More about john.richter@claconnect.com
John is chief industry officer for CLA, and firm-wide leader for the private industries. He is a passionate ambassador for the CLA Promise. CLA exists to create opportunities – for our CLA team, our clients, the industries we serve and our communities. CLA is successful when we fulfill the CLA Promise – we promise to know you and to help you. As a member of the leadership team, he is also an enthusiastic promoter of our position as a professional services firm delivering seamlessly integrated wealth advisory, outsourcing, and public accounting capabilities.
Blog Posts by john.richter@claconnect.com:
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Industry Forward: Brent Terhaar, Life Sciences
In the first segment of this two-part podcast, Brent describes the fateful meeting that changed his career and pioneered a whole new life science industry practice. He traces his journey to that point and how he looked out with excitement — and no small degree of discomfort — at where this opportunity was heading. Nine months later, in part two, he tells us that growth in life sciences is up more than 20 percent — and how this once fledgling practice is moving from “experienced” to truly “specialized.”
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Industry Forward: Eric Beenken and Brendan Kurvers
Got an entrepreneurial spark but haven’t yet aligned your passions with your work? That’s when the joyless daily grind can set in — but also some real creative tension and the possibility for exciting career growth and satisfaction. Eric’s and Brendan’s personal stories can show you how industry specialization may be just the thing that turns your spark into a fire.
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Industry Forward: Sam Metcalf’s Passion for M&D
Sam Metcalf, Managing Principal of Industry, has built an impressive career on a lifetime passion for the M&D industry. She explains how market segments are screaming for highly specialized professionals, and she has some profoundly helpful insights for those who want to take advantage of the tremendous opportunities this offers. One of her most fascinating tips? Be inquisitive and don’t hold back any of your questions.
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Industry Forward – Chris Abell
Chris always liked doing audit and tax work for doctors, but she had a revelation when someone asked her if she understood what a physician does and how one gets paid. This led to a monumental mindset shift: She realized she needed to genuinely know these doctors if she truly wanted to help them. Sound familiar? That’s why industry specialization is at the heart of the CLA Promise. And it’s why today our health care specialists include actual health care advice along with financial services. Learn from Chris’s groundbreaking journey in this edition of Industry Forward.
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Industry Forward – Don Loberg
In 1999 Don Loberg, managing principal of higher education, set about changing the minds of early CLA clients who weren’t initially our biggest fans, and the rest is history. Listen as Don provides insightful stories about the way true industry specialization and creating opportunities for our clients can only help and grow CLA our brand.
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Industry Forward – Jack Rybicki
Industry specialization at CLA is the real deal. Listen to this series of inspiring conversations to hear firsthand how it advances our clients’ success, our professionals’ careers, and our firm’s competitive edge.
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Industry Forward – Josh Enger
Under Josh Enger’s leadership, CLA’s trucking and transportation practice has grown from under $500K to more than $10 million in a decade. Clients in this sector take services for granted; it’s genuine industry know-how that they crave. In this episode of “Industry Forward”, Josh tells John how he went from T&T newbie to guru — and how living the CLA Promise made all the difference.
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