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Conference Year:2015
 Presenter Information
First Name:Deborah
Last Name:Castellani
Certification:CFA
Title:Sr. Fiduciary Strategist
Organization:OTB Strategic Consulting, Inc.
Address:8204 Fern Bluff Ave.
City:Round Rock
State:TX
Zip:78681
Phone Number:7143371104
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Email:deb@otbstrategic.com
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Biography:For over two decades, Deborah “Debbie” Castellani has been working with individuals, large and small businesses, employee benefit plans, and foundations to help them reach their long and short term goals through investment management and business consulting.

During her 25+ year career, Ms. Castellani has earned the designation of prestigious designation of Chartered Financial Analyst. Ms. Castellani has run a $2 billion investment firm, established mutual funds, performed M&A studies, set up SEC compliance programs, overseen the P&L, established and overseen defined benefit and defined contribution plans, acted as a §3(38) fiduciary and worked with numerous firms in a variety of industries. Most recently, she helped create an innovative 401(k) e‐compliance tool, The FIRE System, which un‐complicates 401(k) compliance for plan sponsors and their fiduciaries.

Ms. Castellani has been a fiduciary for many qualified plans including those with only a handful of participants to over 20,000 participants.
Is at least 50% of your job duties a direct function of human resources?N
Have you had a HR, Leadership or Management related book published in the last 10 years?N
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Presentation Contact First Name:Deb
Presentation Contact Last Name:Castellani
Presentation Contact Title:Sr. Fiduciary Strategist
Presentation Contact Organization Name:OTB Strategic Consulting, Inc.
Presentation Contact Address:8204 Fern Bluff Ave.
Presentation Contact City:Round Rock
Presentation Contact State:TX
Presentation Contact Zip Code:78681
Presentation Contact Phone:7143371104
Presentation Contact Email:deb@akrosfm.com
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 Reference Information
Reference Conference Name:2015 SAHRMA Symposium
Reference Presentation Date:2015-01-16
Reference First Name:Carey
Reference Last Name:Malek
Reference Organziation:San Antonio SHRM/Crystal and Company
Reference Title:Executive Director
Reference Phone:2105985661
Reference Email:Carey.Malek@crystalco.com
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 Presentation Information
Presentation Title:Critical Mistakes ERISA Retirement Plan Fiduciarie
Presentation Format:75 Minute Concurrent Learning Session
Presentation Track:Rewards
Methodology:N/A
Presentation Topic:Human Resource Expertise
Ability Level:Intermediate 3-10 years Experience
HRCI Credits:YES
HRCI Number:Has been approved for SHRM Houston conference, but do not have the number yet.
 Program Overview & Learning Objectives
Program Overview:The DOL, Congress, SEC…everyone is talking about retirement plan fiduciaries. A must attend session for anyone who works or touches a retirement plan. Many service providers “mis-educate” plan sponsors because many do not know ERISA themselves. Because of this, plans sponsors think they are protected, but likely they are NOT. Find out the critical mistakes you could be making before the regulators or litigators find them for you!

This light-hearted, but educationally-packed presentation helps fiduciaries understand their responsibilities and shows them uncomplicated steps to minimize their personal and professional liability. Find out why “fiduciary” is the “hot” topic and how to keep yourself protected.
Learning Objective 1:Understand your fiduciary responsibility and why the government is focusing on fiduciaries

Learning Objective 2:Learn (at least) 3 critical mistakes – anyone of these can create personal liability
Learning Objective 3:Find out easy techniques to avoid these mistakes and reduce your fiduciary risk
 AV Equipment Information
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Additional Equipment Special Request:VGA to HDMI converter - if not we have one
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I understand that if I am selected to present I am responsible for providing my own laptop for my presentation.Y
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 Acceptance of Terms
Yes I Accept Terms:Y
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Co-Presenters
Co-Presenter First Name:William
Co-Presenter Last Name:Conrad
Co-Presenter Certification:JD
Co-Presenter Title:Sr. Fiduciary Strategist
Co-Presenter Organization:Akros Fiduciary Management
Co-Presenter Address:1333 Mantooth Ave.
Co-Presenter City:Lufkin
Co-Presenter State:TX
Co-Presenter Zip:75904
Co-PresenterPhone:6199336117
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Co-Presenter Email:bill@akrosfm.com
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Co-Presenter Biography:William "Bill" Conrad assists companies and fiduciaries identify operational in-efficiencies so they can reduce overall risk and liability. After serving in the Marines in Vietnam, he attended law school then entered the financial world and has been a regulator, auditor, HR department head, trust group head, CEO of 2 multi-billion dollar Investment companies and CEO of a multi-state Broker Dealer.

Bill is an international speaker, strategist and innovator for financial, fiduciary and retirement plans. During his 40 plus year career, he has designed and implemented various innovative financial products and systems. Most recently, he assisted in creating an innovative 401(k) e-compliance tool, The FIRE System, and a fiduciary education tool, The Ignite System to help un-complicate retirement plan compliance for plan sponsors and their fiduciaries.
Today, Bill assists companies and their fiduciaries in understanding their role of being an ERISA fiduciary so they can reduce their professional and personal risk.
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