Digital Currency

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Sean Ryan Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, NODE40Albany, NYhttps://www.node40.com/ Prior to his entrance into the blockchain industry, Sean was a noted academic – with degrees in Computer Science as well as Information Science. He served as a lecturer whilst working in a myriad of engineering roles for the New York State government. Following 9/11, he was […]

Dr. Sean Stein Smith, CPA, CMA, CGMA Assistant Professor, Lehman College, City University of New Yorkhttp://www.lehman.edu/academics/economics-business/faculty-spotlight.php Career Highlights: E.C. Harwood Visiting Research Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research – 2019 Named 40 under 40 by CPA Practice Advisor in 2017, 2018, and 2019 Member of the 2017 AICPA Leadership Academy Named Young Professional of the […]

Swati Garodia, MBA Global Head of Products, Tax & Accounting Professionals BUThomson Reuters www.ThomsonReuters.com Career Highlights: As the Global Head of Products for the Tax & Accounting Professionals at Thomson Reuters, I lead a team of over 500 employees, including 200+ experienced CPAs. We deliver customer-led innovation through flagship brands such as Checkpoint, UltraTax CS, […]

Steven J. Baum, CPA Principal, Friedman LLP Hoboken, NJ https://www.friedmanllp.com  Career Highlights: Steve Baum, a Principal at Friedman LLP, is the embodiment of a “game-changer.” He is a leader in the firm’s Public and Private Companies Assurance group, where he specializes in digital currency and blockchain technology auditing.  Steve works at the intersection of business […]

Bob Ladue Business Development & Strategic PartnershipsExpensifySan Francisco, CAwww.expensify.com Career Highlights: My career at Expensify has allowed me to be part of some really great projects that have had a positive impact on the accounting community from creating Xero’s first global Strategic Partnership to planning and executing our second ExpensiCon held in Bora Bora May […]

Shehan Chandrasekera, CPA Head Of Tax Strategy & Partner CoinTracker & JagArgueta CPAs San Francisco, Houstonwww.cointracker.io | https://jagargueta.com Career Highlights: Co-founded JagArgueta CPAs (Full service boutique CPA firm in Houston) CFO for successfully funded 2 disruptive startups in bio-tech(Cemvita Factory) and fin-tech(SmartBotCoin) space Associate Director at Houston Blockchain Alliance Head of Tax Strategy at Cointracker. […]

One aspect of an economic slowdown companies are prone to overlook involves taxes. Recessions tend to widen the tax gap, essentially the difference between how much taxpayers owe and how much they actually pay. An increase in the tax gap would almost assu