Blake Oliver, CPA

Blake Oliver, CPA, is the founder and CEO of Earmark, an app that offers NASBA-approved CPE for listening to your favorite accounting and tax podcasts. He co-hosts The Accounting Podcast, a Top 25 Business News show on the Apple charts and the most popular podcast for accountants and bookkeepers worldwide. He has been named one of Accounting Today’s top 100 most influential people and recognized as one of CPA Practice Advisor’s “40 Under 40” in the accounting profession. Blake lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he enjoys hiking, swimming, and cycling.

Dean Lindsay

Award-winning business author, Dean Lindsay – CEO of The Progress Agents LLC – is a successful business culture strategist, a skilled workshop facilitator and a powerful keynote speaker with a humorous and engaging approach (watch demo here). The popular host of the upbeat business program, ‘The DEAN’s List’, airing on C-Suite Network TV, Dean has been hailed as an ‘Outstanding Thought Leader on Building Priceless Business Relationships’ by Sales and Marketing Executives International.



Matt Reidy, CFA

Matt Reidy, CFA, is a Director of CRE Economics on the CRE Thought Leadership team at Moody’s Analytics. Matt is involved in research across CRE property types with expertise in real estate capital markets, multifamily, and affordable housing. Before joining Moody’s Analytics, Matt spent 17 years in various CRE Investment roles in the insurance industry, most recently as VP of Real Estate Investment Strategy, Risk Management & Analytics for a large midwestern life insurer. His years as a practitioner bring a unique, real-world experienced viewpoint to the Thought Leadership team. Matt holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation, an MBA from The Ohio State University, and a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati.

Derek Weaver

Derek Weaver is a Principal in CohnReznick’s Bethesda office and a member of the firm’s National Tax Practice. With 20 years of tax experience, he specializes in fixed asset consulting including cost segregation studies, repair and maintenance expense analyses, and other tax advisory services specific to cost recovery and tax depreciation in the real estate industry.

Derek has managed and performed thousands of cost segregation studies, including large-scale commercial office complexes, residential rental property, retail/restaurants, golf courses, hotels, airports, and manufacturing facilities.

Daniel Frondorf, CPE, CSI, CDT

Dan owns and operates Cincinnati based DG Frondorf and Associates LLC, a civil cost estimating consulting firm. He is a member of CERT, AACE, CSI, and ASPE and has 24 years of service as a construction estimator. Dan also presents seminars and classes on estimating topics and has written several articles on estimating for industry publications.