Greg interviewed Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer and Kevin Robert, CEO of CCH at their 3rd Annual User Conference in Dallas, TX.
 Nancy McKinstry, CEO of Wolters Kluwer |
 Kevin Robert, CEO of CCH |
Amy Vetter Interview
Amy Vetter and Executive Editor Greg LaFollette discuss Vetters innovative ideas on building a successful QuickBooks consulting organization. One of The CPA Technology Advisor’s 40 Under 40, Vetter explains her unique career path from the audit department at KPMG to a part-time QuickBooks consultant, to a partner charged with building a QuickBooks consulting practice in a traditional, full-service CPA firm.
Greg interviews Shane Hamby, Customer Advocate with Intuit about What’s new with QuickBooks 2007 for practitioners and their Clients. Hamby discusses new tools, reports, and features added in 2007.
Jon Baron, Executive Vice President, Accounting Market, Thomson Tax & Accounting, and President and CEO, Thomson Creative Solutions, kicked-off the 26th annual Creative Solutions Users’ Conference with a keynote that emphasized the need for firms to re-evaluate task-oriented processes and consider the value of an integrated workflow system. Baron focused on Thomson Creative Solutions’ progression in the design of technology tools—from a product orientation, to integration, to workflow process, and ultimately to the broad communication process.
You can also view the video presentation of this program complete with screen shots and PowerPoint slides for a full media experience at http://www.creativesolutions.thomson.com/uc/podcasts.aspx.
At The Sleeter Group’s annual QuickBooks Consultant’s Conference in Las Vegas, Steve Blundell, Intuit’s senior manager of accountant relations, discussed some principles of innovation and how accountants can apply those principles to help better serve their clients. Steve also identified some new and emerging technologies that could change how accountants and their clients communicate and collaborate in the future.
During the opening keynote address to more than 500 tax and accounting professionals attending the 2006 CCH User Conference, Kevin Robert, President and CEO of CCH, a Wolters Kluwer business, outlined the specific new technology initiatives CCH is investing in to ensure its customers are best positioned to grow their competitive business advantage, with CCH as their strategic partner.
Greg LaFollette, Executive Editor, and Frank Swierz (Director, Software Development for Thomson Creative Solutions - pictured) talk about the challenge of building a brand new product while marinating support on a current product. Greg also asks Frank how it feels to be first to market with such a revolutionary practice management product.
Steve Strauss (Vice President, Finance & Administration for Thomson Creative Solutions - pictured) talks to Executive Editor Greg LaFollette about the expanding role in Thomson in regards to payroll services. About one-third of accounting firms prefer never to do payroll, but with the new payroll services these firms can now offer a solution to their clients that is easy for them. And all the while, the accountant maintains the relationship with the client instead of a third-party payroll provider.
Executive Editor Greg LaFollette talks with Jon Baron (Executive Vice President and General Manager, Professional Software & Services, Thomson Tax & Accounting, and President and CEO, Thomson Creative Solutions - pictured) about Thomson’s “First is Best” concept in development and about the vision for zero data entry in the future of the accounting firm.
Executive Editor, Gregory L. LaFollette, CPA.CITP talks to Dan Youse (Director of Strategic Segment Initiatives - pictured) about “knowledge management” and “talent management”
Listen in as Executive Editor, Gregory L. LaFollette, CPA.CITP talks to Jeff Gramlich (President, Small Firm Services - pictured) about CCH’s move into the Small Firm market with its purchase of ATX and TaxWise.
Executive Editor, Gregory L. LaFollette, CPA.CITP visits with Mark Ryburn (Workflow Consultant - Pictured) about CCH’s wildly successful ProSystem fx Scan offering while attending the CCH User Conference in Boca Raton, Florida.
