You have a lot of clients today that you touch one time a year, and during the busiest time of year when your priority clients need the most attention. There’s a ton of opportunity to be more proactive with those write-up services and potentially create more revenue- in an automated fashion, without taking any additional time away from your high priority work.
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The B3 Method Institute
VP of Client Success
byron@amyvetter.com
(703) 715-4948
He began his career as a public practicing CPA. He eventually embraced his passion for technology and merged it with his experiences in public accounting and transitioned to the IT Director of a multi-office regional CPA firm in the Baltimore, MD area. Learning from the challenges of maintaining the technology for a firm, Byron established Simplified Innovations Inc, a subscription-based IT Dept focused on servicing the needs of CPA Firms, which he successfully exited after 8 years. Later, Byron joined the accounting automation startup Botkeeper and led the build of the post-sales teams from Series A to Series C and ultimately functioned as General Manager/Integrator. Now as the VP, Client Success at The B3 Method Institute, he helps organizational leaders to find their Business, Balance & Bliss while designing the accounting practice they desire that they can build and scale. Byron lives on a small horse farm in Maryland with his future wife, Nikki, and a gaggle of animals, including his dog Trinity. His extremely proud of his accomplished daughters, one a civil engineer and the other a student-athlete at the University of Pittsburgh where Byron regularly cheers on the Women's Lacrosse team, #H2P!
New Vision CPA Group
Head of Tax Strategy
jody@newvisioncpagroup.com
(847) 463-1967
Jody Padar is one of the profession’s foremost visionaries and pioneers. As a practitioner, she is VP of Strategy at Botkeeper and CEO and Principal of The Radical CPA, a public accounting firm based in the Chicago area. And as an author, lecturer, coach, consultant, and mentor, she advocates for progress and innovation in the profession, heralding a new way of thinking about accountancy and giving it a new purpose. Having transformed her firm into a technologically advanced, paperless work environment, she is now dedicated to educating her colleagues on making the same transition. She is a regular contributor to a number of industry publications, including Accounting Today and CPA Trendlines, where she offers practical tips and advice on running a next-generation firm. Padar has been named by Accounting Today as “the Top 100 Most Influential to the Profession” for the last four years and manages her firm and discovers new “best practices.” She has just published her first book, The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm. Padar is married, has two teenage children, and swims competitively. Padar earned her BBA from Saint Mary’s College and MST from Northern Illinois University. Padar is also an adjunct professor at Oakton Community College and a contributing member of the Intuit Trainer Writer Network. Follow her on Twitter, @JodyPadarCPA, and Facebook, facebook.com/jodypadar.