Professional Services

Antonio “Tony” Argiz
South Florida Managing Partner, BDO (formerly MBAF), Miami
Argiz had been CEO of accounting firm MBAF — which had 650 employees in 13 offices in the U.S. and in India — since 1997. Earlier this year, MBAF joined forces with BDO, a professional services firm with more than 60 offices nationwide that provides assurance, tax and advisory services. Argiz was fired from his first accounting job. But “being let go from my first job in accounting only strengthened my drive,” he says.
EDUCATION | Florida International University (BS) |
SOMETHING SURPRISING | Recently, I have been very dedicated to growing my Cuban art collection. I have more than 80 pieces. |
WOULD CHANGE about Florida | I would change the state’s business focus to creating more high-paying jobs, especially by attracting more technology and innovation companies. |
READING | Wrestling with Our Inner Angels, by Nancy Kehoe; Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydide’s Trap? by Graham Allison |
Philip Anson Jr.
STS Aviation Group
Antonio “Tony” Argiz
MBAF
Brian Ballard
Ballard Partners
Christine Barney
rbb Communications
Rodney Barreto
Barreto Group
Sarah Bascom
Bascom Communications & Consulting
Hilarie Bass
Bass Institute for Diversity & Inclusion
LARRY BERRYMAN
MIAMI INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
Brett Beveridge
Revenue Optimization Companies
Brittany Birken
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Paul Bradshaw
Southern Group
Brian Butler
Vistra Communications
Gregory Celestan
Celestar
NABYL CHARANIA
ROKK3R
Kelly Cohen
Southern Group
Frank Compiani
RSM US
Michael Corcoran
Corcoran Partners
Brendan Courtney
HealthTrust Workforce Solutions
Ana Cruz
Ballard Partners
DANIEL DAVIS
JACKSONVILLE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
John Delaney
FIORENTINO GROUP
Bill Donnell
NCCI
Brett Doster
Front Line Strategies
Chris Dudley
Southern Group
Tom Feeney
Associated Industries of Florida
Michael A. Finney
Beacon Council
Marty Fiorentino
Fiorentino Group
Suzanne Forbes
James Moore & Co.
Tim Giuliani
Orlando Economic Partnership
Adam Goodman
Ballard Partners
Barry Gould
Eisneramper
Blain Heckaman
Kaufman Rossin
Bill Herrle
National Federation of Independent Business
Rick Homans
Tampa Bay Partnership
H. Wayne Huizenga Jr.
Rybovich
JOHN J. JENNINGS
Waste Pro USA
JEFF JOHNSON
AARP
Cindy Kushner
Crowe
Drew Levine
G4S Secure Solutions USA
Suneera Madhani
FattMerchant
Tina Matte
Gravina, Smith, Matte & Arnold
MARY MAYHEW
Florida Hospital Association
Karen Moore
Moore
MICHAEL MUNZ
DALTON AGENCY
Bennett Napier
Partners in Association Management
Luis H. Navas
Global Governance Advisors
PEGGY NORDEEN
STARMARK INTERNATIONAL
Carey O’Donnell
O’Donnell Agency
John Paglia III
Florida Express Environmental and United American Recycling
Jorge A. Plasencia
Republica Havas
George Platt
LSN Partners
Phil Purcell
Marine Industries Association
Craig J. Richard
Tampa Bay EDC
Stephen C. Riggs
Carr Riggs & Ingram CPAs and Advisors
Tadd A. Schwartz
Schwartz Media Strategies
Kelly Smallridge
Business Development Board of Palm Beach County
John Sowinski
Consensus Communications
Jennifer Spooner
BDO
JAY STARKMAN
ENGAGE PEO
Bob Swindell
Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
Gray Swoope
VisionFirst Advisors
Charles “Chuck” Sykes
Sykes
Julie Talenfeld
BoardroomPR
Cory Tilley
CoreMessage
LAURENT UBERTI
SITEL GROUP
Richard “Rick” Walsh
Knob Hill Group
Nancy Watkins
Robert Watkins & Co.
Lynda Weatherman
Space Coast EDC
Mark Wilson
Florida Chamber of Commerce
SAM ZIETZ
TOUCHSUITE
GEORGE C. ZOLEY
Geo Group