Kevin Bong Age: 27 Employer: AuditFile, Inc. Title: Co-founder City/State: San Francisco, California Website: www.auditfile.com Twitter: @auditfile_team Kevin is a co-founder of AuditFile, where he works closely with Steven Bong to execute the Company’s vision for designing a simple-to-use, sophisticated audit automation solution that empowers firms to prepare for the future of auditing. AuditFile received […]
Meredith Root Elmore, CPA, MBA Age: 28 Employer: Liscio, Inc. (CXO) & Rootworks (Director of Operations) Title: CXO (Chief Experience Officer) City/State: Bloomington, IN Website: liscio.me Twitter: @MeredithRoot Professional Associations/Memberships (please include any leadership roles): – Intuit’s Account Council – Rootworks, Director of Operations I’ve been a member of Intuit’s Accountant Council for 2 […]
Steven Bong Age: 30 Employer: AuditFile, Inc. Title: CEO City/State: Walnut Creek, CA Website: www.auditfile.com Twitter: @AuditFile_team Steve is a co-founder and head of development for AuditFile, which introduced the profession’s first complete, cloud-based audit automation solution. Prior to starting AuditFile in 2011, Steve used his degree in statistics from UC Berkeley as an analyst in the financial services […]
Sean A. Hanthorn Professional Credentials (CPA, EA, MBA, etc if any): MBA Age: 38 Employer: Rootworks LLC / RootAdvisors LLC Title: Director of Education Services – Rootworks LLC / Director of System Strategies – RootAdvisors LLC City/State: Ferndale Michigan Website: Twitter: @SHMSU02 Spent over 8 years consulting, training, supporting, and assisting sales in the accounting software arena […]
Ross A. Riskin Professional Credentials (CPA, EA, MBA, etc if any): CPA/PFS, CCFC, MST Age: 26 Employer: American Institute of Certified College Financial Consultants | Albertus Magnus College | Riskin Advisory, LLC Title: Founder | Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance | Managing Member City/State: Bethany, Connecticut Website: www.rossriskin.com Twitter: @rossriskin Professional Associations/Memberships: American […]
Blake Oliver Age: 34Employer: Armanino LLPTitle: Manager, ConsultingCity/State: Los Angeles, CAWebsite: http://www.blakeoliver.com, http://www.armaninollp.com Listen to this podcast In 2011, I started an online bookkeeping service called Cloudsourced Accounting. My partners and I had the explicit goal of disrupting the business models of traditional CPA firms and freelance bookkeepers. As a completely virtual firm, we […]
Bas Kniphorst Age: 39 Employer: Wolters Kluwer Tax & Accounting US Title: Vice President Product Management City/State: Riverwoods IL Website: www.CCHGroup.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/baskniphorst/ Twitter: Upon graduation from college I was intrigued by the world of content and joined Wolters Kluwer in 2001. The internet had radically altered the business model and the […]
Karly A. Laughlin, CPA Age: 30 Employer: Belfint, Lyons & Shuman, P.A. Title: Manager, Tax and Small Business City/State: Wilmington, DE Website: www.belfint.com Twitter: @DelawareCPA and @BelfintCPAs Professional Associations/Memberships: Delaware Estate Planning Council (Board Member), Delaware CarePlan, Inc. (Treasurer), Wilmington Tax Group, Delaware Society of CPAs, AICPA I began my career with BLS as […]