Credentials
The AuditOne management and employee team delivers the benefit of many years of deep experience across all areas of banking, internal audit, and information security technical fields. AuditOne staff backgrounds include regulatory examiners, bank audit managers, compliance officers, former bank CEO/Presidents, and CFOs. Our staff professional certifications include: CPA, Certified Bank Auditor, Certified Internal Auditor, Certified Information Systems Auditor, Certified Information Systems Security Professional, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Financial Analyst, Series 3 license, and Certified Financial Services Auditor. Many worked for community business banks as well as large money-center banks at executive level positions in bank operations, compliance, audit, and credit divisions. AuditOne expertise delivers industry best-practice audits and responsive, consultative advice during and after each audit. AuditOne managers regularly author articles on various internal audit subjects for industry magazines, and serve as featured columnists for Western Independent Bankers’ Directors Digest, Lending & Credit Digest, and Technology & Security Digest.

Management Team
Bud Genovese, Chairman, has over 25 years of high level experience developing and implementing internal audit methodologies for financial institutions. Bud has directed outsourced bank internal audit services for the past 15 years. Bud holds an MBA in Management and BBA – Finance from Ohio University. He is a graduate of the Bank Administration Institute’s (BAI) Graduate School of Banking from the University of Wisconsin.

Kevin Watson, CEO, has over 23 years of experience in the banking and auditing industries (with a national CPA firm). He has held CEO, CFO, and chief credit and compliance officer positions at California community banks. Kevin holds an MA in Accounting from the University of Iowa, a BA from the University of Northern Iowa, and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington.

Jeremy Taylor, President, has over 24 years of banking experience. He has held senior management positions at a major regional bank, with responsibilities in portfolio risk management and market risk monitoring. Jeremy also was a senior commercial credit manager at a large business bank. He earned a Master in Economics degree from the London School of Economics.

Marv Chen, Director of Product Development, has 17 years experience in financial services, having served as IT Director and Compliance Officer for financial institutions in addition to a variety of internal audit and IT positions. Marv earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from UC Davis.