**Ronald P Fory, Lt Col, CAP**

**CMA CFM CFE CPA**

![](media/image1.jpeg){width="1.2319444444444445in"
height="1.8479166666666667in"}Lt Col Fory started out in a rather
promising way, joining CAP as a cadet during his high school years and
spending a couple of summers on squadron staff, generally enjoying
himself and learning a little about the organization. In the long run,
the promising beginning melted into reality, and it was years before he
went back to anything close to flying.

Ron has a background that clearly indicates a disturbing inability to
keep a job: after a 21 year career in the US Army, he entered the world
of Accounting, where his penchant for seeking new horizons resulted in
enough time in public practice to understand that his calling was in
industry, where the money was supposed to be.

He began as a not-for-profit enterprise Business Manager, moved into
financial services to be a Compliance Officer, and settled for ten years
in a manufacturer as a Division Controller. Although there was a touch
of permanence there, he went on to a five-year term as Corporate
Controller of a distribution company before venturing into financial
services again (obviously not remembering his previous experience). It
was at the distributorship that he went after his Private Pilot's
license and progressed to an Instrument rating before health caught up
with him. After a brief period in financial services, he found his true
passion in helping companies achieve a higher level of competence, where
he is currently practicing. Assuming he perfects this practice, it will
be interesting to see where he winds up.

His education includes a BA in Political Science from Park College,
Kansas City, MO, and a Masters degree in Professional Accounting from
the University of Texas at Arlington. He has about 320 hours in SEL,
primarily C172s and C182s. Lack of a medical clearance has pretty well
choked down accrual of more hours.

He was able to get many of those hours while a member of TX 129, the
Fort Worth Senior Squadron, where he rejoined CAP in 200 began work on
his professional development as a CAP member. He joined Southwest Region
staff in 2003, and has been Finance Director since that time. He has
also participated in the Columbia search, Falcon Virgo in 2005 and 2007,
SWR Staff College in 2006, and National Staff College in 2007.

He has developed and presented continuing education to CPAs, and has
presented on a number of topics oriented on Controllership to national
audiences through closed circuit broadcasts, local chapters of the Texas
Society of CPAs and the Institute of Management Accountants, and other
organizations and companies throughout the country. His article "The Art
of Leadership" was the cover story for the inaugural issue of the
international finance magazine Capital, and he made a 3-hour
presentation on fraud detection and deterrence at the 2007 National
Conference of the Institute of Management Accountants.

Ron resides in Fort Worth with his devoted and very tolerant wife Karen,
and he continues to search for the location of the money that's supposed
to be in industry accounting. He still looks for opportunities to ride
in airplanes, and likes to hang around people who talk airplane. He
isn't a very brief writer, either.