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Deacon Bill Koniers is a recognized change agent inside the U.S. Catholic Church today. As Director, Parish Finance Services for the Diocese of Bridgeport, Deacon Koniers oversaw the comprehensive re-engineering of parish financial administration to achieve immediate transparency and accountability to parishioners. This major process re-design effort required significant collaboration among Pastors, Parish Finance Councils, lay staff and volunteers across 87 parishes, and became the impetus for a strategic partnership with CathoNet and its rapid application of best practices and secure, affordable cloud technology.A native of Philadelphia, PA, and graduate of Philadelphia University, Deacon Koniers, 59, has more than 36 years of experience in global corporate management and operations. He spent 11 years in various management positions with General Electric, and another 11 years with Pirelli North America. Prior to joining the Diocese of Bridgeport in 2006, Deacon Koniers held senior executive roles with Air Products Healthcare, a $300 million regional provider of ancillary home healthcare products and services, where he implemented a new order-to-cash revenue cycle and far-reaching company-wide change management.Deacon Koniers was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Bishop William Lori in 2004, and presently serves at Saint Pius X Roman Catholic Parish in Fairfield, CT.

Mary Miller brings decades of experience to help CathoNet's clients quickly and efficiently ramp up their skills and knowledge to become expert users of 21st century technology.A Certified Public Accountant, and faculty member at the University of New Haven (CT), Mary is a consummate professional with unique depth and breadth of talent. From delivering webinars to providing custom accounting solutions and standardizing chart of accounts, Mary has been instrumental in training clergy and staff in parishes and dioceses large and small and in defining and deploying standards across dioceses across the United States.Prior to her work with CathoNet, spent 20 + years teaching and consulting in areas of accounting systems and internal control designs and assessments within the computerized environment. As a specialist in this area she has assisted many accounting firms as well as their clients to improve their systems and technology. She is a member of the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants), CSCPA (Connecticut State Society of Certified Public Accountants), Milford (CT) Chamber of Commerce, and NSEE (National Society of Experiential Education).

As Executive Vice President of Product Strategy and Marketing for Sage North America, Himanshu Palsule is responsible for directing product strategy and marketing across a range of award winning products, including the company’s ERP, CRM, and vertical industry solutions in North America. In prior roles at Sage, Mr. Palsule has been the General Manager for the ERP and CRM businesses across Sage North America. Mr. Palsule has more than 20 years of experience in the accounting and financial industry 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.

Scott is the Executive Vice President and Chief Training Officer in The Rainmaker Academy. Scott's mission is to transform the lives of accountants and consultants through better communication. He accomplishes this through training, coaching, accountability and helping people develop leadership disciplines. For over a decade, Scott has helped thousands of Rainmaker students achieve their leadership and business development goals through strategic action.Scott is skillful at developing and delivering curriculum that has a high impact on audiences. He leads his team to deliver training and coaching that results in continual transformation. Scott is a member of the National Speakers Association and the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, he writes articles for the accounting industry and speaks at conferences and meetings throughout North America and Western Europe.

Anthony Reed, CPA, PMP is an international speaker and business professional with twenty-five years in management and executive positions for various Fortune 500 companies, governmental entities, and large consulting firms. These firms included Texas Instruments, Efficient Networks/Siemens, Motel 6, Frito-Lay, Ernst & Young, and the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. The responsibilities included managing multi-million dollar departmental budgets and staffing blends of international, multi-generational, multi-cultural employees and consultants. He’s been interviewed on radio and webcast programs and featured in the business, travel, and sports sections of major newspapers and publications across the country. This includes the PMI Today, Dallas Morning News, Runner’s World, Southern Living, Ebony, and the Journal of Accountancy. He holds two graduate degrees and two undergraduate degrees. He’s also taught collegiate business management courses. He’s served on the Board of Directors for the Oracle Applications Users Group (OAUG), Ft. Worth’s Jubilee Theatre, the Dallas White Rock Marathon, and various local and international not-for-profit organizations. He has spoken at national and international business conferences. This includes over 50 project management chapters. He has five books and over 50 articles published. The articles have appeared in ComputerWorld, Datamation, Career Focus, and Runner’s World magazines. His book, entitled Finding the I in TEAM: Better Team Building Through Individual Building, focuses on building stronger team members. His latest book is Running to Leadership: What Finishing 100+ Marathons on All Seven Continents Teaches Us About Success emphasizes building leaders. He’s completed over one hundred 26.2-mile marathons on all seven continents and in over forty States. This included the frigid Antarctica, Kenya’s dangerous SafriCom Lewa, and China’s Great Wall Marathons. About 300 people in the world had achieved this goal and he’s the first Black. (By comparison, over 2,500 people have reached Mt. Everest’s summit.) Subsequently, his journeys were chronicled in his book, Running Shoes Are Cheaper Than Insulin: Marathon Adventures On All Seven Continents.

Katie Tolin is the marketing director for Ohio-based Rea & Associates, Inc. where she is responsible for marketing, business development, public relations and product management for the firm and its 11 offices. She was named the 2010 Accounting Marketer of the Year by “CPA Practice Management Forum.” Under her leadership, the firm has won 13 Marketing Achievement Awards from the Association for Accounting Marketing along with a silver quill and best of division award from the International Association of Business Communicators. She is currently president-elect of the board of directors for the Association for Accounting Marketing.

Peyton Burch, CPA, CITP, is a senior channel executive with Intacct. He is a nationally recognized expert in managing high-performing value added reseller (VAR) organizations and building high impact relationships with both software publishers and customers. He joined Intacct in October of 2010 and is engaged in Channel Partner sales and enablement efforts. Mr. Burch is a sought-after speaker at AICPA and accounting industry conferences. His firm was awarded Accounting Technology’s Pacesetter designation for seven consecutive years. Mr. Burch is actively involved in the AICPA and the Information Technology Alliance (ITA). Mr. Burch began his career in 1986 as a Senior Consultant with Arthur Andersen & Co.’s Management Information Consulting Division and went on to lead several prestigious VAR businesses. As President of Houston-based Burch Consultants, he built the firm into a nationally recognized industry leader. As part of the Intacct team, Mr. Burch leverages his strong ties to the CPA and reseller communities to help evolve the Intacct VAR program. Previously, he served as Director of Partner Programs at Deltek.Mr. Burch obtained a bachelors degree in Business Administration from Southern Methodist University and a Masters in Professional Accounting) from the University of Texas at Austin. He became a Certified Public Accountant in 1989. Mr. Burch has served on the AICPA Technology Conference Committee for the past six years and as Chairman of the 2008 - 2011 Conferences. He currently leads the ITA Membership Committee and serves on the AICPA CITP Credential Committee. In 2010, he was recognized by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.

Manny is a founding partner at AXIS Global Partners. AXIS is a consulting firm specializing in the implementation and support of business management software solutions that include accounting, customer relationship management, business intelligence, human resources and warehouse management solutions for small and midsized enterprises. Manny is a member of the AICPA & FICPA and has served on numerous Boards including the Audit Committee of United Way in Miami and Chairperson in the Information Technology Alliance (ITA) Marketing Committee.Manny is a Sage Software Certified consultant who holds a Master’s degree in Accounting from St. Thomas University.