L. Gary Boomer, CPA

L. Gary Boomer is CEO of Boomer Consulting, Inc., an organization that provides planning and consulting services to leading firms in the accounting industry. Boomer strategies chart a transformation roadmap that results in increased revenue, goal-oriented personnel and business growth. Gary was previously a partner at the regional CPA firm of Varney & Associates

Gary is recognized in the accounting profession as the leading authority on technology and firm management. For the past ten years, he has been named by Accounting Today as one of the 100 most influential people in accounting. He consults and speaks around the globe on management and technology related topics including strategic and technology planning, compensation and developing a training/learning culture. He acts as a planning facilitator, provides coaching and serves on many advisory boards.

He serves on the Kansas Society of CPAs and on the accounting advisory board at Kansas State University. He is a member of The Advisory Board, a group of leading consultants to the accounting profession. He is the past chairman of the AICPA’s Information Technology Executive Committee and a former member of the AICPA Council. He has also served on the AICPA’s Academic and Career Development Executive Committee and the ACUTE Board of Directors.

Gary is the creator of and a facilitator for The Boomer Technology Circles”. Each circle is comprised of approximately 20 firms from unique geographic areas. The Circles meet three times per year and are connected through the Boomer Knowledge Network. These circles help the best firms get better!

Gary is the author of “Boomer’s Blueprint”, a regular column in Accounting Today and publishes the Boomer Bulletin”, a technology newsletter with worldwide circulation.

In addition to accounting firm and small business consulting, he has consulted with IBM, Microsoft, Intuit, CCH, and Thomson on the design and marketing of accounting related software.