Gordon Beal, CPA, CA, M.Ed.

Vice President, Research, Guidance and Support, CPA Canada.

Gord leads a team of senior professionals who conduct research, produce technical guidance and develop thought leadership in a broad range of areas shaping the future of the CPA profession. Areas of focus include strategic financial management, financial reporting, reporting and disclosure beyond generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), auditing and other assurance, board governance and organizational oversight, risk, sustainability, performance management, information management and technology, and contemporary professional issues.

Jeff McMullen 

Chief Financial Officer, 4Point


Jeff has over 20 years of experience as CFO of a variety of technology companies.   He was the CFO of JetForm, a publicly traded enterprise software company which was acquired by Adobe, and has acted as an advisor and CFO to many Canadian VC backed and privately owned companies.  He also served as VP Finance of Irdeto BV.  He is currently the CFO of 4Point Solutions, an Adobe partner whose focus is using Adobe’s products to transform its customers’ business processes, and CFO of Deeplite Inc. which was recently named to the CB Insights AI 100 list of the world’s most innovative artificial intelligence startups.

David Rumer

Vice President, Market Development, Sage

Dave Rumer is the Vice President of Market Development for Sage in Canada. In his role, Dave focuses on business development, strategic alliances, market approach and strategies to enable customer success. Dave started out his career as an entrepreneur and has spent the last 18 years working in the applications software industry.