Join TMA West Michigan as we open 2023 with our Annual Luncheon Series:
Session 1-
January 17, 2023: "It's a Not so Wonderful Life: Crypto, Blockchain & the FTX Scandal"
Are you interested in crypto and blockchain? Have you been following the FTX scandal that hit the news in late 2022? Join us to mingle, ring in the new year and expand your knowledge base surrounding this exciting, everchanging and sometimes volatile industry.
Topics of panel discussion will include:
*The basics of crypto.
*What is an exchange?
*FTX- How did this happen? What are the nuances of this case?
*How does this relate to blockchain?
*The future of this industry.
*and more...
Drama, political intrigue, fraud, arrests and more! You won't want to miss this lively discussion. A Q&A session with the panelists will follow.
Where: The University Club
111 Lyon St NW
Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Time: 11:45 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: TMA Member | $30
Non Member | $50
NextGen | $20
Max Friar (Calder Capital)
Max Friar if the Founder and Managing Partner of Calder Capital, a lower middle market mergers and acquisitions firm. He enjoys taking calculated risks in this respect and in 2017, he raised $2million to start an Ethereum mining operation/Blockchain fund. The mine ran through 2020. Max lives in Ada with his wife Melissa and two sons, Max and Jack.
David Nemes (Business Company, LLC)
David Nemes has more than 15 years of experience in entrepreneurship, consulting, financial analysis, accounting and problem solving within a broad array of industries. David earned B.S. degrees in Accounting and Finance from Miami University, and is a Certified Public Accountant (non-practicing). David is currently the managing member of Business Company, LLC and Tolman’s Wholesale Meats. In his role at the Business Company, LLC, he has combined his specialty in business turnaround, sale transactions and entrepreneurship to focus on purchasing distressed businesses. Additionally for the past 12 years, he has been an advisor to the FDIC on resolving failed banks and managing liabilities associated with those failures.
Ian Northon (Inveniam Capital Partners)
Mr. Northon was a trial lawyer that focused his practice on defending businesses and the personal and professional needs of their owners. Now in-house, he helps Inveniam manage its risk and build on its operating system for data. As an advocate, he tried more than twenty cases and has broad experience in labor and employment disputes, fraud prevention and internal investigations, bet-the-company risk avoidance, and defending pension and healthcare plans, executives, whistleblowers, and governing boards on compensation matters, non-compete, trade secrets, and sensitive termination issues.
Additional dates to follow:
February 21, 2023- Session 2- Cannabis
March 21, 2023- Session 3- Market Report by the National Center for the Middle Market
April 18, 2023- Session 4- The Peloton Effect- Popcorn style
Who should attend: Turnaround professionals including: turnaround specialists, CTAs, CPAs, attorneys, economists, bankers, loan officers, accountants and other professionals working in insolvency. Business community-members-at-large including: executives, management, owners, operators and board members.
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