Colorado Independent

Consultants Network, LLC

Founder Biography

Experience Highlights:
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Performed financial statement attestation engagements for SEC registrants and not-for-profit organizations, providing assurance that companies’ financial statements were reported in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principals.
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Managed and performed various special project work, including benefit plan consulting and cost analysis, human resource policy evaluation, and insurance coverage process analysis.
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Managed and performed over 100 operational and financial internal audit engagements, covering contract compliance, human resources, debt issuance & servicing, loan servicing, A/P, Payroll, property inspections, OHSA compliance, accounting, P-Card usage, Grahm Leach Bliley Act (GLBA), and cash handling, among other areas.
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Performed site level risk assessments for multiple site facilities, focusing audit efforts on highest-risk activities.
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Designed and executed annual entity wide risk assessments used for Enterprise Risk Management activities, including creation of Internal Audit plans.
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Documented and analyzed numerous business processes through use of flowcharting and analytics.
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Served as a Quality Assurance Review team member with the Institute of Internal Auditors, performing a review of a major corporation’s Internal Audit function.
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Investigated and quantified a multi-million dollar fraud scheme at a Fortune 500 company.
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Served as Audit Committee Chairman for the Nashua Valley Council of the Boy Scouts of America, refining the budgeting process, and leading the audit firm selection process.
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Served as President of the Board of Directors for a 98 unit homeowners association.
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President of Institute of Internal Auditors Denver Chapter
John Olenberger, CPA is the founder of Colorado Independent Consultants Network, LLC (CICN), a developing network of experienced professionals specializing in Risk Consulting, Internal Audit, and Financial Analysis.

Prior to founding CICN, John was a Manager in the Denver office of KPMG’s Advisory Services practice.  John has over 10 years of experience providing process consulting, risk management, internal audit, and financial statement attestation services to organizations in a variety of industries, including state and local government, not  for profit, waste management, nuclear deregulation, mortgage banking, food service, telecommunications, and manufacturing.