Sydney Rose Leo is the New England practice leader for Risk Advisory Services. Her practice area includes ERM, Internal Audit, Regulatory and Compliance, Technology Advisory, Project Management Office, and Business Process Enhancement services. Leo has more than 20 years of experience as a business process engineer, information systems consultant, risk manager, and operations and information systems auditor in the automotive, retail, higher education, and media and entertainment industries. She is also BDO's National Enterprise Risk Management Service line leader. Leo has led multiple global ERM and internal audit services, Oracle Business Systems implementations, process improvement engagements, and Sarbanes-Oxley attest and advisory engagements.

Tom Kalinowski is a financial services risk professional with more than 20 years of experience in internal auditing and risk management. In his present position, Kalinowski is responsible for the implementation and success of a fully functional enterprise risk management program. He has been employed with BTMU Capital for three years and has worked with some of the world's largest financial institutions, including State Street and RBS Citizens. Kalinowski also has significant property casualty insurance experience. He has held many board positions with The IIA's Boston Chapter, including past president.