Jacob Shortt, CPA

Jacob Shortt, CPA, is an Assistant Professor of Practice in Accounting and Information Systems at Virginia Tech. Jacob graduated from Virginia Tech with both his Bachelors and Masters in Accounting and Information Systems. After graduation Jacob obtained his CPA license in North Carolina and joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP in the core audit group specializing in manufacturing clients. He then joined the risk advisory consulting practice of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP working in the banking practice as a lead consultant. In addition to risk advisory services, he also conducted internal and external corporate trainings. Jacob worked as the cash and investments manager at Carolinas HealthCare System. Most recently, Jacob worked as a regulatory advisor at Bank of America. His teaching passions are Intermediate Accounting, Accounting Information Systems and Accounting Analytics.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities for the Accounting and Information Systems Department at Virginia Tech, he has also taught in the Executive MBA program as well as the Online MBA program. Through Virginia Tech outreach he teaches in a Data Analytics Certificate program and has taught in the Virginia Tech India program coordinating with the NMIMS University in Mumbai and the Institute of Technology Kharagpur.