Travis Canova
Director, Advisory
KPMG in the U.S.
Travis is a Director in the Houston office of KPMG’s Risk Advisory Solutions practice, specializing in Forensic services to include complex investigations of fraud and misconduct, with more than 15 years of relevant experience. He commenced his professional career with KPMG’s Audit practice in the Washington, DC and Tysons Corner, Virginia offices, where he became a Certified Public Accountant. He then joined a large publicly traded government contractor, where he became a Certified Fraud Examiner, and conducted international financial, operational, and compliance audits, as well as Ethics Hotline investigations. Immediately prior to joining KPMG Forensic in November 2013, he served as a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he specialized in white collar criminal investigations.
Professional and industry experience
Travis has extensive experience providing clients with forensic accounting and investigation services to address allegations of fraud and misconduct, with procedures to include, for example, analyses of large data sets, to include financial records; collection, processing and analysis of electronic records and emails; interviews of senior management, to include victim and subject interviews; and corporate intelligence/due diligence. He also provided proactive anti-fraud and compliance program services designed to help clients prevent, detect, and respond to such occurrences, and foster compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. He has served clients in diverse industries such as Energy, Natural Resources and Chemicals; Financial Services; Healthcare; Industrial Manufacturing; Technology; Telecommunications; and the Federal Government.