Banco Popular de Puerto Rico

Hal Rosenbluth is chairman & CEO of New Ocean Health Solutions.

Frank Vari, JD, MTax, CPA, is the practice leader of FJV Tax, a CPA firm that specializes in complex international and U.S. tax planning. He can be reached via email at frank.vari@fjvtax.com or telephone at (617) 770-7286 or (800) 685-2324. He began his career in international and corporate tax consulting with Deloitte and KPMG in the Midwest and Dallas. He has also served as senior vice president of tax for a large publicly traded manufacturer as well as a large private equity-owned global publisher. Vari has also been an adjunct professor of taxation to law and business students on international tax and corporate mergers and acquisitions. He is also a frequent speaker and author on complex international tax topics and issues. He is a licensed CPA in Massachusetts and Ohio and a licensed attorney in Ohio and the U.S. Tax Court. His education includes a Bachelor of Science in Accounting, a Master of Taxation, and a Juris Doctorate degree.

John F. Fatino is a member attorney at Whitfield & Eddy Law in Des Moines, Iowa. He counsels financial cooperatives in proactive measures and risk avoidance including client education for board members and senior management regarding corporate governance and employment matters.

Anna E. Mallen is a J.D. candidate at Drake University Law School, Des Moines, Iowa.

Nick Murphy is founder of The Job Lab Podcast and Mid-America Careers job platform.

Vijay Sundaram is chief strategy officer at Zoho where he is responsible for the partner and channel program. He is an entrepreneur and has founded companies that specialize in cloud supply chain software, mobile advertising technology and renewable energy. He has led products, sales, business development and finance teams within these organizations. Vijay has an undergraduate degree in engineering from IIT Madras, and graduate degrees in computer science and in business from NYU and the Wharton School of Business, respectively.

Alex Hicks is a director of MHT Partners, where he focuses on providing financial advisory and transaction execution services to business services and education companies.

Dawn Morton-Rias, Ed.D., PA-C. is president and CEO of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, the certifying body for physician assistants.

Jeffrey A. Simmons is a partner and member of Foley & Lardner’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution Practice, where he focuses on complex litigation matters.

Ale Brown is founder and principal consultant at Kirke Management Consulting. She started her career as an IT professional working for large corporations such as Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson. She also ventured into the entrepreneurial world working for boutique consulting firms when she moved to Vancouver. Her specialties at the time were the implementation and management of ERP systems and customer relationship management (CRM) strategies.

During her last corporate job with J&J, she partnered with various commercial groups in the organization, providing IT solutions in the area of sales force effectiveness and digital marketing. This is when she was thoroughly exposed to the world of privacy and data management.

Brown founded Kirke Management Consulting in 2014, with the goal to help organizations excel in their business objectives by finding opportunities for growth, while at the same time managing risks that could prevent their success. For more information, visit www.kirke-consulting.com or contact contact@kirke-consulting.com.