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Ben Stein is an economist, FORTUNE columnist, humorist, TV and movie actor,author, lawyer and university teacher.He might be described as either the funniest well-known economist or the most economically insightful humorist.He studied economics at Columbia and law and economics while at Yale Law School, where he graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1970. He has served as a trial lawyer, a poverty lawyer, a university teacher most recently at Pepperdine, a speech writer and economic advisor for Presidents Nixon and Ford, a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, a novelist, screen writer, TV writer, syndicated columnist, writer of nonfiction books about culture and finance and expert witness in complex securities law cases.Stein became extremely well known in 1986 for his iconic role in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where two words, “Anyone, anyone?” and “Bueller, Bueller?” made him a cult figure. He added to that with his long running game show on Comedy Central, Win Ben Stein’s Money, which won seven Emmy Awards, including one for Ben Stein as Best Game Show Host. He has also won recognition for his economics writing including The Malcolm Forbes Award for Excellence in Financial Reporting for 2008.Within the last ten years he has been a best-selling author of a series of finance and self help books beginning with How To Ruin Your Life, a columnist for The New York Times, a regular commentator for CBS Sunday Morning, Larry King Live on CNN, Fox News, and Yahoo! Finance. He also has been writing a diary for The American Spectator for over twenty years. He has been the spokesman for Clear Eyes for more than fifteen years.He does many different things but what he really likes most is meeting new people and making new friends. He lives in Southern California with his wife of 40 years, Alexandra Denman, many dogs, cats and a fish.

Jim Hart has been involved with Internet technologies in one form or another since the early 1990s. His first foray into leveraging the Internet to facilitate business was in creating data‐driven e‐Commerce platforms for his clients. This rapidly evolved into creating, installing and maintaining networks and connectivity to legacy systems. From enabling banks to more rapidly process and monitor merchantcard transactions, to running web operations for Realtor.com and developing predictive algorithmsfor choosing the best ad to serve a web‐site visitor, Hart’s singular focus has been on leveraging technology to accelerate and foster business process. Hart has worked in both small and large enterprise businesses in many roles including Director of IT/CIO, Product Manager, Developer, and General Manager. This experience has given him a very holistic view of what technologies a company should keep in‐house and what is better pushed to the cloud. Jim has also been a guide to mid‐market and growing businesses for ERP software selection and program management activities. Hart joined SingerLewak in February, 2010 and has been managing SingerLewak Systems: a service area of SingerLewak’s ERMS (Enterprise Risk Management Services) Practice. SingerLewak Systems’charter is to leverage SaaS (Software as a Service) technologies to improve their clients’ business processing. SingerLewak Systems has become a licensed reseller or implementer for several complimentary SaaS offerings in order to deliver “best‐of‐breed” applications to their clients.Jim Hart can be reached at 818.251.1356, or by email at jim.hart@singerlewaksystems.com

W. Michael Hsu is passionate about helping entrepreneurs be great. He believes that entrepreneurs should focus on taking over the world and not building an accounting department. With that belief, he created DeepSky, an outsourced accounting department that focuses on delivering business insights to entrepreneurs through the clever use of cutting edge technology and solid accounting processes. He is an advocate for entrepreneurship and technology. In the accounting world, he is a firm believer of value pricing and creating value through service. He would argue fiercely that he's a CPA by training but an entrepreneur by birth. And he is out to change the way accounting is done for entrepreneurs around the world.

Wendy Nemitz founded Ingenuity Marketing Group in 1992 and is known for her:Strategic Vision. Nemitz has a way of seeing how the patterns of people and systems work and bringing people together to make change happen. Through careful questions, she is able to uncover the challenges and opportunities that people almost always know but may not be able to articulate as a coherent issue. She then comes up with the ideas and solutions that bring people together into action. Able to see the big picture, Nemitz brings people together through powerful, persuasive facilitation and communication.Way With Words. Clarity is the result of any message Nemitz touches. She will help you zero in on key messages and themes that define your business and help you communicate them. She is also a professional speaker and trainer and has spoken across the country and in Europe on a variety of business topics. Bright Ideas. More than once described as a “popcorn popper of ideas,” Nemitz focuses on the end result and always has more than one way to get there. She sees the big picture and is able to move people and organizations to the big goals. Expect nothing to be dull and everyday; Nemitz is always bringing fresh ideas and concepts to the table.A graduate of the College of St. Catherine with a Bachelors of Science in Communications, Nemitz is also a graduate of Augsburg College with a Masters Degree in Leadership. Nemitz is currently serving as a board member for the West Side Safe and for the Society for Marketing Professional Services. She has worked with professional service organizations since 1987 when she wandered into an accounting firm and started editing their newsletters.

Glen Keenan is the President of XCM Solutions, the leading provider of workflow management solutions to the profession, and its sister company Xpitax, LLC, a pioneer in tax and accounting outsourcing services. Glen has long served as a proponent of the digital accounting practice, both in his work with XCM and Xpitax, as well as in his tenure at the Boston Office of Deloitte & Touche, where he specialized in the paperless workpaper environment, internal controls and risk assessment prior to joining XCM. Glen is a regular presenter and contributor for professional events and journals on topics related to building a more efficient, digital practice. He was named to The CPA Technology Advisor’s “40 Under 40” list of influencers in the accounting profession in 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010.

Chris Gryskiewicz has been with Templeton & Company since 1991, serving a wide range of clients with a variety of services. In addition to his audit and accounting experience, Chris also oversees the firm’s technology consulting group.Chris’ leadership role with Templeton & Company aligns his skills and expertise to meet the growing needs of the firm’s clients. Prior to joining Templeton & Company, Chris spent several years with a Big 4 audit firm.