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Douglas Laney, Chicago Consulting, joined West Monroe as its latest Innovation Fellow, focusing ondeveloping new offerings and driving thought leadership, along with helping clients drive new valuestreams from their data assets. He is also working on his next book, teaching “infonomics” (the economicsof information) as part of the University of Illinois MBA/MSA program, and participating on the WorldEconomic 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 nonprofit501(c)(3) dedicated to transforming the prison system by delivering workshops that rehumanize bothinmates and prison staff. “We accomplish this through experiential learning workshops that open upchannels 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 tocare 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 EnergyLLC, which provides facilities with a “no-blip,” instant backup-power solution that can sustain longduration outages and generate considerable energy savings.Fy Merheb, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, joined Toyota’s Connected Technologies Privacy team. Heleads 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 theentire royalty on one big night on the town. And this time, Monica doesn’t want to be restricted to thevalue menu,” Rob says.Thom Mitchell, Dallas Consulting, is a cyber “bounty hunter” and information system security officer forCOLSA.Claire Moeller, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, traveled and took time away from work after leavingDeloitte. 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 BreachNotification Rule. “This is a prestigious and leading conference about HIPAA, a US law managing dataprivacy, and data security around health data—extremely relevant during the COVID-19 pandemic,” shesays. 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 tobeing 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 theleadership team that sold one executive search firm and co-founded another. Felix Global is a leadershipdevelopment, executive recruitment, and outplacement firm with more than 30 years of experiencehelping top employers future-proof their talent pools.Sara O’Reilly, Chicago Consulting, is delighted to share that she recently moved to HMB Legal Counsel, afull-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 dataand 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 responsiblefor leading, communicating, and executing commercial strategy for the Americas region of MedtronicDiabetes.Franklin Poole, Dallas Risk & Financial Advisory, started with OpenText Corporation in January 2021 as alead technical solutions consultant, supporting a team of OEM sales representatives and indirect salesrepresentatives who have territories in Canada and the Eastern United States. “I miss Deloitte, but this isa great place to land!” Franklin says.John Pugsley, Houston Audit & Assurance, is currently assisting his son with a couple of small businessesin the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area.Sean Ralph, Denver Consulting, works as a consultant at Huron, where he greatly enjoys the companyculture. 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). Heleads a team of 20 and has support from 160 for delivering data science to enterprise. Maven Wave helpsclients deliver capabilities in the hyperscalers; he also publishes a podcast and blog on this topic. Briannow 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 whileat Deloitte—often considering making a career change to this arena. After leaving Deloitte, she found arole with ServiceNow as the Diversity & Inclusion manager for employee resource groups, allows her toapply her passion for DEI with her professional experience. “I wake up every day energized and excited tomake a difference!” she says.Mahlon Sanford, New Orleans Audit & Assurance, retired at the end of 2020. After working for Deloittefrom 1977 to 1989, he began his own firm with a former Touche partner and senior manager. Theypracticed 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 mywife 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 July2020.Jimmy Skipton, Houston Risk & Financial Advisory, works as part of Texas Speaker of the House DadePhelan’s staff as a policy advisor for Ways & Means, where he advises on state and local tax policy. Jimmypreviously 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 forthe Enrollment Management and Student Success department at the University of Texas at Austin (heralma mater). “We empower the next generation of leaders throughout the entirety of their studentjourney at the flagship institution,” she says.Anastasia Tripolskaya, Minneapolis Consulting, made a successful career transition from marketing andstrategy consulting at Deloitte Digital into running her dream coaching business! “I help professionals finda fulfilling career path, plan their career change, and/or start a business, so they can maximize theirpotential and make a greater impact,” she says. Anastasia is also a professional coach certified by theInternational Coach Federation (ICF).Shankar Veerashetty, Dallas Consulting, is an app modernization leader who works closely with strategicAmazon Web Services consumers who make up the cloud.Christopher Windon, New Orleans Risk & Financial Advisory, pursued a career in K-12 education in NewOrleans after leaving Deloitte. In January 2021, he was promoted from director of finance and operationsto CFO at Sophie B. Wright High School.EASTSinam 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 Europeanbased retailer during its Oracle HCM implementation.Lynn Astrup, Rosslyn Risk & Financial Advisory, recently competed in the National Women’s HockeyLeague’s Women’s Bubble Season in Lake Placid—winning three games and winning the regular seasonchampionship with the Minnesota Whitecaps! “Playing professional women’s hockey in the NWHL hasallowed me to pursue my professional business career while also continuing to play in a competitiveleague that continues to help grow the game for the next generation of young female athletes,” she saysMaya Azzi, New York Audit & Assurance, was appointed as the head of global marketing at the NaturalDiamond Council after working as a L’Oréal luxury beauty marketer. She has been recognized andawarded for her achievements, including receiving the Adweek New York Future Is Female award. Mayawas 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 andbusiness development professional. I2F is a full-service collaborative design studio specializing in socialimpact.Benjamin Belk, Charlotte Audit & Assurance, recently accepted a new role as an accounting manager inAtlanta, Georgia (after being a life-long Charlotte resident), at a lease accounting sales-as-a-servicecompany—LeaseQuery—where his main role is software sales.Jeff Borowick, New York Audit & Assurance, has been married for more than 42 years, has threedaughters, five grandchildren, and now lives in Roslyn, New York. After working for Deloitte from 1976 to1980, he left to become the CFO of national law firm based in Long Island, New York. Jeff graduated fromSt. John University School of Law in 1985. He joined a Long Island-based eligible-employee benefitsadministrator in 1990. “Retirement is on the horizon,” Jeff says, when he will pursue his hobbies oftraveling, playing basketball, and swimming.Lance Brilliantrine, Wilton Consulting, currently lives in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he rebuilt alandmarked house. He enjoys choreographing for the Ballets de San Juan and is active in the Rotary Clubof San Juan.Jose Cantu, Rosslyn Risk & Financial Advisory, began working at Expanse Inc., a cybersecurity startup inRosslyn, Virginia, in November 2020. Palo Alto Networks acquired the company within a month of Josejoining, so he says the first few months were a rollercoaster ride, but he enjoys his work and is lookingforward to the next phase of his career!James Carroll, New York Consulting, retired as professor emeritus after 37 years of full-time faculty statusat Georgian Court University in Lakewood, New Jersey. He now limits his work to his ligitation-supportpractice. “When relief from COVID-19 allows travel, expect to find m

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 do