I lead the Future of Finance initiative in the Americas region for the AICPA-CIMA where we focus on Finance and Accounting Professionals at the Fortune 500 to Main Street's mid-market companies. Recognized as one of the top three most influential people in Accounting by Accounting Today Magazine. Linkedin named me one of their Top 100 Influencers and I have a global following of over 730,000. Honored to be one of the first five thought leaders inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame by CPA Practice Advisor. I am on a mission to help CPAs, CGMAs, Finance and Accounting Professionals thrive in these times of exponential change by being anticipatory and future-ready. I firmly believe that what got us here, won’t get us there as the Profession faces unprecedented changes and opportunities. Now with the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, after serving as CEO of MACPA and BLI for twenty-three years and a former CFO of a highway construction company before that. I graduated from Loyola University – Maryland and have a Masters in Finance from Johns Hopkins University.