About the Author
Julie Harrer, CPA, is the President and founder of Hamlet Auditing Corporation, a consulting firm that provides Sarbanes-Oxley, management advisory, process improvement, and accounting services. She managed the Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 project for Qualcomm Incorporated, the first company to comply with section 404 in November 2004. Since then, she has managed several compliance projects as both an external auditor and internally working with management of large and small public companies. Prior to creating her own firm, she was vice president of finance for eAssist Global Solutions and Controller for MarDx Diagnostics. She began her career in public accounting as an auditor with Cairns, Eng & Applegate, LLP and Carter Polito Muscio, Inc.