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Accounting Voices

Accounting Voices is the only accounting show built for boardroom-level leadership conversations. Hosted by Rob Brown, it exists to interpret the structural forces placing accounting firms and their leaders under sustained pressure. AI. Private equity. Consolidation. Talent strain. Shifting client expectations. Operating models under stress. These are not emerging trends. They are realities reshaping how firms operate and how leaders make decisions right now. Where other accounting shows report

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16:03

AI Strategy vs AI Tools in Accounting Firms: Who Wins?

Accounting Voices ·

2026/10/05

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.In this solo wrap-up episode, Rob Brown, host of Accounting

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11:11

The AI Investment Few Accounting Firms Can Measure

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/28

As AI Reality Inside Firms draws toward a close, Rob Brown steps back from the interview chair to examine what the wider data reveals about AI investment across the accounting profession. More than 70% of accounting firms increased AI budgets in the past year. Roughly 44% report no measurable impact from any of it. In this solo wrap-up episode, Rob connects the profession-wide data to the patterns that emerged across the series and asks whether accounting firms have a technology problem or a

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13:55

AI Means Your Biggest Competitor Is Not Another CPA Firm

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/24

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Leroy Kerry, co-founder of Filed, the

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13:08

The 'Blockbuster vs Netflix' Problem in Accounting Firms

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/21

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Matthew May, the Tech CPA, currently

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13:26

Why Perfection Kills AI Progress in Accounting Firms

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/17

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is John Roman, Chief Information Officer

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15:49

AI Is a Business Model Shift, Not a Tech Project

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/14

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Carla McCall, Managing Partner of

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13:29

Buy, Rent or Build: BDO's AI Capacity Question Answered

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/10

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Ric Opal, AI Enablement Catalyst at

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13:41

Inside the Data Trust Crisis Affecting AI In Accounting

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/07

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Mike DePrisco, President and CEO of

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12:26

How to Make AI 'Business as Usual' in Accounting Firms

Accounting Voices ·

2026/09/04

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Charles Richards, Head of Digital at

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11:05

The Accounting Reviewer Bottleneck Nobody Is Fixing

Accounting Voices ·

2026/08/31

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Bill Sorensen, an AI implementation

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11:21

Bottom Up or Top Down AI Adoption in Accounting Firms?

Accounting Voices ·

2026/08/24

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Brian Lang, CEO of SSC CPAs and

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11:59

Accounting's Billable Hour Problem Now Exposed by AI

Accounting Voices ·

2026/08/17

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is OJ Laos, Director of AI and Innovation

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12:20

9 CPA Firm Leaders on How AI Is Changing Accounting

Accounting Voices ·

2026/08/10

Rob Brown pulls together direct quotes from Chris Jones, Randy Nail, Sean Spitzer, David Emmer, Richard Lynch, Randy Johnston, Chelsea Summers, Richard Kopelman and Jason Miller to reveal five consistent patterns emerging across nine very different firms.Compliance is not the strategic question anymore. Pricing, capacity and culture are. This episode shows where the leaders agree, where they diverge, and what it means for the second half of the series.Sponsored by FieldGuide, Instead, Carbon, Digits

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12:48

What AI Is Actually Changing Inside Our CPA Firm Now

Accounting Voices ·

2026/08/03

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Jason Miller, President and CEO at

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12:15

Where AI Adoption in Accounting Firms Is Really Going

Accounting Voices ·

2026/07/27

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Jin Chang, CEO and Co-Founder at

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12:03

How One Mid-Tier CPA Firm Is Really Using AI Day to Day

Accounting Voices ·

2026/07/20

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Chris Jones of Linkenheimer, a North

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14:14

Where AI Is Actually Working Inside Accounting Firms

Accounting Voices ·

2026/07/13

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Jeff Seibert, Founder and CEO at

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12:00

The Real Cost of Adopting AI in Accounting Firms Now

Accounting Voices ·

2026/07/06

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Randy Nail, CEO at HoganTaylorThe five

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09:16

How This CPA Firm Is Rolling Out AI Across Every Team

Accounting Voices ·

2026/06/29

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Sean Spitzer, President and COO at

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17:31

What AI Actually Changes for Accounting Firms Today

Accounting Voices ·

2026/06/22

Accounting Voices is a senior leadership platform hosted by Rob Brown that interprets the forces reshaping accounting firms across North America and beyond.This "AI Reality Inside Firms" series brings together influential accounting leaders to answer the same five structured questions about how AI is actually landing inside firms.No hype. No vendor narratives. Just honest leadership perspective from someone navigating AI from the inside.Today's special guest is Andrew Argue, CEO and Founder at

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