Topic: The Pros and Cons of Project Consulting

Speakers: Kelly Harris, Founder & Partner, Harris & Dickey LLC, and Ben J. Pinto, Jr., CPA, Partner & Director, Contract Services Division, Thomas Edwards Group
 
REGISTRATION: You DO NOT HAVE TO REGISTER for this event as it is in-person, just show-up.
This event is open at no charge to members of FEI and members of the Dallas and Fort Worth chapters of Financial Executives Networking Group (The FENG).　

Presentation:
This program is presented by two executives who have based their careers on placing accounting and financial professionals on an interim, contract, and project basis in North Texas, regionally, and on a national basis. These two are company leaders – one a company Founder and one a working Partner in two Dallas based professional service companies.  They are going to help the audience understand (1) the benefits of doing project work; (2) how to locate and price project and interim services; (3) what companies are looking for when they need a financial professional for a project; (4) how best to work with a project company; and (5) how best to project a professional image and approach at companies that use these services.

Speakers' bios:

Ms. Kelly Harris 
Kelly is a CPA with over 35 years of corporate and consulting business experience.

As a founding partner in Harris & Dickey, She partners with C-level executives to help enhance shareholder value and achieve corporate objectives. In addition to founding Harris & Dickey, Kelly was a founder and market leader in a successful Deloitte spin-off, Resources Global Professionals (RGP) that went public in 2000. Kelly joined Deloitte to open the Dallas office of RGP.

Kelly began her professional services career with PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Manager in the State and Local Tax practice. The first 14 years of her career was spent in tax departments at ClubCorp and Donrey Media Group. Kelly is a graduate of Texas Woman’s University with a BBA majoring in accounting. She has been active in non-profit, professional and community organizations throughout her career and is currently a member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance (IECG) and the Private Directors Association. She is on the Advisory Board for IECG. She has been an Angel Investor, and has investing experience with Trinity Private Equity Group, Texas Women Ventures Fund and Concert Golf. Kelly is a long-time member of Northwest Bible Church.

Mr. Benjamin J Pinto, Jr.
Ben brings 20+ years of accounting and finance experience working with companies of various sizes and industries including insurance, manufacturing, oil & gas, professional services, real estate and retail. He currently serves as Director of the Contract Services Division for the firm. Prior to joining Thomas Edwards Group, Ben was a Business Development Manager and a Permanent Search Recruiter with a professional services firm for 12 years. He also served as a Regional Manager and VP for a national, privately-held company in the automotive industry. He began his career in Big 4 audit with Ernst & Young and is a Texas CPA and member of the Dallas Chapter of CPAs. A proud Aggie, Ben graduated from Texas A&M University with a BBA in Accounting.

Ben is married to his college sweetheart and has two grown daughters, two sons-in-law (also all Aggies-whoop!), and is referred to as “Duke” by his grandchildren. He is a longtime member of Watermark Community Church and serves with several not for profit organizations including Water is Basic and The Marcella Project.