Where Accountants Go

The Accounting Careers Podcast
015: TSCPA Chair Kathy Kapka – Finding What You Truly Enjoy

015: TSCPA Chair Kathy Kapka – Finding What You Truly Enjoy

We were very fortunate to get on the calendar of the current TSCPA Chairperson – Kathy Kapka – for this episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast. Finding Your Calling at 50 This episode is about much, much more than just this topic, but one of...
014:  Chris Williams CPA – Family, Community, and Personal Growth

014: Chris Williams CPA – Family, Community, and Personal Growth

Our guest this week was Chris Williams CPA of the CPA firm Williams Crow Mask (WCM). WCM is a 3rd generation firm in San Antonio that was built on the core purpose of “having a positive impact”.  It was clear throughout our interview that the positive impact Chris...
013:  John Bruce, Partner with BKD: Investing In Yourself

013: John Bruce, Partner with BKD: Investing In Yourself

John Bruce, Tax Partner with the San Antonio office of BKD, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting. John’s story is an excellent example of achieving success through hard-work and investing in yourself. Finding your purpose John actually started as an...
012: Leaders At ATKG Talk about Culture, Their Team, and the Journey

012: Leaders At ATKG Talk about Culture, Their Team, and the Journey

I’ve been wanting to interview the shareholders at ATKG about their unique take on CPA firm culture and how that fits into their overall strategy in the market for quite some time. When Accounting Today recognized them … again… as one of the “Best Firms To Work For”...
011: Chris Carmona CPA – Building a Firm and the Importance of Family

011: Chris Carmona CPA – Building a Firm and the Importance of Family

Chris Carmona, partner at Schriver Carmona and Company, was my guest for this episode of Life In Accounting. “Do you want to buy a practice?” Chris started Schriver Carmona and Company in 2010 when he was contacted by his now partner, Derek Schriver, by email asking...
009:  Susan Hough CPA of PwC in San Antonio

009: Susan Hough CPA of PwC in San Antonio

Susan Hough of PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast.  Susan’s career has spanned public accounting, private industry, consulting, and now even business development – an area that she excels...
008: Mark Goldman – It’s Thanksgiving Week 2016!

008: Mark Goldman – It’s Thanksgiving Week 2016!

This week we did a special format just for Thanksgiving. Instead of interviewing a VIP in the accounting world, I chose to do something I’ve been needing to do for a while now… beg for feedback!  🙂 I very, very sincerely appreciate all the listeners to the Life In...
007:  Mentor Program creators Bryan Morgan and Sara Vargas

007: Mentor Program creators Bryan Morgan and Sara Vargas

One of the joys of being involved in associations is seeing new professionals getting started in their careers and still making the time to give back to the community. In this episode, I interviewed both Bryan Morgan and Sara Vargas about their experiences serving in...
006: Blythe Arguez of RSM’s Talent Acquisition team

006: Blythe Arguez of RSM’s Talent Acquisition team

We were able to interview Blythe Arguez from the talent acquisition team at the national accounting firm – RSM for this episode. Blythe’s career started in finance actually, and then she figured that accounting would be a better fit for her long-term career and she...