Podcasts

Ben Siewert joined International Planning Alliance in November 2019 after a 12-year career as an audit and accounting professional with KPMG, The Siegfried Group and JP Morgan Chase. He holds his CPA as well as his Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Penn State University.

Siewert focuses his practice on working with families, as well as fellow mid-career professionals.  He enjoys explaining financial concepts and decisions to his clients using the athletic principles he has learned over the course of 30 years as an amateur athlete.  Every athlete works with a coach to enhance their strengths and improve their weaknesses — finances deserve the same care.

At the same time, the company is now allowing employees to verify their results independently rather than providing proof.

Nancy Wang, founder and CEO of Advancing Women in Tech, discusses the struggle for career advancement and how, if done correctly, mentorship and sponsorship can help.

Greg Zolkos is president and CEO of Atlas Professional Services, a Tampa, Florida-based IT support services provider. Reach him at gzolkos@atlasps.com and (813) 999-4499.

The greater-than-expected job growth points to a labor market rebounding strongly from the omicron variant’s spread in January.

Wendy Walker, vice president of regulatory affairs at Sovos, uses her market expertise to create and implement product and solution strategies that help customers meet the demands of a constantly changing regulatory environment. Since joining Sovos, she has helped lead the go-to-market strategy focused on growing the tax and regulatory reporting line of business. 

John Hancock and Access Hope are teaming up to provide cancer care as an employee benefit.

Employers should feel empowered to change how healthcare and benefits are utilized.

RFPs, quality considerations and meticulous paper trails will help plan sponsors stay out of court given the inherent limitations of benchmarking exercises.

Research from the Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that prevailing wage laws keep fewer custodians living below the poverty line.