Shari Mager is a partner in KPMG’s Deal Advisory practice and is the US National Leader of the Capital Markets Advisory practice. Shari specializes in the delivery of capital markets transactions, buy side and sell-side accounting, finance integration and separation services in the technology industry. She regularly advises clients on accounting and reporting matters, as well as SEC-related issues, and has advised on a number of transformative M&A, IPO and SPAC transactions. Shari is also a frequent speaker at various industry conferences throughout the year.

Shauna, CPA, is a Managing Director and Accordion’s Head of IPO Readiness with nearly three decades of experience spanning a variety of sectors including consulting, energy and aerospace & defense. In her current role, she helps private companies execute IPOs and de-SPAC transactions and successfully operate as public companies. ​

She is a subject matter expert in US GAAP, IFRS, SOX, and SEC Regulations, and assists PE-backed companies in assessing and implementing new accounting standards and accounting for complex transactions. She frequently works on complicated deal and accounting structures often seen in M&A, carve-outs, IPOs, and GAAP conversions.​

At RGP, a global consulting company, she led the technical accounting practice and developed end-to-end solutions for revenue recognition and lease accounting compliance, achieving triple digit year-over-year growth. She was a recognized and frequent presenter on technical accounting matters.​

As Corporate Director of Technical Accounting and Policy at Northrop Grumman, a Fortune 100 Aerospace & Defense company, she evaluated and concluded on complex business transactions, drafted comment letters for submission to the SEC, FASB, IASB, and PCAOB, and led the ongoing IFRS implementation efforts. From that she transitioned into the Corporate Director of FP&A role, responsible for monthly planning and analysis, what-if scenarios for potential executive actions, the long-range strategic plan, and reporting to the Board of Directors.​

During her 11 years at PricewaterhouseCoopers, she was a Senior Manager in Audit and Advisory Services and spent several years in PwC’s Global Capital Markets Group in Germany. There she consulted on US GAAP and SEC regulations for capital raising and M&A activities.​

Shauna graduated with the highest honors from Montana State University with a B.S. in Accounting, received her M.B.A. from UCLA’s Anderson School of Business, and is a Certified Public Accountant.​ She currently resides in San Diego, CA.

Nithya B. Das serves as the Chief Legal and Chief Administrative Officer for Diligent. Nithya is responsible for leading Diligent’s global legal team and the Diligent Institute, which produces education and media content for directors and c-suite leaders. She also serves on the board of directors at Outbrain Inc. (NASDAQ: OB) and chairs the compensation committee.

Previously, Nithya held various operating executive roles in public and private companies including COO, CLO and CHRO at Olo (NYSE: OLO) and AppNexus (Acq. by AT&T) guiding both companies through transformative periods including IPOs, global expansion and acquisitions.

Nithya is a passionate advocate for women in leadership, DEIB, and ESG and a founding member of TechGC and Founder’s Workbench, an online resource for entrepreneurs.

Nithya holds a degree in Business Administration from the S.C. Honors College at USC and a J.D., cum laude, from Brooklyn Law School.

Josh is a Senior Industry Principal in Workiva's Capital Markets practice at Workiva where he helps customers understand and implement technology tools to help prepare for and execute capital market transactions. Prior to joining Workiva, Josh began his career and spent nearly a decade with KPMG in their audit and advisory practice and focused on PE and VC backed companies looking at growth and strategic opportunities. Following his time at KPMG, Josh held various Accounting and Finance leadership positions at companies preparing for IPOs or other strategic opportunities where he oversaw and managed areas such as month-end closed, financial reporting reporting, tax, treasury, FP&A, systems and integrations, and corporate development.

Matthew Kaminer serves as the Chief People & Legal Officer at Instructure, a role he has held since 2015. He leads the legal, privacy, compliance, and corporate development teams. Over the course of his nine-plus years at Instructure, Matt has made people his priority through advocating for an excellent employee experience and investing in a culture where employees are seen for who they are, valued for the experiences they bring, and supported in their desire to grow.

Prior to Instructure, Matt served as general counsel and secretary of Collective Inc., a video and mobile advertising company. He’s also served as general counsel and secretary for Epocrates, Inc., general counsel for MediMedia USA, Inc., and assistant general counsel and Chief Privacy Officer at WebMD Health Corp. (That’s a lot of general counseling.)

Matt has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Pennsylvania State University and a J.D. from George Washington University.

Michelle Reynolds, Chief Accounting Officer and Vice President at Reddit Inc., brings more than 15 years of experience leading a myriad of accounting functions and operationalizing key reporting processes and policies for company maturation. Ms. Reynolds is a deeply knowledgeable leader with a special emphasis on IPO readiness and execution, technical accounting, management reporting, SEC reporting, financial close and consolidations, and business process development. Ms. Reynolds oversees the Controllership and Treasury teams where she is responsible for developing sustainable internal and external reporting practices and evolving various operational processes across the accounting, treasury, and compliance organizations. Prior to joining Reddit, Ms. Reynolds held various positions at Snap, Inc., Procter & Gamble, and EY.

Don currently services as ICR’s President and co-runs the firm working across all of our teams to grow our business and deliver exceptional client service. Don has worked on over 200 public listings including Visa, Corpay, Draft Kings and Shake Shack and is a leading expert on IPOs, SPACs and Direct Listings. Don has also worked on complex corporate transactions, mergers, and go-privates including Squarespace, Nuvei and One Group-Benihana.

Don advises clients on critical communications often involving complex and high stakes events such as the go-public process, mergers and acquisitions and go-private transactions.

Don is an avid skier, hiker and sometimes golfer.

“We have developed a unique communications advisory firm that helps clients when they need it most with complex, high-stakes communications that are critical to all of their constituents, including shareholders, analysts, employees and partners.”

Bob Hayward – named a “Notable Gen X Leader” by Crain’s Chicago Business in 2021 and a “Trailblazer in the Midwest” by The American Lawyer in 2022 – helps lead the team that has been awarded “Capital Markets Practice Group of the Year” numerous times by Law 360.

Bob provides direct, thoughtful and practical advice to publicly-traded corporations – across all industries – and private equity funds and their portfolio companies in all aspects of securities, M&A, spin-offs, SEC compliance/ disclosure, corporate governance, stockholder activism, executive compensation, crisis management and general corporate matters. He has extensive experience representing companies in IPOs, high-yield and investment grade debt offerings, private financings, joint ventures and public and private M&A transactions.

Some of the publicly-traded corporations that Bob regularly advises include: The Boeing Company, Deere & Co., Kellanova, Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), WK Kellogg, Cushman & Wakefield, Ryan Specialty Group, PowerSchool, JAMF Software, R1 RCM, Inc., Whirlpool Corporation, Sylvamo Corp., Victoria’s Secret, Wynn Resorts, Carvana Co., Maravai LifeSciences, Express, Inc., Innovage, Integrated Ad Science and Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. After representing Kellogg Company for over 20 years, Bob led its separation into two independent, publicly traded companies - Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co.

Will Kantrowitz is a Senior Director at NYSE Group, a part of Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), where he leads the NYSE Global Advisory group.

In this role, Kantrowitz manages a team of best-in-class experts on public company matters, providing advice directly to the C-suite leaders of NYSE-listed companies on issues including index inclusion, investor relations, macroeconomic developments and market research.

Previously, Kantrowitz was Head of Operations for the NYSE’s Global Listings business, supporting over 2,400 issuers. He joined the NYSE in 2015 as a member of the Capital Markets team.

Kantrowitz began his career at Ipreo, now owned by S&P, in the Corporate Solutions group. He holds a BS in Finance from Villanova University.

Ashley MacNeill joined Vista Equity Partners in 2022. Ms. MacNeill works across the organization to run the firm’s Equity Capital Markets strategy, including managing all portfolio company equity financing activities and serving as a member of Vista’s Private Equity Management Committee.

Prior to joining Vista, Ms. MacNeill spent 12 years at Morgan Stanley, where she most recently served as Co-Head of Technology Equity Capital Markets for the Americas and Managing Director. Before Morgan Stanley, she was an Associate Director at UBS Investment Bank in Canada. During her almost 20 years in capital markets and investment banking, Ms. MacNeill has led various teams and IPOs for some of the largest public technology companies, including Uber, Snapchat, Shopify, Warner Music and Datadog. She also worked on Vista IPOs for Datto (formerly NYSE: MSP) and IAS (NASDAQ: IAS), as well as the original IPOs for Vista companies Mindbody and Pluralsight.

Kevin Roy is the Managing Director and Global Head of Issuer Solutions at S&P Global Market Intelligence. With over two decades of experience, Kevin provides senior management and investor relations teams with strategic counsel and insights that enhance shareholder engagement, equity market activity, sustainability, and investor sentiment. He leads a team that supports over 2,500 global corporate issuers, focusing on increasing shareholder value. Before joining S&P Global, Kevin co-led the launch of the Institutional Shareholder Surveillance and Targeting division at Ipreo, which became the largest service provider in the industry.

Katie Royce has been the Chief Financial Officer at ZenBusiness since June 2022, where her leadership has been instrumental in positioning ZenBusiness for sustainable growth, leveraging her expertise in scaling financial organizations, strategy, investor relations, and public company readiness. Prior to joining ZenBusiness, Katie spent over 8 years at Cognizant Technology (NASDAQ: CTSH) where she held several significant positions including SVP and North America CFO and Head of Investor Relations. During her tenure at Cognizant she also served as the Chair of the Board for the National Investor Relations Institute (NIRI).

Katie began her career as a buy-side research analyst before moving to the corporate side in investor relations and treasury. In addition to public company investors and sell-side analysts, Katie has been responsible for private institutional investor relationships and reporting, high yield debt investors and rating agencies. Her experience has included managing shareholder activism, executive transitions, corporate governance engagements, and several crisis communication events.

Glenn H. Schiffman is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Fanatics, Inc., a global digital sports platform. As Chief Financial Officer of Fanatics, Glenn is responsible for a broad set of financial and corporate functions across the entire Fanatics global enterprise including corporate finance, M&A, treasury, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, accounting, information security, human resources, legal and corporate administration. Prior to his appointment at Fanatics, Mr. Schiffman served as Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer of IAC/InterActiveCorp from April 2016 to August 2021 and as Chief Financial Officer of Angi (formerly known as ANGI Homeservices Inc.) from September 2017 until August 2019 and from February 2021 until July 2021.

Prior to his appointment at IAC, Mr. Schiffman served as Senior Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets business of Guggenheim Partners, since March 2013. Prior to his tenure at Guggenheim Securities, Mr. Schiffman was a partner at The Raine Group, a merchant bank focused on advising and investing in the technology, media and telecommunications industries, from September 2011 to March 2013. Prior to joining The Raine Group, Mr. Schiffman served as Co-Head of the Global Media group at Lehman Brothers from 2005 to 2007 and Head of Investment Banking Asia-Pacific at Lehman Brothers (and subsequently Nomura) from April 2007 to January 2010, as well as Head of Investment Banking, Americas from January 2010 to April 2011 for Nomura. Mr. Schiffman’s roles at Nomura followed Nomura’s acquisition of Lehman’s Asia business in 2008.

Mr. Schiffman serves on the Board of Directors of Angi (NASDAQ: ANGI), Match Group (NASDAQ: MTCH) and Vimeo (NASDAQ: VMEO). He is a member of the National Committee on United States-China Relations and a member of the Duke Children’s National Leadership Council.

In Mr. Schiffman’s philanthropic efforts he focuses on endowing organizations and funding initiatives with permanent capital to make lasting change. He founded and is Chairman of the Valerie Fund Endowment, which supports children with cancer and blood disorders, created an Endowment at the Duke Medical Center to research and hopefully someday cure pediatric cancer, created an Endowment at Washington & Lee to support Women’s Athletics and created an Endowment at Duke University to fund scholarships for athletes from underrepresented communities.

Mr. Schiffman has a degree in economics and history from Duke University. He was named Institutional Investor’s CFO of the Year for the Midcap Internet Sector in 2018 and 2021.

Lynn Martin is President of NYSE Group, which includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest stock market.

Martin is the 68th President of the New York Stock Exchange and the second woman to lead the exchange in more than 230-year history. The NYSE, the premier venue for capital raising, is the listing home to the world’s most influential and innovative companies.

In addition to the exchange, NYSE Group includes four fully electronic equity markets, including NYSE Arca, the industry leader in ETFs, and two options exchanges.

Martin is also Chair of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the parent of NYSE Group. Most recently, she was President of that business, responsible for ICE Bonds execution venues, securities pricing and analytics, reference data, indices, desktop solutions, consolidated feeds and connectivity services that cover all major asset classes.

She previously served as President of ICE Data Services, COO of ICE Clear U.S., and in a number of leadership roles including CEO of NYSE Liffe U.S. and CEO of New York Portfolio Clearing. Martin began her career at IBM in its Global Services organization.

Martin holds a BS in Computer Science from Manhattan College and an MA in Statistics from Columbia University. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City, the Inner-City Scholarship Fund and the New York State Emerging Technology Advisory Board. Martin also serves on the Manhattan College Board of Trustees.

Frank Bisignano is Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer of Fiserv, Inc. (NYSE: FI), a global leader in payments and financial technology. Under his leadership the company is advancing new capabilities and accelerating its growth by coupling innovation with scale and operational excellence, bringing modern solutions to financial institutions, businesses and consumers. Today, Fiserv serves clients in more than 100 countries, leads the IDC FinTech Top 100 ranking of global financial technology providers, and has been recognized as one of Fortune® World’s Most Admired Companies™ for nine of the last 10 years.

Combining his expertise in banking and payments with deep experience and conviction in the transformative power of technology, Bisignano architected the combination of Fiserv with First Data Corp. in 2019, initially leading the combined company’s day-to-day operations as President and Chief Operating Officer before becoming Chief Executive Officer in July 2020 and Chairman of the Board in May 2022.

During his tenure at First Data, Bisignano transformed the company from the world’s largest traditional payment processor into a technology innovator, industry collaborator, and commerce enabler for the 21st century. He also led its $2.6 billion initial public offering in 2015, the largest U.S. IPO of the year.

Before joining First Data, Bisignano served as Co-Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer of Mortgage Banking at JPMorgan Chase & Co. With more than 30 years of executive leadership experience in banks and global financial institutions, Bisignano also served in multiple leadership positions at Citigroup, including Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Executive Officer of the company’s Global Transaction Services unit.

Among a number of non-profit commitments, he serves on the boards of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum, the Mount Sinai Health System, and The Battery Conservancy; and is a member of Business Roundtable, a U.S.-based association of CEOs who use public policy to promote a thriving economy and expanded opportunities for Americans. He holds honorary doctorate degrees from Howard University, the New York Institute of Technology, St. Thomas Aquinas College and Syracuse University.

Lynn Martin is President of NYSE Group, which includes the New York Stock Exchange, the world’s largest stock market.

Martin is the 68th President of the New York Stock Exchange and the second woman to lead the exchange in more than 230-year history. The NYSE, the premier venue for capital raising, is the listing home to the world’s most influential and innovative companies.

In addition to the exchange, NYSE Group includes four fully electronic equity markets, including NYSE Arca, the industry leader in ETFs, and two options exchanges.

Martin is also Chair of Fixed Income & Data Services at Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: ICE), the parent of NYSE Group. Most recently, she was President of that business, responsible for ICE Bonds execution venues, securities pricing and analytics, reference data, indices, desktop solutions, consolidated feeds and connectivity services that cover all major asset classes.

She previously served as President of ICE Data Services, COO of ICE Clear U.S., and in a number of leadership roles including CEO of NYSE Liffe U.S. and CEO of New York Portfolio Clearing. Martin began her career at IBM in its Global Services organization.

Martin holds a BS in Computer Science from Manhattan College and an MA in Statistics from Columbia University. She currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for New York City, the Inner-City Scholarship Fund and the New York State Emerging Technology Advisory Board. Martin also serves on the Manhattan College Board of Trustees.