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Amanda Aguillard, New Orleans Tax, wrote a book—Xero: A Comprehensive Guide for Accountants and Bookkeepers—about Xero software, which will that will be released in April 2021.

April Asico, Austin Consulting, married Stephen Bates on December 18, 2020, near Lake Travis in Austin, Texas. The small, intimate wedding with family and friends was live-streamed for people around the world to celebrate in the comfort of their homes.

Liane Bilicki, Detroit Services, made a successful transition from Deloitte’s Recruitment Brand team to Quicken Loans in January 2020. “Since that time, we’ve been able to increase our traffic from talent candidates, revamp our Employer Value Proposition, built out myriad digital advertising campaigns, revamped our company careers site and leaned into making DEI part of our DNA. It’s been a great year one,” she says.

Brad Bogan, Chicago Consulting, is the Denver field office regional vice president for McDonald’s. The Denver Field Office had a successful FY2020, ranking #1 in US for Comp Sales growth, Guest Count recovery/growth, Operating Income attainment at 98.4% of 2020 plan target, year-over-year Drive-thru Car Count increase, and exceeded Average Cash Flow/Restaurant target.

Massimo Bonatti, Chicago Audit & Assurance, has been the finance director of Hamon Corporation since June 2019.

Wesley Botto, Cincinnati Audit & Assurance, earned the Certified Financial Planner (CFP) designation.

James Brigham, Dallas Audit & Assurance, has enjoyed a second career in higher education since retiring from private industry. “I find it incredibly rewarding,” he says.

Craig Choun, Denver Tax, retired from Plante Moran on December 31, 2020. After spending 34 years in public accounting, he now looks forward to traveling and tackling home-improvement projects with his wife.

Matthew Confer, Austin Consulting, hosts the Learn To Lead podcast, where he talks to guests about their professional and personal development journeys, as well as how people can lead teams more effectively and how organizations can enhance their approaches to developing the leaders of tomorrow.

Natalie Cooper, Austin Risk & Financial Advisory, is now the county auditor for Live Oak County, Texas.

Bill Cope, Camp Hill Services, volunteers three afternoons a week at his local food bank since leaving Deloitte in July 2020. “I find it very rewarding to bring food assistance and joy to those who need it during these difficult times. My job puts me in direct contact with our ‘clients.’ I love meeting them, helping

News About You | April 2021 them get the most of what we have to offer, and most of all just making their shopping experience fun. I’m part of a great team of mostly volunteers who all work together to make a better world,” he says.

Krishanu Das, Minneapolis Consulting, transitioned from corporate consulting to public education and says it has been a rewarding journey.

Judi DiPillo, Chicago Tax, made a career change and went back to school to learn medical coding before becoming a nationally certified coder in 2012. Of her time with Deloitte, Judi says, “It was a great organization and a great experience.”

Richard Dresden, Chicago Consulting, oversees North American sales and field operations at Ensono, a next-generation IaaS provider based in suburban Chicago.

Srikanth Durbhakula, Dallas Services, has gained experience in multiple fields; he has upgraded his skills in risk management, explored the venture-capitalist world, dabbled in cloud solutions and machine-learning sciences, and delved into sales.

Thomas Flogel, Houston Audit & Assurance, ran a fourth-generation company for more than 20 years before buying it in September 2019. He has purchased 31 companies throughout the last 22 years and looks to continue with exponential growth, with his supportive wife Alison and oldest son, Jackson, assisting with the business.

Vic Gallese, Dallas Consulting, transitioned to part-time consulting and chasing his bucket list since leaving Deloitte. “While 2020 was a challenging time, it opened up a few avenues I had not explored,” he says. Number one on Vic’s list was taking up yoga: “I had always talked about it, but home isolation time made it the perfect time to start. I am hooked!” he says. His second big endeavor was assisting a retailer in building out a fulfillment center.

Jim Gauger, Chicago Consulting, retired after a gratifying, nearly 40-year career in insurance and technology consulting. He says his fondest memories are with the Insurance practice in Chicago, where he worked with the hardest working and most skilled individuals in the industry. While Jim made made many new relationships around the world, he holds his time at Deloitte as the most professionally rewarding of his career.

Jeff Gibson, Minneapolis Consulting, works with a team of data scientists and statisticians to create a digital experience for Medicare members that improves health outcomes, increases engagement, and strives to establish loyalty to the Aetna Medicare plans.

Paul Hawkinson, Chicago Audit & Assurance, had a post-Deloitte career in investment banking, but has since spent the last eight years developing a portfolio of work and projects that are personally meaningful. In addition to serving as a full-time professor, he founded and is the executive director of Transform Capital, a nonprofit community lender seeking to promote asset ownership among underserved Illinois communities.

Steve Howell, Columbus Tax, accepted a position in RSM’s North American Service Center as an estate and trust tax manager, which he is very excited about!

Li Huang, Dallas Consulting, is currently honing his skills with snowflake data lake cloud technology, as well as learning Cisco networking technology.

News About You | April 2021 Palak Jain, Chicago Consulting, joined Amazon in 2017 as global director of operations excellence and expansions after spending 15 years in consulting. Most recently, she moved to Amazon Advertising to lead six global teams, including Revenue Growth Strategy, Operations, and Sales Technology.

Christopher Janney, Camp Hill Consulting, graduated with his PhD in neuroscience at Delaware State University in July 2020. In October 2020, he began work as a postdoctoral scholar in the Haydon Laboratory of the Neuroscience Department at Tufts University School of Medicine, where he studies the relationship of astrocytes in sleep disorders related to aging and aging-related diseases.

Charlie Judy, Chicago Services, took a five-year hiatus from corporate America to “scratch an entrepreneurial itch” after spending nearly 25 years in the professional services space, he says. During this time, he built a model for measuring, analyzing, and reporting on workplace culture, so organizations could become more intentional about managing it. After selling his product to a global enterprise survey company, Charlie became an HR executive at IMO in 2019, a leader in the healthcare technology, terminology, and insights space.

Ted Kedzierski, Detroit Tax, was re-elected to his third term as mayor of Grosse Pointe Shores, Michigan. During his tenure, the city has been awarded the AAA designation from Standard & Poor’s bond-rating service.

Kevin Kmet, Detroit Services, is vice president, United Service, of wholesale lender United Wholesale. Among his accomplishments, he says, “I have built in excess of 1 million square feet at an average cost of less than $100 per square foot with a density of 85 square feet per person.”

Ted Kontopoulos, Chicago Tax, published an article, “GILTI, The Commerce Clause, and State Taxation of Foreign Source Income: Florida as a Microcosm,” in the Journal of International Taxation.

Mitul Koya, Chicago Consulting, joined KPMG as a cloud manager.

Gopa Kumar, Houston Consulting, is enjoying his new role at Accenture, where he says he works with a great team exploring cutting-edge technologies.

Sibu Kutty, Chicago Consulting, works as a CTO, WW Tech Leader - Migration & Modernization, for Amazon Web Services, where he explores cloud migration and application modernization for go-to market programs—a change from previously focusing on migrations alone.

Karim Lalani, Dallas Consulting, works at Protiviti in technology strategy.

David Lambert, Columbus Consulting, is now part of Amazon Web Services’ cloud economics team, after spending four years at Nationwide supporting its cloud operations endeavors.

Larry Laminger, Kansas City Consulting, recently moved to Saint Charles, Missouri, from the Lake of the Ozarks (where he and his family had lived for the past 16 years since retiring from Deloitte). During his time in the area, Larry and his wife were involved in not-for-profit organization work, while he also was a board member and treasurer of Lake Area Industries as well as an elder in his church.

Lauren Landes, Dallas Services, advanced her career in asset protection while working as a project coordinator of enterprise security with Carvana.

News About You | April 2021 Douglas Laney, Chicago Consulting, joined West Monroe as its latest Innovation Fellow, focusing on developing new offerings and driving thought leadership, along with helping clients drive new value streams from their data assets. He is also working on his next book, teaching “infonomics” (the economics of information) as part of the University of Illinois MBA/MSA program, and participating on the World Economic Forum’s Data for Common Purpose data-sharing framework initiative.

Laurie Lazar, Denver Services, founded and is the executive director at Realness Project (RP), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) dedicated to transforming the prison system by delivering workshops that rehumanize both inmates and prison staff. “We accomplish this through experiential learning workshops that open up channels of curiosity and empathy, and break down long-held barriers between individuals and groups,” Laurie says.

Chauntelle LeClair, Chicago Services, married her long-time boyfriend in October 2019.

Libby Louwagie, Minneapolis Tax, recently retired from a tax manager position at Abbott Laboratories to care for her young children full time.

Ahmer Masood, Houston Risk & Financial Advisory, works for Oceaneering as a lead internal auditor.

Scott McCann, Pittsburgh Audit & Assurance, is now a controller of two Belden, Inc. facilities.

Jim McKenna, Buffalo Audit & Assurance, joined a newly formed energy services company, Palm Energy LLC, which provides facilities with a “no-blip,” instant backup-power solution that can sustain long- duration outages and generate considerable energy savings.

Fy Merheb, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, joined Toyota’s Connected Technologies Privacy team. He leads cybersecurity activities in relation to data privacy and compliance for the telematics group (connected vehicles).

Rob Misey, Milwaukee Tax, is celebrating the 12th publishing run of his first book, Practical Guide to U.S. Taxation of International Transactions—and celebrating big! “My wife Monica and I are going to blow the entire royalty on one big night on the town. And this time, Monica doesn’t want to be restricted to the value menu,” Rob says.

Thom Mitchell, Dallas Consulting, is a cyber “bounty hunter” and information system security officer for COLSA.

Claire Moeller, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, traveled and took time away from work after leaving Deloitte. She also revisited her passion project—her graduate thesis. ”My thesis was a perfect next step” Claire says.

Lisa Nee, Denver Services, recently spoke at this year’s HIPAA Summit, covering HIPAA’s Breach Notification Rule. “This is a prestigious and leading conference about HIPAA, a US law managing data privacy, and data security around health data—extremely relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic,” she says. Her “day job” is providing legal counsel at Accenture LLP.

Paul Nikolai, Cincinnati Tax, is a partner and director of wealth management at Aspiriant, in addition to being the Cincinnati office practice leader and a member of the board of directors.

News About You | April 2021 J. James O’Malley, Chicago Risk & Financial Advisory, recently joined Felix Global after being part of the leadership team that sold one executive search firm and co-founded another. Felix Global is a leadership development, executive recruitment, and outplacement firm with more than 30 years of experience helping top employers future-proof their talent pools.

Sara O’Reilly, Chicago Consulting, is delighted to share that she recently moved to HMB Legal Counsel, a full-service law firm in Chicago, as its first CEO.

Harsh Otwani, Chicago Risk & Financial Advisory, transitioned into a new role as a manager in the data and analytics field within EY in Canada. He is currently based out of the Vancouver office.

Christine Paaverud, Minneapolis Consulting, was recently promoted to senior manager and is responsible for leading, communicating, and executing commercial strategy for the Americas region of Medtronic Diabetes.

Franklin Poole, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, started with OpenText Corporation in January 2021 as a lead technical solutions consultant, supporting a team of OEM sales representatives and indirect sales representatives who have territories in Canada and the Eastern United States. “I miss Deloitte, but this is a great place to land!” Franklin says.

John Pugsley, Houston Audit & Assurance, is currently assisting his son with a couple of small businesses in the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area.

Sean Ralph, Denver Consulting, works as a consultant at Huron, where he greatly enjoys the company culture. In September 2020, he welcome a son, Finnegan, to the world.

Brian Ray, Chicago Consulting, is the global data science lead for Maven Wave (an ATOS company). He leads a team of 20 and has support from 160 for delivering data science to enterprise. Maven Wave helps clients deliver capabilities in the hyperscalers; he also publishes a podcast and blog on this topic. Brian now lives in Los Angeles, where he enjoys sailing and hiking, and is a regular at Soho House.

Philip Read, Chicago Consulting, joined Aberdeen Advisors as a partner.

Kimberly Roberts, Chicago Tax, developed a passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts while at Deloitte—often considering making a career change to this arena. After leaving Deloitte, she found a role with ServiceNow as the Diversity & Inclusion manager for employee resource groups, allows her to apply her passion for DEI with her professional experience. “I wake up every day energized and excited to make a difference!” she says.

Mahlon Sanford, New Orleans Audit & Assurance, retired at the end of 2020. After working for Deloitte from 1977 to 1989, he began his own firm with a former Touche partner and senior manager. They practiced as Roth Murphy Sanford LLP before merging into Carr Riggs & Ingram LLC, a regional firm. Mahlon now plans to continue his nonprofit and board work. “My priority will be spending time with my wife and family, expecially our four grandsons (and hopefully more grandchildren in the future),” he says.

Matt Schober, Minneapolis Consulting, works for Slalom Consulting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Crystal Shin, Dallas Audit & Assurance, is a director at EisnerAmper LLP.

News About You | April 2021 Gautam Sircar, Dallas Consulting, has been the chief strategy officer of Jack Henry & Associates since July 2020.

Jimmy Skipton, Houston Risk & Financial Advisory, works as part of Texas Speaker of the House Dade Phelan’s staff as a policy advisor for Ways & Means, where he advises on state and local tax policy. Jimmy previously served as the policy director for the Texas House Ways & Means Committee.

Carissa Suarez, Austin Risk & Financial Advisory, is the director of operational and project outcomes for the Enrollment Management and Student Success department at the University of Texas at Austin (her alma mater). “We empower the next generation of leaders throughout the entirety of their student journey at the flagship institution,” she says.

Anastasia Tripolskaya, Minneapolis Consulting, made a successful career transition from marketing and strategy consulting at Deloitte Digital into running her dream coaching business! “I help professionals find a fulfilling career path, plan their career change, and/or start a business, so they can maximize their potential and make a greater impact,” she says. Anastasia is also a professional coach certified by the International Coach Federation (ICF).

Shankar Veerashetty, Dallas Consulting, is an app modernization leader who works closely with strategic Amazon Web Services consumers who make up the cloud.

Christopher Windon, New Orleans Risk & Financial Advisory, pursued a career in K-12 education in New Orleans after leaving Deloitte. In January 2021, he was promoted from director of finance and operations to CFO at Sophie B. Wright High School.

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Sinam Al Khafaji, McLean Services, is the director of customer insights for US Pharmacopeia.

Chandrashekar Althati, Atlanta Consulting, is a solution architect with Ciox Health.

Laura Andrews, New York Consulting, works as an independent contractor to support a large European- based retailer during its Oracle HCM implementation.

Lynn Astrup, Rosslyn Risk & Financial Advisory, recently competed in the National Women’s Hockey League’s Women’s Bubble Season in Lake Placid—winning three games and winning the regular season championship with the Minnesota Whitecaps! “Playing professional women’s hockey in the NWHL has allowed me to pursue my professional business career while also continuing to play in a competitive league that continues to help grow the game for the next generation of young female athletes,” she says

Maya Azzi, New York Audit & Assurance, was appointed as the head of global marketing at the Natural Diamond Council after working as a L’Oréal luxury beauty marketer. She has been recognized and awarded for her achievements, including receiving the Adweek New York Future Is Female award. Maya was also selected to be a part of Adweek’s CMO executive program and was a Canadians of NY honoree, an initiative from the Consulate General of Canada.

Olubunmi Balogun, Rosslyn Consulting, began a new career in cybersecurity after leaving Deloitte.

News About You | April 2021 Kyle Barrios, New York Audit & Assurance, joined Idea2Form (I2F) as an Agile project manager and business development professional. I2F is a full-service collaborative design studio specializing in social impact.

Benjamin Belk, Charlotte Audit & Assurance, recently accepted a new role as an accounting manager in Atlanta, Georgia (after being a life-long Charlotte resident), at a lease accounting sales-as-a-service company—LeaseQuery—where his main role is software sales.

Jeff Borowick, New York Audit & Assurance, has been married for more than 42 years, has three daughters, five grandchildren, and now lives in Roslyn, New York. After working for Deloitte from 1976 to 1980, he left to become the CFO of national law firm based in Long Island, New York. Jeff graduated from St. John University School of Law in 1985. He joined a Long Island-based eligible-employee benefits administrator in 1990. “Retirement is on the horizon,” Jeff says, when he will pursue his hobbies of traveling, playing basketball, and swimming.

Lance Brilliantrine, Wilton Consulting, currently lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he rebuilt a landmarked house. He enjoys choreographing for the Ballets de San Juan and is active in the Rotary Club of San Juan.

Jose Cantu, Rosslyn Risk & Financial Advisory, began working at Expanse Inc., a cybersecurity startup in Rosslyn, Virginia, in November 2020. Palo Alto Networks acquired the company within a month of Jose joining, so he says the first few months were a rollercoaster ride, but he enjoys his work and is looking forward to the next phase of his career!

James Carroll, New York Consulting, retired as professor emeritus after 37 years of full-time faculty status at Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey. He now limits his work to his ligitation-support practice. “When relief from COVID-19 allows travel, expect to find me adventuring somewhere in the world, or at my New Jersey beach house,” James says.

Debra Carroll, Stamford Tax, left Deloitte in July 2013 to move to Florida, but says she greatly misses it. “It is a wonderful company and the best place I have ever worked. They treat their employees with respect and offer them so many opportunities to enhance their lives,” she says, continuing to note that “I would have never gotten the opportunities here in Southwest Florida if Deloitte was not on my resume.”

Jimmy Chiu, New York Consulting, started a fintech consulting company after leaving Deloitte. He is now the CEO and founder of a new career-driven digital startup social network platform, Health Tech Business, which strives to advance professionals in health, technology, and business. He also co-authored a soon- to-be-released book, Ultimate Guide on Coronavirus, and is currently working on his second book.

Jonathan Clemente, New York Services, is a 2022 MBA candidate of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.

Ben Crovella, Boston Consulting, works as a senior director at CVS Health, leading the Category Strategy and Performance Improvement team of more than 20 within our front-store (retail) business, specifically merchandising. “We’re a highly analytical team that partners with category managers to provide data- driven recommendations, integrated within the strategy for the category, to drive optimal outcomes for the P&L,” Ben says. At a high level, the team traverses the “4 Ps”—product, placement, pricing, and promotion.

News About You | April 2021 Gerry Cunningham, Stamford Consulting, has been the board chair of Volunteers of America-Greater New York for 11 years, in addition to being an independent director of the Carlos Otis Stratton Mountain Clinic, providing emergency medical and orthopedic care to the Stratton Mountain, Vermont, community. Gerry also held another prominent position—father of the bride—in July 2020.

Paul Cwalina, Baltimore Consulting, leads an effort within the national intelligence market to architect, design, and develop a next-generation platform for cyber analysts.

Harold Cypress, Washington DC Services, was running his solo consulting business when one of his clients asked him to facilitate their strategic planning off-site—following the advice in a book, Good to Great by Jim Collins, they had both read and become inspired by. Harold says the experience was a great reminder of the power of purpose and focus.

Rohit Dayal, Washington DC Consulting, is nearing the end of his MBA journey at Carnegie Mellon, where he has focused his time toward transitioning back into the health care/life sciences industry. Postgraduation, Rohit will be joining Edwards Lifesciences as the newest member of its Strategic Leadership Development Program in the Irvine, California, headquarters this summer. He is looking to bring his experience gained from internships at Bristol Myers Squibb and Stryker Neurovascular this past year into this new role.

Jack DiLisi, Parsippany Tax, enjoys teaching business, accounting, finance, and law in upper Bergen County, New Jersey. “As I often tell my students, Deloitte is a truly exceptional organization! I encourage them all to strive to start their careers at an organization like Deloitte,” Jack says. He continues, “It has been especially gratifying to connect some of my former students entering the workforce with old friends and colleagues at Deloitte!”

Kate Dowd, Washington DC Consulting, graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and worked in the neonatal intensive care unit as a nurse for almost five years. Kate went on to pursue a Master of Science degree in nursing, which she earned in 2019, and is now a pediatric nurse practitioner. She married in 2013 and has two children (ages 5 and 6).

Karen Eber, Atlanta Services, released a TED Talk, “How your brain responds to stories—and why they are crucial for leaders” in mid-January 2021, which has gained more than 1.2 million views.

Douglas Edwards, New York Audit & Assurance, wrote an Amazon bestselling novel, The Iron Triangle, which has more than 425 five-star reviews. He recently completed the sequel, The Hobo Woods. When not writing, Douglas maintains an accounting practice in Spring Hill, Florida.

Sheba Ehteshami, Atlanta Consulting, married in January 2020, in addition to joining the racial equity board for the City of Decatur and the patient advocacy board for Emory Healthcare.

Roberta Fox, New York Consulting, helps enterprise, public safety, police, fire, and EMS groups develop appropriate strategies, architectures, and RFPs to procure and deploy communications technologies through her work with 911 Tech Advisors at FOX GROUP Technology.

News About You | April 2021 Jeff Frankel, Atlanta Consulting, works with financial services and insurance organizations to implement Workday Financial applications.

Jake Friedman, New York Consulting, recently started a new role with a cybersecurity startup, Abnormal Security.

Dhruv Garg, Philadelphia Consulting, joined IBM as a manager of solution architecture in Salesforce.

Shrikant Ghatpande, Parsippany Audit & Assurance, helps launch rockets into space as the executive vice president and board director of GuardX and Space Rocket. He also spends time brainstorming product- innovation strategies for business growth at a fintech startup in New York City.

Bruce Gibson, Washington DC Consulting, transitioned to the role of chief executive officer at Cencore in March 2021.

Aleksandr Glumov, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, and his wife started a natural skincare brand, For Sea and Oats, during the pandemic. The company’s mission is to create oat-based and eco-friendly skincare products while helping to reduce ocean pollution from the traditional plastic bottle packaging. “We use 20% of our profits to support ocean conservation projects.” he says.

Matthew Goldberg, Arlington Consulting, has been promoted to the global category manager for all ocean freight, air freight, and 3PL warehouse services since leaving Deloitte and joining Stanley Black & Decker. He is responsible for managing transportation provider relationships, to ensure supply chain continuity across different business units (power tools, hand tools, oil and gas, infrastructure, engineered fastening, and security).

Jeff Goldfarb, Washington DC Audit & Assurance, recently accepted an early retirement package and left Jacobs after 23 years. He says he ultimately plans to spend more time in the Christian discipleship of businessmen arena (on the national board of CBMC) and then pursue project- and deal-oriented assignment, mentorship/coaching, consulting, and board roles.

Jose Gomez, Jersey City Risk & Financial Advisory, was promoted to a director position with the M&A practice within EY Parthenon.

David Greberman, Philadelphia Tax, accepted the position of director of tax services at McCarthy and Company with offices in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Shalabh Gupta, Philadelphia Consulting, recently started on a new journey at Amazon—within IMDb TV— to improve ad experiences. Throughout his years at Amazon, he has had the opportunity to work in diverse areas such as improving the customer order experience, managing marketing campaigns for Prime Video, contributing toward the one-day shipment launch, and leading a team responsible for building models to better understand and explain Prime Video content to its customers.

Tucker Hannah, Nashville Risk & Financial Advisory, founded a boutique consulting firm, Sorbie Group, which provides strategy consulting, business planning, and financial modeling services to entrepreneurs, startups, and small businesses. “We are small but growing and already have a track record of helping business owners sort through their uncertainties. It’s exciting to get to participate in entrepreneurship every day, and it wouldn’t be an option if I hadn’t picked up valuable skills and experience through years with Deloitte,” he says.

News About You | April 2021 Don Hathway, Mclean Audit & Assurance, now retired, is chair of the board of Melwood, a not-for-profit primarily dedicated to helping people gain employment. One program, AbiLIT, trains autistic persons in cybersecurity and then matches them to an employer. Don also co-founded the Financial Stability Network, a program of Catholic charities of the Archdiocese of Washington, with a fellow Deloitte retiree to provide financial mentoring, education, and free tax prep to low-income persons.

Marcus Holloway, New York Consulting, concluded a five-year mission as CEO of MTM Technologies at the end of 2020, with the sale of the company to ATSG. “It was five years of challenges and rewards, and required the turnaround and transformation of a 30-year-old IT services company into a valuable and sellable business,” Marcus says. He notes that he learned an amazing amount and feels the experience helped to round out his leadership capabilities. Now, Marcus is catching up on personal interests but is already brainstorming what’s next.

Ravi Inamdar, Rosslyn Consulting, was offered the opportunity to become a full-time front-end developer in Accenture Federal Services—an opportunity he credits to his time at Deloitte. In this role, he works to fully digitalize the experience of immigrants filling out immigration or naturalization documents to the United States. “Our goal is to increase the accessibility and ability for those wishing to apply to the USA to do so from their phone, laptop, or tablet and save time on successfully processing their immigration,” Ravi says.

Raj Iyer, Rosslyn Consulting, currently serves the CIO for the United States Army and is responsible for a global technology portfolio of more than $16 billion. He serves as the trusted technology adviser to the Secretary of the Army on all things related to IT, including cybersecurity, cloud, and digital transformation. Raj leads innovation for the Army through the adoption of digital technologies that serve as an enabler for the Army’s future war-fighting concept—called Multi Domain Operations.

Becca Jordan Wright, Raleigh Consulting, along with her dad—and building upon her grandmother’s recipe—created “pennies,” a cross between a cheese biscuit and a cheesy cracker, with a kick of spice! She now bakes pennies commercially in Charlotte, having launched Piedmont Pennies in September 2020 while pursuing her MBA at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan Flagler Business School. The company hired its first employee in January.

Balaji Kaliappan, Orlando Consulting, is an engineering manager with Blackstraw.

Pananya Kamkourkong, New York Audit & Assurance, is an associate manager at The Siegfried Group.

Philip Katen, Glen Mills Consulting, was recently highlighted in Plastics Technology Magazine’s cover story, “Keeping It in the Family: Medical Molder Grows with Second Generation at the Helm,” as the president and general manager of Plastikos, Plastikos Medical, and Micro Mold. Throughout the past five years, Plastikos and Plastikos Medical have completed two medical facility expansions, and will break ground on an approximately 20,000 square-foot expansion of Plastikos Medical this spring.

Wyman King, Raleigh Audit & Assurance, became engaged to Olivia Lassiter on November 13, 2020.

News About You | April 2021 Poornaselvan Kittu Jeevanandam, New York Consulting, leads the Agile transformation for a better customer experience at Cisco.

Alex Kostecki, New York Consulting, founded Clair Inc., a digital bank focused on paying hourly workers the moment they clock out of work, since leaving Deloitte in September 2019. “We are now a team of 20 and growing!” he says.

Sophie Tianying Li, New York Audit & Assurance, will pursue her MBA this fall and is currently working on a pre-MBA project for a startup CFO associate role in sustainable fashion.

Ricardo Lopez, New York Consulting, is an engagement manager at a professional services firm. Though he left Deloitte, Ricardo says “I’m so thrilled to be a Deloitte alum!”

Ian MacLeod, Charlotte Tax, is now a senior tax associate at Grant Thornton.

Rashida MacMurray-Abdullah, Washington DC Risk & Financial Advisory, joined Wiley as its first chief diversity officer in October 2020. In this newly created role, she is responsible for implementing policies, programs, and initiatives to promote and sustain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. “As a response to the tragic killings of Black Americans and the ongoing, immense social impact across the country, my role coalesces Wiley’s efforts to increase the representation of individuals from diverse backgrounds where everyone feels valued,” Rashida says.

Ali Madad, New York Consulting, along with his partner, noted public health specialist Syra Madad, formed SCTY, Inc. With the aims of creating works and projects for the public good, SCTY creates awareness, engagement, and action around timely and topical issues in public health, childhood education, and creative development.

Vamsi Krishna Maddu, Atlanta Services, joined Atos-Syntel in 2020. Since leaving Deloitte, she also welcomed a baby girl, Akshara.

Debbie McCabe, Philadelphia Audit & Assurance, transitioned to real estate in 1997 after spending four years in London. “I still credit my accounting background and years at Deloitte with what brought me to my level today at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices - Fox and Roach. My background at Deloitte gave me the opportunity and skills to transition from sales to leadership in the company,” she says. Debbie oversees six offices comprising more than 750 agents.

Charles McCormick, Philadelphia Consulting, leads the Global Digital Product Stewardship/Product Compliance practice for Environmental Resources Management (ERM), an environmental, health, safety and sustainability professional services firm. The practice provides both advisory and systems implementation services with specialization in the SAP Product Compliance platform across all manufacturing sectors with an emphasis on the global chemicals sector.

Eric Mendez, Miami Risk & Financial Advisory, was recently named to Crain’s Rising Stars in Tech. The excerpt reads: “At Kraft Heinz, Eric Mendez is helping to transform IT finance and reshape the way finance is approached at the food giant. Mendez’s team uses data analytics to evaluate performance, reach goals, and enhance efficiency.”

Damon Meyer, Boston Consulting, made a career change before turning 50. “I fly airliners now, as a sort of ‘bridge to eventual real retirement’ gig,” he says, continuing, “At the end of every flight and every

News About You | April 2021 working day, I am able to throw away everything but the experience I gained that day. We’ve done more free travel in the past 30 months than in the previous 30 years. It’s been a great ride!”

Todd Miner, New York Consulting, recently celebrated the birth of his son (his second), Oliver Robin Miner, on January 9, 2021. “Everyone is happy and healthy (if not a bit tired)!” he says.

Phil Mobley, Atlanta Consulting, joined the commercial real estate firm Avison Young in November 2020. In his role as director, US occupier research, he shapes the firm’s approach to developing insights into occupiers and their dynamic need for commercial space.

Richard Mozeleski, Atlanta Consulting, is a partner at Beckway, where he works with private equity firms and their portfolio companies to optimize investment value through hands-on talent management and front-line execution horsepower.

Monique Murphy, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, released a bestselling book, Home For Hurricanes: A Memoir of Resilience in Poetry and Prose. “After building a successful career in diversity and inclusion, a real estate investment portfolio to enhance my community, and launching my memoir, which chronicles my transformation after experiencing parental abandonment, sexual assault, and grief, I am also professionally speaking to empower people to do life on purpose,”she says.

Patrick Nevins, Rosslyn Consulting, recently started new position as the staff lead for the Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations at the House Armed Services Committee,

Robert Noeldechen, New York Consulting, was promoted January 1, 2021, to senior director and achieved a sales award for 2020 at Marcus & Millichap Capital Corporation.

Nikolaj Ohrt, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, decided to join Conning and continue the global technology transformation that he has been a part of since 2018 after 2.5 years of contracting.

Tobias Olbermann, Philadelphia Consulting, works for Atos and lives in Dallas. He says he sold one of the biggest deals of his career in 2020, and is “looking forward to what 2021 will bring in love and adventures.”

Vinodh Padmanabhan, Hermitage Consulting, is a program manager.

Jonathan Pearson, Arlington Consulting, sends greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark. “I’ve been busy with a new startup, Strategy 4ward Consulting. Although we’re breaking into new markets in the United Nations family, I still have the pleasure of working side by side with my former Deloitte project team. It’s great to continue our COVID-19 response work together. I miss Deloitte and, especially, the people. Hope you are all well!” he says.

John Peterson, Arlington Services, currently supports the Department of Transportation Central Federal Lands Federal Highways, by deploying Oracle technologies.

Todd Pettibon, Rosslyn Consulting, followed a passion and made the leap from consulting to financial services as a portfolio manager and investment advisor. “It’s very rewarding to help our clients achieve their long-term financial goals through all stages of life,” he says.

John Phillips, Parsippany Risk & Financial Advisory, is vice president, Marketing & Commercial Strategy, of United Health Products, Inc. (UHP)—developer and manufacturer of HemoStyp, a patented neutralized

News About You | April 2021 oxidized regenerated cellulose hemostatic agent. He is responsible for developing and executing UHP’s commercial strategies, including potential distribution partnerships, for the Class III surgical, emergency medicine, hemodialysis, and other markets on a global basis.

Bob Quigley, Philadelphia Audit & Assurance, received the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis Who’s Who. He is the owner/principal of Quigley & Associates.

Avinash Rajani, Jersey City Risk & Financial Advisory, is excited to announce that he got married on January 9, 2021!

Aditya Rao, Atlanta Consulting, spent a few years in an Atlanta-based boutique fitness startup, where he identified a gap (a.k.a. opportunity!) in the boutique fitness-management space after leaving Deloitte. “Over the last year, I have been driving the development of a simple and effective platform that would automate the majority of boutique studio owners day-to-day tasks while providing them with clear, actionable insights to help them focus on their core competency: helping their clients become the healthiest version of themselves,” he says.

Kenneth Rehmann, Washington DC Audit & Assurance, says he has enjoyed an amazing 33-year career with Marriott that covered eight different roles on two continents. He most recently held the position of CFO, Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong for seven years and just relocated back to the states to take a global position overseeing finance and operations for Marriott’s International Division.

Jesse Rhodes, Philadelphia Risk & Financial Advisory, is a diversity program leader at Amazon (a new role!), and has more than 20 years of professional and Big Four experience. He is on various boards, as well, including as the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Action Committee chair and BOG for the Columbia Tower Club, the CBE Dean’s Advisory Board for WWU, the national treasurer for the National Association of Black Accountants, and as a sponsor of Wonder of Women International, which serves Black women and girls. Jesse also purchased a home in Everett, Washington.

Adelina Richards, Rosslyn Consulting, is a digital solution consultant at ServiceNow, focusing on integrated risk management and demoing the product to customers.

Carren Rieger, New York Consulting, was recently promoted to president and CEO of Concertium, a next- generation IT managed services and custom development provider based in Tampa, Florida, with more than 75 employees globally. Concertium is part of the SCP&Co private equity portfolio of middle-market businesses across health care, human capital, IT, and real estate.

John Rogener, Jersey City Consulting, began his executive coaching practice specializing in sales and career transition coaching after working for 30 years in global Fortune 500 firms. He helps executives leave behind old ways of thinking, managing and leading in order to implement new ones that will advance themselves, their workforce, and their business results. In addition to financial and professional services, John has coached individuals from the retail, not-for-profit, data analytics, and higher education sectors.

Jessica Rothkuo, New York Consulting, recently joined Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago as a senior policy analyst. In this role, she provides strategic consultation to child welfare jurisdictions to build their capacity to implement the federal Family First Act. She is leveraging the experience she developed at

News About You | April 2021 Deloitte to support federal and state child welfare agencies in improving outcomes for the children, youth, and families they serve.

Stacy Sawin, Rosslyn Consulting, founded FinAbility, a nonprofit addressing the most common reason survivors remain trapped in abusive relationships—financial dependency—in October 2020. “We are developing digital tools that empower survivors to access the financial resources needed to become financially independent and permanently leave abuse. In just a few months, we have built a strong founding team of executives, advisers, and board members, and we aim to directly support 500,000 survivors by the end of 2022,” she says.

Joseph Sce, Hartford Tax, spent 19 Years with Alstom overseeing the United States and Canadian tax function. He is currently working on integrating Alstom’s acquisition of Bombardier’s transportation business. Joseph adds that he is married with three terrific children.

Dhilan Shah, Hartford Tax, has had accounting, IT, and finance careers. He has hosted 13 seminars and released 11 educational videos on YouTube. Dhilan participates in the Rocky Hill Chamber of Commerce and is vice president of the India Association of Connecticut. Additionally, he cofounded a music group— Music4U, has modeled in commercials, and acted in two movies. Dhilan also has twin sons who are now in medical school.

Deepak Shivashankar, Philadelphia Consulting, continued to excel in the field of technology consulting, “thanks to the fantastic experience and learning I had while working with Deloitte,” he says, adding that “it has helped me immensely in all roles, initiatives, [and] projects that I have been involved with.” He is now in a new role as a sports entrepreneur and, with the help of a like-minded group, opened a sports facility arena. “Hope to see my dreams come true!” Deepak says.

Randy Siller, New York Tax, is a managing parter at Siller & Cohen.

Howie Spitz, Boston Tax, worked in New Hampshire for a private equity fund for 30 years after leaving Touche Ross in 1986. When the fund dissolved, he moved to New York City (where he currently lives) and became a managing director at Andersen Tax. Howie says, “I look back fondly on my days at Touche, starting work with the 1982 class of 27 individuals, where we began our careers all those years ago. I greatly appreciate the mentors and co-workers that helped in my professional and personal growth. Wishing all my co-alumni the best!”

Charlie Stout, Hermitage Services, transitioned to a company that builds software on the ServiceNow platform as a solution architect. “With my background in software architecture, we implemented ServiceNow with over 600 workflows and 12 enterprise integrations. Thank you, Deloitte, for giving me the opportunity to grow,” he says.

Keertana Subramani, Atlanta Consulting, says she loved her time working in Consulting for the GPS sector, but had longed to study economics for years. She is now pursuing a master’s degree in econometrics and mathematical economics from the London School of Economics.

Amy Tang, New York Consulting, started Folio in 2019 shortly after leaving Deloitte. Folio helps users plan trips by creating tailored travel guides, using AI to suggest hotels, restaurants, and activities that match each traveler’s preferences. Amy says, “We [have] grown our team and recently launched our Places of the Month initiative, where we feature two destinations per month and offer discounted guides.”

News About You | April 2021 Randall Thacker, Arlington Consulting, published his mother’s memoir, Never Give Up: Triumphing Over Polio: A Personal Memoir By Myrna Nielson Thacker, about her experience with polio and based on her detailed journals of this time period in her life. “I then shared it with everyone I could find that was a part of her life. Gradually, it was then shared with others until the Wall Street Journal had me publish an op-ed about it,” he says.

Tony Themelis, Boston Consulting, works for Microsoft and helps companies secure their information against inside and outside threats. “My team works on classification, labeling, and [the] protection of sensitive files across email, files, cloud storage, and on-prem,” he says.

David Thomas, New York Tax, started a new position as head of US export control for the automotive and audio division of Samsung.

Frederick Thurm, New York Tax, retired several years ago and sold his own practice.

Paul Thurston, Wilton Audit & Assurance, is enjoying life in Tokyo, teaching part-time and helping to develop future business leaders.

Harinder Tuteja, Philadelphia Consulting, relocated to Toronto and currently leads LTI’s Oracle practice in North America with a focus on cloud and EBS.

Jack Tyniec, New York Consulting, is an adjunct professor at DeSales University Graduate School of Business. Throughout the past three years, he has been a member of the Finance Committee of his community’s HOA—which allows him to use many Deloitte-honed skills.

Greg Unger, Hermitage Services, was hired to help build a new team at Microsoft in the federal space, to head up project JEDI (joint enterprise defense infrastructure) in Washington, DC.

David Vila, Charlotte Consulting, founded MigrationCentral.com and is excited to be helping immigrants.

Thierry Vodounou, New York Risk & Financial Advisory, recently launched Sarenga Group, LLC, an investment advisory firm to support the private and public sectors in Africa for their capital-raising and funding strategy needs. It is based in Dakar, with offices in New York and Paris.

Phil Weiss, Parsippany Tax, is a principal at Apprise Wealth Management, a registered investment advisory firm that provides comprehensive financial solutions for entrepreneurs, investors, professionals, retirees, and individuals, as well as families on a fee-only basis. A fiduciary oath is also provided to all clients. “While our client group is diverse, what they have in common is an insistence on trustworthy advice with no strings attached,” he says.

Monterio Woodson, McLean Consulting, spent five years at Cox Communications as the senior director of contact center platform technology before being recently promoted to assistant vice president, Intelligent Automation at Cox Enterprises Inc. In this new role, Monterio will be responsible for the growth and expansion of Cox’s robotic process automation, robotic desktop automation, and virtual assistant capabilities.

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David Best, Los Angeles Audit & Assurance, has focused on charitable work, business mentoring, and some consulting as an independent board director since 1999. For the past 15 years, David has been heavily involved in NGO work in the Winelands, Stellenbosch, South Africa, having co-founded an academy (PYDA) for 18- to 25-year-olds from local townships. PYDA develops disadvantaged, unemployed people in the wine, tourism, and fruit sectors to become “work-ready.” The one-year program has a specific emphasis on women in the workplace.

Robert Betts, San Francisco Consulting, is a program director at R/GA, which creates advertising and marketing products based in technology and design.

Anne Blixen-Finecke (nee Landry), Los Angeles Audit & Assurance, is the CFO of Loaf, a multichannel furniture and homewares retailer in the United Kingdom. Prior to joining Loaf in 2020, she was the commercial finance director at Debenhams and also held various senior finance management roles at Marks & Spencer and Tesco.

Hugo Carcamo, Los Angeles Audit & Assurance, is an InfoSec governance manager at SMBMI and currently works with other Deloitte alumni. “I could not have joined without the strong network [of] connections that I developed at Deloitte,” he says.

Ben Condol, Seattle Consulting, is a solutions architect with SHS, a role that is aligned to his 25 years of experience with PeopleSoft.

Kazuko Curtis, Portland Tax, was promoted to director of finance and tax at Columbia Grain International, LLC last summer. She has been with the company for 10 years.

Michael DeBellis, San Francisco Consulting, is doing independent research and consulting in a field of AI known as Knowledge Graphs. In 2018, he presented a paper that applied Noam Chomsky’s approach to linguistics to the study of human ethics. That paper won the award for “Best Vocabulary” at the Semantics 2018 conference in Vienna. “The last year, I have been working with a professor from the Indian Statistical Institute on a knowledge graph that models information about the COVID-19 pandemic from the Indian Government,” he adds.

Laura Dirtadian, San Francisco Risk & Financial Advisory, moved from Lyft to Affirm, where she is the vice president of enterprise risk management

Ernie Dronenburg, San Diego Tax, was elected by his colleagues to become the 2021 president of the California Assessors Association (CAA). The CAA represents all 58 elected county assessors. In 2010, he was elected to be the assessor, recorder, and county clerk of San Diego County, which is the fifth-largest county in the United States and second largest county in California. The department has an $86 million budget, 415 employees throughout five offices, and annually assess more than 1 million parcels, records 800k documents, and issues 90k licenses.

Adam Foster, San Francisco Audit & Assurance, left Deloitte in December 2020 to return to the United Kingdom and explore other career opportunities; he has since accepted the role of finance business partner for e-commerce for Fanatics Inc., based in Manchester. “This is all thanks to the unique experience I gained through auditing tech and retail firms in the Bay Area!” Adam says.

News About You | April 2021 Brian Foster, Seattle Audit & Assurance, left Microsoft and in October 2020, joined ServiceNow as the head of internal audit.

Todd Gill, Boise Audit & Assurance, was appointed as president and CEO of United Heritage Insurance in Meridian, Idaho, on January 1, 2021. He also serves on the board of directors, and was previously the COO and CFO. Todd has been with the company for more than 16 years since leaving Deloitte.

Gail Ginell, Los Angeles Tax, has been working as a tax accountant for 35 years. She has been married for 30 years, has two grown sons, and lives in Thousand Oaks, California.

Nina Huang, Seattle Consulting, welcomed a baby girl, Kaila Mei, on August 30, 2020.

Tyson Lucherini, Salt Lake City Audit & Assurance, is a controller at Inovar, Inc. He says, “the training received while at Deloitte has played a significant role in my success so far.”

Jeanne McGovern, Seattle Audit & Assurance, was appointed as a director and audit committee member for Huntsman Corporation. Huntsman Corporation is a publicly traded global manufacturer and marketer of differentiated and specialty chemicals with 2020 revenues of approximately $6 billion. She is now retired.

Michael Murphy, Foster City Consulting, was the director of technology at a local high school for 16 years after leaving Deloitte.

Zane Navratil, Seattle Audit & Assurance, left Deloitte 10 months into my career because pickleball was an opportunity that he couldn’t pass up! Zane became a professional player and instructor in July 2020, and he now travels the country playing and teaching. “I am ranked No. 3 in the world in men’s singles, and No. 11 in men’s doubles. I taught over 1,000 people in 2020, and that was in just half of a year!” Zane adds.

Lakshmi Narasimha Nemani, Los Angeles Consulting, has developed immense expertise in the role of product owner in the domains of health care and Salesforce. He is a principal consultant with Infosys Consulting and wishes to progress even further as a product manager, product owner, and SME.

Bon Oh, Los Angeles Consulting, founded a digital therapeutics company in South Korea after graduating from Deloitte as a partner and COO of Consulting at Deloitte Korea. His company has partnered with a global pharmaceuticals company and focuses on mental health.

Doug Ott, San Francisco Risk & Financial Advisory, is doing what he says he does best—teaching professionals, accountants, lawyers, and investigators how to grow their book of business in an efficient and authentic manner. “It has been rewarding to know that I am making an impact on so many professionals’ lives and careers. All of this is via Zoom, which is an easy fit during the pandemic,” Doug says.

Michael Parsons, Los Angeles Tax, is a principal at a professional services firm and focuses on research credit and strategic federal tax services as a California/West market leader.

Karthik Rapaka, San Francisco Consulting, has committed himself to a five-year full-time PhD program at the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, studying organizations that are advancing social impact. “I am truly grateful for the culture and leadership at Deloitte by seeding in me the responsibility to serve the society at large,” Karthik says.

News About You | April 2021 John Richards, Seattle Services, is a pursuit strategist on the strategic deals team with EY Alpha+.

Rohit Sharma, Seattle Consulting, works for Jaspr Health, a Seattle-based startup using technology to support those in suicide crises.

Sofiyan Sheikh, Orange County Consulting, is a manager for business transformation at KPMG.

Albert Valencia, Orange County Consulting, is honored to be named among the Los Angeles Business Journal’s 2021 Minority Leaders of Influence, and was selected to the 2021 Southern California Super Lawyers List for Real Estate. Albert is also co-chair of the real estate practice at Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP. Ervin Cohen & Jessup LLP is a full-service firm that provides a broad range of business-related legal services.

Devang Vasavada, San Francisco Consulting, says his tenure at Deloitte Digital immensely helped him see the potential for cloud CRM/ERP platforms. He founded Cloud Paradigm, Inc., and built US and India (Bangalore) operations and teams from the ground up. “We have been serving marquee customers in North America using [a] global delivery model. Thank you, Deloitte Digital, for transforming my entrepreneurial journey!” Devang says.

Jodi Whittaker, Boise Audit & Assurance, is the managing partner of the Boise office of the recently merged Oregon-based KDP Certified Public Accountants, LLP and Idaho-based Whittaker & Associates. The combined firm now includes 12 Partners and 55 employees, with immediate plans to further develop and support existing client and employee relationships.

Jessica Yen, San Francisco Consulting, became an entrepreneur during COVID-19 and launched a work journal company, Daily Work Journal. Daily Work Journal is a journal notebook product that helps working professionals reflect thoughtfully about their work trajectory, organize their work notes intentionally, and retain work information better.

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