Business Breakfast Series: Get the Results: Measuring Attitudes, Drivers and Catalysts Toward Innovation
Join TechColumbus for our continuing Business Breakfast Series: Get the Results: Measuring Attitudes, Drivers and Catalysts Toward Innovation as Plante & Moran announce the results of a study that shows what drives innovation and measures the success of Midwest businesses.
Presentation Objectives:
- Discuss:
-The survey findings
-What the results show for the direction of Midwest businesses
-How innovation is affecting Ohio businesses
-Who is incorporating innovation effectively
-The value of innovation to a business
-Attitudes toward innovation
-What variables impact innovation
-What drives innovationSurvey press release link: http://www.techcolumbus.org/plante-moran-newnorth-center-launch-ongoing-study-designed-benchmark-drive-innovation-midwest
Thank you to WCBE for sponsoring this event.
Speaker Details:
About Bernie Ostrowski, CPA, JD
Tax Partner:
Bernie joined Plante & Moran in 2003 as a Partner in the Tax Group. He leads the Central Ohio tax practice, which specializes in serving middle-market and privately held businesses. Bernie has more than 20 years experience with both for-profit and tax-exempt entities dealing with the entire spectrum of the client's business issues, including tax, employee benefits, and accounting. His background allows him to bring a very diverse combination of tax planning ideas as well as business related advice to many middle-market and privately held businesses. In addition, his focus over the years has encompassed not only federal tax issues, but the multi-state area as well.
Education
Juris doctorate degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the Pennsylvania State University
Professional Affiliations
Ohio Society of CPAs
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
American Bar Association
Capital University, Board Member
Columbus School for Girls, Board Member
COSI, Treasurer.
Additional proposal speakers: Representatives from the Ohio Manufacturers Association, Polymer Ohio and NewNorth Center.
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Plante & Moran is the nation’s 12th largest certified public accounting and business advisory firm, providing clients with financial, human capital, operations improvement, strategic planning, technology selection and implementation, and family wealth management services. Plante & Moran has a staff of more than 1,600 professionals in 21 offices throughout Michigan, Ohio, Illinois, Monterrey, Mexico, Mumbai, India and Shanghai, China.