President

Richard Hermerding, MBA, MAIA, MSIS, CMA, CFM, CFE, CFS, CSA - Hermerding@msn.com

Richard Hermerding is a Senior Principal with OLIVO–CPA in San Jose CA. Richard has over 25 years of experience working in the areas of Audit, Controllership, Fraud, Forensic Accounting, and Strategic Planning. He is primarily responsible for the firm’s Controllership, Chief Financial Officer, Fraud, Forensic Accounting, Investment, Internal Audit, Insurance, and Real Estate services.

Richard holds a MBA (Accounting and Finance) and a MA (International Affairs) from Ohio University, and a MS (Information Systems) from Golden Gate University. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA), a Certified Financial Manager (CFM), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS), a Certified Senior Advisor (CSA), and a Certified Divorce Financial Analyst. Richard also holds, or held FINRA-6, 63, 65, and 7 licenses as well as being a California Real Estate Broker

Treasurer

Kenneth Wong - kckwong_98@yahoo.com

Ken is an Active Member of IMA having completed his MBA in 2006. He has served 2 years as Secretary and Vice President of Communication. He has worked for United Technologies for more than 10 years and then held various accounting positions with Robert Half / Accountemps. This is Ken's third term on the board.

Secretary

Hannah Nguyen - hannah.t.nguyen@sbcglobal.net

Hannah Nguyen is an associate member of IMA – Silicon Valley. After graduating from San Jose State University in May 2007 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Accounting Information Systems, she immediately took a position as financial analyst at Good Earth Teas and has been with the company for over three years. While at SJSU, she was also a Treasurer of ISACA – SJSU. She continues as Secretary of SV- IMA with pending completion of CMA Certification, and looks forward in serving the chapter.

Meetings Director

Maria Stevens - gozmaria@yahoo.com

Maria Stevens is the Finance Administrator for Panasonic San Jose Laboratory, an R&D group, and Panasonic Venture Group, a Strategic Investment group of Panasonic Corporation North America. She has a degree in Business Administration (Finance)at San Jose State University and is currently a graduate student at Golden Gate University. Prior to this position, Maria was contracting as an Accountant and Financial Analyst at various companies in the Bay Area.
For someone who grew up in a small farm town in the Philippines where children are encouraged to go to work than to school, Maria took a while to realize that getting a degree was an option for her when she came to the U.S. Like a typical immigrant, Maria worked 2 to 3 jobs in her early years in the U.S. until she decided to enroll at a community college. She kept just one full-time job during the day and took classes at night. It was daunting years of study while keeping work as priority but she finally got her bachelors degree. Now, Maria is continuing her education as she is determined to reach the next level of her career. Maria joined the board as a Treasurer hoping to retain her skill and to deepen her involvement with the IMA. Juggling between work, graduate school, and family, she hopes that she will soon have time to review for the CMA certification.
One of her favorite quotes:
"Leaders aren't born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal." (Vincent Lombardi)

Education & Certification Director

Gina Bateman - cagina05@aol.com

Gina joined the IMA organization as a student member of the San Jose State IMA Student Chapter in 1999, and became Student Chapter President in 2000-2001. She was a member for a couple years until she moved to Las Vegas, NV. Gina returned to the Bay Area in 2005, and joined the IMA Chapter as an associate member in 2007. She has a Bachelors Degree in Accounting from San Jose State University, and a Paralegal Certification from University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She has worked in the insurance industry for 13 years and held a position as a Sr. Accounting Specialist for Xicor in Milpitas. She is currently working as a Paralegal for a Law Firm in San Jose, CA for the past 4 years. Gina is currently studying and taking the CPA exam, as well as getting her Certified Fraud Examiners designation.

 

Membership Director

Heidi Licht - hlicht@southwall.com

Heidi originally joined the Mass Route 128 chapter (Boston area) of IMA and was Meeting Coordinator for a couple years and director-at-large for a year. Soon after and as the result of passing CMA Part 1 she joined Monolithic Power Systems as the Accounting Manager. Heidi has been in the IMA since 1993.

 

Past President

Mike Van Roy - m.vanroy@att.net

Mike served an unprecedented 4 years as Chapter President during which the chapter earned numerous IMA and Golden West Council awards, including 2 consecutive First Place Stevenson Division (large chapters) Trophies, and coordinated 2 visits from then IMA President Paul Sharman. IMA’s policy on senior level visits is based on these successful meetings. Mike is also active on the Golden West Council where he held several positions and is one of our chapter’s voting delegates. Mike has also served on several IMA and Stuart Cameron McLeod Society committees, including a term on IMA’s Committee on Ethics. Mike is credited as a reviewer on IMA’s Statement on Management Accounting “Values and Ethics: From Inception to Practice”. Mike’s role as Past President is to coordinate the chapter’s annual election and bylaw amendment processes. Mike led the effort to draft our chapter’s current bylaws. Mike is a CMA candidate with a Bachelors of Science in Economics and has been an IMA member for 9 years.