Meet The Experts

Chris Mindenhall

Chief Innovation Officer

Chris Mindenhall brings over 20 years of in-the-trenches Recovery Audit experience, excelling in multiple domains, including advanced data analytics, direct auditing, audit concepting, audit leadership, software/SaaS, and delivering exceptional customer experience and value.

Serving as our Chief Innovation Officer, his strengths are his individual commitment to each customer, drive to deliver consistent results that exceed expectations, devotion to his tribe personally and professionally, and relentless pursuit of the “next level.”

Chris recently joined our firm to head up our Transformation Office and Innovation Lab, initially focusing on the retail industry to capitalize on his extensive experience in building next-level spend analytics, insight, and optimization solutions.

Prior to joining SAS, Chris held leadership roles at SpendMend, PRGX, Cotiviti, and founded startups PROCOVERY and EComm Systems with relevant academics in Design Thinking at IDEO, Organizational Strategy and Technical Innovation at MIT, and Economics at LSE.

Larry Crawley

Chief Technology Officer

Larry has thrived over the last 20+ years in the Recovery Auditing industry working in various roles on over 80 accounts, in 15 industries, spanning 3 different countries.  Starting as an auditor and working his way up to senior management, he has partnered with all levels of client leadership to provide industry leading superior audits.   He has led the creation, development, and execution of all internal audit tools. These tools consist of industry leading software our audit teams use to recover overpayments and under deductions daily.

Larry is also the lead architect of Strategic Audit Solutions AP Audit Tools:  DupeShield™, Statement Wizard™, and The Vault.  Professional Audit Tools designed for the identification of duplicate payments, execution of statement reconciliations, and claims management.  Now available for clients to use externally to recover lost profits on their own!

His area of expertise includes innovation, project management, strategy, mentoring, and assisting audits to implement best practices.  Including the development of new claim concepts that increase productivity and expand audit scope.

Industry experience includes:  Grocery, Pharmacy, Retail, Healthcare, Government, Wholesale, Publishing, Security Services, Restaurant’s, Recycling, Real Estate, Shipping, Energy, Hospitality and Software.

Amy Petrosini

Senior Vice President, Business Development

Amy joined Strategic Audit Solutions in April 2024 as Senior Vice President of Business Development. She has been a recognized leader in the recovery audit industry for nearly 30 years, with most of her time spent building collaborative, trusted partnerships with her clients, and driving new business growth. Amy’s insights are integral to our go-to-market strategy and delivering on our promise of exceptional customer experience.

In this role, Amy oversees and is responsible for new business sales, primarily in the retail and commercial sectors, finding innovative solutions to help our clients overcome their operational challenges and accomplish their goals.

Prior to joining SAS, Amy had a long and successful career as a client service account executive, holding various operational, client management, and business development leadership roles at PRGX.

Jim Paolucci

Vice President, Operations & Client Services

Jim has spent over 30 years in the Recovery Auditing industry in various leadership roles with experience in finance, accounting, operations, client relations, and business unit management. Prior to joining SAS, Jim served in various leadership roles for other Recovery Audit companies. Jim has partnered with the key decision makers for Fortune 500 and multibillion-dollar companies including retail in establishing and executing professional services in the areas of recovery auditing, consulting, advisory, risk mitigation, operational improvements and business process outsourcing.

Lorri Kissell

Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Lorri  has worked in the Accounts Payable Recovery Audit industry for the past 17+ years. Her roles in Business Development and Client Service have created many successful projects and relationships.

Lorri continues her education through her relationships, and through professional associations. As a member of the Association of Healthcare Internal Auditors, Lorri is an active participant on the Regional Conference Committee. She is the former Chapter President for The Institute of Financial Operations (IFO), and Accounts Payable professional’s organization. Additionally, she also served on the Board of Directors for the IFO.

The passion that she has for solving complex problems, and for working with clients to implement solutions surrounding lost profits, internal controls and process improvement, fit perfectly into what SAS is all about.

Ashley King

Vice President, Business Development

Ashley joined Strategic Audit Solutions in September 2024 as Vice President of Business Development.

She has been a leader in the recovery audit industry for nearly 20 years, with most of her time spent building relationships with Fortune 500 companies to drive new business growth.

In this role, Ashley is responsible for new business sales, primarily in the commercial sectors, helping finance and accounting teams solve their operational challenges with innovative solutions to achieve their goals.

Prior to joining SAS, Ashley had a long and successful career in sales and sales management as a VP for both PRGX and Cotiviti.

Stephanie Hodge

Vice President, Human Resources

Stephanie has 25 years of global HR and Consulting experience leading teams in North America, Canada, and South America.

Stephanie is known as a transformational leader with experience in performance management, talent development, and strategic HR management. Stephanie’s philosophy is to help businesses develop and execute strategies that achieve organizational success, through the development of their people. Stephanie enjoys aligning people strategies that support business goals, adding a personal touch, by utilizing her HR expertise to resolve business challenges.

Stephanie is a certified professional in human resources (PHR), holds a Master’s degree in Organization and Management; and is doctoral candidate in Business Administration. Stephanie is a faculty member for the Non-Profit University (GA Center for Non-Profits), and guest lecturer for Georgia State University.