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Dear Members:
Please join your fellow members on March 19, 2008
for CMA/CFM Night at Tangier's Restaurant. Shirley Calvin
Dear fellow members,
Happy Spring!!
Tim is a senior manager in Litigation Support Services at Rea & Associates. Prior to joining the firm, he spent three years as a CFO of a medical equipment distributor and fourteen years in various positions with two local public accounting firms. Tim's representative experience includes the following:
Tim is a graduate of The University of Akron where he earned his BS degree in Accounting. Tim is a member of the AICPA, the Ohio Society of CPAs, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, and the American College of Forensic Examiners.
Patrick T. Bianco Pat Bianco is a Senior Manager for CBIZ Accounting, Tax, & Advisory Services, LLC in Cleveland, with over 20 years of internal audit management and controllership experience in commercial services, banking, retail, real estate and manufacturing. Pat specializes in Internal Audit and Sarbanes-Oxley implementation, risk and control analysis, and process improvements along with co-sourced management advisory services, leading numerous nation-wide Sarbanes-Oxley and internal audit projects for large public corporations. He was the Internal Audit Manager for the Sherwin- Williams Company (Fortune 200), corporate Internal Audit Manager for FirstMerit Bank in Akron, OH, the lead startup for First USA Bank's (Chase) internal audit department in Wilmington, DE, and served as Executive Chief Financial Officer for a Cleveland- based private real estate investment management company. Pat has helped various privately held Northeast Ohio businesses with outsourced CFO and controller assignments, financial systems development, and business analysis. Pat has extensive experience in corporate recoveries, including crisis management for troubled businesses, turnarounds, and workouts. Early in his career, Pat was a long-term family business entrepreneur for a global electronic retail merchandising franchise owning 15 retail facilities in NJ, PA, DE, MD, and FL. Pat has a Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (cum laude) from Rutgers University and is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the IMA, the Association for Financial Professionals, Toastmasters, the Christian Businessmen's Committee, the Blossom Action Council, and serves on the Board of The Hunger Network of Greater Cleveland. He lives in Hudson with his wife. He has two children and two grandchildren.
3/19/2008 *** Tangier Restaurant
The Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation provides corporate management and individual Members with an objective measure of knowledge and competence in the field of management accounting.The CMA is an invaluable credential for professional advancement and for broadening professional skills and perspective.
Please join in welcoming Laura Eberhardt of First Energy Corp. and a KSU student who joined the Akron Chapter in January and E. Lee Wilson who was reinstated.
Your registration fee to the Northeast Regional Conference for the American Society of Women Accountants will include CPE, 5 meals, a ticket for the FUN Night event on Friday June 6, 2008 (a $75 value), admission to the vendor displays and the opportunity to speak with ASWA members and others from all over the country and participate in several great networking opportunities. Included in the 14 hours will be 3 hours of CPE for ETHICS, which will fulfill your requirements for reporting. And this event will be not only the celebration of the Akron/Canton Chapter's 25th Anniversary; it will also be the event for the installation of the 2008-2009 National Board of Directors for ASWA. We sincerely hope you will consider joining us for what is shaping up to be the best conference for our region in many years. If you have any questions or would like more information, please send them to aswa139@yahoo.com or see Becky Price or Susan Tripepi.
Please contact Roy Howarter if you have a job available or are looking for an employment opportunity. Roy Howarter - Akron IMA Employment Director, 1- 800-321-5583
Morning - Latest Developments in Financial Reporting Financial Reporting Panel--"Beresford Is Back! Don't miss it!"
Lunch - "Taking the Financial Press into Account"
Afternoon - A Reformed and Inspiring White-Collar Criminal
For the first time in history, four generations spanning a six-decade age range are working together in team settings. And one of the greatest challenges today's leaders face is managing this diverse workforce. While the baby boomers and Gen-Xers have by now become essentially known quantities, employers are still striving to figure out what makes Generation Y "tick." With their unique priorities, perspectives, skill sets and work styles, the Millennials are unlike any group to come before them in many respects. To gain insight into what motivates and inspires Gen Y, Robert Half International and Yahoo! HotJobs recently commissioned a national survey of more than 1,000 workers ages 21 to 28. Following are tactics based on our findings that you can use to help you better manage these employees: Remain in close contact. Gen Y grew up with ongoing supervision and validation from parents, teachers and other authority figures. Many will likely look for similar guidance and frequent feedback from you. In fact, 35 percent of Millennial workers want to communicate with their bosses several times a day, while 25 percent want to touch base at least once a day. Gen Yers value timely critiques, open-door policies, advice and candor. Given their communication needs, consider giving periodic "spot reviews" as projects are completed instead of waiting until annual-review time to offer assessments. Provide learning opportunities. Perquisites such as in- house training opportunities, paid time off to attend professional development events and mentoring initiatives greatly appeal to Gen Y. Because nearly three-quarters of respondents said it's likely they will go back to school to obtain another degree, consider launching (or expanding) tuition-reimbursement programs Mix it up. Give Millennial workers a range of assignments that enable them to stretch their skills and make an impact. Gen Y grew up with a high level of stimulation, ranging from videogames to the Internet to countless extracurricular activities. The more diverse their jobs, the more likely you are to keep them challenged, engaged and with your organization. Accountemps is the world's first and largest temporary staffing service specializing in the placement of accounting, finance and bookkeeping professionals. The company has more than 360 offices worldwide, and offers online job search services at www.accountemps.com.
Fellow members, the chapter is in the process of planning our fourth annual golf outing to support student chapter activity. This year's event will be similar to the three previous events. As always, your support contributes to the success of the event. We realize that not all of our members golf, however, there are other ways to contribute to the event. You can collect gifts to that can be used as giveaways, your company could become a hole sponsor by contributing $50.00, or you could volunteer to cook food or help staff the event. This year's outing is May 3, 2008 at the Kent State University Golf Course. Registration begins at 7:00 AM and we will tee off around 7:40 AM. It is a shotgun start and we play a four-person scramble. The most important thing is to come out and enjoy yourself. In the past most of our players have been on their way by 1:00 PM.
If you are a golfer please consider playing
in this
year's event. Most of the people that play
in the event
are average golfers who enjoy being out on a
golf
course. Registration forms and additional
information
is available on the Chapter's web page
(Link
to Golf).
Where: Kent State University Golf Course Route 59, Kent Ohio Start Time: 7:00 AM Checking and Breakfast Tee Time: 7:45 AM Sharp - Shot Gun Start All proceeds for the event are used to sponsor student chapter actives. Additional Information will be available later on the chapter's web page (akron.imanet.org)
Akron chapter ELA Richard H. Squier died 2-17-08 at age 86 at the Ohio Veterans Home in Sandusky, Ohio. Dick is a former Akron chapter President (1967- 68 IMA year), was Member-of-the-Year for the 1962-63 IMA year, and has been an Akron chapter IMA member for 54 years (joined 6-1-53). He lived in Randolph, OH since 1950 and retired from Akron Standard Mold where he worked as an accountant. He retired after over 30 years of service as a Chief Petty Officer with the US Navy, where he survived Pearl Harbor and served in the Pacific during World War II. He is survived by his son, daughter and several grandchildren.
Past Akron chapter IMA president Jennifer Fallows (a CPA with Moskal Gross Orchosky Inc., Cleveland) has been nominated as one of seven members to the Ohio Society of CPAs 2008-09 Executive Board. If elected (the Nominating Committee's recommended slate is seldom opposed), Jennifer will serve a two- year term starting with the Society's Annual Meeting on June 12. Congratulations, Jennifer!
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