Technology SIG I What CFOs Should Be Doing with AI Right Now with Practical Trusted and Scalable Approaches

Chris Bryan is a managing director with Baker Tilly's digital strategy and transformation practice. He helps enterprise clients identify, design and scale high-value transformation opportunities across artificial intelligence, digital platforms, customer experience, and operating model modernization.

Since 2000, Chris has led growth, strategy, product, operations, and technology transformation initiatives across large enterprises and high-growth digital businesses.

Before joining Baker Tilly, Chris held senior leadership roles with Salesforce, AT&T, LevelBlue, and Xandr. His background includes scaling multiple businesses to more than $1 billion in revenue, building a $500 million annual recurring revenue product portfolio, and advising senior executives on growth strategy, customer transformation, merger integration, cybersecurity, digital innovation, and go-to-market strategies.

Nellson Burns is Managing Partner and co-owner of Destination IT, a Dallas-based IT services, staffing, and placement firm. He brings nearly three decades of technology and business leadership experience, including approximately 15 years serving as a CIO for Dallas-based Fortune 500 organizations HF Sinclair/HollyFrontier and Dal-Tile.

Throughout his career, Nellson has led large-scale technology transformations, enterprise system implementations, M&A integrations, and IT strategy initiatives. Prior to his corporate CIO leadership roles, he spent nine years with Ernst & Young and Capgemini's Oil & Gas SAP practice.

Nellson is also an active leader in the Dallas-Fort Worth technology community. His leadership has included serving as President of SIM DFW, co-chair of the Evanta Dallas/Fort Worth CIO Summit, chair of the Dallas HMG CIO Summit, and Chairman of SAP's Global Advisory Council for Oil & Gas. He has been recognized as a SIM National Leader of the Year and as a recipient of an HMG Global Leadership Institute Award.

Ben has practiced public accounting since 2007. He consults both private firms and publicly traded companies on a variety of tax planning and compliance issues. Among other tax engagements, Ben specializes in tax provision services under ASC 740 for both private corporations and publicly traded companies. He primarily serves clients in the technology, manufacturing, and professional services industries.

Omar Choucair is the Chief Financial Officer of Trintech and has over 25 years of experience leading both the financial and administrative organizations for public and private software/services companies. Omar managed several companies who experienced significant revenue and cash flow growth through both organic and acquired enterprises. Additionally, he has completed numerous M&A transactions, exit events, transformational system implementations, and managed public and private equity/debt financings. Omar began his career as a CPA at KPMG, where he managed publicly-traded large multi-national services and technology company audits over a period of ten years.