Avani Desai is a Partner and President at Schellman & Company, LLC, the largest niche CPA firm in the world that focuses on technology and security assessments. She is also CEO and co-founder of MyCryptoAlert, a push notification and portfolio app for cryptocurrency. Avani started her career working at a Big 4 accounting firm (KPMG) for over 10 years, where she led a team and oversaw IT risk management and privacy across national service lines. In addition, Avani managed the development of internal and external privacy programs and related practices, leveraging her deep knowledge with health care and emerging technologies, such as blockchain, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, internet of things and virtualization. Now at Schellman & Company, Avani has been focusing on growth strategies, strategic client and market development, industry analysis and new services for the last seven years.