Accounting Industry Town Hall Meeting
2:00pm - 3:00pm
Panlists for this session include:
| Tim Gearty is the National Director and Editor-in-Chief for the world's largest CPA training program, Becker CPA Review. In addition to his editorial leadership, Gearty is also Becker's National Lead Instructor, whose taped lectures are seen in over 325 locations throughout the world. A nationally-recognized expert and speaker on a variety of |
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He has frequently been called upon over the past twenty years to present accounting and tax topics to large groups, organizations, and corporations, accounting firms and in legal proceedings.
Gearty is a partner in Gearty & McIntyre, LLP, CPA, a firm which has developed a reputation as a specialist in business advisory services, litigation support and forensic accounting. He is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Public Accountants as well as a trustee of that organization. He holds a BS in Accounting from Fairleigh Dickinson University, and both a MBA in Finance and Law Degree (JD) from Seton Hall University. Gearty is a member of the New Jersey and American Bar Associations.
| A consultant to public accounting firms and vendors seeking to serve those firms, Greg LaFollette, CPA, CITP also acts as Executive Editor of The Progressive Accountant and Senior Manager of Tax and Technology Consulting with Eide Bailly, LLP. Prior to founding The Progressive Accountant, LaFollette successfully led The CPA Technology Advisor to become the country's leading print publication dedicated to the application of technology to public accounting in his position as Executive Editor until 2009. LaFollette previously served as Vice President of Thomson Creative Solutions and Tax & Technology Partner at LaFollette, Jansa, Brandt & Co., LLP. A national speaker for CPA societies, industry groups |
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As Senior Vice President, CS Professional Suite of Thomson Reuters, Teresa Mackintosh, CPA, CITP, is responsible for revenue for the mid-market professional accounting segment, as well as leadership of three key areas of sales, marketing and product management. |
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With a strong background in strategic development and product strategy, Mackintosh boasts more than a decade of experience in the professional tax and accounting industry. Prior to joining Thomson Reuters in 1996, she worked as a tax consultant for Price Waterhouse, LLP.
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A veteran editor, publisher, media executive, analyst |
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Insider is the most widely read commentary in the profession.
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Dr. Larry Bridgesmith serves as the founding Executive Director and associate professor at the Institute for Conflict Resolution at Lipscomb University and as an officer and principal in Strategic Resolutions Group, LLC. He is a former partner in and remains of counsel to Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis LLP, Nashville’s largest law firm. In these roles, Dr. Bridgesmith brings nearly |
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in notable attorney rating publications such as Chambers USA, Americas Leading Lawyers for Business and Woodward White Inc.’s, America’s Leading Lawyers.
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