Speaker Bios and Materials
Speaker Bios and Materials
| Session | Presenter Designation Topic |
Time | Location |
| Morning Registration and Breakfast | - | 7:30-8:30 | Rosebud |
| Welcoming Remarks | - | 8:30-8:40 | Rosebud |
| Morning Session | Robert Kaplan CPA, President, Dallas Federal Reserve “Current Economic Conditions and Implications for Monetary Policy” ( Presentation) |
8:40 -9:30 | Rosebud |
| Kellie Fischer CFO, Texas Ranger Baseball Club “New Ballpark – What? Why? Financial Keys” |
9:40 - 10:30 | Rosebud | |
| Doug Renfro President, Renfro Foods “Financial Role in Building a Business from Local to Global” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
10:40 - 11:30 | Rosebud | |
| Buffet Lunch & Luncheon Speakers | Jennifer Ho Department Chair “An Update on UTA Accounting Programs” |
11:40 - 11:50 | Bluebonnet |
| Sam Timothy Chair, Accounting Advisory Board Alumni Relations Committee “Fundraising Initiatives” |
11:50 -12:00 | Bluebonnet | |
| Chandra Subramaniam Interim Dean, College of Business University of Texas at Arlington “Happenings at the College of Business” |
12:00 -12:50 | Bluebonnet | |
| Afternoon Registration | - | 12:50 | 2nd Floor UC |
| Breakout Session I | Richard Mark CPA, JD, UTA Accounting Associate Professor “Accounting Ethics” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
1:00 - 4:50 | Rio Grande |
| Breakout Session II | Ramesh Murthy CPA, Senior Manager, Financial Accounting Advisory Services, EY “New Revenue Recognition Topic” (Presentation) |
1:00 - 1:50 | Red River |
| Daryl Buck CPA, National Managing Partner of Accounting Advisory Services, Grant Thornton “Accounting for Leases and other Recent ASUs” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
2:00 - 2:50 | Red River | |
|
Britney Harvey CPA, Senior Manager, KPMG “Data Analytics” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
3:00 - 3:50 | Red River | |
| Gary Tonniges CPA, President, TriQuest Technologies, Inc. “Outsourced IT Strategy” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
4:00 - 4:50 | Red River | |
| Breakout Session III | Steve Litke CPA, Partner, Blaines and Hightower "Equity Crowdfunding for Texas Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
1:00 - 1:50 | Concho |
| John S. Repsis CPA, JD, Internal Revenue Service (retired) Professor in Practice, UTA Department of Accounting “Tax Update – Individual and Corporate” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
2:00 - 2:50 | Concho | |
| Rachel Ormsby CPA, Audit Manager, BKD, LLP Deborah Beams CPA, Accounting and Auditing Assistant Director, BKD, LLP “Common Financial Statement Errors for Not-for-Profit Entities” (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
3:00 - 3:50 | Concho | |
| Brian Mitchell CPA, International Tax Partner, Whitley Penn “Tax Treaty Changes – What Does that Mean to the Common Person?” |
4:00 - 4:50 | Concho | |
| Breakout Session IV | Eugenio J. Alemán PhD, Director/Senior Economist, Wells Fargo Securities “Economic Update” |
1:00 - 1:50 | Guadalupe |
| Felix Lozano CPA, Audit Partner, Whitley Penn “Fraud Examination” |
2:00 - 2:50 | Guadalupe | |
| Joshua Stone RAS Group, Whitley Penn “Credit Card Processing – Fraud, Certification, New Rules" (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
3:00 - 3:50 | Guadalupe | |
| Charles Miller JD, Attorney and Principle, Charles D. Miller, PC Business Law Senior Lecturer, UTA Department of Accounting “Employment Law – Immigration, Discrimination Law Developments and Title IX" (Learning Objectives, Presentation) |
4:00 - 4:50 | Guadalupe | |
| Networking Happy Hour | - | 5:00 - 7:00 | TBD |