Gary Cokins is an internationally recognized expert, speaker, and author in enterprise and corporate performance management improvement methods and business analytics. He is the founder of Analytics-Based Performance Management, an advisory firm located in Cary, North Carolina at www.garycokins.com . Gary received a BS degree with honors in Industrial Engineering/Operations Research from Cornell University in 1971. He received his MBA with honors from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in 1974.Gary began his career as a strategic planner with FMC’s Link-Belt Division and then served as Financial Controller and Operations Manager.

In 1981 Gary began his management consulting career first with Deloitte consulting, and then in 1988 with KPMG consulting. In 1992 Gary headed the National Cost Management Consulting Services for Electronic Data Systems (EDS) now part of HP. From 1997 until 2013 Gary was a Principal Consultant with SAS, a leading provider of business analytics software.

Gaurav Sharma is a seasoned finance professional with a diverse skill set encompassing FP&A, leadership, public speaking, content creation, and career coaching. With an MBA in Applied Finance and Leadership & Strategy from NMIMS, Gaurav boasts a 17+ year career spanning renowned organizations like Genpact, IHG Hotels & Resorts, Bharti Airtel, Infosys, and ACS Solutions. 

Currently serving as an Associate Director - FP&A at Pyramid Consulting Inc., Gaurav is passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience. Over the past four years, he has actively engaged in training sessions, workshops, and guest lectures at prestigious institutions like DTU, IIM, SIRT, and IMA to educate and inspire aspiring finance professionals. 

Gaurav's expertise lies in the following areas: 

• Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A): A seasoned FP&A expert, Gaurav possesses a deep understanding of financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis. 
• Leadership & Strategy: Gaurav's leadership skills and strategic acumen have enabled him to drive successful initiatives and lead high-performing teams. 
• Public Speaking & Content Creation: As a Toastmaster and content creator, Gaurav excels in effective communication and engaging storytelling. He regularly shares insightful content on FP&A, finance, and career development. 
• Career Coaching: Gaurav leverages his industry experience and knowledge to guide aspiring finance professionals in their career journeys, providing valuable advice on job hunting, skill development, and career advancement.

Lynn Fountain has over 39 years of experience spanning public accounting, corporate accounting and consulting. 20 years of her experience has been working in the areas of internal and external auditing and risk management. She is a subject matter expert in multiple fields including internal audit, ethics, fraud evaluations, Sarbanes-Oxley, enterprise risk management, governance, financial management and compliance.  Lynn has held two Chief Audit Executive (CAE) positions for international companies.   In one of her roles as CAE, she assisted in the investigation of a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme perpetrated by a vendor that spanned 7 years and implicated 20 employees.  The fraud was formally investigation by the FBI and resulted in 5 indictments estimating a $13M fraud loss.

Ms. Fountain is currently engaged in her own consulting and training practice.  She has successfully executed on several consulting assignments spanning areas of accounting, risk, ERM and internal audit.  She is a highly sought-after trainer and international speaker and has produced hundreds of courses delivered through seminars, conferences and on-demand training.  She is the author of three separate technical books.  

• Raise the Red Flag – The Internal Auditors Guide to Fraud Evaluations”.
• Leading the Internal Audit Function
• Ethics and the Internal Auditor’s Dilemma

Ms. Fountain obtained her BSBA from Pittsburg State University and her MBA from Washburn University in Kansas. She has her CPA, CGMA, CRMA credentials. 


Energetic, ambitious and Result-oriented professional, offering +15 years of extensive experience in Management, operations, Finance, Audit, Risk management, marketing and Customer experience.

Manish has hands-on experience in Monthly Reporting and Pnl Analysis, Budgeting and strategic planning.

Passionate for learning and development, thinking in innovative and non-traditional ways, Manish is your business partner for growth.

Manish is experienced with leading projects for change. He has led ERP implementation for 16 hotels in Htoo Group.

Manish is focused, display positive attitude and Topline growth approach towards business problems. He believes in efficiencies and lean management.

He is also on his Entrepreneurial journey and founded https://ehotelmanagementschool.com for sharing knowledge and experience via online classes and sessions. Startup also help small hotels and other startups with finance and management consulting.