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AuditBoard is Now Optro

Technology March 9, 2026 

AuditBoard is Now Optro

"From internal audit and cybersecurity to third-party risk and AI governance, our name now conveys the scale of enterprise risk we help solve for today," Optro CEO Raul Villar Jr. said.

Jason Bramwell

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June 1, 2021 

AICPA News: June 2021

AICPA News is a round-up of recent announcements from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. A Quarter of American Taxpayers Don’t Have a Financial Plan For some people, submitting their tax return to the IRS is a relief as they put the paperwork out of sight, and out of mind, until next year. Others...…

Mary Girsch-Bock

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May 27, 2021 

New AICPA Chair Focuses on Next Generation of Accountants

Pirolli, a CPA who also holds the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation and the Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF) and Personal Financial Specialist (PFS) credentials, was elected to the one-year AICPA volunteer post by the ...

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May 26, 2021 

1 in 5 Private Company Execs Feel Unprepared on Lease Accounting

With just a few months to go before private organizations must include most leases on their balance sheets for fiscal years starting after Dec. 15, 2021 (i.e., calendar periods beginning Jan. 1, 2022), one-fifth (19.8%) of privately held organization ...

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May 13, 2021 

Professionals on the Move: May 2021

Professionals on the Move is a round-up of recent hiring and promotion announcements in the accounting profession and related industries.

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May 12, 2021 

Creating a Business Development Pipeline That Works

In many firms, the business development process can best be described as “throw things at the wall and see what sticks.” This kind of business development doesn’t involve a lot of planning and results in a lot of wasted time spent on nurturing the ...

Jon Hubbard

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May 5, 2021 

Accounting in a Multi-Channel, Third-Party World

For years now, e-commerce has grown its share of the market by leaps and bounds. The pandemic only accelerated that trend, with US ecommerce sales growing 44 percent over the course of 2020. With most brick-and-mortar locations having to close at least...

Amy Vetter

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May 4, 2021 

Using Technology to Empower CPAs

Do you see the increasing use of automation, artificial intelligence, and other new technology and wonder what it might mean for your business? The fear of technology is a tale as old as time. Early technophobes thought the printing press would never ...