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Ryan Hittner is an audit and assurance principal at Deloitte with more than 15 years of management consulting experience, specializing in strategic advisory to global financial institutions focusing on banking and capital markets. He co-leads Deloitte's artificial intelligence and algorithmic practice which is dedicated to advising clients in developing and deploying responsible AI including risk frameworks, governance, and controls related to artificial intelligence and advanced algorithms. He also serves as deputy leader of Deloitte's valuation and analytics practice where he leads Deloitte's Omnia DNAV Derivatives technologies, which incorporate automation, machine learning, and large datasets.

Simon Williams is vice president of the accountant segment at Intuit.

The Minneapolis-based company plans to leverage the arrangement to draw more attention to its growing list of national business lines, transcending its regional reputation.

A Wells Fargo executive is using her own cancer diagnosis as a wake-up call and teaching case for financial advisors and their clients' estate plans.

Ariege Misherghi, SVP and GM of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and Accountants at BILL, is a customer-focused product leader who has spent her 20-year career building innovative solutions for small and mid-sized businesses and the accounting professionals who serve them.

O'Neal Lawrance Barnett is a banking blockchain strategist and researcher specializing in the structural evolution of the financial sector. He has previously served as a vice president at Fifth Third Bank, Bank OZK and Huntington Bank. He holds a doctorate in Corporate Finance from Liberty University.

Kyle Tierney leads solutions engineering at RecVue, guiding enterprise organizations through the architectural design and technical validation of modern revenue platforms. He brings over 15 years of experience delivering complex billing, revenue recognition and partner compensation solutions across high-scale environments. Previously at BillingPlatform and Zuora, he worked closely with global enterprises to design monetization systems supporting subscription, consumption and multiparty revenue models. He earned his degree in Business Administration and Management from Bryant University.

It's that time of year again! Here's how to nominate a colleague — or yourself — for Financial Planning's annual Rising Star awards.

Despite ongoing concerns over geopolitics and more, many advisors said they would increase allocations to foreign equities over the next few months.