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Scott Quehl
Fellow

Scott Quehl

Member Since 1969

Biography

Scott Quehl is a senior principal at Accenture Federal Services, leading in the Strategic
Government Efficiency initiative after serving as the Presidentially-appointed, Senate-confirmed
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Financial Officer of the Department of
Commerce. Quehl led Commerce in delivering hundreds of millions in savings and other
efficiencies through improved budgeting, acquisitions, human resource management, shared
services, facility consolidation and enterprise risk management and performance reporting. He
has supported state and local governments as a managing director at JPMorgan Securities,
Public Financial Management, and Public Resources Advisory Group. He is a Fellow of the
National Academy of Public Administration, a CFO Sage for the Partnership for Public Service,
and was selected in 2013 as one of the U.S. Federal Government's Top 100 Information
Technology Executives as a leader in establishing BusinessUSA -- through which businesses
can access over 4,000 services from nine Federal agencies.

History of Employment

Position Division Organization Start End
Principal Director Strategy Accenture Federal Services 2013 Present
Former Chief Financial Officer & Assistant Secretary for Administration U.S. Department of Commerce 2009 2013
Senior Managing Director Public Resources Advisory Group 2009 2009
Managing Director JPMorgan Securities, Inc. 2008 2009
Head of Tax-Exempt Capital Markets Mid-Atlantic Group JPMorgan Securities, Inc. Current
Co-Head Infrastructure Advisory Group JPMorgan Securities, Inc. Current
Managing Director Public Financial Management Group 1997 2007
Chief Financial Officer Metropolitan Police Department Washington, DC 1997 1998
Special Assistant to Controller Office of Federal Financial Management U.S. Office of Management & Budget 1995 1997
Country Officer Dominican Republic The World Bank Current
Consultant The World Bank Current
Volunteer Peace Corps Current

Expertise

Primary Sector

Private
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