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NECINA Career Development Seminar Professional Skills for Finance Professionals When: Sept 13, 2010, Monday, 6:00pm - 9:00pm Where: Brandeis University Lee Hall & Lemberg Word Court Center Fee: Free for NECINA members, $15 for general public Registration: http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103617102222&s=3126&e=001CbP8uJtkHiqSrBz2RrzTd2yJ0-qV8fLNZ-bMnmqT_SxBeULigLhUffPv9A9frXwLhywTmiMf7lEakaw47AoYy7XVTHnIwAhjfgiLkEI0KnowFAp-Kjw9Rp1HOqT8wqHRJtenM9tLzGVvV7wzkM2egw== Event Contacts: Nancy Li, email
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So you are almost there! You have the hard skills under your belt, with good scores in your academic profile! You are the wizard when it comes to numbers! You are proud of yourself in constructing financial models and knowing all the short cuts with the computer software systems. Are you ready to knock down all the road blocks in your way to the top? What is missing? What are the soft skills that people are referring to? How important is that?
No one can answer you better than those who have tons of experience in the field, the top players who has won the race and still have the upper hand in today's tough job markets. To help you get the answers, New England Chinese Information & Networking Association (NECINA) and Brandeis University International Business School Consulting Club invite you to join us for a career development seminar.
The topic will be "Professional skills for Finance Professionals".
This discussion will bring together finance professionals from different consulting as well as non-consulting firms. The focus of the panel discussion will be to make finance students and young financial professionals aware of the necessary consulting skill and their application in non-consulting job profiles.
Agenda: 6:00pm - 6:30 pm Registration; Pizza and Networking 6:30pm - 7:00 pm Opening Remarks by NECINA and Brandeis IBS 7:00pm - 7:45pm Panel Discussion: "ProfessionalSkills for Professionals" 7:45pm - 8:30pm Breakout Sessions Small Group Discussions 8:30pm - 9:00pm More Networking and Closing About Speakers:
John Manning, Partner, Deloitte John Manning has 23 years of public accounting experience, specializing in multi-national complex businesses, in the media, technology and life sciences industries. He serves a number of Deloitte's largest, fastest growing clients and has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions work, public company reporting issues, and multi-national companies. John is one of the Boston office's professional practice directors, having served as a deputy in that position for 10 years. In addition, he is a frequent speaker at industry events on topics such as software revenue recognition and business combinations.
Pauline W.F. Mak, Partner, KPMG LLP Pauline Mak is a partner in KPMG LLP's Boston federal tax practice. Pauline has over 21 years of experience in federal tax principally serving technology, life sciences and manufacturing clients. She is experienced in both transactional and operational tax issues for publicly and privately held companies with multi-state and multinational operations. Her experience also includes a rotational assignment with KPMG's Washington National tax Practice, where she advised on technical tax matters and wrote memoranda for firmwide distrbution. Pauline has extensive experience with income tax accounting issues under US GAAP and IFRS, including tax issues related to business combinations and share based payments. She is a national instructor for KPMG on accounting for income taxes. Pauline is president of the New England chapter of Ascend, a professional organization dedicated to enabling its members, business partners and the community to leverage the leadership and global business potential of Pan-Asians. Pauline is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. She is a graduate of California State University at Long Beach with a degree in finance and accounting. She earned her master's degree in business taxation from the University of Southern California. Pauline grew up in Hong Kong and moved to the United States when she was 16 years old. She currently resides in Brookline, Massachusetts with her husband and two daughters.
Russell Cheung, Chief Financial Officer, Intrinsix Russell Cheung, CPA, has more than 20 years of experience in technology consulting, e-commerce, and financial services environments. Mr. Cheung brings together broad financial management and leadership skills to Intrinsix, with a fusion of entrepreneurial energy with a consultative mentality. Mr. Cheung joined Intrinsix Corp., an electronic design service company, as controller in 2000, where he subsequently played a major role in its 2001 initial public offering. In 2006, he was promoted to Chief Financial Officer and provided financial leadership to facilitate both rapid business growth and down cycle restructuring. Mr. Cheung overseas the company's finance operations with responsibility for all of the financial reporting, balance sheet management, treasury, audit and tax. He also focuses on strengthening the company's business information systems, providing real-time access to critical operational performance metrics across the business. Previously, Mr. Cheung served as manager of financial analysis of Be Free, Inc., an Internet marketing company, provided in-depth analysis and financial modeling in support of its initial public offering. Prior to that, Mr. Cheung served as senior financial analyst at The Boston Consulting Group, a global management consultancy where he developed and standardized an automated forecasting and budgeting model for worldwide implementation and consolidation. Before his role at BCG, he served as finance manager for Gordon Brother Group, a capital advisory firm with a focus on inventory lending and retail business restructuring. Mr. Cheung was responsible for corporate finance operations, including research and identification of new business opportunities, and the successful establishment of finance functions of an asset based lending operations. His financial management experience also includes tenures at Fleet Bank and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Dr. Ming Tong M.D., MBE Dr. Ming Tong is currently an advisor at Wall Street Advisory, Standard and Poor, specifically for Biotech & Pharmaceutical Industry. He has provided medical scientific consulting & investment advisory for biotech & life sciences companies since 2008. Prior to that, he worked as Medical Director at Pfizer, Inc. at their Worldwide Pharmaceutical Operation from 2007-2008. Prior to 2007, he was at Smith Hanley Consulting leading projects that contracted with Novartis, Sanofi-Adventis Pharmaceutical, Johnson & Johnson, OTSUKA MRI Pharmaceutical Inc, etc. Dr. Ming Tong got his M.D, Doctor of Medicine from Boston University School of Medicine. He got his MTS , Medical Ethics & Sciences from Harvard University, and his M.S., Bioengineering /Medical Devices from University of California, Berkeley by their joint Program: UCSF School of Medicine. He got his B.A., (Honors), M.Sc, Physiology / Medical Pharmacology from S. Illinois University.
Joel L. Singer, Adjunct Professor, Brandeis International Business School Joel L. Singer is an adjunct professor at the International Business School at Brandeis University. Mr. Singer is the managing partner of Boston Digital Ventures, which focuses on clean / green technology solutions (www.boston-digital.com). In addition, Mr. Singer currently serves on the boards of: Syntha Corporation, a developer of decision support software applications for optimizing power plant operations (www.syntha.com); Enercom Inc., a provider of energy conservation software and services to energy and water utilities (www.enercomusa.com); and National Integrated Employer Solutions LLC, a provider of HR and benefit administration services (www.nebsinc.com). His prior board activities include: the Center for Advancement of Energy Markets, a Washington, DC based think tank; and New Energy Capital LLC, a developer of renewable energy projects. Over his career, Mr. Singer has held a variety of CEO positions: President and co-CEO of Bay State Gas / Northern Utilities, one of the largest gas utilities and energy providers in New England (nyse: BGC); CEO of Navigant Consulting's Energy & Water Business, one of the world's largest independent energy consulting firms (nyse: NCI); and CEO of Boston Digital LLC, a start-up software development firm. Mr. Singer received his MBA degree with honors from the University of Houston, and received his BS in Mechanical Engineering with high honors from Michigan State University
About Event Organizers:
NECINA (New England Chinese Information and Networking Association) is a premier hi-tech professional association founded in 1996 by some of New England's most successful IT industry entrepreneurs such as founders of Cascade Communications, Sycamore Networks, and ArrowPoint Communications. Its mission is to provide a platform to foster entrepreneurship and leadership by combining the leading edge technologies with best business practices. In the past 14 years, NECINA has delivered high quality conference programs and networking events to its increasingly diversified members in an effort to maximize their awareness and involvement in new technologies and emerging business opportunities.
Brandeis Consulting Club (BCC) The Brandeis Consulting Club (BCC) is dedicated to supporting the professional development of Brandeis IBS students interested in careers that involve consulting skills. BCC strives to build and improve its student assets by exposing graduates to studying opportunities and trends in major fields of consulting, developing required professional skill sets, and offering social and professional networking opportunities required to be a successful consultant. In addition the club provides opportunities to its members to work on real consulting projects, in order to gain exposure to real life consulting issues and challenges. NECINA-IBM YES 5.0 - SMART PLANET
DESCRIPTION
2010 YES 5.0 (Youth Entrepreneurship Service program), organized by NECINA and IBM, is a dedicated FREE forum for high school and college students to enter the real world of business. From the 10-class program, students learn to work in startup teams, develop business ideas and participate in a business plan contest to positively change our planet. The program will cover Business Plans, Product Conceptualization, Company Structure, Finance, Sales and Marketing, Public Speaking and Presentation skills. Each class will feature a distinguished speaker and an exciting instructor to show students how skills learned can be applied in the real world. Winners will gain cash prizes and possible internship opportunities in sponsoring organizations.
ORGANIZERS
IBM's Smarter Planet Initiative underscores how forward-thinking leaders in business, government and civil society around the world are capturing the potential of smarter systems to achieve economic growth, near-term efficiency, sustainable development and societal progress. New England Chinese Information Networking Association (NECINA), a non-profit and non-political organization, was founded in 1996 by a group of professionals from network computing industries. Originally, it served the needs of professionals to advocate leading edge technologies and new business opportunities. Since, it has grown to become one of the best-run professional organizations in New England area covering diverse industries including software, telecom, networking, bio-informatics, venture capital, finance, and law.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE 09/18/2010 - Introduction 10/02/2010 - From Idea to Product 10/16/2010 - Business Structure 10/30/2010 - Sales and marketing 11/13/2010 - Finance 12/04/2010 - Business Plan Mentoring 1 01/08/2011 - Business Plan mentoring 2 01/22/2011 - Effective Communication 02/05/2011 - Semifinal 02/12/2011 - Final and Awards *All session take place on Saturdays from 9am to 1pm
SPEAKERS & MENTORSHIP Listen to great subject presentations from industry experts, venture capitalists, and successful entrepreneurs. Work on real life cases and thoroughly develop your business plan proposals with mentors from IBM and its business partners
TEAMS & COMPETITION High school and college students compete in separate competitive pools. Typical teams consist of 3-5 members. Mentors are assigned to each team.
PRIZES Include Cash, Gifts, Summer Internships with IBM, Program Sponsors and Business Partners, and Award Certificates.
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