Mr. Soniat was a performance auditor at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for 30+ years.  He conducted numerous performance audits of agencies at the federal and state government levels.  Much of his experience was concentrated in leading performance audits involving the use of measurement to identify opportunities for improvement.  He participated in a joint Office of Management & Budget-Office of Personnel Management-Government Accountability Office task force in which he helped develop performance measures covering 60% of the federal civilian work force.

While at GAO and since retiring from the agency Mr. Soniat has been providing training in performance measurement and related audit analysis of performance data.  His specialty is designing and teaching courses on the use of measurement and analysis techniques in performance auditing. During the past 10 years he has conducted numerous training courses on the basics of performance measurement, how to use measures to improve performance and techniques on auditing measures of performance.

Mr. Soniat is a graduate of Louisiana State University where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting.  He has a Masters of Commerce degree from the University of Richmond in Management and Economics.  He is a Certified Government Financial Manager.