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Tom Hood is dedicated to making accounting and finance professionals future-ready. As the founding CEO of BLI, a division of the AICPA-CIMA, he researches the trends, mindsets and skillsets needs to thrive in this age of exponential change. Explore Tom's most recent live videos and posts on specific topics affecting you and your profession

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The 4th Future of Finance Summit Insights
Speakers: Barry Payne, director of external relations for management accounting at the AICPA
Strategies for CFOs to Lead in an AI-Driven World
Speakers: Lisa Simon, chief economist with Revelio Labs
How CPAs Can Thrive in a Rapidly Changing World
Speakers: Pamela Steer, president and CEO of CPA Canada
Responsible AI
Speakers: Jeff Easley, general manager of the Responsible AI Institute
The Top Competencies for Corporate Finance
Speakers: Jen Cryder, CEO of the PICPA
Controllers: A Great Career for a Cause
Speakers: Linda Antonelli, Partner at Armanino and Board Chair of the Controllers Council, and Neil Brown, Executive Director of the Controllers Council
The Latest Trends Facing the C-Suite
Speakers: Mallory Barg Bulman, CFO advisory leader at Gartner, and Alex Bant, chief research and practice VP of finance with Gartner
Culture Eats Strategy for Lunch & Here’s How
Speakers: Sue Warman, Chief People Officer at the AICPA & CIMA
Finance, AI & Future Trends: Riding the Wave of Transformation
Speakers: Thomas Hood, a director with SC&H Group
Advocating for Apprenticeship Programs
Speakers: CFO for Maritime Applied Physics Corporation, past chair of the MACPA
Sustainability Matters
Speakers: Jeremy Osborn, Global Head of Sustainability, Ash Noah, VP & Managing Director of Management Accounting & Sustainability, and Ami Beers, Senior Director of Assurance & Advisory Innovation
Leadership: 20 Rules for Success
Speaker: Emmanuel Gobillot, Leadership Consultant and Author
Leadership Agility
Speaker: Bill Joiner, CEO of ChangeWise
Leading a Finance Transformation with Sam Maimbo
Speaker: Sam Maimbo, VP of Budget, Performance Review & Strategic Planning at The World Bank
Riding the Big Waves of Transformation
Speaker: Ron Fader, VP for Finance & Accounting at Atrium Hospitality Group, and Barry Payne, Director of External Relations for AICPA-CIMA
The CFO’s & CAO’s Role in Leading AI
Speaker: Claire Bramley, CPA, CGMA, the CFO of Teradata & Rachel Crump, CPA, CGMA, the chief accounting officer at Insight
The Journey from CFO to COO
Speaker: Scott Spiegel, COO of the AICPA & CIMA
Conquering FOBO by Keeping Your Learning Greater Than Change in RPB
Speaker: Don Tomoff, CPA, MBA, Director at Invenio Advisors
Finance Transformation with Thomas Hood
Speaker: Thomas Hood, Director of SC&H Group’s Enterprise Transformation and Advisory Practice
Transforming Accounting Education for the Modern CFO
Speaker: Karen Gaskill, Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) & Visiting Associate Professor at Wake Forest University School of Business
The Changing Role of the CFO in the Era of Disruption
Speaker: Randy Wootton, CEO of Maxio
The Power of the CGMA for a CPA
Speaker: Lindsay Stevenson, chief transformation officer for BPM
Key Insights from the Future of Finance Summit
Speaker: Barry Payne, director of external relations for management accounting at the AICPA & CIMA
Leading in the Age of Gen AI
Speaker: Pascal Finette, cofounder and chief heretic at be radical and the author of “Disrupt Disruption"
The DNA of the CFO
Speaker: Myles Corson, the global and Americas strategy and markets leader for financial accounting advisory services at EY and the host of the #BetterFinance podcast
Update on the First Finance & Accounting Apprenticeship
Special Edition: Celebrating #NationalApprenticeshipWeek at MACPA with multiple guests!
Using Apprenticeships to Recruit and Train Your Finance Team
Speaker: Joanne Fiore, VP of Pipeline & Apprenticeships for CGMA Americas at the AICPA-CIMA and Alicia Fales, a supervisor in the Office of Career & Technical Education for Baltimore County Public Schools
The Benefits of Belonging
Speaker: AICPA-CIMA Chair Okorie Ramsey, CPA, CGMA, PMP, NADC.CD, also vice president of Sarbanes/Okley at Kaiser Permanente
A New Kind of Diversity
Speaker: Dr. Timothy Elmore, bestselling author, leadership expert and CEO of Growing Leaders
Keeping the Profession’s Rate of Learning Greater than the Rate of Change
Speaker: Michael McKenzie Grant, senior director of learning innovation and assessment at the AICPA-CIMA
The CFO’s Role in Generative AI in Driving Profitable Growth
Speaker: Alexander Bant, chief of research and practice VP for finance, and Marko Horvat, VP of CFO research strategy
The Visible Expert Revolution
Speaker: Lee Frederiksen, PhD, former managing partner at Hinge Marketing
Business in the Age of AI
Speaker: Rema Serafi, National Managing Principal – Tax at KPMG US, Brad Brown, Global Head of Tax Technology & Innovation at KPMG US and Steve Sweetman, Principal MP Manager – AzureML Responsible AI & Customer Engagement at Microsoft
Finance’s Role in Dealing with Continuous Disruption
Speaker: Marko Horvat, VP of CFO Research Strategy at Gartner, and Tim Traud, SVP of corporate finance at Jabil
Communicating in a Hybrid Environment
Speaker: Julie Holunga, Executive Coach, Chinook Executive Solutions
Using ChatGPT to Create Exponential Productivity for CFOs
Speaker: Don Tomoff, Director, Invenio Advisors
CFO = Chief Future Officer
Speaker: Ted Delgado, VP of finance and Controller at McLane Company
The Power of Association: Being Even More Relevant in a Global World
Speaker: Anoop Mehta, chair of the AICPA and CIMA, and chief strategist at Analytical Mechanics Associates, Inc
The CPA Pipeline
Speaker: Susan Coffey, CEO of public accounting at the AICPA
The Future of Finance & The New #FICPACFF
Speaker: Ed Duarte, CFO of Foreign Parts Distributors
The Changing Role of the CFO in the Era of Exponential Change Fueled by AI
Speaker: Gartner researchers Alexander Bant, chief of research and practice VP for finance, and Marko Horvat, VP of CFO research strategy
Generative AI (ChatGPT) for CFOs
Speaker: Glenn Hooper, Director/CFO Eventus Advisory Grup and author of ebook, Application of ChatGPT to Build an FP&A Tool
Making Your Financial Team Irresistible
Speaker: Josh Bersin, founder and CEO of The Josh Bersin Company and author of Irresistible: The Seven Secrets of the World's Most Enduring, Employee-Focused Organizations
The Future of Finance and ESG
Speaker: Dr. Jeremy Osborn, global head of sustainability for the AICPA & CIMA
The Youngest Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
Speaker: Grace Bayton, CGMA
The Future of Finance: Leading Into the Unknown
Speaker: Pascal Finette, co-founder and CEO of be radical
Future-Proofing Your Workforce
Speaker: Kerry Brown, Customer Transition Advisor, Celonis
What is the Future of Finance
Speaker: Tom Hood, CPA, CGMA, CITP, EVP Business Engagement & Growth for AICPA-CIMA
Funding Growth Investments Through Spend Rationalization
Speaker: Sharon Schuler, SVP of financial planning and analysis at BJ’s Wholesale Club
Leading with Significance
Speaker: Joey Haveris, author, managing partner of strategic growth at HORNE
What Young Professionals Want in a Corporate Career
Speaker: Al Dea, founder of Betterwork Labs
Professional Apprenticeships as a Hiring & Training Solution
Speaker: Rebekah Brown, CPA, CEO of MACPA and Joanne Fiore, VP for pipeline and apprenticeships at the AICPA & CIMA
The Changing Role of Finance Today
Speaker: Claire Bramley, CFO of Teradata and member of our Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group
What is the Future of Finance
Speaker: Graham C., Vice President of investor relations at bp
What CFOs Need to Know About the Current Economy
Speaker: Dr. Anirban Basu, Chairman & CEO, Sage Policy Group
The CPA Career: How To Make Your Assets Greater Than Your Liabilities
Speaker: Jerry Maginnis, CPA, Author, Board Member, inTEST Corp., Independent Director of Cohen & Steers, Executive in Residence, Rowan University
Making the Shift to Value Partner
Speaker: Shifra Kiolsky, SVP, Controller & CAO, Discover Financial Services
The Great Join: Accounting and Finance - an Employer's Perspective
Speaker:  Jan Taylor, CPA, CGMA, PhD
 New Mandate for the CFO - Strategic Value Partner
Speaker:  Robert Tarola, President  of Right Advisory LLC and a member of our Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group at the AICPA-CIMA.
What CPAs and CFOs Need to Know About ESG
Speaker: Natan Zaidenweber, Founder and CEO of ESGTrust.io
The Innovation Imperative: CPA-CGMA as a Change Maker
Speaker: Amy Radin, Executive Advisor of Pragmatic Innovation Partners
The New Mandate for the CFO - Strategic Value Partner
Speaker: Robert Tarola, President of Right Advisory LLC and a member of our Future of Finance Leadership Advisory Group at the AICPA-CIMA.
Insights From The Future Of Finance Leadership Advisory Group
Speaker: John Regan, Managing Director, CFO Reinsurance Americas at Swiss Re American Holding Company - also a member of our Future of Finance Leadership Ad
How Finance Leaders Influence The Future
Speaker: Liz Hirst, a director at Wharton Business Consulting
The #FutureReady CFO
Speaker: Tom Hood, CPA, CGMA, CITP, EVP Business Engagement & Growth for AICPA-CIMA
The #FutureReady CFO: How To Become A True Value Partner
Speaker: Ebonie Jackson, CFO and Director at Lucas County Children Services
Why CFOs Need To Be Value Creators
Speaker: Jack McCullough, founder of the The CFO Leadership Council
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The Future of Financial Planning & Analysis
Speaker: Chris E. Ortega, MBA, president & CEO, CEO Business Services
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Disrupting Disruption & The Future of Finance
Speaker: Pascal Finette, Co-Founder & Chief Heretic
Leading Digital Transformation - Is is Technology or People
Speaker: Anh Phillips, a researcher with Deloitte Consulting 
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The Future of Finance
Speaker: The CFO Whisper, David Axson 
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Becoming a Value-Added CFO
Speaker: Scott H. Spiegel, CPA, CGMA, CITP, CFO of the AICPA
Become a Successful Leader
Speaker: Emmanuel Gobillot, the author of seven leadership books 
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The CFO Agenda - Top Issues for 2021
Speaker: Nilly Essaides, Senior Research Director, The Hackett Group 
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Why “Extreme Humanism?”
Speaker: Tom Peters
The Latest in Finance & Accounting Transformation
Speaker: Ash Noah, CPA, FCMA, CGMA, VP Managing Director Learning, and Barry Payne, Director - External Relations 
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“Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger”
Speaker: Nancy Giordano, author
Talent: Bridging People & Technology
Speaker: Jack McCullough, founder of The CFO Leadership Council
What to Expect with CFOs Post Pandemic
Speaker: Jack McCullough, founder of the The CFO Leadership Council
Reinventing Finance for a Post-Pandemic World
Speaker: Andrew Harding FCMA CGMA
What CFOs and CPAs Need to Know About Blockchain & Crypto
Speaker: Ron Quaranta, Chairman, Wall Street Blockchain Alliance

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