Gerald Trites

ThinkTWENTY 20 Magazine, Editor in Chief, 2018 - present

Zorba Research Inc, President, 2006 – 2021 - privately owned business doing research, writing and consulting

XBRL Canada, Executive Director, 2006 - 2016

St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, 1996 - 2006

Professor of Accounting and Information Systems with tenure, 2001– 2006

Chair, Department of Information Systems, 2002 - 2003

Director, Gerald Schwartz School of Business and Information Systems, 2001 - 2002

Associate Professor, 1996 - 2001

KPMG, Toronto, Ontario and Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1974 - 1996

Manager, 1974 - 1979

Partner, 1979 - 1996

Atlantic Regional Director of Quality Control, 1979 - 1996

Atlantic Regional Director of Computer Auditing, 1979 - 1996

Member, National Accounting & Auditing Policy Committee, 1979 - 1989

National Co-ordinator of Computer Auditing, 1986 - 1989

Member, International Computer Audit Committee, 1986 - 1989

Partner in Charge - Professional Practice, Halifax, 1989 - 1996

Member, National EDP Audit Services Committee, 1986 - 1989

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

CPA Ontario

CPA Nova Scotia, Fellow, 1989

CPA Canada

American Accounting Association (AAA) - IS Division, International Division

Canadian Academic Accounting Association (CAAA)

Books:

1. "The Silicon Coast Computer Company", Richard D Irwin Inc., Mississauga, 1993

2. "Audit of the Small Business", Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Toronto, 1994, Third Edition released January, 2006)

3. "The Canadian Accountants' Guide to the Internet", Carswell, Toronto, 1998 (3rd ed)

4. "Impact of Technology on Financial Reporting", CICA, Toronto, October, 1999.

5. "Strategic Internet Commerce, CICA, Toronto, November, 1999.

6. "ERP Systems - the Engine of E-Business", CICA, Toronto (November, 2000)

7. "Collaborative Business - Beyond e-Business", CICA, Toronto, (September, 2001)

8. "E-Business, A Canadian Perspective for a Networked World", Prentice Hall, Toronto (April, 2002), Third Edition March, 2008.

9. "Mobile Business - A Wireless World", CICA, Toronto, (December, 2002)

10. "Electronic Filing and Reporting - Emerging Technologies and their Implications", CICA, Toronto, (November, 2004)

11. “Interactive Data – The Integration of XBRL Into Accounting Information Systems”, CICA, Toronto, (July, 2007)

12. “Data Level Assurance”, CICA, Toronto, (2010)

13. “The Opportunity”, Amazon, (October, 2009)

14. “Data Level Assurance”, CPA Canada (June 2012)

15. "Twenty-first Century Corporate Reporting", Business Experts Press, New York, (2021)

16. "Beyond Sustainability: Integrated Thinking and Corporate Social Responsibility", Business Experts Press, New York, (2024)