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Colin Dunn is a Chartered Accountant with extensive experience in working with accountants to provide them with the tools they need to develop and implement strategies to build better firms.

After spending nearly 10 years in a business advisory capacity in a fast-growing UK firm, Colin has spent over 25 years creating content for accountants, coaching accountants, and providing communities to enable accountants to collaborate so that they do not have to reinvent the wheel.

Colin has developed software, content, products, and systems to enable accountants to grow their firms, improve profitability, attract better clients, and reduce the insanity of tax season. He regularly speaks on these topics and passionately believes that accountants can transform their firms and their lives by providing truly valuable services for the right clients.

Colin is a Co-Founder of Renew Group. Renew Group’s mission is to transform accounting firms and the lives of their professionals. Through their Firm Transformation Framework^TM , Renew Group provides accountants with the education, tools, community, and coaching needed to create better business models. They are dedicated to revolutionizing the accounting industry, one firm at a time, by delivering tangible, life-changing results.

Colin loves helping accountants design firms that work for them, so that they can spend more time with their families and pursuing hobbies and leisure interests.

Shannon Vincent has dedicated his entire career to working with accountants in various capacities. His career began at KPMG in San Francisco.  Shannon moved on to specialize in high-net-worth individuals and emerging growth business for two well-known San Francisco-based regional accounting firms.  Shannon then spent six years at RANONE, an international consulting company, with two years as the Chief Operating Officer of a 10MM business unit.

Since 2001, Shannon has consulted with Top 100 firms to Sole Practitioners, helping them create sustainable and profitable businesses.  

He empowers accountants to transform their firms and lives through the systems, software, and content he creates. This transformation enables accountants to streamline their operations, improve profitability, draw in the right clients, and remove the chaos of tax season. Shannon is an avid speaker on these subjects and is relentless in the pursuit of helping accounting firms have a better business model and a better life.

Shannon is a Co-Founder and CEO of Renew Group, whose mission is to transform accounting firms and the lives of their professionals. Through their Firm Transformation Framework^TM, Renew Group provides accountants with the education, tools, community, and coaching needed to create better business models. They are dedicated to revolutionizing the accounting industry, one firm at a time, by delivering tangible, life-changing results.

Shannon earned a bachelor’s degree in economics with an emphasis in accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife Jackie.

Jean Paduano-Teal is the founder and principal of Jean Paduano-Teal, CPA, PLLC d/b/a Accounting For All. Jean graduated from SUNY Geneseo with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting in 1984 and passed the Certified Public Accounting exam in 1987.

Jean obtained her CPA license during her three years working for a local public accounting firm in Albany, N.Y. She then went on to work for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as part of their Internal Audit team. The local CSC office is the fiscal agent for the New York State Medicaid program.

In addition to her work on the Medicaid contract, Jean assisted the CSC Corporate Internal Audit staff on numerous national and international assignments.

During her time at CSC, Jean began to build her private accounting practice on a part-time basis. Before too long it became apparent her practice was rapidly developing into a full-time commitment, leading Jean to leave CSC in January 1996 in order to fully dedicate herself to her expanding list of clients.

Jean’s practice has grown over the years primarily through client referrals. She now has a client base of approximately 500 individual and small business accounts. As a growing business in New York’s Capital Region today, Jean and the Accounting For All staff thoroughly understand the needs of their clients and enjoy helping fellow entrepreneurs with their various accounting needs.

Jean is a member in good standing of the AICPA and its Peer Review Program and the New York State Society of CPAs. She is a Certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor.

A resident of the Capital Region since grammar school, Jean is an avid skier and golfer. She is also an active supporter of the Capital District Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America and the Albany Center Gallery.

Larry Teal graduated from Siena College with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1983 (Accounting Major) and passed the Certified Public Accountant exam in 1986.

Larry spent the first nine years of his career refining his accounting and business management skills in private industry, mainly with manufacturing and wholesale distribution companies. During this period he honed his skills in cost accounting, inventory control and management accounting across various manufacturing platforms. In the position of Controller at several companies, Larry’s main focus was on restoring the businesses to good credit standing by managing assets and inventory to improve cash flow.

One of Larry’s most stimulating positions was as Special Project Manager of Mergers and Acquisitions for Sofco, Inc. In that role he was instrumental in the acquisition and operational restructuring of a $50 million paper distribution company. Larry also had the unique experience of leading a wholesale food distributor through Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization.

Larry spent the next nine years of his career in the software development and telecom industry. In 1992, he joined Commsoft, a telecom customer care and billing software developer, as a software engineer focused on the accounting and inventory modules. At the same time he was expanding his software engineering skills, Larry contributed his business knowledge and experience in helping to develop Commsoft’s first Business Plan and Budget. As the company grew from five employees to over 150 employees just six years later, Larry’s role continued to expand as he took on various management positions, culminating in his being named Commsoft’s Chief Operating Officer. Larry is proud to have been part of a management team which successfully led the company from annual sales of $2 million in 1995 to over $20 million in 1999. Larry later joined a national IT consulting firm before returning to his accounting roots full-time in 2002.

With his wealth of diverse experience, Larry now enjoys assisting small- and medium-sized businesses through his public accounting practice at Accounting For All. A certified QuickBooks Pro Advisor since 1999, Larry’s main focus is on supporting Tech Valley companies in their accounting, tax and QuickBooks consulting needs. Larry is a life-long resident of the Capital Region, an avid skier and golfer and an active supporter of the Capital District Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America.

Gail Perry, CPA, is the editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor. A veteran of accounting journalism, she also speaks at many accounting events, trade shows, and webinars. Gail is the author of over 30 books (including Mint.com For Dummies, The Idiot’s Guide to Introductory Accounting, and Surviving Financial Downsizing: A Practical Guide to Living Well on Less Income), and she maintains a small tax practice. Gail is a graduate of Indiana University where she earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism. She returned to school to study accounting at Illinois State University, earned her CPA, and worked for Deloitte in Chicago for several years as a state and local tax accountant. She has taught introductory accounting and personal finance courses, and she is a former computer applications instructor at the Indiana CPA Society. Gail is a member of the AICPA’s PFS Credential Committee.