Rusty McClendon

Rusty McClendon is an assurance partner at Ernst & Young with more than 24 years of experience serving pre-IPO companies to large multinationals in both the public and private sectors. He has extensive experience serving clients in software, technology, manufacturing, retail, airlines, and industrial and consumer products.

McClendon has served companies ranging from those with multibillion-dollar revenues to startups throughout his career and brings significant technical expertise in many areas, including financial statements, audits, IPOs and SEC filings, merger and acquisition transaction assistance, internal control evaluation and design, revenue accounting, business combinations, leases, income taxes, reorganizations and restructurings, stock compensation, and others.

He is a former member of the Southwest IPO Leadership Team, designed to assist companies preparing to go public, and a former member of the Quality Network, designed to help engagement teams implement new auditing guidance. He spent three years in a national leadership role working directly with the PCAOB on the firm’s audit inspection efforts, reviewing results and formulating resolutions.

In addition to his client services at the firm, McClendon serves as the campus coordinating partner for Texas Tech University and has become a familiar face to Lyons accounting students. He participates in numerous recruitment activities and engagements at the Rawls College of Business each year and serves on the Lyons School of Accounting Advisory Council.

McClendon graduated from Texas Tech University with  both his BBA and MSA in 2000.