NEW HIRE: Briggs & Veselka, Houston’s largest independent CPA and business consulting firm, announced that Ilse Rew has joined the firm as Chief Operating Officer. In this newly created role, she will be responsible for overall firm operations and process improvement. For the past 11 years, Rew has operated a financial and business process consulting firm, where she served clients in the manufacturing, energy, real estate, professional services, and education industries.