Qualified Opinions

Navneet Sharma has guided companies through the IPO process roughly 30 times. He is a Partner at KNAV, a global accounting and advisory firm operating across seven countries. He serves on the AICPA Auditing Standards Review Committee, has been recognized with 40 Under 40 honors in both the U.S. and India, and is a Forbes Best in State honoree. He is also one of the few people in this profession wi...

The skills that get you into public accounting are not the skills that keep you whole once you're inside. Ellen Sulistio spent a decade at a Big 4 firm and figured out the difference between surviving and actually thriving — then built those principles into an entire organization. Nobody puts "survived seven busy seasons without losing myself" on their resume. But maybe they should. In Episode 3 o...

Audit quality has often been an overlooked part of public accounting firm operations, even though it is one of the most important parts of the profession. When Enron and Arthur Andersen collapsed, and the PCAOB was born, audit quality had a moment in the spotlight. Even with control requirements and standards being put in place, many firms often talked the talk without walking the walk. Drew Carri...

Amidst all of the PCAOB leadership changes, the QC 1000 implementation requirement is still set for December 2006 – but there are still a lot of questions around what it will look like when all is said and done. Drew Carrick, The Rapping CPA, and host of Qualified Opinions, alongside co-host Chris Vanover, President & Founder of CPAClub, sit down with PCAOB Specialist Brian Yujuico, VP of CPAC...

Qualified Opinions is a flagship content series from CPA Club, built to inform, challenge, and modernize the conversation around public accounting. Episodes feature relaxed, story‑driven conversations between the hosts and guests who add meaningful perspective—firm leaders, educators, industry voices, and professionals who’ve seen the system from the inside. Hosted by Drew Carrick (aka The Rapping...