Next-level Accountants: Your Guide To Growing A Firm Of Trusted Advisors

About Ronald J. Baker: Ronald J. Baker started his CPA career in 1984 with KPMG's Private Business Advisory Services in San Francisco. Today, he is the founder of VeraSage Institute — the leading think tank dedicated to educating professionals internationally. He is also a radio talk-show host on the www.VoiceAmerica.com show: The Soul of Enterprise: Business in the Knowledge Economy, and the best-selling author of seven books, including Implementing Value Pricing.   About Doug Sleeter: Doug Sleeter is an accounting software guru focused on small business solutions. Founder of Sleeter Group, he remains a consultant to the company after it was acquired by Diversified Communications, and he consults for other technology companies serving small businesses. He has been named among CPA Practice Advisor's Top 25 Thought Leaders, Accounting Today's 100 Most Influential People in Accounting and was chosen as Small Business Trends/Small Biz&nbs

About Randall Bolten: Randall Bolten is the author of Painting with Numbers: Presenting Financials and Other Numbers So People Will Understand You and a long-time Silicon Valley finance executive. His 30-year career includes nearly 20 years as CFO for both public companies and startups, as well as senior financial management positions at Oracle and Tandem Computers. Bolten is a frequent workshop leader and speaker, and writes extensively on communicating numerical information effectively. He is an instructor at U.C. Berkeley, and also operates Lucidity, his consulting practice. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Princeton University and an MBA from Stanford University. About Kelly Phillips Erb: Kelly Phillips Erb is a founding shareholder of The Erb Law Firm, PC, and a senior editor at Forbes.com, where she writes the popular taxgirl blog, which has been recognized by the American Bar Association Journal as one of the top 100 blogs written by lawyers and

About Jody Padar: Jody Padar is one of the accounting profession's foremost visionaries and pioneers. She is CEO and principal of the New Vision CPA Group, a public accounting firm based in the Chicago area. Jody is the author of The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm, a book that sparked a movement within the profession. She has been named numerous times to Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting. About Charles H. Green: Charles H. Green is an author, speaker and world expert on trust-based relationships and sales in complex businesses. Founder and CEO of Trusted Advisor Associates, he is author of Trust-Based Selling, and co-author of The Trusted Advisor and the Trusted Advisor Fieldbook. He has an MBA and spent 20 years in management consulting (The MAC Group, Gemini Consulting.) To read more insights from accounting industry thought leaders, downloa