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September 8, 2014 

Elizabeth Pittelkow – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Elizabeth Pittelkow, CPA, CITP, CGMA, DTM – 32 Senior Accounting ManagerArrowStream, Inc.Chicago, IL   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) Our accounting close process recently moved to paperless approvals and...…

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September 8, 2014 

Christopher M. DeMayo – 2014 40 Under 40

Christopher M. DeMayo, CPA, MBA – 33 Partner/Team LeaderWithumSmith+Brown, PCMorristown, NJ   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years?I think one of the biggest challenges I see, not only in my own firm but firms across the country, is succession to...…

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September 8, 2014 

Louie Calvin – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Louie Calvin – 38 Product Manager – Accounting & PayrollThomson Reuters Tax & AccountingDexter, MI What are the key challenges you see firms facing? I hear the greatest challenge facing firms is leading employees and clients though rapid technological change. Embracing new cloud-based and mobile technology is not easy and there is too much to...…

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September 8, 2014 

Chris Farmand – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Chris Farmand, CPA.CITP, MBA – 35 Managing MemberSmall Batch StandardJacksonville, FL   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) In 2010 we began serving the craft brewing industry. We have evolved...…

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September 8, 2014 

Marjorie Adams – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Marjorie Adams – 32 President, AQBAustin, TX   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) We are completely recreating our process management system. We have an accounting package, but we use...…

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September 8, 2014 

Danielle Supkis Cheek – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Danielle Supkis Cheek, CPA, CFE, CVA – 30 President, D. Supkis Cheek, PLLCHouston, TX   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) I have been very fortunate to be a Native...…

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September 8, 2014 

Brian Tully – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Brian Tully – 39 V.P. & Head, ONESOURCE Transfer PricingThomson ReutersNew York   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) In today’s iPhone world, software needs to be intuitive and solve...…

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September 8, 2014 

Jonyce J. Bullock – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Jonyce J. Bullock, CPA, CGMA – 36 PartnerSquire & Company, PCOrem, UT   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) The challenges I have seen in workflow are not in finding...…

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September 8, 2014 

Shayna B. Chapman – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Shayna B. Chapman, CPA.CITP, CGMA – 39 Owner MemberShaynaCo, LLCGallipolis, OH   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) The greatest change in workflow over the last few years has been...…

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September 8, 2014 

Angie Grissom – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Angie Grissom – 37 President/OwnerThe Rainmaker CompaniesNashville, TN   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) The biggest challenge I see firms facing is the trend towards having a virtual workforce....…

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September 8, 2014 

Dustin Wheeler – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Dustin Wheeler, CPA – 35 ManagerHawkins, Cloward & SimisterOrem, UT   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change/challenge in workflow over the past few years? (Or, what are the key challenges you see firms facing?) Hawkins Cloward & Simister adopted front-end scanning of tax documents and paperless tax preparation...…

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September 8, 2014 

Craig Walker – 2014 40 Under 40 Honoree

Craig Walker – 36 Chief Technology OfficerXeroNew York   What are the key challenges you see firms facing over the past few years? I see many accounting professionals and firms still spending a lot of time doing lower-value, non-billable work such as data entry, managing software version mismatches or filing paper documents. The cloud offers a...…