Global XBRL Technical Leader for PricewaterhouseCoopers
He is one of the original founders of XBRL and the founder and chief architect of the XBRL Global Ledger Framework (XBRL GL). Mr. Cohen also serves as an ambassador of XBRL to other standards organizations, and is currently the Chair of the OASIS Tax XBRL Liaison SC of OASIS Tax XML. Working with the academic community is an important part of the future success of XBRL; Mr. Cohen collaborates with numerous academicians and researchers to facilitate research and study of issues like continuous auditing, data/data level assurance, XBRL and Web services and other important areas. He also supports the XBRL Academic Competition. A noted speaker and author, Mr. Cohen wrote the first major book about the relevance of the Internet to the Accounting profession, "The Accountant's Guide to the Internet", and has written hundreds of articles on XBRL and other relevant areas of accounting and business technology.
