About Us

Industry Advisory Board

Sales Innovation has assembled an advisory board with members from different industries, including accounting, legal, financial services, insurance, and manufacturing and technology. Leaders in these fields, our advisory board members have developed state-of-the-art practices that have given their companies a significant competitive advantage. We meet formally twice a year in a think-tank session for updates on emerging industry trends and challenges. Throughout the year, we tap into their knowledge informally as needed for insights and guidance.

Accounting
John R. Burzenski, CPA

John is the president and managing officer of  Burzenski & Company. The firm provides proactive advisory accounting, tax and wealth planning services aimed at maximizing our clients’ profits while seeking to implement long-range, proactive strategies that lighten tax burdens, promote growth and control expenses. In addition to his executive duties, John designs and monitors all facets of the company’s quality control system and heads up the audit, attest and accounting services division.  John is a graduate of Quinnipiac College with a degree in Accounting and has accreditation as a Certified Public Accountant.

John has had over thirty years tax, audit and financial consulting experience in public accounting practice.  He began his accounting career in 1965 with Ernst & young, moving on to private industry and later to Isenstadt & Levene, CPA, where he rose to become a partner.  He holds his Series 7, 24 and 63 licensing, as well as, his life, health and variable annuity insurance licensing and is currently affiliated with Genworth Financial Securities Corporation, Member NASD/SIPC.  He is also an Investment Adviser Representative with Genworth Financial Adviser Corporation, an SEC Registered Investment Adviser.  These licenses enable him to offer insurance and securities products, including stocks, bonds, government and municipal securities to meet the clients various investment needs.

John serves as Treasurer and Member of the Board of Directors and Finance Committee of the Easter Seal/Goodwill Rehabilitation Center.  He is also a member of the Walter Camp Football Foundation, Inc. and a past Treasurer and Board Member of the United Way of Greater New Haven, Inc. Out of his own dedication to supporting civic and community organizations, John encourages his staff to do likewise, making Burzenski & Company a very supportive and visible member of the community.

Banking/ Financial Services
Larry Selnick

Larry is a Senior Vice President at Webster Financial Corporation.  He manages a team of Cash Management specialists that provide sales, consulting and customer service for Webster’s business customers.  He has over 25 years of banking experience including cash management systems, bank operations and product management.  He joined Webster’s management team to design, implement and deliver Cash Management services to the commercial clients.

Larry received his BA from Western Connecticut State University and is a graduate of the University of Virginia Graduate School of Banking in cooperation with the Consumer Banking Association. Larry has also completed the UCONN MBA Business Mastery Program. He is a member of the Central Connecticut Treasury Management Association as well as the National Association for Financial Professionals.  Larry holds a Certified Treasury Professional designation.

Larry is on the Board of Directors of the Governor’s Prevention Partnership, a not-for-profit partnership between state government and business leaders with a mission to keep Connecticut's youth safe, successful and drug-free. The cornerstone of this program is youth mentoring, placing at risk children and teens in ongoing relationships with caring adults.  Larry instituted a mentoring program at Webster which has grown to more than 100 employee mentors. Larry is also active in the Red Cross and other not-for-profits organizations.

Legal
Iris Brown

Iris is a partner in the law firm Rogin Nassau, LLC in Hartford, Connecticut.  Her primary areas of practice at the firm are tax and business law. Prior to private practice, she was a Trial Attorney in the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. and then was with the Tax Section of the Law Department of Aetna Life and Casualty Company in Hartford.  Iris regularly advises the firm’s clients on a wide range of tax issues related to business transactions of all kinds including acquisitions and sales of businesses, real estate, financing, debt restructuring, bankruptcy and employee benefit plans. In addition to tax, she also has considerable experience in the business law area where she is often called upon to negotiate and draft various contracts, joint venture agreements, and purchase and sale agreements involving businesses and commercial real estate.

Iris is on the Commercial Panel of Arbitrators of the American Arbitration Association, was appointed a Panelist on the Federal Tax Expert Panel for the Internal Revenue Service's Arbitration Program and was one of 30 arbitrators nationwide to be selected by the IRS to arbitrate certain tax shelter issues.

Iris is a graduate of the University of Colorado and the University of Connecticut School of Law  with high honors. She is the Chair of the Audit Committee, a member of the Executive Committee of the Tax Section and past Chair of the Liaison with Accountants Committee of the Connecticut Bar Association, and a member of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association and the Tax Club of Hartford.