Professional Development and Networking Session

NorthEast Regional Council Quarterly Educational Session

Saturday, April 13, 2019

“Data IS An Asset?” (1.5 CPE) with Peter Sheldrick, MBA and

“SASB, the Accounting Professions Green New Deal,

 a serious look at Sustainability Initiatives, Standards and Disclosure”

(1.5 CPE) with Robert Ronan

Agenda

Cost: $40.00 regular rate

Free for full time students with college ID - Must register in advance

SEE REGISTRATION LINK AT END

If you cancel after Apr 9th, you will be responsible to pay the fee.

Cost includes 3 CPE, morning refreshments and lunch.

Location: Springfield Technical Community College – Scibelli Hall-7^th floor

One Armory Square, Springfield, Massachusetts, 01102

Campus Map: https://www.stcc.edu/media/logo-files/CampusMap.pdf

Parking: D lot (front of building) or E Lot (behind) https://www.stcc.edu/media/departments/policex2fparking/studentlots.pdf

Nearby accommodations:

Hilton Garden Inn at the Basketball Hall of Fame:  https://hiltongardeninn3.hilton.com/en/hotels/massachusetts/hilton-garden-inn-springfield-ma-SFYMAGI/index.html  

MGM (casino)  https://www.mgmspringfield.com/en.html 

Holiday Inn: https://reservations.com/hotel/holiday-inn-enfield-pringfield?rmcid=rcc15&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIpdzXkrb01wIVm4SzCh2AtgbkEAAYAiAAEgLfRvD_BwE

CPEs will be uploaded to your IMA transcript within one week of the event. If you require a certificate of

completion for another accreditation, please let us know, so we can prepare it for you in advance.

Peter Sheldrick, MBA After completing an MBA and deciding to leave the law enforcement field, Peter has had a successful private sector career spanning several different functional areas.  He has spent most of his career in the financial services sector starting in Finance then eventually becoming a Data Scientist believing that budgets and forecasts could be improved by using mathematics, statistics, and predictive modeling.  During this time, he became familiar with information technology and the importance of data flow to companies.  With the exponential increase of available data and demand to derive insights from it, he transitioned into the data architecture practice to help companies develop mature data processes from ingestion to database implementation.  In his current role, he is charged with developing mature, automated, scalable processes for business intelligence.  He is involved with improving the data governance methodology at the company, implementing Hadoop eco-system, and driving the adoption of data science for use in decision making.

Robert Ronan Bob spent his early career with PriceWaterhouseCoopers.  After his public accounting career, he spent twenty years serving in Senior Management positions within both Public and Private organizations.  His experience spans all business segments, which has provided a balanced view of both risks and opportunities for sustainability presented by the operations and public responsibilities of various business segments. Bob’s extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions during his public accounting career and throughout his professional career has provided a unique opportunity to communicate at all levels of an organization. Providing a platform as a liaison within and across organizations became a formidable skill for development of his success in sales.

Over the past decade, Bob has focused his career on sustainability activities.  His service in the energy efficiency business includes an eight-year stint as the COO of a successful regional Energy Services Company (ESCo), and most recently the past four years as a Director of Sales for a national ESCo, headquartered in Austin Texas.  His primary activities have included customer relationships with Ford and General Motors, and driving efficiency and savings via lighting and controls upgrades in the tens of millions annually throughout their US plant systems. Those activities also included monetizing eligible tax incentives through EPAct and cost segregation to drive tax savings and enhancing ROI.  Most recently, Bob has started, and is Principle of The Sustainability Group, a compliance and consulting-based organization, which is focused on compliance measures surrounding the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board.

Bob has served as a board member and executive committee member of the United Way of Western CT, and served in a variety of board positions, in for local Parks and Recreation organizations, the Boy Scouts of America and as a youth coach and mentor over the past 30 years.

  Getting to Springfield Technical Community College by Car

From Rt. 91 North:

• Take Exit 6 toward Springfield Center, Go 0.5 miles and turn right onto State St, Go 0.9 miles and turn left onto Federal St., Take Second left into Springfield Technical Community College

From Rt. 91 South:

• Take Exit 6, Springfield Center, Merge onto East Columbus Avenue, Turn left onto State Street, Go 0.9 miles and turn left onto Federal St., Take second left into Springfield Technical Community College

From The Massachusetts Turnpike:

• Take Exit 6, Springfield, Turn left onto Route 291, Take Rt. 91 South toward Hartford, Follow directions from Rt. 91 South

Parking: D lot (front of Scibelli Hall) or E Lot (behind Scibelli Hall )

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