PRIVATE SECTOR EXPERIENCE

Current
  • Principal, Ryan, Boston office
    • Provides unclaimed property consulting, compliance, and asset recovery services to clients across all industries.
    • Specializes in offering consulting services to assist with audit defense, voluntary disclosure, risk assessments/quantification, policy and procedures, and process improvement.
    • Has industry experience in financial services and telecommunications.
Previous
  • Director, Abandoned and Unclaimed Property, Ryan, Boston office
  • Senior Manager, Ryan, Boston office
  • Manager, Ryan, Boston office
  • Director, Abandoned Property, financial services firm
    • Responsible for the administration and development of the company’s Abandoned Property Program.
  • Senior Manager, Risk Management, large financial services firm
    • Responsible for asset recovery and management reporting.

PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS

Mr. Pickel lectures on various tax topics for Ryan clients. Additionally, he has appeared as a speaker for the following organizations:
  • Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
    • 2012 National Operations Conference: “The Unclaimed Property Continuum: New SEC 17Ad-17 Requirements to State Unclaimed Property Compliance Triggers Inactivity vs. Returned Mail”
  • Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization
    • 2015 National Conference: “Financial Services: Who is the Holder?”
    • 2010 National Conference: “Audits: The Tale of Two Companies”

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
    • Former Chair
    • Unclaimed Property Task Force (2006–Present)
  • Unclaimed Property Professionals Organization
    • Member Services Committee (2007–Present)

EDUCATION/ACCREDITATION

  • Master of Arts Degree, Economics, Northeastern University
  • Bachelor of Arts Degree, History, Northeastern University
  • Previously held Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Series 7, 63, and 24 Securities Licenses (2005–2012)
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