Ted Uehlinger CPA, CFE

Ted Uehlinger is an Associate Chief Accountant in the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporation Finance who has been working on the Commission's interactive data initiative for the past four years.

In this capacity, Ted is responsible for advising senior officers in planning and developing polices, programs, and procedures relating to the interactive data initiative and rendering decisions on XBRL. Ted also works with public registrants and their advisors in addressing novel XBRL matters.

Ted has seen the XBRL initiative go from the voluntary program to the current mandate which he helped write. During that time frame Ted has assisted with the Staff's review of the US GAAP taxonomy and the implementation of the EDGAR validation process for XBRL submissions.

Prior to joining the Commission, Ted served as an auditor for over eight years in international public accounting firms, with responsibility for clients in a variety of industries. Following that, Ted worked in Ernst & Young's national office working with the firm's audit and standards methodology group. He was also a member of the Center for Audit Quality concentrating on audit risk analysis.

Ted graduated Cum Laude from Youngstown State University in Ohio with a BS in Business Administration. Ted also holds certifications as a public accountant and fraud examiner.