Leah has more than 31 years of combined global public and private sector investigations and fraud examination experience. During her career, she has managed, conducted, and assisted on hundreds of global and domestic investigations involving allegations of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, internal and external fraud, and employee misconduct. She has presented investigative findings to corporate and government entities both nationally and internationally that directly led to major employment, civil, and criminal actions.
Leah’s most recent role was as the Director of Global Investigations at Texas Instruments, Inc. In this capacity she hired, mentored, and supervised a global team of investigators responsible for conducting investigations involving complex business practices to include allegations of fraud, IP theft, counterfeiting, discrimination, harassment, and other misconduct.
Prior to joining Texas Instruments, Leah served as the Audit Fraud Manager at JCPenney. There she planned, executed, and managed investigations and audits related to fraud ensuring compliance with company ethics and integrity. Additionally, Leah created, implemented, and delivered a fraud awareness program through company communications, training, and coaching.
Leah began her corporate investigative career at Electronic Data Systems, later to become Hewlett-Packard. Leah was responsible for conducting complex financial, fraud, and security investigations, reporting her findings to senior leadership, as well as collaborating on legal actions to recover losses. She developed, coordinated, and executed investigative plans, gathered evidence, conducted interviews, and analyzed facts. Leah directed a team that conducted technical and general investigations worldwide, including theft of assets, policy and ethics violations, threats and acts of violence, hackings, intrusions and malicious code violations, and identity theft. In addition, Leah’s team provided communications and guidance regarding enterprise-wide security and privacy policies and standards, including global awareness and education.
Leah began her investigative career as a Special Agent in the U.S. Customs Service. Leah investigated persons and organizations attempting to violate Federal laws relating to large scale international narcotics smuggling and money laundering. She developed facts that utilized a range of investigative techniques, and demonstrated an extensive knowledge of principles of investigations, rules of evidence, rules of criminal procedure, and court decisions concerning admissibility of evidence. In this position, Leah conducted investigations in both the United States and Mexico.
Leah is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and an active member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. She was elected to the Board of Regents of this 90K member global organization in 2016 and elected Chairman of the Board of Regents in 2017. She has served on the ACFE Advisory Council and the ACFE Board of Review.
Leah began public speaking in 2011 regarding Fraud Risk Assessments. She continues to be an active lecturer and instructor globally on various fraud related subjects including investigations, building investigation teams, and maturing investigative programs.
Leah holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
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Alfred E. Pilong
President and CEO
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Their advice helped us navigate the ever evolving, highly regulated healthcare industry! Whether it’s discussing report methodology or determining appropriate repayment, SunHawk provides the reassurance and confidence that you are doing the right thing!
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Vice President/Chief Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Officer
Community Health System
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Vice President/Chief Ethics, Compliance and Privacy Officer
Phoenix Children's Hospital
"Jim Rough is among the most conscientious professionals I have encountered. When he says he is going to do something -- he does it. Jim has a broad range of experience gained over decades in leading organizations.
Now as the founder of his own firm, Jim will be enabled to provide the same high-quality service to his clients in a setting that allows greater customization to his clients' financial circumstances."
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Chair, US Corporate Governance & Securities Regulation
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Vice President, Compliance
Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.
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Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer
Paragon 28, Inc.
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SunHawk Consulting specializes in professional consulting services and has a team of highly skilled subject matter experts with substantial backgrounds in:
* Healthcare Compliance: Statistical Sampling, Medical Coding Audits, Healthcare Compliance Programs, Evaluation of Compliance Programs and Risk Assessments, HIPAA Compliance Risk Assessments & Training, Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) Board Advisor, Independent Review Organization (IRO) Services, Interim Healthcare Compliance Support, Physical Security Assessment, Design and Implementation of Sunshine Act Compliance Programs, Enterprise Risk Management Optimization, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) System Support, Electronic Health Record (EHR) System Implementation, Outsourced Audit Function Support, Medical Risk Adjustment Compliance (Medicare, Medicaid, Commercial), Policy, Procedure, Internal Control Development and Evaluation, FedRAMP Compliance;
* Corporate Investigations: Fraud Investigations and Forensic Accounting, Anti-money Laundering (AML), Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Know Your Customer (KYC), Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Third-party Due Diligence;
* Corporate Compliance: Evaluation and Design of Corporate Compliance Programs, Interim Compliance Support, Compliance Risk Assessments, Physical Security Assessment, Enterprise Risk Management, Private Equity Governance, GRC System Support, Audit Function Support, Fraud Risk Assessments, Investigations Program Assessment and Enhancements, Qui Tam Investigations, Hot Line Support;
* Litigation Disputes: Complex Litigation and Disputes, Mergers and Acquisitions: Regulatory Due Diligence, Expert Witness, Statistical Analysis, Healthcare Payment Disputes, Litigation Support, Physical Security Assessment, Neutral Party Data Analysis.