Sean is a professor at the City University of New York - Lehman College. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Wall Street Blockchain Alliance, where he chairs the Accounting Work Group. Sean sits on the Advisory Board of Gilded, a TechStars company and AICPA-CPA.com startup accelerator participant, and serves as a Strategic Advisor to the Central Bank Digital Currency Think Tank. Sean's award winning research and thought leadership have been recognized and honored by the AICPA. AAA. NJCPA, NYSSCPA, IMA, and CPA Practice Advisor as a thought leader in the profession, with a focus on emerging technologies and innovative thinking. Sean has been honored by being named one of the AICPA Outstanding Young CPAs of the Year for 2022. Sean is also the immediate past chairperson of the NJCPA's Emerging Technologies Interest Group (#NJCPATech), where he hosts the NJCPA TechTalk Podcast, and is the President-Elect of the NYSSCPA Manhattan-Bronx Chapter. He was also a Visiting Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research during 2019, with a book due for publication in 2022. His award winning research - articles and books - have been published in prestigious publications in the United States as well as internationally.