

As a member of the Product Management team, he works with users to understand their needs for data driven audit and data analytics, and the development teams to develop solutions for those needs. He also works with Wolters Kluwer teams worldwide to develop next-generation audit tools for use internationally. He is also an ambassador for Data Analytics in the audit profession and has presented at numerous conferences around the world including Institute of Internal Auditors conferences in Dubai and Basel. 

Prior to founding TeamMate Analytics, Stefan worked at KPMG for 9 years, predominantly in External Audit and Management Consulting, but also Internal Audit, Forensic Investigation and Transaction Services. He worked with a wide range of clients from owner-managed businesses to FTSE 100 companies, but his favorite Audit client was Aston Martin! 

Stefan received his MBA (Finance) from The University of Manchester and his MEng in Mechanical Engineering from The University of Bath. He lives near Birmingham, UK with his wife and their two children. He’s a guitarist in a band and spends much of his spare time building guitars and doing home improvements. 

Gail Perry, CPA, is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies, The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting, and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in Chicago for several years as a state and local tax accountant. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society. Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee.