Todd Schorb, International Tax Compliance Director and a member of KPMG’s compliance center of excellence (“CoE”), specializes in multinational compliance engagements, efficient use of technology and co- and out-sourcing options for complex multinational structures. Todd also has extensive experience with provisions, cross-border finance and foreign restructuring.

Todd has been with KPMG for 17 years, focusing on a variety of international tax topics. And leading some of KPMG’s largest international compliance engagements, covering compliance and related requirements in multiple jurisdictions. Todd has also been responsible for rendering services pursuant to acquisition, disposition and restructuring of business units in a multitude of jurisdictions.

Prior to joining KPMG, Todd was a senior associate in the financial audit practice of another large public accounting firm.

Kim Tan Majure, KPMG’s Inbound Tax Leader, advises clients on inbound and outbound / “sandwich” international tax planning and controversy issues, including cash management and deferral planning, cross border payments and withholding, and inbound investment planning. Kim is also KPMG’s national leader on BEPS Country-by-Country (“CbyC”) reporting. She has published numerous articles on FATCA as well as BEPS CbyC Reporting, and is a regular speaker on both topics.

Kim was an adjunct professor with the Georgetown University Law Center for 11 years, teaching a mix of international tax classes for Georgetown’s L.L.M. program, including an advanced international tax seminar and a cross-border tax controversy workshop. Kim regularly writes and speaks outside of the academic setting.

Prior to joining KPMG, Ms. Majure was a partner in the D.C. law firm, Miller & Chevalier, where she provided clients with foreign structuring and tax planning services as well as representation in IRS audit and appeals proceedings.

James Robison is a CPA and member of the PwC Tax Reporting & Strategy practice, focusing on tax process improvement and third party software implementations. James has 10 years of experience working with 3rd party tax software, with extensive knowledge in implementation and process enhancements.

While in industry James worked in roles such as Product Support Representative and a Tax Technology Specialist with responsibilities varying but not all inclusive of supporting users, system administrator, and process improvement. Since joining the firm he has been a key contributor and project lead on implementations and overall tax transformation projects.  James holds certifications in various tax technology software.

Nathan Davis is a Senior Associate in PwC’s National Tax Reporting and Strategy (TRS) Practice and is a part of the Tax Accounting Process Improvement (TAPI) team. He focuses his efforts on tax provision and compliance process improvement projects centered around technology implementations. Nathan has multiple years experience working with provision and compliance systems and specializes in Corptax®. He has helped dozens of multinational clients improve tax processes using technology in a wide array of industries, including oil and gas, medical, aerospace, manufacturing, e-commerce, and retail.

Nathan received his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Master of Accountancy and Taxation degrees from Brigham Young University. He is a licensed Certified Public Accountant in the states of Oregon and Utah and is a member of the AICPA.

Charity Smith is a Partner in the Tax Reporting and Strategy practice with over 22 years of combined experience in public accounting and industry. Charity currently serves some of the largest US multinational companies in the North Texas market and has extensive experience in handling all aspects of tax compliance on corporate and partnership clients.  Charity focuses on tax department efficiency enhancements and process re-engineering within the tax technology space and is a Six Sigma Green Belt.

Charity is a graduate of The University of North Texas where she received a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and a Master of Science, with a major in Accounting.  She is a Texas CPA and a member of the AICPA.

Jay Turchin, director in Grant Thornton’s Tax and Finance Optimization (TFO) practice, has 30 years of experience in corporate taxation, strategic planning, tax systems implementations and process improvements. In his role at the firm, Jay works with clients on all aspects of tax management services, from software evaluation and selection to implementation, data analytics and visualization. He is also involved in co-sourcing arrangements to support clients’ tax provision and compliance capabilities. Previously, Jay held a similar role at RSM and was a Senior Director in the Professional Services Group for CSC Corptax.

Jay is an early member of the Institute of Robotics Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence (IRPA). He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration at Boston University.

William Pardue is a Senior Manager in the State and Local Tax Group in the New York City Office of Grant Thornton LLP. William has more than 10 years of public accounting, government, and legal state and local tax experience, as well as experience in state and local tax matters at the audit, administrative, and judicial levels. He has assisted clients with issues in multiple states and jurisdictions, in such areas as corporate income tax, franchise tax, personal income tax, property tax, and sales and use tax.

William graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law.

Michael Cronin, Senior Manager, is the Market Leader of Grant Thornton’s New England State and Local Indirect Tax practice and Northeast Wayfair Leader. Prior to joining Grant Thornton, Michael worked at Big Four Accounting firms for over 13 years, and has more than 17 years of experience in multistate and local and federal taxes, focusing on multistate sales and use taxes, transactional taxes, gross receipts, excise, and telecommunications taxes and all other state and local tax areas, (income/franchise, property taxes and credits and incentives). In his career, Michael has worked with several Fortune 500 companies, including Fortune 100 companies.

Michael holds a BBA degree from Suffolk University and a JD/MBA from Suffolk Law, and is a licensed attorney in Massachusetts.

Kristin Jones, Senior Product Manager for Bloomberg Tax’s software products, is primarily responsible for managing the firm’s ASC 842 Leased Assets software product.

Prior to joining Bloomberg Tax, Kristin was Founder and Chief Executive Officer for Section 382 Solutions, where she developed award winning corporate software for companies and service providers. Kristin’s experience also includes practicing tax law at Drinker Biddle LLP. Kristin started her career in the Mergers and Acquisition Group at the National Tax Office of Ernst & Young, LLP in Washington DC.

Kristin is a licensed attorney in both New York and Washington DC. She holds an LL.M. in Tax from New York University School of Law.

Charlotte Flynn is a Partner in Deloitte’s Tax Management Consulting (TMC) Service line. As a technical and implementation specialist, she has served corporate tax departments in the areas of accounting for income taxes, tax process improvements and tax department automation utilizing software. She specializes in tax technology, process efficiency, and data gathering.

Charlotte joined the TMC service line over eight years ago after spending seven years in the federal corporate tax group. She has worked in all areas of federal taxation including corporate tax planning, tax accounting, and compliance.

Charlotte has a bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Baylor University and a Masters of Accountancy from the University of Mississippi. She is a Certified Public Accountant in Texas and also a member of the AICPA.

Aaron B. Bairani is a Tax Senior Manager in the Tax Management Consulting (TMC) Group of Deloitte Tax LLP based in Chicago, Illinois. He has over 18 years of experience in private industry and public accounting, including over 10 years working with tax technology enhancement, customization and implementation around the provision and compliance process.

As a member of the TMC practice, Aaron focuses on tax process transformations, managing tax provision and compliance implementations and devising solutions for tax planning, data collection and managerial reporting.

Lauren Harris is a Tax Consultant in the National Tax Management Consulting practice within Deloitte. Currently based out of Houston, she has one year of professional experience serving clients, primarily in the telecommunications and oil and gas industries, in both the tax accounting and compliance space. Her experience has provided her the unique opportunity to combine her technical expertise with expertise in tax technology platforms. She is particularly experienced with the Corptax platform.

Lauren received both her B.S. in Accounting and Master of Accounting with an emphasis in Tax from Brigham Young University.

Cristin Boynton is a Senior Manager with Deloitte Tax LLP’s Tax Management Consulting (“TMC”) practice. Cristin has 20 years of tax experience both in industry and Big 4 public accounting. Her project experience includes managing projects with stakeholders across tax, finance, compliance, regulatory and information technology. She has worked with clients to re-engineer and improve their tax functions, including tax accounting and compliance processes, assess their current tax operating environment, remediate internal control deficiencies, tax sensitize financial systems and evaluate and implement tax technology tools.

Cristin previously worked for Longview and Corptax as a member of their professional services teams working on implementations of software products. Cristin is a Corptax certified professional in Provision. She is also experienced at implementing the Corptax Compliance module for many large multinational organizations.  Cristin’s experience in the corporate sector includes working in the tax accounting and tax compliance groups for two multibillion dollar global corporations.

Staci has over twenty-two years of experience in the tax and technology field and has implemented Corptax USC, Corptax Provision, State Planner, Corptax Office, Corptax Calendar and Corptax International.

She has 16 years of implementation experience with Deloitte and Corptax.  Staci began her career in industry, spending six years preparing tax returns (both direct and indirect) and calculating income tax provisions, first as a State Tax Accountant at Manpower, Inc. in Glendale, WI, and then as a Tax Analyst at Journal Communications in Milwaukee, WI.

Today Staci focuses on helping clients to develop processes for their tax compliance and reporting and to implement these processes within a tax software solution.  She is the firm’s State Provision and Compliance Subject Matter Expert for Corptax and is also a Corptax Insurance Subject Matter Expert.  Her industry experience spans beyond insurance and includes: Consumer Goods; Energy; Financial Services; Manufacturing; and Telecommunications.

Patricia Wilson, Managing Director joined KPMG’s Ignition – Tax Application Integration team after working for CSC Corptax for 4 years. Patricia has over 25 years of tax experience with a focus on tax technologies for the last 10 years. Her Corptax products specialties include Federal and State Compliance, Corptax Provision, State by State Provision, and Corptax Office. She has been entrusted with leading several complex and challenging projects for high profile clients, and continues to improve processes and increase the resources available for value added work.

Patricia earned a B.S. in Accounting from University of South Carolina Upstate, has been a CPA since 1987 and is a Certified Corptax Professional.

Wendell Ford, Senior Manager in KPMG’s Tax Transformation and Technology Practice, has been working in tax since 1992, with a focus on tax technologies and process improvements since 1998. Wendell joined KPMG in 2010 after working for Corptax for over 10 years. His specialties include project management, process optimization, provision, planning, compliance and training. He has managed several complex and challenging projects for high profile multi-national clients.

Wendell earned a B.S. in Accounting from Georgia State University, and is a Corptax Certified Professional.

Brian Smith, Senior Manager in KPMG’s Ignition – Tax Application Integration Practice, has been working in tax since 1988 with a focus on tax provision and compliance leveraging tax technology for tax processes. Brian was responsible for multiple tax processes including federal, state, international, federal audit, fixed assets, as well as working in the sales & use functional area. He joined a competitor firm in 1999 where he managed a 55+ client base and was responsible for providing client support and retention, implementation guidance, process improvement, and training for the Corptax suite of products.

Brian earned B.S. in Accounting from the University of Texas at Arlington and is a Certified Public Accountant, Chartered Global Management Accountant, and a Certified Corptax Professional.

Gerwyn James, Senior Manager in KPMG’s Tax Ignition – Data and Analytics practice, is an experienced accountant and financial and data modeller with over 11 years’ experience at KPMG. He initially worked within Audit in KPMG London, working with clients in the Industrial and Automotive sector. Before joining the US Tax practice in December 2014, Gerwyn worked in the Risk Consulting Modelling team where he built and reviewed financial and operational models across many sectors.

Gerwyn earned a 2:1 Hons BSc Accountancy from Cardiff University in the UK.

Shelly Schilling, Manager in on KPMG’s Ignition – Tax Application Integration team, has been working in tax since 1996 and currently focused on tax technologies and process improvements. Shelly joined KPMG in 2015, and led team implementations of Corptax federal and state compliance, state planner, global provision, domestic provision including both blended and detailed state by state provision, and CorpCalendar. She is also proficient using Corptax Office. As part of these implementations she also worked with cross-functional teams to improve processes and increase the resources available for value added work.

Shelly earned a BBS from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, is a Certified Public Accountant (TX, WI), and is a Corptax Certified Professional for Provision and US Compliance.