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Cindy Fornelli is the Executive Director for the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), which was founded in 2007 to serve investors, public company auditors and the markets. She has twice been honored by Directorship magazine as one of the 100 most influential people on corporate governance and in the boardroom, and in 2010, Accounting Today named her one of the 100 most influential people in accounting for the fourth consecutive year. Prior to becoming the Center’s Executive Director, Fornelli was the Regulatory and Conflicts Management Executive at Bank of America. Before joining Bank of America, Fornelli was Deputy Director of the Division of Investment Management of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Marie N. Hollein was named President and CEO of Financial Executives International (FEI) in January 2009. FEI is the professional association of choice for senior-level corporate financial executives and the leading organization dedicated to advancing ethical, responsible financial management.

Ms. Hollein brings over 30 years of extensive corporate and financial services experience to her role at FEI. Ms. Hollein was previously a Managing Director of Financial Risk Management for KPMG, where she led the treasury practice and provided treasury and risk management advisory services to US and global corporations and banking institutions. Prior to joining KPMG in 2005, Ms. Hollein held senior financial executive management positions at Ruesch International, ABN Amro Bank, Citibank and Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

A noted speaker and author, Ms. Hollein has published articles on risk management in a number of leading industry publications. She has been a member of FEI since 2000, most recently serving as the organization’s National Area Director at Large for the Midwest. She also served as Financial Executives Research Foundation’s Vice Chair, Board Trustee Member, and Development Committee Chair, and President of FEI’s Chicago Chapter from 2004-05.

Ms. Hollein is currently seated on the Board of the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), of which FEI is one of the five founding members, and she is also seated on the Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council (FASAC).

Her expansive involvement with professional associations also includes board and committee positions at organizations such as the Association for Financial Professionals, Journal of Treasury Management, International Finance & Treasury, Treasury Management Association, Executive Club of Chicago, and the National Education Committee. Ms. Hollein earned a Master of Finance and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Bachelor of Science from La Roche College.

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Robert Strasser has practiced public accounting for over 30 years and is one of BDO USA’s national technology leaders, overseeing delivery of all assurance services in the Silicon Valley.

Strasser has worked closely with a large number of publicly traded and privately held companies in a full range of activities including auditing and financial reporting, M&A, initial public offerings (IPOs) and international transactions.

Strasser has significant experience working with businesses in the technology arena. This experience includes extensive hands-on application of the profession’s financial reporting guidance on revenue recognition, software development and share-based payments. Strasser is considered one of the firm’s industry leaders in serving the software and technology sectors and has testified as an expert witness in the application of US GAAS and GAAP.

Strasser began his career in BDO’s Los Angeles office in January 1980 and has worked in BDO offices in London, England; Washington, D.C.; and Atlanta, Georgia prior to joining BDO’s Silicon Valley office in January 2001.

Strasser holds a BS in Accounting from the University of Southern California