Accounting Information Night
The Accounting Department hosted the 22nd annual Accounting Information Night on Wednesday, February 2, 2022 from 7:00-8:30 pm, virtually via Zoom. The event was co-moderated by Lewis Chew (former CFO, Dolby) and Ryan Chew (Senior Financial Analyst, Intuitive Surgical), and featured the following four alumni:
- Trisha Chang ’05 – Head of FP&A Product (Skillz)
- Ivan Krayniy ’14 – Senior Director, Strategy & Transactions (EY-Parthenon)
- Sandy Mendoza ’02 – Director, Accounting Controllership (Google)
- Derek Nishikawa ’14 – Senior Manager (PwC)
Accounting Information Night was well attended by over 190 business students and 57 professionals from various accounting firms. The event commenced with a panel discussion and also included two breakout room sessions which provided the opportunity for small group discussions with accounting professionals. Thank you to the following firms and professionals that graciously attended the event to share their experience with students:
Abbott, Stringham, and Lynch: Kevin Epes, Maureen Feng, William Ho, Tim McManis
Advisory Board Members: Lewis Chew, Bill O’Brien
Armanino: Drew Armanino, Jaclyn Armanino
Box, Casper, Global, etc: Jack Lazar
Deloitte: Willlis Kao, Jeff Jenkins, Annie Freman
Ernst & Young: Leah Angulo, Shawna Kai, Ivan Krayniy, Steve Maier, Molly Mirch, David J. Price, Sid Jain Jaiswal, Michelle Wu
Frank Rimerman + Co.: Wyatt Nebe, Michael Theodorakis, Grace Yi
Google: Sandy Mendoza
Grant Thornton: Andy Clay, Kyle Jelicich
Intuitive Surgical: Ryan Chew
KPMG: Alison Barr, Candace Beyer, Matthew Leff, Haunani Nakabara, Quinn Wetra
Moss Adams: Trevor Gillespie, Audrey Kenealy, Daniel Olson,
Petrinovich, Pugh & Co.: Emerson Lagpacan, Samantha Licea, Sean McLean, Scott Watters
PwC: Justin Bautista, Meghan Delay, Mike Jerome, John Lambert, Travis Merz, Derek Nishikawa, Alan Nguyen, Michael Pietrangelo, Tom Rezzo, Erik Samuels
RoseRyan: Kathy Ryan
RSM: Andrew Dervan, Kevin Reagan
Salesforce: Joe Allanson
Sensiba San Filippo: Joe Brunel, John Buffo, Angelica Uribe
Skillz: Trisha Chang
Both professional and student feedback was positive, including comments about the professionals being “…open and honest in their answers about their professions.” The panelists acknowledged that an accounting career can be challenging but encouraged students to be curious, own their career, and take the time to connect. Students also gained insight into the accounting profession and learned that “Accounting is useful in all aspects of business” and “…found out that accounting is more exciting than its reputation.”
A special thank you to EY, KPMG, PwC, and RSM for generously donating the following raffle prizes, and congratulations to the winners:
EY – BOSE Soundlink Speaker (Max Campos)
KPMG – Apple Air Pods (Melia Furst)
PwC – Two $100 Amazon gift cards (Matthew Mayo, Ineseo Jang)
RSM – Fitbit Charge 5 (Calvin Folger)