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David A. Tenney is President of David A. Tenney & Associates, a consulting firm offering advice, assistance, and training in internal control, organization, and internal auditing. He is the former Managing Director - Internal Auditing for New England Telephone and Telegraph Company (NET), then part of the NYNEX Family of Companies (now Verizon).

 

During a 30-year career with the Bell System and NYNEX, he held management positions in NET's Commercial Operations, AT&T and NET Comptrollers' Departments, and NET's Treasury Department. The culmination of his career was his appointment as General Internal Auditor and later Managing Director - Internal Auditing for NET. In that capacity he became recognized as an expert in internal auditing. He was responsible for an audit force of thirty auditors covering a five-state region and reported to the CFO and Audit Committee of the Board of Directors.

 

Mr. Tenney has a BA degree from Williams College with a major in Political Science and a Masters Degree in Business Administration, with Distinction, from Harvard Business School. Mr. Tenney has given seminars on internal auditing, quality assessment, and management control, and he has written articles on internal auditing and auditor relations with audit committees.

 

Mr. Tenney joined the Greater Boston Chapter of the IIA in 1974 and has been a member ever since. He is a Past President of the Chapter, and he has received the John F. Elsbree Award, which is the chapter's highest honor. It is awarded only to individuals who have given long-time exemplary service to the chapter and to the internal auditing profession. He served many years on the Board of Governors.

 

Mr. Tenney has participated in many Quality Assessments as a project manager, including TCI Communications, MDU Resources, Johns Hopkins Health System, Timberland Corporation, Ford Motor Company (twice), BellSouth Corporation, Salt River Project (twice), Canada Post Corporation (twice), Comcast Corporation, Federal Home Loan Banks of Pittsburgh and Seattle, Anheuser Busch Companies (twice), Emerson Electric Company (twice), The Boeing Company (twice, United Services Automobile Association, Broadwing, Inc., El Paso Corporation, the CLECO Corporation, Krung Thai Bank Public Company, Ltd., Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Praxair, National Exchange Carrier Association, International Monetary Fund, Eskom, Telkom, Lexmark, Dana Corporation, Bombardier, Inc. and numerous others.

 

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