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September 5, 2018
EisnerAmper Joins Accounting Blockchain Coalition
The ABC is dedicated to educating businesses and organizations on accounting matters relevant to digital assets and distributed ledger technology, including blockchain. As an ABC member, EisnerAmper will collaborate with other industry leaders to ...
September 4, 2018
REG A+: A Risk/Reward Perspective for CPA Firms
With GDP now hovering around four percent and consumer confidence reaching highs not seen since before the dot-com crash, the economy is finally starting to look favorable for accounting firms. Tempering this enthusiasm is the constant concern that increased computing power will continue to make inroads, and eventually automate, the traditional practice areas such as...…
September 4, 2018
Mike Whitmire – 2018 20 Under 40 Vendor Superstar
Mike Whitmire CPA (Inactive)CEO & FounderFloQastwww.floqast.com Career Highlights: Three years in audit at Ernst & Young, Los Angeles Practice Joined Cornerstone onDemand as fifth member of its pre-IPO accounting team; rapidly growing team that grew to over 40 to take the company public. It was in this role that Mike experienced the pain firsthand of...…
August 28, 2018
Cathy Iconis, CPA – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Cathy Iconis, CPA CEOIconis Group / QBOchatAtlanta, GAiconisgroup.comqbochat.com Social Media: Twitter – @cathyiconis | @QBOchat Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/qbochat/ Career Highlights: After gaining experience as a forensic accountant, auditor, and staff accountant, I started my own virtual bookkeeping practice. I have been in practice for over 9 years. I quickly became an expert in QuickBooks Online and...…
August 28, 2018
Lindsay Stevenson, CPA, CGMA – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Lindsay Stevenson, CPA, CGMA Vice President – Finance & Tax: 1st Financial Bank USAhttps://www.1fbusa.com/fscm Founder/CEO: Origin EvolutionDakota Dunes, SD Twitter: @LStevensonCPA Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA (Council Member at Large, YMLC Chair, WIEC Member); SDCPA (Non-Practice Advisory Committee Member, Promoting the Profession Committee Member); ASCPA; Mary J. Treglia Community House (Board President) Career highlights – maximum 150 ...…
August 28, 2018
Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner, CPA.CITP, CGMA, DTM – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Elizabeth Pittelkow Kittner, CPA.CITP, CGMA, DTM ControllerLitera MicrosystemsChicago, ILwww.litera.com Social Media: Twitter: @Pittelkow LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethpittelkowkittner Professional Associations/Memberships (please include any leadership roles): AICPA: Council, Leadership Academy, Journal of Accountancy Editorial Advisor, Young Professionals Leadership Committee, Ethics Division NOCLAR Task Force, CPA Ambassador, Mentoring Program, Conference Speaker Illinois CPA Society: Board Member, Audit Committee, Ethics Committee...…
August 27, 2018
Caleb R. Bullock, CPA, CGMA – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Caleb R. Bullock, CPA, CGMA Business Development ManagerSomerset CPAs and AdvisorsIndianapolis, INwww.somersetcpas.com Social Media: https://twitter.com/somersetcpas https://www.facebook.com/pages/Somerset-CPAs-PC/140499059242?ref=ts https://www.linkedin.com/company/somerset-cpas-p.c. Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA – Vice Chair of the Young Members Leadership Council Indiana CPA Society – Ethics Committee Board Member Indiana CPA Political Action Committee – Chairman Career Highlights 2011: Passing the CPA exam. 2011: Joined my first...…
August 27, 2018
Rod Dooley, CPA, PFS, CFF – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Rod Dooley, CPA, PFS, CFF Partner,Dooley and Company, LLCLexington, SCwww.dooleyandcompany.com Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA National Accreditation Committee, AICPA Student Recruitment Committee, AICPA (member), SCACPA (member). Career Highlights: After graduating from the University of South Carolina in 2006, I came to work for my father in our small CPA practice with offices in Lexington and Columbia, SC. ...…
August 27, 2018
Steven Bong – 2018 20 Under 40 Vendor Superstar
Steven Bong CEO, AuditFileWalnut Creek, CAwww.auditfile.com Twitter: @auditfile_team Career Highlights: In 2011, my brother and I decided to start a company in our parents’ dining room while we were both still in the college. That small startup idea became AuditFile, the first and only commercially available, cloud-based auditing solution for CPAs and internal auditors. Our...…
August 27, 2018
Kevin Bong – 2018 20 Under 40 Vendor Superstar
Kevin Bong Co-Founder and COOAuditFile, Inc.San Francisco, CAwww.auditfile.com Twitter: @auditfile_team Career Highlights: 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 cloud-based audit automation solution that empowers firms to prepare for the future of auditing. Kevin draws on his dual degree...…
August 27, 2018
Melisa Galasso, CPA, CGMA – 2018 40 Under 40 Honoree
Melisa Galasso, CPA, CGMA OwnerGalasso Learning SolutionsCharlotte, NCwww.galassolearningsolutions.com Twitter: @hoffmamf @galassolearning Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA – Technical Issues Committee, Leadership Academy Alumni (2014), CPE Content Author, Frequent Speaker, NFP Conference Planning Committee NCACPA – Past President – Charlotte Chapter, Past Chair – A&A Committee, Frequent Speaker, Interim Review article contributor, Co-Chair – Charlotte Women’s Initiative, Professional Women’s Conference Planning Committee Co-Chair...…
August 27, 2018
CPA Practice Advisor Announces the “40 Under 40” and “20 Under 40” for 2018
Each year, CPA Practice Advisor recognizes professionals who are under 40, and are emerging as the future leaders in the profession, or those leading the development of technology that serves the profession.