Research Interests

• Empirical Capital Markets – Auditing and Financial Accounting
• Measuring audit quality and separating auditor’s characteristics from client’s characteristics in tests of audit quality
• Applied econometrics and research methodology, including matching and Bayesian methods
• Other: internal controls, SOX and valuation of private firms, analytical audit procedures

Selected Publications

Honors and Awards

• Canadian Public Accountability Board (CPAB) Keith Boocock Doctoral Scholarship, based on the possibility of my dissertation to improve the quality of audits of public companies, 2010
• William Osborne Twaits Fellowship, Ernest and Young Fellowship, Canadian Credit Management Foundation Fellowship, 2006-2011
• Brockman Scholarship and Banco de Mexico (FIDERH) Fellowship, 2003
• Honor Mention B.A., Accounting and Finance, 2002
• Certificate of High Academic Standing in the National Examination for Public Accountants (CENEVAL), 2002
• ITESM Entrance Scholarship, 1998

Teaching and Professional Experience

• Course Instructor: Advanced accounting (consolidation of financial statements), Introduction to accounting, Accounting theory and contemporary issues in accounting
• Audit Manager, Internal Audit Department, Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank Canada)
• Certified Internal Auditor , Institute of Internal Auditors IIA, January 2006
• Public Accountant, Mexico, December 2002

Degrees

• Ph.D., Accounting, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2011
• MPA, Management and Professional Accounting, Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, 2005
• B.A., Finance and Accounting, Tecnologico de Monterrey ITESM, 2002

Specialties

• Financial Accounting
• Auditing