John Lafferty
Founder and President at Lafferty, Inc.
John Y. Lafferty, founder and president of Lafferty, Inc., boasts 40 years of experience in financial management, with outstanding educational credentials and broad business experience. He has served as auditor, controller, treasurer, CFO, and COO for companies in the hospitality, real estate, construction, and finance industries, and as a senior-level business advisor, financial consultant, and trainer to emerging-growth companies in high technology, e-commerce, direct mail, manufacturing, and other flourishing fields.
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Contributed by Brandon Laws
Senior Director of Marketing and Product at Xenium HR
Brandon is the Senior Director of Marketing and Product at Xenium HR. He joined the team in October 2008. During his first seven years with Xenium, he held the positions of Operations Administrator, Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Senior Marketing Specialist & Business Analyst, Marketing Manager, and Senior Marketing Manager.
Taking on the role of Director of Marketing in July 2015 (adding Director of Product in 2020) Brandon spearheads all marketing efforts with a focus on lead generation, contributing to new business growth. Brandon oversees all outbound marketing campaigns, product marketing efforts, the digital marketing strategy (e.g. podcasting, video, website management & SEO, blogging, content creation, social media, pay-per-click advertising), events management, sponsorships, and public relations. Brandon is heavily involved in other company initiatives as well. He has contributed to the Xenium Culture Integration & Team Enhancement (XCITE) committee for six years and has sat on the Stoller Group wellness committee for three years.
Brandon graduated from Western Oregon University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management in 2008.
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Andrew Lee
Chief Financial Officer at Scythe Robotics, Inc
Andrew Lee is the Chief Financial Officer at Scythe Robotics. Throughout his career, Andrew has led teams in accounting, finance, treasury, third-party logistics strategy, and completed numerous successful rounds of debt and equity financing. He has also led two major ERP implementations. After starting his career in audit and obtaining his CPA license.
Lee received his Bachelor of Business Administration, with concentrations in Finance and Accounting, from Walla Walla University, and recently completed his MBA at Washington State University. He is licensed as a CPA in the state of California.
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Anders Liu-Lindberg
Partner - Implement Consulting Group
Finance Master helping finance functions create value and supporting finance professionals grow their careers.
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Jason Lockard
Sr. Vice President Enterprise at BlueGrace Logistics
Jason is an experienced Senior Vice President with a demonstrated history of working in the logistics and supply chain industry. He has strong professional skills in Negotiation, Operations Management, Freight, Sales, and Warehouse Operations.
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Giles Male
Co-founder Full Stack Modeller
Giles is a CIMA qualified management accountant and a career modeller.
He worked on multiple bid teams in the defense and telecoms industries before going it on his own as a modelling freelancer and consultant.
Giles has built a variety of models for clients, and has trained finance professionals at all levels of modelling experience.
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Sophia Matveeva
CEO and Founder of Tech For Non-Techies
As a non-technical founder, Sophia has learned how to build and analyse digital products, lead technical teams and hire developers. She believes it is not only possible but desirable for people without computer science backgrounds to create digital products, so we can all benefit from diversity of thought to create useful new tech.
Sophia understands creating something new is hard enough. Her goal with Tech For Non-Techies is to make it easier.
She is a Member of the University of Chicago Alumni Board and a Business Mentor at the Polsky Center.
