Professionals on the Move is a roundup of recent hiring, promotions, awards and other staffing announcements from around the profession.
Clarity Tax Tech Names Chris D’Ambola Head of Product and Go-to-Market to Lead Its 2027 Platform
Clarity Tax Tech, which builds an AI-native platform that automates every tax disclosure a public company has to produce, recently announced that Chris D’Ambola has joined as Head of Product and Go-to-Market, effective October 15, 2026. The appointment is part of a broader effort to establish a leadership team for the company’s full commercial launch.
D’Ambola will own the product roadmap for Clarity Tax Tech’s flagship platform and lead go-tomarket endeavors. His mandate covers how the platform is positioned, priced and packaged, how customers onboard, and how the company builds the sales and customer teams to support them.
D’Ambola has spent his career building products for tax, financial and legal compliance. Most recently, he was Director of Product Tax at Neumo, where he built a full product team around his vision for a modern gov-tech platform. He also held leadership roles such as overseeing the Direct Tax product portfolio at Thomson Reuters, Head of Product Strategy for the Global Tax Platform at Ernst and Young, and Managing Director with BDO’s Tax Automation and Innovation.
D’Ambola’s appointment comes as Clarity Tax Tech prepares to introduce its platform publicly in early 2027. The company is running pilot programs with 4 public US companies across global, state and year-end tax reporting. It has completed its SOC 2 Type 1 audit, and its SOC 2 Type 2 audit is underway.
Smarsh Taps Former ACI Worldwide Executive Alessandro Silva as Chief Growth Officer to Drive Next Phase of Global Expansion
Smarsh, the global leader in communications data and intelligence, recently announced the appointment of Alessandro Silva as Chief Growth Officer. In this newly created role, Silva will unite Smarsh’s Enterprise, Corporate, Public Sector, and Global Channel business units under one commercial strategy, accelerating execution, and driving the company’s next phase of international growth.
The move comes as organizations worldwide face rising volumes of digital communications, new forms of AI-driven collaboration, and increasingly complex regulation. A unified go-to-market organization will speed decision-making, deliver a more consistent customer experience, and still adapt to the needs of different industries, regions, and regulatory environments.
Silva joins from ACI Worldwide, where as Chief Revenue Officer he led the global commercial organization, including sales effectiveness, go-to-market strategy, and customer success. He previously held senior sales and general management roles at Western Union, GE Capital, and The Carlyle Group.
Silva joins as Smarsh sets the pace for AI innovation in communications data and intelligence. In 2026, Smarsh launched Discovery Agent, its MCP Server, AskSmarsh AI, and MySearch Agent, and extended capture to Claude Enterprise, Amazon Bedrock, and Google Workspace so regulated firms can adopt AI with confidence. The company was also named to the Inc. 5000 for the 19th straight year, a Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for the ninth consecutive year, and winner of a 2026 Business Intelligence Group AI Excellence Award for Fraud Detection and Prevention.
DeWitt’s Minneapolis Office Welcomes Caroline K. Ruwe as Associate
DeWitt LLP today announced that Caroline Ruwe has joined the firm’s Minneapolis office as an associate.
Ruwe focuses her practice on complex family law matters, representing clients in a range of divorce, custody, support, property division and other family law disputes. Her experience includes litigation in district court and appellate matters before the Minnesota Court of Appeals and Minnesota Supreme Court.
Before joining DeWitt, Ruwe practiced family law in Minneapolis and Chicago, where she handled a range of family law matters and appeals. She also served as a judicial law clerk in Hennepin County Family Court, gaining valuable experience with family law proceedings and court processes.
Ruwe earned her J.D. from DePaul University College of Law, where she focused her studies on family law and completed advanced family law coursework. She earned her B.A. in Political Science with a minor in Child Studies from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
PairSoft Appoints Vijay Vidiyala as Chief Product & Technology Officer
PairSoft, a leading provider of accounts payable and procurement automation, recently announced the appointment of Vijay Vidiyala as Chief Product & Technology Officer (CPTO). Vidiyala brings more than 20 years of enterprise software experience, including senior product and engineering roles at Model N and SAP. In this role, he will oversee PairSoft’s product and engineering teams as they build the next generation of AI-driven solutions for the office of the CFO.
Vidiyala most recently led product, engineering, and operations teams across the U.S., Europe, and India at Model N, where he helped deliver industry-leading solutions and shape its SaaS transition strategy. Before that, he spent a decade at SAP, leading product development and go-to-market activities for cloud solutions.
Vidiyala is passionate about building high-performing product and technology teams that put the customer at the center and keep innovation at the heart of everything they build. At PairSoft, he will bring that approach to a product and engineering department focused on one goal: making AI genuinely useful in the daily work of finance teams.
Built for depth in the ERPs that run finance – including Oracle, the Microsoft Dynamics suite, Sage Intacct, Blackbaud, NetSuite, Plex, and Infor SyteLine – PairSoft’s product suite (which includes APRO, Nimbello, PaperSave and WorkPlace) frees finance teams from the endless workarounds typically required by non-native tools.
Daniel Lobatto joins CohnReznick as tax partner in financial services
CohnReznick, a leading professional services firm, recently announced that Daniel Lobatto has joined the firm as a Tax Partner in Financial Services.
Based in the firm’s Chicago office, Lobatto brings more than 26 years of experience advising private equity firms, hedge funds, real estate sponsors, family offices, and investment management organizations on complex U.S. and international tax matters. His experience spans fund formation and structuring, cross-border transactions, international tax planning, transfer pricing, and tax risk management.
Prior to joining CohnReznick, Lobatto held international tax leadership roles across the Netherlands, New York, and Chicago at a Big Four professional services firm. He earned his MBA from Nyenrode Business University in the Netherlands and holds master’s degrees in tax law and corporate law from universities in Amsterdam.
Larson Gross welcomes Blume Keeney team, expanding presence in Snohomish County
Larson Gross, a Washington-based accounting and advisory firm, recently announced that the Blume Keeney team has partnered with Larson Gross effective September 15, 2026. The Blume Keeney team, based in Everett, brings deep experience and a strong reputation for personalized, relationship-driven client service. The move reflects Larson Gross’s continued commitment to thoughtful growth that enhances service quality, expands access to specialized expertise and aligns with the firm’s clientfirst philosophy.
The professionals joining from Blume Keeney will continue to serve clients in downtown Everett with the same personalized attention and care they are known for, now with access to expanded resources and specialized expertise through Larson Gross while the team transitions to the Larson Gross brand.
The addition strengthens Larson Gross’s presence in Snohomish County and the greater Puget Sound region, allowing the firm to serve more clients locally while continuing its approach to growth centered on bringing together teams with complementary expertise, strong community ties and shared values.
CohnReznick announces federal audit executive Andrew Lewis as strategic advisor
CohnReznick, a leading professional services firm, recently announced that Andrew Lewis, who led one of the nation’s largest federal financial statement audit practices, has joined the firm as a Strategic Advisor to support the continued growth and expansion of its Federal Audit and Cyber Assessment Practices. In the role, he will help advance the firm’s strategy to build a leading national platform serving federal agencies across the government.
A recognized leader in the federal audit marketplace, Lewis brings decades of experience leading large, complex federal audit engagements and advising agencies on financial accountability, governance, and risk management practices. He has helped develop teams, built strong client relationships, and grown capabilities in support of critical federal missions.
As Strategic Advisor, Lewis will work with practice leadership to help develop strategic growth initiatives, expand market opportunities, strengthen organizational capabilities, and attract specialized talent, to support a scalable Federal Audit, and Cyber Assessment Practice.
The new role reflects CohnReznick’s continued commitment to expanding its capabilities in the federal sector and helping agencies strengthen accountability, transparency, stewardship, and public trust. The firm’s Federal Audit Practice is building the talent, methodologies, technology, and leadership infrastructure needed to support federal agencies in an increasingly complex operating environment.
Prior to joining CohnReznick as Strategic Advisor, Lewis was Managing Partner of the Federal Audit Practice at a Big 4 firm.
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