BACKGROUND Mike is a Risk Control Consulting Director for the Accountants Professional Liability Insurance Program of Continental Casualty Company, a CNA company and the underwriter of the AICPA Professional Liability Insurance Program. He previously served tax clients for over 12 years with both national and regional public accounting firms, and has provided risk management to accounting firms both as an internal and external resource since 2014. Mike provided tax consulting and compliance services to clients in a variety of industries with an emphasis on PE/VC/Hedge funds, Real Estate funds, and professional service firms. He also supported firm Legal and Risk Management functions, including technical and procedural inspection and reporting, firm-wide training, and process standardization and manuals. He has authored several risk management articles for both accountants and miscellaneous professionals. Prior to his career in public accounting, Mike served as a criminal prosecutor for the State of Indiana for three years. Mike provides risk control consulting services for CPA firms in the AICPA program. He participates in the development and delivery of risk management training and education products including the live risk management seminar and self-study programs. EDUCATION AND CREDENTIALS DePaul University, BS University of Connecticut, Juris Doctor University of Washington (Seattle), LL.M (Taxation) Admitted to practice, Indiana (non-active) and Illinois (non-active) PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Member of American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Former Member of Illinois CPA Society Ethics Committee