{"id":897,"date":"2019-11-04T10:38:52","date_gmt":"2019-11-04T15:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/?p=897"},"modified":"2020-02-06T15:31:54","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T20:31:54","slug":"back-to-ub-night-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to UB Night 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 3, 2019, Beta Alpha Psi, the student honor society for accounting, finance and information systems\u00a0 held the fifth annual Back to UB Night. This year&#8217;s event focused on\u00a0 careers in government accounting, auditing and finance. The Department of Accounting and BAP traditionally bring together UB accounting alumni and current student to help UB students learn from our alumni about their success in accounting careers.<\/p>\n<p>The panel of distinguished alumni and friends, represented a wide spectrum of government accounting and finance. By all accounts, this was a very productive and exciting evening where students were given full exposure to careers in government accounting and finance.<\/p>\n<p>Our panelists were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Rebecca Bier<\/strong>, who holds a BS in Accounting from UB from 1989,.began her career as an auditor with State of Maryland \u2013 Office of Legislative Audits.\u00a0 She currently works in Finance Office of the Department of Legislative Services for the State of Maryland as Members Account Supervisor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pat Byer<\/strong>, who holds an MBA from UB is the current Managing Principal (MP) of CliftonLarsonAllen\u2019s Office of the Maryland region and the past MP of the Washington, D.C. Region and the Federal Government Practice at CLA.\u00a0 He is also a practice principal in Federal Government industry segment.\u00a0\u00a0 In his more than 31 years of practice, Pat has held various leadership positions in the local office, region and firm,\u00a0 helping to shape strategic focus and direction while driving growth and increasing profitability both at the local office and the firm.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Peter Pupshis<\/strong> is a senior manager with KPMG\u2019s Federal Audit practice. He possesses over 30 years of accounting, audit and financial management experience and has successfully led large project teams addressing high-profile, complex Federal and commercial projects<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bill Seymour<\/strong>, a Towson University graduate, is a partner at SB &amp; Company, LLC (SBC) who leads SBC\u2019s governmental practice.\u00a0 Bill has over 20 years of experience in public accounting and serving governments.\u00a0 Bill has served governments of all sizes and types, from townships to states. He has testified on a proposed government accounting standards to GASB.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Johnny Ramsey, <\/strong>who holds an MBA from UB, is a senior manager with KPMG Federal Audit practice. Mr. Ramsey has 29 years of accounting experience including 17 years performing Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 (CFO Act) audits, and other accounting and advisory services for Federal agencies. He also has experience auditing commercial, local governments, and nonprofit entities. Johnny has served in several leadership roles in the Association of Government Accountants.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Taylor Wilson<\/strong> is a Senior Consultant in Deloitte Consulting\u2019s Finance practice with a focus in Strategy and Operations. Prior to consulting, Taylor spent two years with Deloitte\u2019s audit practice. He graduated from the University of Baltimore in 2014, where during his time he served\u00a0as BAP president and spoke at Oxford University on International Accounting Convergence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check out some of the photos from the event.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-897 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/dsc01140\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/DSC01140-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Panal\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/dsc00992\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/DSC00992-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/dsc00997\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" 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src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/DSC01025-e1572881895291-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-904\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-904'>\n\t\t\t\tstudents at accounting event\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/dsc01030\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/DSC01030-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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href='https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/dsc01432\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/DSC01432-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/2019\/11\/04\/back-to-ub-night-2019\/dsc01440\/#main'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/merricktoday\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/DSC01440-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 3, 2019, Beta Alpha Psi, the student honor society for accounting, finance and information systems\u00a0 held the fifth annual Back to UB Night. This year&#8217;s event focused on\u00a0 careers in government accounting, auditing and finance. 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