tech, timesheets & value: top topics at think tank

front row, seated, from left: wilson, wiley, telberg, shiner, shimamoto, leyva, kepczyk, whitehouse. back row, standing, from left, lafollette, johnston, richardson, hood, higgins, root, grissom, caragher, cieslak, bourke, sleeter, boomer, oates, koziel, tankersley, koltin, frederiksen.
attending, front row, seated, from left: wilson, wiley, telberg, shiner, shimamoto, leyva, kepczyk, whitehouse. back row, standing, from left, lafollette, johnston, richardson, hood, higgins, root, grissom, caragher, cieslak, bourke, sleeter, boomer, oates, koziel, tankersley, koltin, frederiksen.

卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 founder and ceo rick telberg has been named one of the leading figures in the profession by cpa practice advisor magazine and presented with the sixth annual accounting thought leader award at an exclusive three-day symposium in dallas.

cpaprac plaque 2016 telbergthe industry leaders come from across the accounting spectrum, including small tax-focused firms, general practices, national firms, accounting educators and technology consultants to firms, and all are well-known speakers at tradeshows and cpe events. “it’s an honor and a privilege to be part of such an esteemed group,” telberg said.
during the symposium, the professionals met with core development and executive staff of key accounting technology providers to determine and shape the future of the profession, including both short- and long-term evolutions in technology, workflow methods and firm management.

the companies participating in this year’s event included avalara, intuit, sage, tsheets, and xero. the invitation-only event is hosted by cpa practice advisor, a provider of practice management advice, best-practice insight, news, digital resources and technology reviews for professional accounting firms.

some highlights from twitter. more at #cpapa_tls:

“as we conduct these meetings, we believe all accounting professionals should think about challenges they have faced in the past year,” said gail perry, editor-in-chief of cpa practice advisor. “how did their firms meet these challenges? what was less than successful and why? and what new challenges have surfaced that will have a continuing impact on their firm and the profession?”

the symposium also hosts the annual accounting hall of fame awards award and reception. hall of fame members include greg lafollette, cpa.citp, randy johnston, rick richardson, cpa.citp, l. gary boomer, cpa.citp, chris frederiksen, cpa, and tom hood, cpa.citp. allan koltin of koltin consulting group was elected by the thought leaders as the 2016 inductee into the symposium hall of fame.

of the 28 2016 accounting thought leaders, almost half appear regularly in 卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间 (indicated by an asterisk). the full list of honorees:

  • jim boomer, cpa.citp (boomer consulting)
  • jim bourke, cpa.citp, cgma, cff (withum)
  • jean caragher (capstone marketing)*
  • david cieslak, cpa.citp, cgma, gsec (arxis financial)
  • gale crosley, cpa (crosley company)*
  • chris frederiksen, cpa, cgma, pfs (2020 group usa)
  • angie grissom (the rainmaker companies)
  • john higgins, cpa.citp (cpa crossings)
  • tom hood, cpa.citp, cgma (maryland assn. of cpas)
  • randy johnston (k2 enterprises and nmgi)*
  • roman kepczyk, cpa.citp, cgma (xcentric)*
  • allan koltin, cpa (koltin consulting group)
  • mark koziel, cpa, cgma (aicpa firm services)
  • greg lafollette, cpa.citp, cgma (cpa.com)
  • clayton oates (qa business)
  • edi osborne, cspm, cpba, cpva (mentor plus)
  • rick richardson, cpa.citp, cgma (richardson media tech)*
  • m. darren root, cpa.citp, cgma (root & assoc. and rootworks)
  • john sharbaugh, cae (texas society of cpas)
  • donny shimamoto, cpa.citp, cgma (intraprise techknowlogies)*
  • leslie shiner (the shiner group)
  • doug sleeter (the sleeter group)*
  • sandi smith-leyva, cpa (sandi smith-leyva, inc.)*
  • brian tankersley, cpa.citp, cgma (k2 enterprises)*
  • rick telberg (卡塔尔世界杯常规比赛时间)*
  • geni whitehouse, cpa.citp, cspm (even a nerd)
  • sandra wiley (boomer consulting)
  • jennifer wilson (convergence coaching)

one response to “tech, timesheets & value: top topics at think tank”

  1. john

    it’s important for different groups in the same industry to come together at events like this and discuss their successes, failures, and problems they’re currently facing. it opens the floor for productive discussion that could likely help those who are looking for advice on how to handle their business. thanks for sharing!