About the Author

William E. Perry holds degrees from Clarkson University, University of Rochester, and Rochester Institute of Technology. Bill also holds the following professional certifications: CPA (Certified Public Accountant), CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), CISA (Certified Information Services Auditor), CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst), and CSTE (Certified Software Tester). He has been an examiner for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and served on standards committees for NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) and ISACA (Information Systems Audit and Control Association).

In 1980, Bill founded the Quality Assurance Institute (QAI), a professional association for testers. QAI offers professional certification for Quality Assurance, Software Testing, Software Project Leaders and Business Analyst Professional. More than 27,000 individuals have been certified since the inception of the program.

Bill has authored more than 50 books, many published by John Wiley & Sons. He recently founded the Internal Control Institute (ICI). ICI and St. Petersburg College recently formed the Internal Control Center of Excellence to share best internal control practices, hold conferences on emerging internal control practices, and to offer e-learning courses and a professional certification in internal control.