Gary Boomer is the CEO of Boomer Consulting, Inc., an organization that provides strategic planning and consulting services to the leading firms in the accounting industry through The Performance3 Process™. Boomer strategies provide a transformation roadmap; team building and excellence while helping you make more money, attract quality people and grow your business. Prior to the development of the company, Gary was a partner at the regional CPA firm of Varney & Associates.

Mr. Boomer 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 internationally 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 also serves on numerous boards including 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.

He 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 a private extranet. These circles help the best firms get better!

As an author, Gary has captured valuable knowledge in his book Performance3. He is also the author of, Successful Technology Consulting… The Boomer Advantage and a contributor to The Boomer Advantage Guideson:

• Outsourcing
• Strategic Planning
• Paperless Transition
• Human Capital Attraction & Retention
• Learning & Training
• Succession Planning
• Partner Compensation
• Selection of a Managing Partner

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.

Mr. Boomer received his BS and MS degrees in accounting from Kansas State University. He and his wife Mary have three children, Jeff, Jim and Katie.