Mark Koziel is the President and CEO of Allinial Global. Previously he was Executive Vice President – Firm Services for the American Institute of CPAs. He leads the Private Companies Practice Section (PCPS), Firm Relationship Management, Small Firms, Diversity & Inclusion, Young Member Initiatives, Technical Hotline and Center for Plain English Accounting.

Rachel is the Accountants Group Leader for Sage and has over 20 years of experience in roles from Self-Employed Bookkeeper to National Leader at Deloitte. She is in demand as a dynamic speaker and thought leader from local to international conferences and events. Rachel is passionate about supporting the bookkeeping and accounting community through her own experience and expertise. She continues to be an advocate of the highest level for cloud-based accounting and the app ecosystem, helping bookkeepers and accountants build their firms by creating seamless workflow solutions for clients of all sizes across Canada.

GARY HAMEL is a visiting professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the London Business School. He has authored twenty articles for the Harvard Business Review and published five books with Harvard Business Review Press, including The Future of Management (2007). The Wall Street Journal ranked Hamel as the world’s most influential business thinker, while the Financial Times labeled him a "management innovator without peer." He lives in Northern California.

Michelle Snyman is the founder of Finite Solutions in After finishing her degree, she worked for various corporate firms but was not satisfied. In 2003 she started her own accounting practise, and in 2006 she became a member of SAIPA as Professional Accountant and joined Pastel (now Sage), as Registered Reseller.

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Across three episodes, Jeff Richards & David Beard from the Sage CRM team, talk with Mark Engleberg, the Founder & CEO of TimeLinx Software, a time & project management for Sage CRM. In this episode, Mark talks about the technology of Timelinx, how it works with Sage CRM and how it is put to use inside any business.

Akshay Ahooja is the co-founder and CEO of Trainiac, an online personal training platform that enables users to build a habit of fitness by working one-on-one with certified trainers through their app. Akshay is obsessed with building impactful products. Possessing the courage and energy, He launched his first business in his early years and created Trainiac. He has since grown his passion for health and well-being. Working out regularly changed his life, and he won't stop until everyone has access to do the same.

Pam Bakker holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management from the University of Phoenix, an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Accounting from Ivy Tech State College. Pam joined Laird Management, LLC in 2005. In 2009, Pam earned a Masters of Business Administration with an emphasis in Human Resource Management from Walden University. Pam monitors and supervises the work of the accounting department and oversees all the HR functions. She enjoys spending time at the beach and camping, but mostly she enjoys anytime she can spend with family.

Professor Michael Munger received his Ph.D. in Economics at Washington University in St. Louis in 1984. Following his graduate training, he worked as a staff economist at the Federal Trade Commission. His first teaching job was in the Economics Department at Dartmouth College, followed by appointments in the Political Science Department at the University of Texas at Austin 19861990 and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 19901997. At UNC he directed the MPA Program, which trains public service professionals, especially city and county management. He moved to Duke in 1997 and was Chair of the Political Science Department from 2000 through 2010. He has won three University-wide teaching awards the Howard Johnson Award, an NAACP Image Award for teaching about race, and admission to the Bass Society of Teaching Fellows. He is currently director of the interdisciplinary PPE Program at Duke University.