Podcasts

The youngest generation in the workforce is looking to work for companies whose values align with their own.

Jay Titus is an established thought leader in corporate education strategy and workforce development. He is a trusted advisor to C-Suite level decision makers at Fortune 1000 organizations looking to transform their workforce and retain top talent through creative education benefit solutions. Jay has been featured in Forbes, HR Exec Online, Yahoo Education, and numerous other print and online mediums discussing topics around upskilling, reskilling, and strategic talent management.

End-of-year activities and deadlines can spark increased cyber breaches. An expert shares how companies and employees can protect themselves.

Smadar Rinat, CPA, CFE, is a principal in the international and audit and accounting departments of Prager Metis CPAs, a member of Prager Metis International Group. She has over 25 years of experience in the accounting industry. She specializes in providing audit, review, compilation, and accounting services to clients in a wide range of industries, including media and entertainment, technology, not-for-profit, professional services, manufacturing and distribution, and real estate. She is also the leader of the firm's Israel group. In this role, she offers financial and business strategy consultancy to Israeli companies working in or looking to develop operations in the U.S., as well as domestic companies interested in expanding their businesses into Israel.

Creating a supportive environment for employees in recovery has a major impact on businesses and the national economy.

These leaders and companies are helping employees feel great about where they work.

Mark S. Bonta is the Executive Director of the Recovery Jobs Foundation, an initiative  focused on reintegrating individuals in recovery into the workforce. With 20 years of  experience as a Plant Director and 6 years of experience as a recovery-friendly employer,  he pioneered the New Hampshire Recovery Friendly Workplace Initiative (NH-RFWI) as one  of the first RFW's in the nation. Mark's leadership has been recognized with several awards,  including the 2022 Littleton Area Chamber of Commerce Citizen of the Year Award and the  2023 White Mountains Community College President's Community Partner Award.  Currently formalizing the Recovery Jobs Foundation, he also serves on the NH-RFWI  Advisory Council, and as Secretary of the Florida Recovery-Friendly Workplace Coalition.

Alex Konanykhin is the co-founder and CEO of Unicoin.

Monica S. Simon is head of legal at Forge Global and has over 15 years of experience as a securities lawyer in both public and private markets.

Before joining Forge, she was deputy general counsel at Carta, and general counsel for Carta's broker-dealer entity. Prior to that, Simon was an attorney with Willkie Farr, where she advised registered broker-dealers and investment advisors, and assistant general counsel at Goldman Sachs, where she covered equities sales and trading and was counsel for the Goldman Alternative Trading System.

Steve Novak is the Senior Director of Accountant Partnerships at Navan, where he leads the company's efforts to help accounting firms transform their CAS practices through technology automation. Previously, he spent over six years at BILL, holding key leadership roles, including Senior Director of Business Partnerships and Senior Director of Accountant Partnerships. During his tenure, he played a crucial role in expanding BILL's Accountant partner network, driving adoption of its payment management platform. Prior to his time at BILL, Steve held various roles at BlackLine, XCM Solutions, and Thomson Reuters.