jon olson

jon is an accounting, legal and learning professional with over 29 years experience providing services to public and closely-held businesses. most recently, jon was a senior partner at arthur andersen and the managing partner of arthur andersen performance and learning (aapl) where he directed over 400 learning professionals with an annual training budget in excess of $200 million. jon was responsible for providing training solutions to all andersen employees on a worldwide basis.

prior to assuming the role of aapl, jon was a tax partner in the dallas office of arthur andersen. jon has extensive experience in dealing with the irs, state taxing authorities and foreign taxing authorities. during his career at andersen, jon was a member of the firm�s specialized tax teams in international taxation, family wealth, personal financial planning, and manufacturing industry. he has extensive experience in all areas of taxation and for clients of all sizes.

jon is a cpa and has ba, mba and jd degrees from the university of wisconsin-madison. he is a frequent speaker and instructor on both tax and educational/training topics.

 

  harry brunner

harry has over 28 years of information technology and technology consulting experience acquired at big five consulting and accounting firms. his areas of expertise include application development, systems integration, project planning and management.

earlier in his career, harry was the director of information systems for andersen�s learning and personal growth organization. in this role, harry directed software development, operations, and support functions for the organization. during his tenure at andersen, harry led the implementation of a global planning and budgeting system for training attendance of approximately 85,000 partners and employees.

prior to joining andersen, harry spent a significant portion of his career with andersen consulting (currently accenture). as applications systems development manager, harry planned, budgeted and managed all aspects of financial, operations and performance management software development for andersen consulting education. additionally, harry planned, designed and developed financial systems to track project budgeting, training development costs, and training delivery costs.

harry holds a master of business administration and bs in finance from the university of illinois at champaign, illinois.

 

sandy kerl

sandy is an administrative specialist with over 25 years of experience providing operational, supervisory, and executive assistance. thirteen years of sandy�s experience was acquired at arthur andersen performance and learning. at andersen, she was responsible for a wide range of projects that supported the training of 85,000 partners and employees of the firm.

sandy has applied her skills in a number of other functional areas including accounting and technology. project management is one of her specialties. other specialties include workflow analysis and design, operating procedures design, development and implementation, and training of administrative personnel.