Registration | Haskayne Hour - Are tech firms making excess profits? | January 27, 2022

The market has seen tech companies garnering huge demands for their shares and realizing unprecedented valuations despite what is presented on their financial statements. In this new era of tech companies, do the traditional accounting metrics deliver the information that investors need?

We invite you to join us as we bring together Haskayne researchers, Dr. Anup Srivastava, PhD and Dr. Rong Zhao, PhD along with Danny Chiarastella, Finance Leader with Amplify Advisors Inc. They will engage in a discussion that will get investors, accountants and tech leaders all thinking.

Do traditional accounting metrics miss genuine innovation, unique business models and the advantage of being first market movers? How should intangibles be measured to ensure the markets are moving on information and not simply hype? Expect some stats, debate and an opportunity to ask your questions.

Haskayne Hour brings together researchers and executives to explore ideas in one hour. After 60 minutes you will leave with new knowledge to build better business practice and insights. Haven't been to a Haskayne Hour? Check out our archives.

Thursday, January 27, 2022
11:30 am – 12:30 pm MDT (1:30 pm – 2:30 pm EDT)
Webinar – A link will be sent to your email prior to the event.

About the speakers:

Danny Chiarastella, CPA,CA, is a Finance Leader with Amplify Advisors Inc., a rapidly growing accounting and business consulting and recruiting firm. He acts as a fractional CFO for various private companies. Previously, he was the Head of Finance, Americas for 3P Learning, a global leader in online education, and the CFO of a publicly-traded oil and gas services company. With over 20 years in various senior finance roles, Danny has extensive experience in financial reporting and strategy, debt and equity financing, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate tax and treasury management. He volunteers as the National Sponsorship Committee Chair for Financial Executives International (FEI) and Board Chair for the CanLearn Society.

Dr. Anup Srivastava, PhD, is the first Canada Research Chair at the Haskayne School of Business. His research shows how management practices change when knowledge-based companies like Apple and Google replace asset-intensive companies such as Ford and Exxon, to become the most valuable companies. Beyond scholarly publications in top academic journals, he has published over twenty practitioner-oriented ideas in Harvard Business Review. Dr. Srivastava’s work has been cited in Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Economist, Forbes, and Barron’s. Having worked as a banker, consultant and corporate executive in the United States and India, he brings a unique lens to his research with over 14 years of corporate experience,.

Dr. Rong Zhao, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Accounting at the Haskayne School of Business who researches analyst and management forecasts, limitations of financial reporting and supply chain information. Prior to her academic career, Dr. Zhao was a Certified Public Accountant licensed in Texas and worked as a tax accountant and business systems analyst at the RIA division of Thomson Reuters.

The moderator for this event will be Candace Moody, Haskayne accounting instructor and director of the Master of Management program.

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