L. Gary Boomer is the Founder of Boomer Consulting, Inc. His current role is Visionary- Strategist, and he is recognized in the accounting profession as the leading authority on technology and firm management. He writes, speaks and consults on business transformation, including strategic and technology planning, focusing on mindsets, skillsets and toolsets for the future. He also strongly believes that change management and developing a training and learning culture are keys to individual and firm-wide success. Gary is extremely proud of the unique ability teams at Boomer Consulting, Inc., which focus on leadership, talent, technology, processes and growth. These five pillars are critical to sustaining success while remaining future-ready.
Gary is also the creator of The Boomer Technology Circles and the Boomer CIO Circle, through which he helps many of the accounting profession’s top firms bridge the gap between technology and practice management. He also prepares technology professionals to sit at the management table by developing their business and IT acumen.
A prolific author, Gary is the author of multiple books and has been published in several online and print industry publications, including the Boomer Bulletin™, a newsletter with a worldwide circulation. Gary has been named one of Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting for over 20 years. In 2015, he received the AICPA’s
Sustained Contribution Award in recognition of his contributions to the AICPA and the
CPA profession through volunteer service.
Awards and Recognitions
Accounting Today’s 100 Most Influential People in Accounting for over 20 years
Inside Public Accounting's 10 Most Recommended Consultants
CPA Practice Advisor’s Top 25 Thought Leaders
Recipient of 2015 AICPA Sustained Contribution Award
2013 Inductee into CPA Practice Advisor’s Accounting Hall of Fame
Former head of the AICPA’s IT Executive Committee and former member of the AICPA Council
Chair of the AICPA Life Insurance/Disability Plans Committee
Past President of Kansas Society of CPAs
Member of the Accounting Advisory Board at Kansas State University
Kolbe
L. Gary Boomer specializes in assessing rapidly changing circumstances while devising practical solutions. While he is willing to conduct some form of trial-and-error, he makes careful calculations to ensure the best possible outcomes. Gary is a highly capable communicator with a gift for taking complex matters and conveying them in a way that makes sense to a general audience. He is committed to maintaining pre-determined processes but is also a highly functioning improviser. He possesses a powerful, imaginative vision that carries him and his team to ever new and exciting possibilities.
Unique Abilities
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Gary is a visionary leader who innately sees possibilities instead of road blocks. He is committed to the principles of teamwork and is willing to collaborate with individuals who may have very different working styles. Gary is highly intuitive and capable of getting to the heart of difficult issues while creating consensus. He gives deference to those around him and does not neglect to show loyalty to those who have earned it.
Personal
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Gary received his BS and MS degrees in accounting from Kansas State University. He and his wife Mary have three children, Jeff, Jim and Katie.