He serves as an Editorial Board Member for Issues in Accounting Education (IAE), Journal of Forensic Accounting Research (JFAR), and the Journal of Accounting Education (JAEd). Norbert received the 2015 Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants Outstanding Educator of the Year Award and the 2015 Salem State University Accounting Association Professor of the Year Award. Besides holding IFRS certifications from the ICAEW and ACCA, Norbert is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in CA, Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP), and he is Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF). Norbert earned his Ph.D. in Accounting from the Helmut Schmidt University in Hamburg, Germany, where he researched and published on IFRS adoption issues.