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 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.

As a member of The Advisory Board, Gary collaborates in a partnership of esteemed accounting firm consultants. 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 additionally serves on the Kansas Society of CPAs and on the accounting advisory board at Kansas State University.

Gary is the creator of and a facilitator for The Boomer Technology Circles™, exclusive groups of leading firms that join together to examine current issues and address common concerns about the management of technology within an accounting firm. These firms continue their partnerships throughout the year via the Boomer Knowledge Network - an online community of accounting industry leaders sharing best practices and value-added experiences.

He is the author of Successful Technology Consulting—The Boomer Advantage and a contributor to The Boomer Advantage Guides on:

• Outsourcing
• Strategic Planning
• Paperless Transition
• Human Capital Attraction & Retention
• Learning & Training
• Succession Planning
• Partner Compensation
• Selecting a Managing Partner
• Client Filtering

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.

Gary was previously a partner at the regional CPA firm of Varney & Associates.

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.