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Engagement in the Age of Transparency and Technology
As TEI’s new international president, I’m honored to serve as a leader of an organization that I have been associated with and have appreciated being a part of for many years. I want to thank TEI for this incredible opportunity, and I want to thank the staff and our fantastic… Read more »
The Shifting State of US Tax Leadership
In the May 29 edition of Tax Analysts’ Tax Notes International, Tony Santiago, founder and president of TaxSearch Inc., discusses a shift in tax expertise due to the latest wave of leadership turnover and retirements. In this article, Santiago explores and shares strategies for filling job vacancies with younger-generation talent… Read more »
The Institute Assembles in Wine Country
TEI hosted its Annual Meeting of the Members (AMM) from August 6 to 8 in the wine country of the Willamette Valley outside Portland, Oregon, at the spectacular Allison Inn and Spa. There were plenty of opportunities for members to network with peers, learn something new, reconnect with old friends, and meet… Read more »
Anne-Marie Nguyen
Anne-Marie Nguyen is what you might call a “dynamo.” Nguyen is currently a junior at the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University in Montreal, majoring in international business and minoring in management. She is also enrolled in a co-op program, which enables students to work while pursuing their… Read more »
AI, ETL Tools Offer Promising Possibilities
Artificial intelligence (AI) and extract, transfer, and load (ETL) tools are transforming what many TEI members do every day. We wanted to find out how these dynamic technologies will impact the tax industry. In May, Michael Levin-Epstein, Tax Executive’s senior editor, interviewed Nick Panko, vice president at CFO Services. Michael… Read more »
ChatGPT and Generative AI Study Yields Insights Into Tax Technology
Since the public release of ChatGPT in November 2022, mass media outlets have hummed with predictions about the risks and rewards of ChatGPT and other generative artificial intelligence—programs that generate text, images, and other media in response to prompts. But ChatGPT and generative AI are not just buzzwords. They could… Read more »
Sandra Esteves
EMEA Chapter
Sandra Esteves, head of tax at Talend (at the time of this writing, in June), is certainly well qualified to be the president of TEI’s EMEA Chapter, which covers Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Esteves joined the EMEA board two years ago as a first-year director. Last year, she… Read more »
Acknowledgments
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David Gillman
David Gillman began his tax career at Peat Marwick, the predecessor to KPMG. “I came into their audit function and worked through that busy season,” he explains. “But partway through, I was introduced to their tax option program where you could apply for and be selected to go right into tax after… Read more »
What a Fantastic Year!
This has been an incredible year for TEI—and for me—so it’s bittersweet to let you know that this is the last president’s letter I’ll be writing as my term comes to an end. I’ll recap some of the major accomplishments in the last twelve months, but before I do, I… Read more »
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