Evan Petry, Director of Accounting
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About Evan
Evan is the Director of Accounting for The Daston Corporation, where he has worked to improve efficiency and streamline backend processes for the company since 2018. Evan is responsible for generating invoices; managing accounts payable and receivable; as well as supervising the Daston internship program, Evan joined Daston in 2017 as a corporate intern, where he helped to generate nearly 2000 leads for Daston’s lead generation project, while also completing various marketing tasks.
As the supervisor of Daston’s internship program, Evan provides interns with the proper training to succeed at Daston, while also ensuring that they are on the track to receive real-world accounting experience before graduation. In 2021, Evan facilitated an augmentation program that allows Daston interns to work alongside some of the company’s accounting partners as a part of the Business Process Outsourcing program. Since becoming supervisor, Evan has tripled the size of the internship program while greatly expanding recruitment.
As a Junior Project Manager, Evan oversees Daston’s DCAA-on-Demand implementations. By managing the project budget, scope, and timeline, securing authorization for scope extensions, and leading recurring status meetings, Evan ensures that clients realize the benefits of improved processes in support of FAR and CAS Compliance within the determined guidelines of the project.
Evan graduated from West Virginia University, where he studied philosophy and received a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems. He currently resides in Leesburg, Virginia with his wife.