He joined Providence College as an adjunct faculty member in 2019 and became a visiting accountancy professor from 2021 to 2022.
NORTH ATTLEBORO, MA, November 13, 2024 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Chip Speicher, PhD, has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Dr. Speicher has dedicated over thirty years to accountancy, establishing himself as a distinguished professional and educator. He was an integral part of Virtusa Corp's successful IPO and built a world-class accounting department at Mercury Systems, Inc.
After his successful professional career, Chip pivoted into education, earning his Ph.D from the University of Scranton in 2021. Since then, Dr. Speicher has been active in the classroom as a practitioner faculty of accountancy at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island. He joined the institution as an adjunct faculty member in 2019 and became a visiting accountancy professor from 2021 to 2022. In his current position, Dr. Speicher teaches four classes and has created two curriculums from the ground up: accounting information systems (UG) and managing information resources (G). Before joining Providence College, Dr. Speicher garnered experience as an adjunct professor at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, in 2019.
In the field, Chip excelled as the vice president, corporate controller, chief accounting officer, and assistant treasurer at Mercury Systems Inc. in Andover, Massachusetts, between 2010 and 2017. Dr. Speicher's tenure at Virtusa Corp from 2001 to 2010 included the role of the vice president of global accounting operations and corporate controller. He also held various accounting positions with Cerulean Technology/Aether Systems, Wyman – Gordon Company, Wang (now KPN), and Arthur Andersen & Company.
Highly educated, Dr. Speicher Mr. Speicher holds a Bachelor of Science in accounting since 1985 and a Doctor of Philosophy in accountancy from the University of Scranton since 2021. He is a certified public accountant licensed in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and highly qualified in the industry.
In addition to his professional achievements, Dr. Speicher is actively involved in civic organizations. He has served as the treasurer on the board of directors for NAMI-RI in Providence since 2022 and has contributed to the Boy Scouts of America as a finance advisor to local chapters. His dedication to community service is further exemplified by his designation as an Eagle Scout, 1977 from the Boy Scouts of America.
Chip is an accomplished athlete and outdoorsman, completing 14 marathons including six Boston Marathons and two NYC Marathons. Chip has also summitted all 48 of New Hampshire's "4000 footers".
Dr. Speicher attributes much of his success to his upbringing and his father's influence, who taught him valuable lessons about integrity, perseverance, and resilience. His wife, Susan, and four daughters, Katelyn, MaryAnne, Laura, and Ryan, are a major source of inspiration and balance.
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