Jody Padar, CPA, is vice president of strategy at Botkeeper.com. She has been on the Accounting Today Top 100 Most Influential People list for the past nine years. She is the author of From Success to Significance: The Radical CPA Guide, The Radical CPA: New Rules for the Future-Ready Firm, and the just released Botkeeper For Dummies. After venturing out of a traditional firm, and achieving 13 years of successful growth as CEO of New Vision CPA Group, her new challenge is leading Botkeeper as vice president of strategy, helping to evolve, support, and promote CPA and accounting partner firms.