Julian Scutari

Global Senior Director, Finance Digital Transformation

Seasoned, passionate, and tech savvy global executive with extensive experience leading and transforming Consumer Goods Multinational companies.
Proven track record of adding value through Finance strategies and processes by developing solutions that anticipate stakeholders needs and leveraging advanced technologies.

His experience covers developed and emerging markets, leading global initiatives, large cross-cultural teams, and business development/turnaround in complex environments.  Demonstrated ability to identify business needs, create strategies and execute plans to drive sustainable and profitable growth.

Passionate about leading transformations and developing high-performing organizations leveraging technology to capture growth opportunities and increase profits in difficult business landscapes.

Julián is currently leading Finance Digital Transformation globally for Kimberly Clark.

Lou Caron

President

Lou Caron is a CPA with extensive business experience in both the insurance and printing industry, and has served as the chief financial officer of companies in both industries.

Lou was born as the oldest of five in Seattle, Washington and moved to California in 1967. He graduated from Claremont McKenna College with a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics/Accounting and Mathematics. Following college, he started his career with Ernst & Young, LLP in Los Angeles where he stayed for 12 years. Since then, he has worked in finance/operations in the insurance, technology, and printing industries. He joined PIASC in May of 2016 and has been a key player in the launch of Private Choice, which is an extension of our health insurance service for the non-printer world. In June of 2017, he became President/CEO of Printing Industries Association, Inc. of Southern California, the largest local print trade association in the nation.

Lou and his wife Mary have three adult children, and he is interested in U.S. Masters Swimming, golf and running.

Fun fact: Lou was a NCAA Division III All American in seven swimming events.

Rebeccah Randles

Director of Business Development, National

Rebeccah is Director of Business Development, National for Imagine360. With 27 years of experience in the insurance industry, Rebeccah has deep expertise in the self-funded and fully insured markets both nationally and internationally. Previously as a broker, she has successfully guided numerous companies on their employee benefit programs and designs innovative and customized solutions for clients that include reference-based pricing and turnkey solutions.

Rebeccah’s experience spans account management, sales, marketing, and member engagement/education strategies. Rebeccah is passionate about leading brokers and employers to better control of their health plans, the ability to provide a higher level of benefits, and transparency in healthcare costs.

Rebeccah attended The University of Akron for Business.  She lives in Solon, Ohio with her husband Dan and two children ages 23 and 9.

Derrick Walker

Finance Manager – Technology Process & Reporting

Derrick’s leadership experiences include DE&I leadership within the Office of Finance as well as leadership rotations across FP&A, Risk & Capital Management, Investments, and Corporate Strategy. Additionally, Derrick brings a broad range of professional experiences from outside of the finance industry which includes athletics, military service, and education. Derrick holds an MBA from Purdue University’s Krannert School of Management and a BS from Indiana University. Derrick also recently completed certifications in Technology Transformation and Machine Learning for Finance.

Wendy Nguyen

Founder & CEO

Wendy Nguyen has made a career out of seeing what others cannot, and then connecting the dots for success. Her early days as auditor, controller, and CFO in large companies taught her to look beyond surface information, and she learned in her years as CPA, CEO, and business owner the importance of creating a vision rooted in shared values and strategy.

For nearly two decades, her creative approach of examining all financial and non-financial angles of a client’s business to uncover potential pitfalls and opportunities has earned her a reputation as a trusted advisor. She is a strong proponent of establishing objectives and key results (OKR) for her clients and helping them use technology as a tool to create dashboards to manage their business strategies.

Wendy is deeply invested in her clients’ success, often working shoulder-to-shoulder with them. She serves as equal parts mentor, partner, and facilitator to craft and execute plans that link data with strategies to increase profitability and growth. Her collaboration with her clients helps them go from negative to positive cash flows as fast as three months, increases their profitability by reducing their expenses over 30%, and provides strategies to generate new revenue sources.

A true entrepreneur, Wendy is the founder of multiple businesses, including TNC CPAs, an operational and financial management consulting firm that has nearly tripled in revenue and employees in its second year. She is passionate, firm, and dedicated to always doing what’s right for her clients, who range from start-ups to global organizations. Wendy provides assurance services and due diligence for mergers and acquisitions for over 300 companies encompassing 20 different industries. She also helps her clients gain access to capital funding for lines of credit, SBA loans, and venture capitals.

Wendy believes in doing well by doing good, is a strong supporter of entrepreneurs and women, and partners with organizations that embrace a community-building mindset. She serves as a board director and thought leader for several national organizations, including the American Lung Association, and considers herself a lifelong learner, enhancing her professional development through ongoing educational courses from Goldman Sachs, Harvard, and Global OKRs.

Darren Dang

Chief Financial & Administrative Officer

Darren serves as the Chief Financial & Administrative Officer for the Orange County Superior Court of California. He has 25+ years of management experience in the public and private sector. He’s an advocate for using modern data analytics tools to provide visibility and enhanced insights for improving public service, workflow, and optimizing resources.

Darren has been a guest speaker on change management, business intelligence, and data analytics at various national conferences including Tableau, Google, Microsoft, and NCSC.

Darren holds a Certificate in Business Analytics from Wharton ‘18, MBA from UCLA ‘03,  Masters from MIT ‘96, and a Bachelors from CalTech ’94.

Ilana Esterrich

Chief Financial Officer

Ilana Esterrich is an accomplished strategic and financial executive with extensive experience in strategy, finance and accounting, and operations. She is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Planned Parenthood Federation of America.

Prior to her current position, Ms. Esterrich was the CFO at American Coatings Association, and Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA), a national security and defense research institution where she was responsible for annual and long-term strategic planning and execution, business development and fundraising, budget development, human resources, information technology, publishing, and day-to-day operations.

Ms. Esterrich has gained additional experience in consulting, operations, logistics, sales and marketing, and international operations through previous positions at Thomson-Reuters, General Mills, The Pillsbury Company, Computer Sciences Corporation and PricewaterhouseCoopers (formerly Coopers & Lybrand).

She is a Steering Committee Member of the Washington DC Chapter of the CFO Leadership Council (CFOLC), Advisory Council Member of the Women in Leadership Executive Program at The George Washington University School of Business, and a member of the Fundraising/Development Committee for Stem for Her, a non-profit organization promoting education to create awareness, excitement, and opportunities among girls and young women to launch successful STEM-related careers.

She holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago.

Jens Kuhlen

CFO

Jens is currently CFO at gategroup the global leader in airline catering, retail-on-board and hospitality products and services. Jens has had an unconventional career path to the CFO role which gives him a wealth of interesting experience and viewpoints.

Karina Saryan

CFO

Karina is a successful startup CFO with over 15 years of finance leadership experience. In her present role, Karina is working as part of distinguished team to merge creative and engineering teams into cutting edge of Metaverse at Magnopus, led by Oscar winning creative and technology visionaries. Prior to that role Karina, was instrumental in growing successful SaaS startups and leading companies through acquisitions.

Karina’s diverse international background and fluent knowledge of three languages allows her to navigate complex world of global companies and diverse cultures.

Despite her busy career at fast growing startups, Karina enjoys spending time outdoors hiking Mt Whitney in summer or skiing in snowy mountains of Mammoth Lakes in winter.

Ryan Krueger

Enterprise Sales Engineer

Ryan is an experienced Analytical Consultant, who supports enterprises in their finance transformation journey. Ryan has technical expertise from ERP integrations and historical data training, and prior to joining Vic.ai, he was a Solution Consultant at NetSuite, which led to working for major global companies such as McDonald’s and Circle K.

Olivia Hipkins

Managing Partner

Olivia Hipkins is the Managing Partner of Gaia Global Ventures and the Founder of Green Atlas Consulting. She works with investors and companies to integrate sustainability in capital allocation decisions, empowering executive teams to see sustainability as an opportunity for positive impact and returns. She works with companies spanning the real asset markets (including metals & mining, oil & gas, renewable energy, real estate, supply chain, and blockchain for real assets) on the myriad ways in which ESG can drive long-term profits. She has previously held positions at Qenta (f.k.a. Emergent Technology & Payments), 17 Asset Management, Castlelake, International Finance Corporation (part of the World Bank Group), and PIMCO. She is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), a LEED Green Associate, and a SASB FSA certificate holder, and serves on the Board of Directors of Locoal Charcoal Company and PAGUS: Africa.

Zack Martin

Chief Financial Officer

Zack Martin graduated from Brigham Young University – Idaho in 2012 and then received his Master’s in Accounting from the University of Southern California in 2013. He then spent the first seven years of his financial career rising to the ranks of senior manager at Ernst & Young and then to The Cadence Group as the Bay Area Director of Finance & Accounting.

In 2020, Zack left EY to become the CFO for Loop, a Los Angeles-based startup looking to disrupt the status quo in the electric vehicle charging station industry.  Since joining the company, he has helped grow Loop from a seed stage startup to a multi-million dollar growing international company.  Most recently, he has lead Loop through its first major institutional funding round to help support the company’s rapid expansion.

Zack took a leap of faith in leaving one of the world’s most reputable accounting companies in EY, where he was on track to one day make partner, in order to join a one-year-old (at the time) startup in Loop.  His passion for sustainability and belief in the company’s mission, products and services were his main motivating factors and since joining the team has been an integral part of growing the company from just a budding regional industry player to one of the fastest growing international electric vehicle charging networks. He has brought to Loop, as its CFO, a sense of focused drive, conviction and financial stability that has enabled this early-stage startup to achieve high growth in just its first few years of operation.