AchieveNext is a social networking community designed specifically for accounting and financial professionals. Members can share information, discover new opportunities and events and connect with relevant peers from around the world with help from AXR, our exclusive recommendation engine that delivers pertinent results based on user generated content and preferences.
Because the connections are knowledge-based, not friend-to-friend, our platform allows Members to control and qualify their contacts, resulting in more meaningful, productive and trusted interactions and information flow.
We Understand You.
Accomplished professionals are constantly connecting with individuals on social networks and most of them have nothing whatsoever to do with career development. Instead of investing in beneficial relationships that we can use to enhance our daily performance and long-term work and life strategies, we are responding to requests from acquaintances and people we hardly know.
We created AchieveNext with this very issue in mind.
Relevant connections are the key.
Our emphasis is on relevant and useful connections instead of acquaintances and individuals who are focused on a completely different set of issues than we deal with in our professional development. This integrated approach to career development allows AchieveNext users to create and receive knowledge-based recommendations to peers, mentors, mentees, professional and social organizations, industry news and live events that are important to them.
Each Member’s profile summarizes their personal and professional accomplishments, interests and goals. This enables our Members to find and be discovered by respected peers, colleagues, clients, and partners based on shared knowledge, interests and goals they can use to design and drive individual career and life strategies.
Our technology is simply better.
AXR, our intuitive recommendation engine, utilizes Member content to connect individual users with knowledge, people, news, events and opportunities relevant to them. Our technology learns preference-related information from users based on a combination of profile keywords and then delivers the most relevant information via the user’s customization and interaction.
We set high standards.
AchieveNext takes a “velvet-rope” approach to Member acceptance and accessibility. Our secure privacy options ensure that you have control of what information you share with your peers.
Become a member of AchieveNext today!
Management Team
Nick Araco
Chief Executive Officer and President
As Co-Founder of the CFO Alliance and CEO of AchieveNext, Nick is considered one of the most prominent connectors within the accounting and finance profession. He has over 15 years of developing and growing business consulting practices with a focus on cultivating and educating his ever-growing network.
An active member of a number of a number of professional organizations, he is a current Board & Executive Committee Member and Membership Chair of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, and previous co-chair for M&A East conference. Nick also serves as lead for the Philadelphia Chapter of the Loyola College Alumni Association, is an advisory board member for the greater Philadelphia Senior Executive Group (GPSEG) and has served on the selection committee for the Mid Atlantic Capital Alliance Conferences and Early Stage East.
Nick has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, with a concentration in Finance, from Loyola College in Maryland. He earned his law degree from Widener University School of Law and lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife and three children.
Greg Wood
Chief Operating Officer
As Co-Founder of the CFO Alliance and COO of AchieveNext, Greg has led organizations through business transformation, critical business issues, the competitive environment and their implications for human capital during his 15+ years experience in human resources and operations.
Greg serves as a member of expert knowledge committee for PEBA (PENJERDEL Employee Benefits and Compensation Association) which is a local chapter associated with World at Work a national professional organization that provides a knowledge base for HR related issues. Greg is also a member of the Philadelphia Human Resource network and is an active member in his church in addition to serving in various neighborhood-related activities.
Greg earned his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, with a minor in Biology, from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. He lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife and three children.
Drew Ries
Chief Financial Officer
With a background of more than 14 years in corporate finance and extensive global management, operational and transactional experience, Drew is an experienced CFO who understands what drives the performance and valuation of a company.
Drew graduated with distinction from Thunderbird School of Global Management with an MBA in International Finance and holds a BA in Government from Cornell University. An active member of the Association for Corporate Growth, he lives outside of Philadelphia with his wife.
David J Harding
Technology Advisor
David provides both strategic, technical leadership and hands-on development to the AchieveNext team with a focus on user experience and engagement. Throughout his 15 years in technology, David has been instrumental in the success of products for organizations spanning the publishing, finance, and life sciences industries. He currently resides outside of Philadelphia with his wife and two children.
David Marcinowski
Director of Sales and Partnerships
David is responsible for the growth and development of AchieveNext and The CFO Alliance partner and sponsor relationships. Along with his vast business acumen, he has over 10 years of experience cultivating new business opportunities in a wide variety of industries. David earned his Bachelor of Science in Marketing, with a minor in Finance, from Fairfield University and serves on the board for The North Hills Invitational, which benefits the J. Wood Platt Caddie Scholarship.
Achieve X is the sole owner of AchieveNext.com, a next-generation professional networking platform, The CFO Alliance, a professional membership organization, and The Global Center for CFO Leadership, an accounting and finance research and training center. Through this unique combination of an on-line community, live events network and global research initiative, the Company develops deep relationships with its Members and provides them with customized connections to the people, organizations, events, and information they need to drive their individual and corporate performance.