An Anxious Accountant's Journey to the Top [Special Content]

<p><em>This is an original, branded podcast from GTM Creative Strategies, produced in collaboration with CohnReznick.</em></p><p>In 2004, Ted Gunther started a new job at a big accounting firm. He led the team overseeing transactions in newly-deregulated electricity markets.</p><p>On his first day, he met the "Green Book," a thick, complicated book that sets standards for derivatives, hedging strategies and contracts structures.</p><p>“I still remember it vividly. [...] I remember the partner at the time putting that book on my desk and asking me to go ahead and read this and I just looked at it and I thought to myself, ‘Wow, that's going to be a lot to read.’</p><p>Ted used The Green Book to become an expert in complicated energy markets.</p><p>As his career blossomed, he started grappling with another complicated problem: anxiety.</p><p>It started to grip Ted during meetings. “The heart's really beating fast. You know you have something to say but you have a hard time just getting it out and saying it.”&nbsp;</p><p>But he wasn’t going to let anxiety hold him back. Ted got help, moved past it, and became a partner at CohnReznick.</p><p>Today, he leads CohnReznick's renewable energy industry practice, and helps utilities and other energy companies execute all kinds of transactions, from long-term contracts to hedging strategies to tax structures.</p><p>In this special episode: how Ted is using the lessons from overcoming anxiety to help clients<em>&nbsp;</em>and colleagues grow.</p><p><em>CohnReznick serves a wide range of industries from tech to government to entertainment. It’s a leader in cutting-edge fields like renewable energy and cannabis. To learn more about how people like Ted can help you work through some of the most complicated transactions in energy, visit&nbsp;</em><a href="https://www.cohnreznick.com/" target="_blank"><em>CohnReznick</em></a><em>.</em></p>