About Networking Seminars
Networking Seminars mission is to enrich corporate environments through high quality, technical educational seminars and to build business to business relationships with other like-minded professionals. Our industry-focused conferences and seminars are for those looking to gain knowledge and a better understanding of recently passed laws and tax guidance for multinational corporations and for specific industries.
Networking Seminars was founded in 2007 by Elizabeth Widulski. Combining over 10 years of continuing education experience with more than 20 years of event planning expertise. Prior to forming Networking Seminars, Ms. Widulski was the Director of New Business Development, Marketing Director and Seminar Manager for ATLAS Information Group (Alliance for Tax, Legal & Accounting Seminars), overseeing operations in the United States, Puerto Rico, and Canada. Ms. Widulski also has an extensive background in the theatrical and motion picture industries.
Networking Seminars’ conferences offer continuing professional education (CPE) and continuing legal professional educational (CLE) credits at both our group-live seminars and our live webinars. For those unable to attend a live event, Networking Seminars offers the course materials in print or CD-Rom format. Webinars are also available to purchase immediately following the event but for a limited time. Networking Seminars also conducts in-house training for corporate groups of 10 or more. Sponsorship for conferences, functions and webinars are also available.
Board of Advisors
Brian Andreoli’s is a partner at Squire Sanders & Dempsey in New York. Brian’s practice focuses on international matters with an emphasis on transfer pricing issues, cross-border tax planning, as well as federal tax matters, state and local tax matters and he handles tax controversies. His controversy practice includes audits, appeals and judicial litigation. He represents corporations and individuals in both civil tax matters and criminal tax matters including voluntary disclosures. Brian has been a tax professional for more than 30 years, with experience in several of the Big 4 firms, serving as the in-house as director of taxes for a major international pharmaceutical corporation and working with a large international law firm. His experience in corporate audit defense includes transfer pricing, research tax credits, cost segregation, Section 83, entity reduction, post merger integration, general corporate tax and state tax audits including unitary tax, combination cases, sales and use tax and escheat, property, gross receipt and excise taxes. Brian represents clients in the following areas: pharmaceutical, software, biotech, financial services, computer components, food and beverages, auto and truck parts, electronics, bus manufacturing, shipping, ball bearings, glassware and the manufacturer of private jets. He has tried cases and administrative hearings regarding corporate income tax, sales and use tax, franchise tax and property tax. His experience also includes voluntary disclosure for both corporations and individuals, concerning both civil and criminal penalties. He also has successfully defended clients in money-laundering allegations and misuse of corporate funds. Brian advised clients on obtaining funding for products, real estate or corporate expansion. He has designed, implemented or defended more than 30 Cost Sharing Agreements (CSAs). While the IRS and non-US jurisdictions have audited such CSAs, there have been no sustained audit adjustments to date. Brian has obtained CSAs for startup, midsize and large pharmaceutical companies, as well as high-value technology and software companies. He has been listed in the 2008 Guide to the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisers. Brian is a frequent speaker on international tax issues and transfer pricing matters in the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada, and has spoken on state tax issues in the United States. He is co-author and author of several tax-related articles published in tax publications including Tax Director’s Guide to International Transfer Pricing, 2010. Brian is a member of the American Bar Association, International Tax Forum and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. He is a former member of International Committee and State Tax Committee, and former chairman of the Possessions Corporation Committee of the Tax Executive Institute. Brian received his J.D. from Fordham University; his M.B.A. from New York University and his B.A. from Franklin & Marshall College.
J. Robert Arthur is a principal at ParenteBeard LLC in Philadelphia and has many years of experience in international tax matters. He left a Big Four firm and joined the firm in July 2003. He brought with him a diversified background and significant experience and expertise in global tax planning and analysis. Rob works with clients in a variety of industries including pharmaceuticals, food, electronics and communications, banking and industrial markets. His areas of expertise include: formulating tax-efficient business structures for U.S. companies going overseas or foreign companies coming into the U.S.; completing proactive transfer price studies, identifying business motivated cross-border financing strategies; helping U.S. persons navigate through the U.S. anti-deferral provisions related to controlled foreign corporations and passive foreign investment companies; coordinating the delivery of global tax services; identifying earnings and profits and foreign tax credit planning opportunities; assisting companies develop global reporting packages; and providing due diligence assistance related to foreign mergers and acquisitions. Rob received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Susquehanna University.
Greg Bryant is a Certified Public Accountant and an attorney with over 25 years of experience in federal and international tax. As a Tax Partner with Cherry Bekaert & Holland, he helps closely held, mid-market and large businesses manage the tax risk, after-tax cash flow, and tax accounting concerns related to domestic and international tax issues. Greg provides in-depth tax planning assistance to companies that are expanding into new markets and confronting complex transfer pricing, structuring and tax accounting issues. He negotiates, drafts and deploys multinational supply chain framework agreements, structures international supply chain networks, and leverages the value chain of companies to reduce tax risk and improve cash flow. Before joining CB&H, Greg was the national director of value chain transformation for a Big 4 firm. Greg also previously served as vice president of taxes for Alliance One International, a leading international tobacco merchant. He oversaw the company’s expansion into 50 countries throughout Asia, Africa and South America. Greg earned his Accounting degree and Juris Doctor from the University of South Carolina. He has his Master of Laws in Taxation from Georgetown University Law Center. Greg is licensed as a CPA in Maryland and Illinois, and is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and the International Fiscal Association (IFA).
Stephen C. Fox, CPA, CMA advises clients, including CPA firms and business entities, on international tax matters. Steve is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Management Accountant with over 30 years tax experience, primarily in international tax. Mr. Fox has advised clients in a wide array of industries on international structuring, foreign tax credit issues, intercompany pricing, Subpart F, international assignees, DISCs, Section 199, and inbound issues. He has also directed clients’ tax computerization projects. Steve’s clients have included AT&T, Lucent, TransTechnology, Dialogic, Carbone Lorraine, Konica, Steelcase, Interface, Brighton-Best, and others. He is a frequent lecturer with professional tax organizations, and has authored articles appearing in Journal of Taxation, Journal of International Taxation, and other publications. As Adjunct Professor of Taxation at Fairleigh Dickinson University he developed their international tax program. Steve served as an International Tax Director with national CPA firms.
Kathrine Kimball, Vice President, is a member of Charles River Associate’s transfer pricing practice, The Ballentine Barbera Group, with extensive experience in both international and domestic transfer pricing, encompassing documentation, planning, and controversy defense as well as supply-chain based tax planning. Ms. Kimball has served major multinational clients in a wide range of industries, including: apparel, automotive, bio-tech, chemicals, construction, consumer products, electronics, financial services, food and beverages, including beer, wine, and spirits, gaming, pharmaceuticals, professional services, real estate, retail, and technology. Having specialized in transfer pricing for over 18 years, she has managed a multitude of global, pan-European, pan-Asian, and North American international supply chain transformation or post-merger integration projects, as well as the US domestic aspects of such projects, involving the restructuring and optimization of the tax structure within the context of a business reorganization. Ms. Kimball has recently been named in Euromoney’s 2012 Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Transfer Pricing Advisors.
Robert J. Misey, Jr. is a shareholder at Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren in the firm's Tax and Business Law Departments and co-chair of the International Department. He concentrates his practice in the areas of international taxation and tax controversies. Mr. Misey works with a wide range of clients from a variety of industries including manufacturing, service, energy, retail and entertainment. For foreign owned clients, Mr. Misey coordinates with the client's global tax minimization strategy, using repatriation techniques to minimize U.S. withholding taxes. For U.S. based multinationals, he helps clients maximize foreign tax credits and avoid U.S. taxation of foreign earnings to reduce the client's overall effective tax rate. Mr. Misey's previous legal experience includes nine years as an attorney for the IRS. Mr. Misey received his Juris Doctor and Master of Business Administration degrees from Vanderbilt University and his Master of Laws in Taxation, with high distinction, from Georgetown University.