Meeting Information
Date:
Tuesday August 25, 2020
Time:
3:00pm - 4:30pm
Location:
ZOOM MEETING

Time Zone: US CDT

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Agenda:
Monthly Career Management Meeting with The FENG Ft. Worth Chapter and The FEI Dallas and Ft. Worth Chapters.

1.5 CPE credits available to all attendees

Topic: A Non-Contact Discussion about the Pros/Cons of Project Consulting

Speakers: Ben J. Pinto, Jr., CPA, Partner & Director, Contract Services Division, Thomas Edwards Group and
Helen Dickey, Founder & Partner, Harris & Dickey LLC

Presentation:
This program is presented by two executives who have based their careers on placing accounting and financial professionals on an interim, contract, and project basis in North Texas, regionally, and on a national basis. These two are company leaders – one a company Founder and one a working Partner in two Dallas based professional service companies.

They are going to help the audience understand:
(1) the benefits of doing project work;
(2) how to locate and price project and interim services;
(3) what companies are looking for when they need a financial professional for a project;
(4) how best to work with a project company; and
(5) how best to project a professional image and approach at companies that use these services.

Speakers' bios:

Helen Dickey:
Helen is an executive leader with over 40 years of experience in the consulting and banking industries serving as an internal auditor, accountant and executive. Previously, she was an executive for Jefferson Wells, a major professional services firm and she has worked in the financial institutions industry at Bank of America and Comerica Bank in accounting and internal audit. In addition, she worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers as well as KPMG performing external audits mainly in the financial institutions industry.

Helen is recognized for her visionary leadership with sustained performance in high quality service delivery and client satisfaction, client relationship development and management, and team development. She has proven accomplishments in consulting and special project services in the areas of accounting, finance, internal audit, technology, and project management, in numerous and varied business environments.

In 2010 Ms. Dickey combined forces with Kelly Harris to found Harris & Dickey, LLC, a certified woman-owned professional services firm in Dallas, Texas. Ms. Dickey and Ms. Harris believed that with their shared knowledge, reputation and passion for delivering value and excellence to clients, they could create a unique firm of leaders that were overqualified and had a passion for over-delivering and delighting clients. Now, almost 10 years later, Harris & Dickey is a successful professional services firm known for quality, customized consultative services in accounting, finance, internal audit, technology, project management and special project assistance, primarily delivering services to companies in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Helen graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Spanish, her first language. She has been a CPA for over 40 years and a CISA for over 20 years.

She has been serving on the Board of Governors for the Dallas Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors since 2004 and is currently the Chairperson of the Audit Committee for the Chapter. She is a member of the Institute for Excellence in Corporate Governance, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Information Systems Audit and Control Association.

Ben Pinto:
Ben is a Partner and currently serves as Director of the Contract Services Division for Thomas Edwards Group. He has 20+ years of accounting and finance experience working with companies of various sizes and industries including insurance, manufacturing, oil & gas, professional services, real estate and retail. Prior to joining Thomas Edwards Group, Ben was a Business Development Manager and a Permanent Search Recruiter with a professional services firm for 12 years. He also served as a Regional Manager and VP for a national, privately-held company in the automotive industry. He began his career in Big 4 audit with Ernst & Young and is a Texas CPA and member of the Dallas Chapter of CPAs. A proud Aggie, Ben graduated from Texas A&M University with a BBA in Accounting.

Ben is married to his college sweetheart and has two grown daughters, two sons-in-law (also all Aggies-whoop!), and is referred to as “Duke” by his grandchildren. He is a longtime member of Watermark Community Church and serves with several not for profit organizations including Water is Basic and The Marcella Project.

Ben J. Pinto, Jr., CPA
Partner and Director, Contract Services Division
THOMAS EDWARDS GROUP
5151 Belt Line Road, Suite 350
Dallas, TX 75254
W: 214-239-1283 | C: 214-587-5919
www.thomasedwards.com
For meeting information, please contact:

Bob Walker

(214) 532-1152
Attendees
57
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