SPEAKERS

Co-founder and CEO, Adaptive

Matt Calvano is the co-founder and CEO of Adaptive, the AI-native project accounting platform for construction. Since founding the business in 2022, Adaptive has grown to nearly 1,000 contractors managing over $10 billion in construction volume, and has raised $26 million of venture capital from Andreessen Horowitz and Emergence Capital. With a background in real estate finance, and over four years working closely with construction CFOs and accountants, Matt has developed deep expertise in construction finance and a clear perspective on how AI is transforming the profession. He grew up in Michigan, graduated from Michigan State, and holds an MBA from Stanford.

Mark joined the Search practice unit in 2016, adding nationwide experience with C-suite recruiting to our construction and real estate practice. His background includes placing top executive, finance, operations, and project management talent with general contractors, developers/owners, EPC companies, and specialty contractors. He leads our advisory services and executive recruiting for construction and real estate companies from our Asheville location, working closely with team members in our other locations (as part of Forvis Mazars, we can also draw on the industry knowledge and contacts of the firm’s construction and real estate practices). He is a member of the Construction Financial Management Association and an Eagle Scout with Boy Scouts of America. He was honored as a “Top 40 Under Forty.” Mark is a cum laude graduate of Elon University, North Carolina, with a B.S. degree in business and economics.

Managing Director, FMI Capital Advisors

As a Managing Director with FMI Capital Advisors, Ryan provides strategic sell-side M&A services to the construction industry.  He primarily serves specialty trades such as mechanical, electrical, and plumbing contractors in addition to industrial and heavy civil companies.  Before joining FMI, Ryan worked at Green Manning & Bunch, a Denver-based M&A advisory firm.  Prior to that, he worked at Allegiance Capital, BMO, and Janney, where he led the execution of sell-side M&A transactions on behalf of privately held, family-owned businesses across a wide range of industries, including oil field services, electric power services, and construction. 

Ryan began his career at Janney Montgomery Scott, a full-service investment bank in his hometown of Philadelphia.  Ryan earned his MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Boston College.  He has Series 79 and 63 licenses.

Director of Sales, Construction

Andy specializes in payment and spend solutions for the construction industry. With deep expertise in accounts payable automation and fraud prevention, Andy helps contractors fortify controls, reduce risk, and eliminate manual payment vulnerabilities across checks, ACH, and card programs. He partners with finance and operations leaders to implement streamlined, secure workflows that improve visibility and protect working capital. Passionate about safeguarding contractor cash flow, Andy brings a consultative, risk-focused approach to every solution engagement.

Ryan has more than 20 years of experience digitally transforming organizations through fast-moving engagements with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, small and midsize businesses, and the largest federal agencies in the U.S. government. His focus has been helping customers build actionable business strategies and solution architectures to enable business success using technology. Ryan has led award-winning projects to develop and deliver business and technology solutions using Microsoft solution sets to modernize, automate, and streamline business operations. He currently leads the Insights & Automation practice focused on “finding ways of using technology that deliver insights and create operational efficiencies where customers never thought possible.” Ryan is a graduate of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, with a B.S. degree in management information systems.

Fraud Operations Director, Corpay

Sierre Norton is the Fraud Operations Director at Corpay, overseeing the fraud team and developing new fraud mitigation tools, policies, and procedures. She also educates business offices on fraud prevention through thought leadership. Before Corpay, she spent 11 years in banking, focused on investigating ACH, wire, and debit card fraud. Sierre holds degrees in Psychology and Criminal Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University. In her free time, she enjoys time with her children and rescue dog on the Rappahannock River and volunteering in her local community.

Senior Vice President of Risk Control, Arch Insurance Group 

Greg Stefan, CSP, ARM, ALCM, is Senior Vice President of Risk Control at Arch Insurance Group.  Greg and his team support Arch’s Construction, National Accounts, Retail Energy, and Alternative Markets Underwriting and Claims teams in account selection, risk improvement, and claim mitigation activities.  He is also responsible for high-risk liability claim reduction initiatives including auto liability, contractual risk transfer, construction defect prevention, and work zone liability management.  He regularly consults with policyholder management teams in their continuous improvement processes concerning risk management, quality, and safety.  Greg is a regular presenter at various industry associations and conferences to include ATSSA, CFMA, NAPA, National Work Zone Safety Conference, ARTBA, AGC, etc.  He regularly provides articles for various industry newsletters and publications on risk management, safety, and claim prevention and mitigation best practices.klyn.

Partner with Mauldin & Jenkins

In 2008, he graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in Accounting and received his Masters of Taxation from Georgia State University in 2010. Brent has over 15 years of experience in many areas of taxation and industries, most notably in healthcare, real estate, private equity, technology and professional services, with business sizes ranging from closely held business to multi-national publicly traded companies. Brent also serves as the Firm’s Tax Strategy and Research Leader, which offers technical guidance and identifies planning opportunities for the firm to support clients on complex issues across a range of technical tax areas. Brent is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants.  Brent and his wife, Lucy, live in Athens, GA, with their four children, Arthur, Bill, Annie, and Peter.