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Kerry L. Myers is a clinical professor of forensic accounting and law at the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy at the University of South Florida. He is also assigned to the Florida Center for Cybersecurity at the University of South Florida. He earned his Juris Doctorate, with Distinction, from the University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration-Accounting, Summa Cum Laude, from Central Missouri University. He is a licensed attorney in Missouri where he practiced law and was a federal prosecutor for many years. He recently retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation where he served as the supervisory special agent of the Technical Operations Squad. 

Christine Andrews is a clinical professor in the Lynn Pippenger School of Accountancy at the University of South Florida, teaching courses in managerial and cost accounting, and business strategy. She has more than 30 years of experience teaching accounting, in addition to a previous career as a CPA. She holds a Doctor of Business Administration degree from Cleveland State University, and an MBA and bachelor's degree from the University of Buffalo. Andrews has published more than 20 times, including in the Journal of Accountancy and the CPA Journal. Her research interests include fraud hotline effectiveness, accounting for environmental liabilities, and other pedagogical issues. 

Scott is passionate about developing and unlocking the potential in people, creating a diverse and inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and succeed, and bringing this same passion to solving complex problems. He spent 15+ years at eBay where he was most recently Vice President of Customer Service Technology Solutions. He played a key role in expanding their operations in Utah and co-led the transformation of eBay’s global customer service with a focus on improving the customer experience while decreasing costs annually. Scott attended the University of New Mexico where he studied Business Administration.

Ryan Neal, Technology Editor, Financial Planning; Tricia Haskins, Head of Integration Solutions, Fidelity Investments

By engaging clients in an intuitive way, you could help investors overcome financial and investment challenges. In this session, we will explore how the following techniques and technologies can engage and empower investors.

Dan Ciavarella, Head of Wealth Sales, Americas, Refinitiv, an LSEG business; Bill Wagner, Solution Consultant, Digital Wealth, Refinitiv, an LSEG business; Neal Keene, Field Chief Technology Officer, Smart Communications

Behavioral finance, the study and application of psychology to investment outcomes, isn’t new, but it’s rapidly growing in popularity in recent years. As markets fluctuate, financial advisors are increasingly called not only their clients’ portfolios but also their behavior and investment decisions.