Speaker Profiles

Eric Asgeirsson

Erik Asgeirsson was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of CPA2Biz in November of 2002, after holding key managerial positions with the company since fall of 2000. Previously, Erik held a variety of senior positions at AT&T in sales and operations. In his last role at AT&T, Mr. Asgeirsson was a Sales Director for the Business Services Division, where he managed a market segment with revenues of over $100 million and oversaw the rollout of a number of new business services. Erik holds an MBA from The New York University Stern School of Business, and a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from George Washington University. Earlier in his career, Erik served as a United States Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania.

Ryan Farley

Ryan Farley is Director of Product Management for the Accounting Professionals Division (APD) for Intuit Inc. He is responsible for bringing new offerings to the Accounting market that will help accounting and tax professionals increase their productivity and help grow their practice. In addition to a focus on new product introduction, Ryan oversees development of several of APD’s flagship offerings and services.

Mr. Farley joined Intuit in 2000 as an associate product manager and has spent the past 10 years working very closely with accounting and tax professionals. He has twice won the company’s “Scott Cook Innovation Award.” Prior to Intuit, he was a corporate accountant at Qualcomm and Ericsson. He earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California and a Bachelor’s Degree in Business from the University of San Diego.

Randy Johnston

Randolph P. (Randy) Johnston, MCS, has been a top rated speaker in the technology industry for over 30 years. Randy writes a monthly column for The CPA Technology Advisor, articles for the Journal of Accountancy, and creates articles for both accounting and technology publications, as well as being the author of numerous books. His influence throughout the accounting industry is highlighted once again this year by being a recipient of the 2010 Accounting Today "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" award for the eighth consecutive year. Among his many other awards, he holds the honor of being one of nine technology stars in the U.S. by Accounting Technology Magazine. He has started and owns multiple businesses including K2 Enterprises in Hammond, Louisiana and Network Management Group, Inc. in Hutchinson, Kansas. In 2010, NMGI announced their national support of CPA firms. His wife and four children enjoy many experiences together including theatre, music, travel, golf, skiing, snorkeling and model trains. His experience as a college instructor, management and technology consultant, and advisor to the industry, will be obvious to you in today’s presentation.

Mark Koziel

Mark Koziel, CPA is Vice President of Firm Services & Global Alliances at the AICPA.  He oversees the development, ongoing improvement and delivery of services to members in PCPS/Firm Practice Management, as well as International relations with various CPA related groups. Prior to joining the AICPA, Mark Koziel served three years as  Director of Media Planning for a political consulting firm after finishing his twelve year public accounting career in a variety of accounting, auditing and consulting roles at a large local accounting firm in Buffalo, NY.  Mark received his BS in Accounting from Canisius College.

Edi Osborne

Edi Osborne, CEO of Mentor Plus, has been a leader in training and consulting to the accounting profession for nearly 20 years. Recently named as one of the "Top 25 Thought Leaders" in Public Accounting, Ms. Osborne is dedicated to helping firms make the transition from a "service-centric" traditional accounting focus to a "client-centric" advisory services culture.

Himanshu Palsule

Himanshu Palsule, Executive Vice President of Strategy for Sage North America,  is responsible for directing strategy across the full range of Sage products for the North American market. In prior roles at Sage, Mr. Palsule has been the General Manager of Sage North America’s specialized solutions business and its ERP and CRM products. Mr. Palsule has more than 20 years of experience in the accounting and financial industries and has been a regular speaker at several industry events. He holds a degree in Computer Science from India and a degree in Software Engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Leslie Shiner

Leslie Shiner, author, speaker, and trainer, has more than twenty years of experience working as a financial and management consultant for the construction industry.  As the owner of The ShinerGroup, she has helped both small and large construction companies better understand their business practices and maximize their profits. Ms. Shiner is also the author of numerous publications, including "A Simple Guide to Turning a Profit as a Contractor". Ms. Shiner continues to receive high praise for her ability to take a boring, dry subject, such as financial management, and make it interesting and understandable. She is a regular teacher and presenter for CEDIA Expo, The Sleeter Conference, Intuit’s Enterprise Conference, and Sage Summit.

Doug Sleeter

Doug Sleeter's in-depth knowledge of accounting software solutions and his "systems" approach to solving accounting problems for the SMB market have earned him the reputation of being one of the nation's leading small business accounting software experts. He has been named one of the "Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting" by Accounting Today magazine and he was recently recognized by The CPA Practice Advisor magazine as one of the accounting profession’s “Top 25 Thought Leaders.”

Bruce Andersen

Bruce Andersen, CPA, is the founder and owner of Bruce Andersen, CPA and BTA Consulting & Training. He is a CPA (California), holds a Masters in Taxation from Golden Gate University, and is a Certified Tax Resolution Specialist.  Bruce is also a seminar speaker for Spidell Publishing and is expected to present to more than five thousand tax professionals this year.  He is an Advanced Certified QuickBooks pro advisor, and has an active accounting and tax practice.  He has represented two business clients with QuickBooks audits and consulted to many more tax professionals involving QuickBooks audits.  Previous awards include being named to CPA Magazine’s Top Fifty Practitioners before the IRS, Source Media’s Top 100 Technology Pacesetters five times, and Bob Scott’s Killer VAR List.  Bruce has a keen interest in the developments of IRS examination of Small Business and writes frequently about it.

David Barrett

David Barrett is CEO of Expensify. He hated expense reports so much he decided to do something about it, and created the first expense report that "doesn't suck." Expensify launched in the demopit of the TechCrunch 50 and was selected as the second-place “popular choice” out of over a hundred other companies.  David Barrett was previously a software engineer at Akamai until April 2008. 

Jim Buffington

Jim Buffington, CPA is Innovation Channel Leader at Intuit's Accountant Professional Division (APD). He has been a Sales Leader for 5 years and an Innovation Leader for 4 years at Intuit. He has partnered with hundreds of tax and accounting professionals to deliver customer driven innovation, combining process and technology to increase productivity for accountants. Jim received his MBA from the University of Texas, Dallas and his BBA from Texas A&M University. He has been a Certified Public Accountant since 1990. Jim has been married 24 years. Jim enjoys road cycling, life coaching his three kids, and church youth group activities.

Jim Carpenter

Jim Carpenter, Vice President of Sales and Support at Alterity, Inc., has an extensive background in building and leading high-performance sales teams. Since joining Alterity, his primary focus has been to define best practices for selling and supporting ACCTivate! Inventory & Distribution Management Software, and to drive sales growth and customer satisfaction.

Jim taught Solution Oriented Selling for IBM; and Negotiative Selling for Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Apple, and many others in the technology sector.  He was on the Board of Advisors for Computer and Software News, and has written extensively about selling technology solutions.

Prior to joining Alterity, Jim was Director of Marketing at LongTide Homes. Previous to that he worked on a multi-year project in New Orleans, helping get homes built for Hurricane Katrina victims. His team built 120 homes, working with local government agencies, and several non-profit organizations including United Way, Salvation Army, and others. 

Robert Chandler

Robert Chandler is the founder and President/CEO of Cloud9 Real Time, a managed service provider and cloud computing company. Cloud9 Real Time received accreditation by MSP Alliance in 2010, as well as licensing by Intuit for their Commercial Host program. Robert has been honored with the award of “Top 40 Under 40” by the CPA Practice Advisor Magazine three times in four years, making him an acknowledged industry visionary and leader. He is also a leading national advocate of modern bookkeeping methods that include universal internet service with remote access to client files, outsourcing of bookkeeping work, automated bookkeeping systems and techniques, professional certification for all bookkeeping practitioners and cloud computing advancements for an aging industry. He is a sought-after speaker for Accounting and Technology conferences nationwide and is actively involved in progressing the Accounting industry with technology advancements.

David Cieslak

David Cieslak is a Principal with Arxis Technology, Inc., a computer consulting firm with offices in Southern California, Chicago and Phoenix.  He specializes in mid-market business management solutions, information security, the Windows operating environment, systems development and project management.

He is a frequent speaker for the California Society of Certified Public Accountants (CalCPA), the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), and other state accounting societies.  He is a Sage ACCPAC ERP Certified Consultant, a Windows Certified Professional and holds the GIAC Security Essentials Certification (GSEC).

Felicia Dixson

Felecia Dixson is a partner at Alfermann Gray & Co., CPAs, in Rolla, Missouri.  Felecia is a degreed Accountant from Indiana University.  She has been assisting in the editing and writing of the Illinois Farm Tax Manual for the University of Illinois since 1998.  Felecia has also been involved in the editing and writing of the Enrolled Agents Exam Questions for the Internal Revenue Service in Washington, DC and is a past Chairperson of the Special Enrollment Examination Advisory Committee (SEEAC) and the Internal Revenue Service Advisory Committee (IRSAC) to the Commissioner of the IRS in Washington, DC.

Rod Drury

Rod Drury is CEO and founder of Xero, an online accounting solution for small businesses. One of New Zealand's leading technology entrepreneurs, Rod is a member of the New Zealand Hi-Tech Hall of Fame, a recipient of the NZ Hi-Tech Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and 2007 and the World Class New Zealander for ICT in 2008, and an Honorary Fellow of the NZ Computer Society.

Rod is a Director of the New Zealand Stock Exchange and is a member of the Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce Advisory Board. Rod is founder and Director of Pacific Fibre, a new international fibre cable project connecting Australia and NZ to the USA.

William English

William English, owner of English Management Solutions, has over twenty years of experience helping small businesses and non-profits manage their finances. Mr. English holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration with an Accountancy focus from National University in San Diego.

Mr. English has been using and supporting QuickBooks for over 18 years, starting with the first DOS version of QuickBooks when he was hired by Intuit, the makers of QuickBooks, as one of the first accounting-trained technical support representatives for the program. Mr. English is an active tester in the QuickBooks beta program, which allows him early access to the software for testing purposes.

Shane Hamby

Shane Hamby began his career with Intuit, working with QuickBooks, in 1996. He is currently the Product Manager for QuickBooks. Mr. Hamby is considered a QuickBooks product expert within the company and the accounting community.

Jennifer Katrulya

Jennifer L. Katrulya, CPA, is the President & CEO of BMRG, Inc. Since starting the practice in 2004, BMRG has provided outsourced accounting and advisory services to several hundred small- and mid-sized privately held companies. In addition, Jennifer provides advisory and mentoring services to growing and large CPA firms seeking to successfully establish Best Practices, educate and motivate management and staff during periods of change, and streamline integrated processes in a hosted and SaaS environment.

Jennifer’s prior experience includes over 10 years in public accounting with a specialty in technology consulting. She was also the controller for a large multi-state staffing company, where she managed 19 remote offices and a staff that processed weekly payroll for over 7,500 agency employees.

Stacy Kildal

Stacy Kildal is owner/operator of Kildal Services LLC, located in Waterford Michigan—a full service bookkeeping company that specializes in all things QuickBooks. As a Certified Professional Bookkeeper and Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor, she supports QuickBooks clients all over the country, offering payroll, bookkeeping, training and consulting.

She regularly teaches QuickBooks workshops through the local county planning and economic development department, along with community college and continuing education classes for various school districts.

As a member of the esteemed Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, Stacy has presented many live seminars and webinars. Her attendees enjoy the passion she exhibits for her work and can easily relate to the many real life examples she uses during these presentations. She has also been featured frequently on Intuit’s Community "Ask the Expert" forums, at various Intuit Academy To Go podcasts, as well as hosting a number of Intuit Small Business Online Town Hall sessions.

Kildal Services LLC provides consulting, speaking and writing services to clients (including other accounting professionals) nationwide. Stacy can be reached at stacy@kildalservices.com.

Rene Lacerte

René Lacerte, CEO and Founder, founded Bill.com in 2006, bringing with him more than 20 years experience in the finance, software and payments industries. 

René has transformed the Excel spreadsheet that businesses use to track cash flow and turned it into a web-enabled command and control center that allows you to instantly take action – from bill payment to invoicing - backed up with the insight needed to make the right decision.  This next generation service has resulted in a loyal following of customers who are benefiting from significant time and cost savings. 

Prior to Bill.com, René co-founded America’s #1 online payroll service PayCycle, which was acquired by Intuit in 2009. This award winning service also became an industry leader in providing an unparalleled customer experience. René also spent five years at Intuit, launching bill presentment and payroll services. 

René received a MS in Industrial Engineering and a BA in Quantitative Economics from Stanford University

Greg LaFollette

Gregory LaFollette has practiced public accounting for nearly 35 years, served as an executive for one of the country's leading accounting software providers and now heads the profession's premier technology magazine. He continues to practice as a Senior Manager of Tax and Technology Consulting with the Top 25 firm of Eide Bailly, LLP, and is extremely involved with the AICPAs' technology efforts. He chairs its prestigious CITP Credential Committee, and serves on the TECH+ Planning and the Top Tech Initiatives committees. Greg speaks extensively and in the past year has presented in 14 states to nearly 40 different groups (over 4,000 individuals) on accounting technology-related topics. Greg and his wife live in their hometown of Sioux Falls, SD.

Bob Lewis

Bob Lewis is Sr. Director of Business Development, SMB Group at Concur. He has 20 years of experience delivering accounting and related business services to small and medium businesses. In his current role, he is responsible for developing strategic partnerships and advisor programs.  

Prior to Concur, Bob has had various marketing and business development roles with Microsoft, Intuit and ADP. He is a former CPA and has an accounting degree from Santa Clara University. Bob is married with two children and resides in Redmond, WA.

Michelle Long

Michelle Long is owner of Long for Success, LLC, specializing in QuickBooks consulting & training, coaching small business owners, speaking and writing. She was named as one of "10 Women who Inspire a Profession" by Accounting Today and a "Financial Services Champion of the Year" by the SBA. She has been mentioned in the New York Times, Inc.com, PCMag.com, Business Week, Investor's Business Daily, WebCPA and more. Michelle is the author of "Successful QuickBooks Consulting" and "How to Start a Home-Based Bookkeeping Business".  She is a national trainer and writer for Intuit and has taught hundreds of QuickBooks seminars to thousands of people for over ten years.

Laura Madeira

Laura Madeira is the owner of ACS, Inc., a software sales and consulting firm located in the greater Dallas, Texas area. Her affiliations with Intuit include being an Intuit Solution Provider, a select Member of the Intuit Trainer/Writer Network, Advanced QuickBooks Certified, Enterprise and Point of Sale Certified and member of the Intuit Solution Provider Advisory Council. 

Laura is also the author of the "QuickBooks Solutions Guide", "QuickBooks Essentials: For All QuickBooks Users", a 9+ hours of self-paced video instruction, and co-author of "QuickBooks on Demand", all offered by Que Publishing.

Additionally, Laura is a guest speaker for Intuit, providing training to thousands of consultants and accountants nationwide. She is also a respected author for Intuit, writing technical training materials/presentations and documenting her research and review of competing software solutions. 

Laura earned her accounting degree from Florida Atlantic University.

Bonnie Nagayama

Bonnie J Nagayama has been focused on supporting other professionals and their QuickBooks® Accounting Software clients with practical solutions for financial and day-to-day operational issues since 1992. Her Controller background and CPA experience are a perfect blend to bridge the gap between what the client wants and what the Accountant needs.  She understands both sides and can effectively use QuickBooks to provide a solution that works for each party.  Bonnie has been a member of the QuickBooks Professional Advisor Program and an Intuit Solutions Provider since each program began; and is a member of the Intuit Trainers & Writers Network.  She has worked with the Sleeter Group since 1995 and has actively participated in the Awesome Add-On process for the last several years.

Mario Nowogrodzki

Mario Nowogrodzki possesses Master of Accounting Information Systems and Bachelor of Accounting degrees. He is a member of the Intuit Accounting Professionals Trainer/Writer Network. Selected as a charter member of the QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions Provider and QuickBooks Point of Sale Retail Solution Provider programs, he is the only individual selected to serve on every Intuit Solution Provider Program Advisory Council since inception. Mario has been recognized as a "Killer VAR" (Accounting Technology magazine) and "VAR Star" (Bob Scott’s Insights newsletter) -  prestigious distinctions to acknowledge his commitment and character as a value-added-reselling organization. Mario was also selected as a "Technology Pacesetter" (Accounting Technology magazine) for his reputation among his peers, as well as his participation on advisory boards and speaker panels at industry events.

Dave Pollak

David Pollak is Vice President of Sales at CPA2Biz, and is responsible for leading a team of professionals selling CPA2Biz's web-based solutions to CPA firms. Prior to joining CPA2Biz, David was president of CPA Sales Solutions in Dexter, MI where he consulted directly with organizations selling technology solutions to accounting firms. Previously, David was Vice President of Sales for Creative Solutions, Inc. (a ThomsonReuters company) where he worked for 17 years leading a team of 125 sales professionals. David is a graduate of Central Michigan University. You can email David at david.pollak@cpa2biz.com.

Eric Pulaski

Eric Pulaski founded SmartVault Corporation in November of 2007, and currently serves as the company's Chief Executive Officer. As founder, Eric has made it his personal mission to deliver a simple, low-cost, paperless, SaaS solution to businesses. He contributed heavily to the initial product formation and continues to play a vital role in its overall design, roadmap, and go-to-market strategy. Prior to SmartVault, Eric founded and served as CEO of BindView Corporation, a leading supplier of security management software solutions. Under his management, the company executed a successful IPO and the eventual sale of the company in 2006. Eric is also an active member of the executive boards for the Holocaust Museum Houston, Teach for America, and the Houston Technology Center. He provides philanthropic support to arts, health care, and educational organizations.

MB (Mary Beth) Raimondi

MB (Mary Beth) Raimondi, CPA, CITP, MS Taxation, is an Advanced QuickBooks Certified ProAdvisor, as well as an Intuit Solution Provider.  She holds certifications in Enterprise and POS, is a Sleeter Group Certified Consultant and a member/instructor of the National Advisor Network.  She is also a charter member of the Intuit Training/Writing Network.  She has used QuickBooks since the DOS version and has been teaching QuickBooks nationally to both end users and accountants/consultants since 1999.  The focus of her practice in Trumbull, CT has migrated from a full time tax and accounting practice to  mainly QuickBooks consulting, 3rd party integration and training.

Fran Reed

Fran Reed has over 35 years of professional experience in accounting, financial analysis and reporting. She is highly experienced at custom report design, business process redesign, and software conversion. Her creative and innovative solutions have saved clients countless hours of tedium managing complex data flows between many systems. Fran is a QuickBooks Advanced Certified ProAdvisor, an expert at Excel and Crystal Reports, and has extensive background with Oracle and Brio. She received her MBA from Pepperdine University and her BS in Accounting from California State University, Northridge. When on her own time, Fran loves riding her bike around the SF Bay Area.  She and her husband actively participate in local mission efforts focused towards folks in recovery from drug, alcohol, and other addictions.

Shelly Robbins

Shelly Robbins, one of the few national speakers for Intuit's Trainer Writer Network, teaches accounting professionals how to troubleshoot QuickBooks programs. For many years she has led a small team of QuickBooks professionals as Founder and President of The QuickSource, Inc., offering bookkeeping and software support to small businesses across the Pacific Northwest region. Ms. Robbins has trained hundreds of bookkeepers and managers using QuickBooks, and has written and conducted dozens of QuickBooks seminars including "QuickBooks Fundamentals", "QuickBooks Bookkeeper Training and Certification", "QuickBooks for Small Business Owners", and "QuickBooks for Contractors."

Charlie Russell

Charlie Russell is the Managing Editor of the "QuickBooks and Beyond" blog for The Sleeter Group. He's been involved with the small business software industry since the mid-70s, focusing on inventory and accounting software. He founded MC Software, one of the early accounting and inventory control software companies for CP/M- and DOS-based small business computers. His current company, CCRSoftware, produces QuickBooks-compatible add-on software, and is a Gold member of the Intuit Developer Network. Charlie has been blogging about QuickBooks since 2008 in his "Practical QuickBooks" blog, as well as for the Intuit Small Business Blog. He is a Certified Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor. Charlie possesses both a BS and an MS from the University of California, Davis. Contact Charlie at charlie.russell@sleeter.com.

Brian Saunders

Brian Saunders, CEO of Big Time Software, has spent almost a decade consulting with small and mid-sized professional services firms and building the highest rated time and billing system on the Intuit Marketplace. Before helping to start Big Time Software, Mr. Saunders was the CEO of DaVinci Software, one of Chicago’s premier software consulting firms during the 1990s. DaVinci was on the Crain’s list of Top Software Firms and employed 70 consultants the year that Mr. Saunders sold the company to the venture firm Wind Point Partners in 2000. Clients included Kraft Foods, Ameritech, Nicor Gas, and Comdisco, as well as several prominent Chicago-area startup firms. Mr. Saunders sat on the advisory boards of several of those startup firms, was a frequent speaker on navigating the technology revolution, and was the entrepreneur-in-residence at DePaul University’s Kellstadt Graduate School of Business for the final two years of his tenure at DaVinci. Mr. Saunders’ experience with startup ventures, as well as his years of experience in managing and consulting with professional services firms, gives him a unique perspective on the changes unfolding in the services arena today.

Jim Savage

Jim Savage has been a QuickBooks Pro Advisor since 1999.  He has since signed on with the Intuit Solution Provider program, which specializes in marketing to the mid-market channel.  In addition, he is an Advanced Certified Pro Advisor and his company, Savage and Associates, is an Advanced Certified Pro Advisor and certified in QuickBooks Enterprise and QuickBase in the ISP channel.  Prior to becoming a Pro Advisor, Jim was an IT director for a major health insurance carrier and has been involved in large scale IT projects throughout his career. He is now specializing in EDI and E Commerce clients and integration with QuickBooks.  Since he has referred to himself as "The QuickBooks Guy" since he started, his website is named appropriately, www.thequickbooksguy.com.

Sandi Smith Leyva

Sandi Smith, CPA, is a marketing strategist who helps QuickBooks consultants grow their practices. Tens of thousands of accountants have heard her speak, read her articles, or participated in her programs.  

Even though Sandi produces excellent results for clients through new client acquisition, client retention, and new revenue stream implementation, she hates selling - so she created a system for accountants like her who want new clients but dislike or don’t know how to sell.   

Sandi holds an MBA and a Masters in Neuroscience, and is one of only 20 females in the world to co-pilot a single-engine airplane around the world.

Tommy Stephens

Tommy Stephens is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Information Technology Professional, and a shareholder in K2 Enterprises, where he develops and presents continuing education courses on practical applications of technology in accounting and financial applications. Over the past sixteen years, Mr. Stephens has presented in excess of 1,250 educational sessions to over 35,000 participants nationwide on topics including QuickBooks, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Windows. Additionally, Mr. Stephens provides technology-focused consulting services to small and growing businesses across the United States.

Mr. Stephens received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration degree (Major in Accounting) from Auburn University in 1985 and he earned a Master of Science (Major in Finance) degree from Georgia State University in 1992. Prior to joining K2 Enterprises in 2003, he worked for an Atlanta-based public accounting firm, performed internal audit and cost accounting functions for BellSouth Corporation, and owned his own public accounting firm.

Jaqueline Tiso

Jacqueline Tiso is the CEO of JMT Consulting Group, which specializes in technology and financial management solutions for nonprofit organizations exclusively.  She started the company in 1991 with the mission of helping nonprofit organizations achieve their missions through the effective use of fund accounting and technology tools. 
 
Jacqueline has over twenty five years experience in the non-profit sector.  Prior to founding JMT Consulting Group, she was CFO and Comptroller for a number of non-profit organizations. She has assisted non-profit organizations with all financial aspects of their business from accounting services and technology to high level management and board consulting.
 
She is a frequent speaker on non-profit financial management and technology and is regularly called upon for her expertise by the media and nonprofit organizations.  Jacqueline was most recently featured in Accounting Technology and Practical Accountant on the importance of business planning and its impact on business success.

Ian Vacin

Ian Vacin is the leader of the QuickBooks ProAdvisor Program at Intuit and is responsible for connecting accountants to end users.  Since joining Intuit in 2003, he has also been the Offering Leader of Mac Financial Software and has worked in various roles within product management and marketing across QuickBooks and Quicken.
 
Ian has over 15 years of experience in technology working as a product manager, marketer, engineer and entrepreneur with expertise in the design, development, and marketing of software solutions.  He has helped companies ranging from Fortune 500 (Intuit, Intel, IBM, and Oracle) to early stage startups develop and deploy accounting, CRM, procurement, and software integration solutions.
 
Ian received both a Master of Business Administration (Kellogg School of Management) and a Master of Engineering Management from Northwestern University. He also received a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley.