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Douglas Watson

Adjunct Faculty
Administration of Justice Program

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

Education

  • Ph.D., Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • B.S., Law Enforcement, University of Nebraska-Omaha
  • MBA, University of Utah

Professional Experience

  • Certified Fraud Examiner, 30 years experience
  • Department of Energy, 2002-present

  • Corporate Consultant for fraud and security investigations, Saudi Arabian Oil Company, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, 1992-2002.
  • Director of Criminal Investigations, U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations, Washington, DC.
  • International Fraud Committee Chairman and Vice President and Director-At-Large of the Saudi Arabian ACFE Chapter.
  • Author, "Whom Do You Trust?" published in the March/April 2002 edition of The White Paper, ACFE's professional journal.
  • Author, "Cultural Dynamics of Corporate Fraud," published by Cross Cultural Management in January 2003.

Professional Organizations

  • Charter member of the Association's Higher Education Council
  • Member of  the Reid Institute for Interview & Interrogation
  • Former member of the University of Nebraska-Omaha Chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon.

Awards and Honors

  • 2002 International Member of the Year for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE).
  • Dr. Watson is a National Security Management graduate of the U.S. National Defense University, an Outstanding Graduate of the USAF Air War College, and is the recipient of the 2001 Harold L. Hodgkinson award for scholarly excellence.

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