April 25, 2023 - CMA Night: Crypto as an Industry, Crypto Fraud 2 CPE
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Speaker:
Gary A. Vecchiarelli, Chief Financial Officer of CleanSpark, has more than 20 years of professional experience in various senior accounting and finance roles. From July 2019 to September 2021, Mr. Vecchiarelli served as Chief Financial Officer of Imatrex, Inc., a late-development stage high-tech medical device company focused on diagnosing heart disease and treating cancer. From January 2017 to February 2019, Mr. Vecchiarelli served as the Senior Vice President of Finance and Chief Accounting Officer of Golden Entertainment, Inc. (NASDAQ:GDEN), a large regional hospitality company, which operated 10 casino resort properties, 60 wholly owned taverns, and almost 1,000 third party route locations. Prior to that, from May 2012 to December 2016, Mr. Vecchiarelli served as Chief Financial Officer of Galaxy Gaming, Inc. (OTC:GLXZ), the world’s largest independent table game provider, developing, manufacturing, and distributing proprietary table games and electronic platforms to casinos worldwide. Mr. Vecchiarelli has held senior-level and executive roles with a variety of other companies, including Division Controller of Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:SPPI), a leading biotechnology company focused on acquiring, developing, and commercializing hematology and oncology drug products; as a Manager with BDO USA, LLP, where Mr. Vecchiarelli helped open and establish the Las Vegas audit practice; in several positions with McGladrey & Pullen, LLP, where Mr. Vecchiarelli was ultimately promoted to Supervisor, auditing middle market privately held clients; and in several positions with Crawford, Pimentel & Co., Inc., where Mr. Vecchiarelli was ultimately promoted to Senior Staff Accountant and was responsible for accounting, auditing, and tax planning and preparation for closely held and high net worth clients.
Mr. Vecchiarelli holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting from California State University at San Jose. Mr. Vecchiarelli has been a licensed CPA since 2006 and has active licenses in the states of California and Nevada. In 2014, Mr. Vecchiarelli was named to the 2014 Class of Las Vegas’s “40 under 40” list of accomplished young professionals by VEGAS INC. magazine. Since 2014, Mr. Vecchiarelli has served on the board of directors for the Las Vegas Chapter of Financial Executives International and was President of the chapter from 2016-2017. Since 2018, Mr. Vecchiarelli has also been a member of the board of directors for Doral Academies of Las Vegas, one of the top charter school systems in the state of Nevada.
Speaker 2 Dr. Robert K Minniti DBA, CPA, MAFF, CrFA, CFF, CGMA, PI