Everything Under The Sun: Expertise In Accounting And Consulting

Friday, February 3, 2017

Expertise In Accounting And Consulting

Members of the KatzAbosch Medical Team, who hosted a Medical Boot Camp last month.

Personal accounting, tax services, and financial and management consulting - those are some of the services offered by KATZABOSCH, located in Timonium, MD. Not only can you receive these services, but you are offered personalized one-to-one attention, while also benefiting from the expertise of their entire team. Client satisfaction is quite high, with services exceeding client expectations about 90% of the time.

In November, KatzAbosch held its first annual Government Contracting Symposium. The focus of most sessions was on cyber security, along with current issues and trends in this area. Keynote speaker Ken McCready, Director of Cybersecurity and Aerospace Business and Economic Development at Maryland Department of Commerce, highlighted some of the trends looming for the year 2017.

In the morning, a panel of three experts engaged in discussion of how cyber threats can affect the energy, finance, and professional services companies. Moderator Josh Sutherland, CPA, Principal at KatzAbosch, kept the discussion moving along. Some of the areas covered ranged from the biggest risks that could lead to cyber attacks to information on preparing budgets to account for cyber protection.

Another panel, also facilitated by Mr. Sutherland, covered successful teaming arrangements to grow your business. Four executives of local data companies made up the panel. Topics included trends, subcontracting and hiring processes, and perspectives on procurement and growth,''

In the afternoon, James Bratten, President and CEO of EzGovOpps, spoke about the new GSA "requirements for transactional data reporting". Congressman Dutch Ruppersberger, who has served for 12 years on the House Intelligence Committee, was the keynote speaker. He spoke about his area of expertise in the areas of cyber security and cyber threats. He discussed how companies could protect themselves from these threats and the areas from which these attacks come. He kindly took time to answer audience questions.

Ken McCready, keynote speaker at Government Contracting Symposium.

One of the highlights of the day was a special thank you to service members, since Veterans Day occurred close to the day of the symposium. The Marine Corps also was celebrating their 241st anniversary. A special cake was presented to mark the occasion, with Mark Powell, who was a panelist earlier in the day, receiving the cake. Other Marines in the audience participated in cutting the cake.

In all, there were 100 attendees at the event, which took place at The Hotel At Arundel Preserve in Hanover. Sponsoring organizations included Chesapeake Regional Tech Council; Cyber Security Association of Maryland, Inc.; The Columbia Bank; and Unanet.