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Expensify Forms Accountant Steering Committee to Drive Product Development
Ten global accounting experts join Expensify’s Steering Committee to advise the expense management company on pushing the limits of the accounting industry
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nTen global accounting experts join Expensify’s Steering Committee to advise the expense management company on pushing the limits of the accounting industry\n\n PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nExpensify, Inc. (Nasdaq: EXFY), a payments superapp that helps individuals and businesses around the world simplify the way they manage money across expenses, corporate cards, and bills, today announced a strategic partnership with accounting leaders to help shape the future of the industry for firms and clients alike.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230321005079/en/Expensify Steering Committee Inaugural Meeting, Four Seasons Hotel, Austin, Texas, December 2022 (Photo: Business Wire)\nThe inaugural Expensify Steering Committee is comprised of:\n\n\nColman Edwards, Senior Director of Technology at Countsy\n\n\nDeb Defer, Managing Director, Business Services & Outsourcing at BDO USA\n\n\nDenise Bailey, Principal, Business Systems Consulting Practice Leader at Elliott Davis\n\n\nDenise LeDuc Froemming, President & CEO of the California Society of CPAs\n\n\nDixie McCurley, Partner, Digital Advisory, Client Accounting Services Leader at Cherry Bekaert\n\n\nKeeley Stock, Managing Director at ZEDRA Group\n\n\nKenji Kuramoto, Founder & CEO of Acuity\n\n\nLaura Redmond, Founder & CEO of Redmond Accounting\n\n\nPete Lopez, Business Development Manager at Kranz Consulting\n\n\nTina Gregory, Consulting CFO & Head of CFO Team at Early Growth Financial Services\n\n\nThe committee first met in December 2022 at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin to discuss the topic “Every Payment is a Conversation,” which was guided by Expensify’s founder and CEO David Barrett, COO Anu Muralidharan, and CPO Jason Mills.\n\nFuture initiatives, including chat, payroll, and the Expensify wallet, will be discussed in meetings throughout 2023. The next gathering takes place this May at ExpensiCon, a prestigious invite-only accounting conference in Italy where 100 industry professionals and thought leaders will come together for five days of community building, thought leadership, networking, and roundtable sessions.\n\n“We’re delighted to have such a talented and committed group of individuals on the Steering Committee,” said founder and CEO David Barrett. “Their expertise and experience will be inva...