AGENDA      SPEAKERS     

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Shawn DuBravac, PhD, CFA
President, Astra Insights

         

Acclaimed global futurist and trendcaster, Dr. Shawn DuBravac is author of the New York Times Best Seller Digital Destiny: How the New Age of Data Will Transform the Way We Work, Live, and Communicate (Regnery, 2015), which explores how the world’s mass adoption of digital technologies portends the beginning of a new era for humanity in the realms of business, healthcare, finance, transportation and culture...

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SESSION:
Tuesday, August 28 – Cautious Optimism in the Face of Challenging Change

 

Sameer Samana, CFA
Global Equity and Technical Strategist, Wells Fargo Investment Institute

Sameer Samana is a global equity and technical strategist for Wells Fargo Investment Institute, a subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank N.A., which is focused on delivering the highest quality investment expertise and advice to help investors manage risk and succeed financially. Wells Fargo Investment Institute serves clients of Wealth and Investment Management, a division of Wells Fargo & Company comprised of Wells Fargo Private Bank, ...

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SESSION:
Thursday August 30 – Closing Keynote Speaker

 

Brian Sullivan, CPA
Vice President, JSI

    

Brian Sullivan, Vice President of JSI in Greenbelt, Md., is primarily responsible for overseeing the completion, review, and submission of jurisdictional cost studies along with related filings and studies, including Universal Service Fund and FCC Access Tariff filings.

Sullivan has served as a presenter for JSI seminars, covering the separations and access and Part 32/64 accounting. In the past several years, Sullivan has made presentations for NTCA, USTA, and numerous state telephone associations. Brian has been with JSI for more than 24 years.

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SESSION:
Monday, August 27 – Preconference I: Telco Accounting Fundamentals
Monday, August 27 – Preconference II: Federal Policy Impact on Telco Accounting

 

Other Speakers

     

Liz Cheatham
VP of People Services
Endeavor Communications

 

Susan Alvarez
VP of Consulting Services
ITK Solutions Group

 

Camille Christiansen, CPA, MBA
Senior Manager
Moss Adams, LLP

 

     

Chad Conklin
Senior Manager
Moss Adams, LLC

 

Mark Ellmer, CPA
Staff Director
JSI

 

Ben Eubanks
Founder
upstartHR
         

     

Ian Flanders
Associate Vice President
RTFC

 

Douglas J. Fry, CFA
Principal, Senior Portfolio Manager – Fixed Income
Reinhart Partners, Inc.

 

Troy Hawes
Senior Manager, IT Consulting
Moss Adams

 

   

Megan Johnson
Finance Supervisor
Home Telecom

 

 

R. Norman Johnson, SHRM-CP
Director of Human Resources
Giant Communications

 

 

Robert Kaiser
Partner
Armstrong Teasdale

   

Paul Koster
Partner
BKD, LLP

 

Kurt A. Kuhn
Senior Portfolio Strategist
Wells Fargo Advisors

 

Jeff Lenning, CPA, CITP
President
Excel University
         

 

   

Kimberly Nunnally
Director of Human Resources
NTCA

 

Dennis Renowski
Member Relations Manager
NTCA

 

 

Dennis Rose
Practical Lead, Business Continuity
Moss Adams

 

 

   

Kristy Szabo
Director of Consulting
Vantage Point Solutions

    

 

Todd Thorson, CPA
Partner
BKD, LLP

 

Zar Toolan
Managing Director, Head of Advice & Securities Guidance
Wells Fargo Advisors

 

   

Irina Tumanova
Associate Vice President
RTFC

 

Johnathan Tuvera
Accountant
Citizens Mutual Telephone Cooperative

 

 

Robbie Wallace
Associate VP–Communications Banking Group
CoBank

 

 

       

Sally Wlasuk
Member Relations Manager
NTCA