Sal Inserra | Mentors
A lifetime ago, two mentors set a young student straight.
Salvatore A. Inserra, CPA
Partner, Porter Keadle Moore, LLP
At 20 years old the world was a blank canvas with vast opportunities and yet it looks like a map without road references. Even after staring at the map you cannot quite figure how to get to your goal or where you goal is. All that said, I thought I knew exactly the path to take. Until I was set straight.
In college I was employed by JP Morgan. Just a part time employee who transferred from department to department. It did not bother me much because I enjoyed the change. At the time, I was enrolled in the City University of N.Y. pursuing an economics degree. The department I was working in, when I met my mentors, was the accounting and analysis group. I basically had 12 bosses. If I was going to be honest about it I should name all 12 as mentors but there were two that stuck out – Diane Makoujy and Lou Vitali.