Align to be on Featured Panel at Arthur Bell's 14th Annual Alternative Investment Industry Update

"TURNING TODAY'S DISRUPTION INTO TOMORROW'S INNOVATION"

Arthur Bell, which recently merged with Cohen & Company, hosts this Industry Update for clients, employees, and friends of the firm to discuss relevant regulatory, compliance, operational, accounting, and tax issues affecting the alternative investment community. We are pleased to provide an opportunity for you to learn about industry developments, network with peers, and earn Continuing Education (CE) and Continuing Professional Education (CPE) at no charge.

Registration is by invitation-only for clients, employees, and friends of the firm. If you have questions, please email tina.lewandowski@arthurbellcpas.com. 

Featured Panel:

Title:     IT Security: Protecting Your Data

Time:    Nov 16, 11:40 am 

How do you gain confidence that your data is protected? If you are concerned about data privacy, cybersecurity, and third-party security risk, this workshop with industry experts will cover what you should be discussing with your IT professionals, what you should be implementing in-house, and what you should be requiring of your third-party vendors. In the end, you should feel more relieved that your data is protected…or soon will be.

Speakers:

• Jeremiah Bowling, Cohen & Company
• Vinod Paul, Align
• Brian Nabet, Director of Technology & Information Security Services, Campbell & Company

Align Panelist: 

Vinod Paul, Chief Operating Officer

Vinod Paul brings over 20 years of in-depth financial services and technology experience to his role as Align’s Chief Operating Officer. Widely known as a luminary in the financial services sector, Vinod led and innovated a leading Global Managed IT Service provider, Eze Castle Integration in its customer-facing engagements, including service delivery and business development on a global basis. Over his 13 years as Managing Director, Vinod helped establish Eze Castle Integration as a premier Managed Service provider in the financial services space.

Previously, Vinod has been a director of technical services for Martin Progressive where he supervised an engineering staff supporting 6,000 customers, as well as a management and engineering consultant to IBM Global Services, Lucent Technologies, Tyco Submarine Systems, and Penguin Putnam Publishing.

Vinod serves on the global board of directors for Help for Children/Hedge Funds Care, a worldwide non-profit dedicated to supporting efforts to prevent and treat child abuse. He attended Rutgers University and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences.