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AICPA News – Nov. 2025

AICPA November 3, 2025 

AICPA News – Nov. 2025

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of CPAs, the Association of International CPAs, and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

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 Annette Nellen Honored by AICPA

November 7, 2013 

Annette Nellen Honored by AICPA

Recognized as recipient of the 2013 Arthur J. Dixon Memorial Award, the highest honor bestowed by the accounting profession in the area of taxation.

 Winners announced for 1st Annual Bridging the Gap Awards

August 29, 2013 

Winners announced for 1st Annual Bridging the Gap Awards

August 29, 2013 – Boomer Consulting, Inc. announced today the recipients of the inaugural Bridging the Gap Awards. These awards recognize both firms and individuals in the accounting industry that excel in aligning technology, firm management and talent development.

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August 25, 2013 

Noel Abdur Rahim – 2013 40 Under 40 Honoree

Noel Abdur Rahim, CPA – 30Manager — PricewaterhouseCoopers LLPAtlanta, GA Education: BA in Accounting (Michigan State University) & Masters In Accounting (Eastern Michigan University)Professional Associations/Memberships: AICPA, Michigan Association of CPAs, National Association of Black Accountants, United Nations Association, Boys Hope Girls Hope – Detroit.Hobbies: Shopping, Reading, Traveling Do you embrace cloud computing? I definitely embrace...…

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August 25, 2013 

Srinivasu Maradana – 2013 40 Under 40 Honoree

Srinivasu Maradana, MCP, SCJP — 37Sr. Manager A&A, Software Development, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer businessWichita,Kansas Education: M.S., Wichita State UniversityHobbies: New technologies, Golf, Photography, Sci-Fi What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change in workflow over the past few years? Are you using automated workflow tools? As a Technology...…

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August 25, 2013 

Peter Miele – 2013 40 Under 40 Honoree

Peter Miele — 37VP of Sales, SurePrep, LLCIrvine, CA www.sureprep.com Education: B.S., Accounting, Seton Hall UniversityHobbies: Traveling, Working Out, Golfing, Cooking   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change in workflow over the past few years? Are you using automated workflow tools? SurePrep’s 1040SCAN suite of Optical Character...…

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August 25, 2013 

Robert Baumann – 2013 40 Under 40 Honoree

Robert Baumann — 35Chief Architect for Shared Platform and Common Components, CCH, a Wolters Kluwer businessReno, Nevada Education: M.S. Computer Science, California State University, Chico; B.S. Computer Science, California State University, ChicoHobbies: Cycling   What are the key areas of your firm that have seen the greatest change in workflow over the past few years?...…

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August 25, 2013 

Roy Keely – 2013 40 Under 40 Honoree

Roy Keely — 32VP of Market Strategy, XcentricAlpharetta, GA www.Xcentric.com Education: Marketing, University of Houston Clear LakeHobbies: Reading, beer, coffee, and Crossfit with my wife.   Have you embraced cloud computing for your practice? Are you moving your clients to the cloud? We have totally embraced the cloud! So much so, we have staked our...…