Government Accounting Technology Virtual Conference

Randolph Johnston

Randolph (Randy) Johnston, MCS, has over 40 years of management and technology consulting experience and continues to be a top-rated speaker in the technology industry. Inducted into the Accounting Hall of Fame in 2011, Randy is listed as a Top 25 Thought Leader in Accounting from 2011–2021. His influence throughout the accounting profession is highlighted by being a recipient of the Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting award from 2004–2021. Among his many other awards, he holds the honor of being one of nine technology stars in the U.S. by Accounting Technology Magazine.

Randy has started and owns multiple businesses, including K2 Enterprises in Hammond, La., and Network Management Group, Inc. (NMGI) in Hutchinson, Kan. NMGI has supported CPA firms for 30+ years and is the largest managed service provider serving the CPA profession in North America.

He has taught technology courses at Hutchingson Community College, James Madison University, Western Washington University and the University of Central Oklahoma.

Mac McClelland

Lawrence A. (Mac) McCIeIIand, J.D., is an attorney and accounting professional and an associate of K2 Enterprises of Hammond, La. and Network Management Group of Hutchinson, Kan. McCIeIIand was formerly the director of the Centre for Financial Studies at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he lived and worked for seven years from 1990 to 1996. He was also a member of the faculty of the Advanced Business Programme, ranked in the top 100 MBA programs in the world by The Economist, specializing in business strategy and strategic management accounting. He gained his practical experience in information systems with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and has an established practice in business and technology consulting. McCIeIIand has taught hundreds of CPE seminars to accountants and business managers in the U.S., New Zealand, Australia, Japan, and Southeast Asia. His presentations are highly rated, and he has won several awards for teaching excellence. McCIeIIand has been published in leading business and practitioner journals, including Tax Ideas, Computers in Accounting, Journal of Accounting Education, Chartered Accountants Journal of New Zealand, and the top-rated Journal of Accounting Research.

Brian Tankersley

Brian Tankersley, CPA.CITP, is a consultant who advises U.S. firms and companies on accounting technology issues. He is a frequent speaker at continuing education courses for K2 Enterprises, and publishes a nationally recognized blog on accounting and technology (www.cpatechblog.com). He has also served as the technology editor for a major accounting industry publication. Brian has over 25 years of professional experience, including accounting, auditing, technology and education, and has been with K2 Enterprises since 2005.

Stephen Yoss

Stephen Yoss Jr., CPA, is a senior technology strategist and principal of MantisPRO, a company that focuses on helping organizations develop a technology strategy to streamline their business operations. Stephen has consulted with several companies on how to lower overhead, personnel and compliance costs by investing in technology and reengineering their business practices. He teaches his clients to embrace technology at every opportunity in order to increase efficiency and productivity. MantisPRO’s specialty is designing and building cloud based workspaces for companies to conduct all their operations virtually. Prior to starting MantisPRO, Stephen worked as an accountant in his family’s accounting practice, Yoss & Allen. While working there he became a CPA and completely redesigned the firm’s technology practices. Many of the technologies he consults on today were first designed, perfected and implemented in his family’s practice and with their clients. Stephen has also spent time working abroad as a management accountant in New Zealand. Stephen began working with technology at age 10, and started his first IT company at age 13, designing web applications for local businesses. He started writing original computer code at age 15 and has been working with technology ever since. Stephen is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University and holds degrees in accountancy and international business. He is currently pursuing a graduate degree in Information Systems and Technology at Claremont Graduate University. His research is focused in the areas of corporate technology and education technology strategy. He has been teaching professional continuing professional education since 2009 in self-study, webcast, in-house and live formats. He has presented to thousands of practitioners nationwide on topics such as cloud computing, mobile technology, spreadsheet design and best practices, information security, identity theft prevention and many more. Aside from working in technology and accounting he is a professional licensed pyrotechnician and works on major firework displays around the country. He lives in Claremont, California.