Wendy brings over 18 years experience leading operational, systems, infrastructure, data, and business intelligence teams in high-growth/start-up companies in a variety of industries including internet, media, technology, ad tech, health, and eCommerce. Randa is a Certified Public Accountant (California) and graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. Laurie has served numerous clients including Intel, Apple, Infinera, Infoblox, Mirion Technologies, Business Objects, Cisco, Portal Software and Veritas. Chel was formerly the Corporate Controller for two different private organizations where she led two multi-year system implementations from initiation to project completion. Robert is Certified Public Accountant (California), a member of the AICPA and a graduate of UC Berkeley. She has helped numerous clients, from pre-IPO startups to established Fortune 100 companies, design, develop and implement leading security and controls practices.
He has passion and proven expertise in establishing the foundation and motivation for any company to build upon. Steve is a Director in Connor Groups Technical Accounting based remotely in Cincinnati, OH. Denice holds a BA in Accounting degree from Seattle University. Maria was a senior auditor with KPMG before spending 15 years in various positions, including that of a Controller at a software company and as a Senior Manager of Technical Compliance for an international media group. Mark has extensive experience drafting and reviewing SEC-compliant financial statements and assisting in the resolution and documentation of complex technical accounting matters. Tyler is a Director in Connor Groups Financial Operations practice. Steve graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors in Accountancy and is an active Certified Public Accountant (OH). Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. Sean holds a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from the University of Dayton and is a licensed CPA in the state of Colorado, and his technical background includes ASC 606 revenue accounting, ASC 718 stock compensation, and extensive SEC reporting considerations, as well as drafting proxy statements. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Joey is a Director in Connor Groups Interim Staffing practice. Sean specializes in financial statement reporting, accounting and financial operations improvement, public and private financing transactions, and internal control over financial reporting. Prior to joining Connor Group, Sean led a NASDAQ-listed company through its IPO as the Controller, led the SEC Reporting for a NYSE-listed master limited partnership that raised more than $15 billion in debt and equity financings over a decade, managed the technical accounting and financial reporting in the merger of a large publicly-traded retailer, led the transition from a privately held to publicly-traded biotech software firm following its IPO, and began his career with a Big 4 firm in Denver. Jason is an expert in helping clients drive business transformation through improved processes, systems, controls, and organizational changes. Lauren has worked with both public and private companies in multiple industries with a focus in the technology space. Jordan began his career with KPMG, providing auditing and consulting services to a variety of clients, including multi-billion dollar publicly held corporations. Jareds technical background includes ASC 606 adoption and implementation, ASC 805 business combination issues, ASC 470 debt accounting and financial reporting considerations. He is the leader of Connor Group's thought leadership and client service roll out around the new leasing standard (ASC 842). His industry experience spans most industries including extensive experience within the business services, technology, and healthcare fields. in Accounting from Santa Clara University. Jared specializes in accounting and financial operations improvement, technical accounting, public and private financing transactions, internal control over financial reporting, and financial statement reporting and process enhancements. Prior to working at Connor, Anne spent 5+ years serving as Assistant Controller with various companies in several industries, such as storage, software and SAAS. In the summer, it is usually to hike or bike followed by a micro-brew. She was a technical advisor and reviewer for companies going through the S-1 or F-1 filing process with the SEC as well as companies already listed on US exchanges.
Prior to joining Connor Group, Chel was the Corporate Controller for King Ranch where she was responsible for overseeing the accounting functions of nine business segments.
Melinda is a Director at Connor Group Digital Solutions practice and has over 20+ years of experience in business management and consulting.
Carlin has worked in a variety of industries including retail and consumer, ecommerce, software/tech, and manufacturing. Roxanne started her career at Coopers & Lybrand in San Jose (now PwC) and is a licensed CPA in California (inactive). Some of her experiences include financial close optimization and digital transformation, guiding accounting teams through merger integration efforts, redesign of close processes for right-sized scalability, financial statement preparation and review, automation tool implementation, and corporate controls governance and scalability. Laura is a Certified Public Accountant (Georgia). Prior to joining Connor Group, Matt spent 12+ years at Deloitte in Boston in their audit practice. Jared has been involved in over 50 buy and sell-side advisory deals ranging from $5 million to $1+ billion serving as a financial due diligence expert. in Accounting, and from Boston College with a M.S in Accounting. Rochelle has experience in multiple industries, including life sciences, financial services, real estate and consumer products. Barry is a Managing Director in CX, a sister company of Connor Group. He has proven success in working with clients to achieve their goals in accounting and reporting. He has excelled in helping clients with a wide variety of accounting needs, including FP&A, financial statement reporting, audit preparation, and many other functions. Furthermore, she spent two years at EY providing advisory services specifically with the new revenue recognition standard and the new lease standard. Prior to joining Connor Group, Jeff served as a regional executive with Ernst & Young (EY) accountable for driving go-to-market strategy, financial performance, and partnering with service line leadership and client executives to develop programs aligned with strategic priorities and measurable outcomes. He has significant experience in finance transformation, business process improvement/ optimization, finance training and management reporting. Keyur has extensive experience in working with stock-based compensation arrangements (including employee stock purchase plans), analyzing complex equity structures and financing arrangements, business combinations, financial statements preparation, and foreign currency issues. Anders is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in Virginia. He is on the Board of Directors and serves as Treasurer for Wayfinders, a non-profit organization based in Charlotte N.C. Kelly is a Director in Connor Groups Financial Operations Oracle Cloud practice. Athena has extensive experience with lease accounting, revenue recognition, stock-based compensation, complex debt and equity arrangements, business combinations, public and private financial statements preparation, and SEC filings. Most recently Maria spent 5 years at Frank, Rimerman Consulting where she implemented Microsoft GP for clients ranging from non-profits, biopharmaceutical, manufacturing, and web-based businesses. He has broad M&A experience in a variety of industries including technology, software, telecommunications, consumer and industrial products. Oleg is an expert in complex technical accounting matters that include revenue recognition, debt and equity arrangements, share-based compensation, business combinations, leases, and the adoption of new accounting standards. Prior to working at Connor Group, Keyur spent a number of years working within the Transaction Services group at both KPMG and PwC working with Companies in the consumer products, technology, financial services, and life sciences sectors. Markham continues to thrive in all aspects of Connor Group specifically focused on business development, recruiting, people operations, and marketing. Tatiana has an extensive experience with respect to different technical areas such as revenue recognition, including ASC 606 adoption, leases, complex debt and equity arrangements, business combinations and assets acquisitions, share-based compensation, carve-outs, public and private financial statements and SEC filings. Prior to joining Connor Group, Russ was a Senior Manager at Deloitte, where he led Accounting and Reporting Advisory as well as audit engagements. Prior to joining Connor Group, Brian worked as an audit professional in the Deloitte Salt Lake office serving both public and private clients in various industries. Jeff is a Managing Director at Connor Group. Prior to joining Connor Group, Steve worked at BDO, EY, Deloitte, and a variety of other global professional services firms, predominantly within the assurance / financial accounting advisory space. Jeff has significant experience with accounting for complex transactions across many industries including technology, financial services, energy, pharmaceutical, and manufacturing.
Before joining Connor Group, Matt worked in Grant Thorntons Advisory practice in Seattle, WA and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with a degree in business administration and concentration in information systems.
Catherine graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University in Canada and is a Chartered Accountant. He has helped organizations on multiple initiatives involving finance transformation, technology implementation, process improvement around procure to pay and order to cash processes, source to report architecture design, package selection, with a focus on helping clients derive value from investments and optimizing business and technology spend. Maria also oversees the implementation process, ensuring the clients financial requirements are appropriately translated into the technical language of the ERP system, as well as guiding adoption of best practices in processes and controls in and around the ERP. Athena is a Director in Connor Groups Technical Accounting group, providing assistance to clients with technical accounting issues, IPO readiness and the S-1 filing process.
Jeff is a highly experienced HR executive with over 20 years of experience in Human Resources, culture, and growth organizations. Dom is a Certified Public Accountant (New York & New Jersey). Blake graduated from Brigham Young University holding both bachelors and masters degrees in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant in Utah.
Before joining Connor Group, Ursula was a consulting CFO with Ravix Group, working with early stage companies to guide all aspects of their finance function, including establishing accounting systems and processes to ensure the effectiveness of their organizations controls, creating relevant metrics and associated analyses to provide more strategically valuable information to management. Prior to joining Connor Group in 2009, Aleks spent 17 years with the Ernst & Young audit practice. Jagdish is a Director in Connor Groups Technical Accounting and IPO Services practice, providing assistance to clients with technical accounting issues and helping clients achieve IPO readiness. Chel holds a Master of Professional Accountancy degree from the University of Miami and is a licensed CPA in the states of Colorado and Florida.
Mallars career background includes broad experience in variety of complex areas including income taxes, goodwill and long-lived asset impairment assessment, equity-method investments and non-controlling interests, pension accounting, Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) control implementation, stock-based compensation, transfers/servicing of financial assets, assessing accounting differences under US GAAP vs IFRS standards, business combination and financial restatements. He has worked with companies ranging from large multinational corporations to high-growth startups. Laura was an advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and an active leader in the PwC Atlanta Womens Inclusion Network. Laura led the learning and development (L&D) efforts for her practice team and championed a transformational initiative to redesign the L&D experience for her practice. Russ is a graduate of the University of Richmond, where he earned a BSBA in Accounting and is currently the Chair of the Accounting Advisory Board. Erin has extensive experience in technical accounting and financial reporting matters, including business combinations, variable interest entities, derivatives and hedge accounting, and financial statement preparation. Prior to his time at Connor Group, Dave worked as an audit professional at Ernst & Young, serving both multi-national and domestic clients in technology, manufacturing, and retail sectors. Brian is a Director in Connor Group's Business Development practice.
Randa is a Partner in Connor Groups Technical Accounting and IPO Services practice.
He has over 20 years of consulting, direct industry and Big-4 experience in internal audit and internal controls over financial reporting, business process improvement, financial operations, and operational effectiveness. Cameron is a Director in Connor Groups Managed Services and specializes in financial statement preparation, consolidations, controls, process improvements, close optimization and financial analysis. He graduated with a Master of Accounting from the University of Southern California, and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from the University of Utah. Tyler graduated with a Bachelors of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. Prior to joining Connor Group, he worked as an audit professional at Deloitte in Orange County, California, and Salt Lake City, Utah, for more than 8 years, most recently as a senior manager serving both public and private multi-national and small companies in a variety of industries. Creating revenue recognition policies and other documentation; Providing deal desk and contract review services; Assisting with all aspects of the OTC cycle. Prior to joining Connor Group, Oleg held various leadership roles in industry, in addition to public accounting experience with Ernst & Young in the Silicon Valley and Reno. She specializes in financial process improvements, streamlining full-cycle accounting processes, ERP implementations, month-end close, and project management. Chel has a diverse background working with companies from early-stage life cycles, large Fortune 500 companies, as well as supporting a company in bankruptcy. He has nearly fifteen years experience in public accounting and industry. While at EY, Mallar developed highly productive working relationships with key client personnel including CFOs, Controllers and Directors of Internal Audit of public and private companies. His expertise is in all areas and positions of Finance and Accounting. He is a certified Dell Boomi Professional Developer and Associate Developer. Prior to joining Connor Group Nancy worked for PwC as the Human Capital Manager of the Silicon Valley Pharma/Life Sciences external audit team.
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