Bob began his accounting career as a computer programmer creating customized application software for small business. When an international publishing company purchased the firm where he had risen to the position of Manager of Information Technology, he decided to leave the corporate world and join his wife, Deanna, in the public accounting practice she had established in 1974. One of their strategies was to provide specialized management reports that were not included with the standard accounting packages available to small businesses.
Bob served the National Society of Accountants (NSA) as President for 2009-2010. Prior to becoming an officer of NSA, he served for three years as Administrative Chair for the Right To Practice Committee. During those years, Bob offered testimony to Congress and represented NSA at other state and federal agencies. Bob has also served many times, including this year, as an NSA featured speaker at the IRS Nationwide Tax Forums where he addresses several thousand tax and accounting practitioners annually. Bob has also presented webinars on behalf of NSA and regularly speaks to other accounting societies and small business groups.
NSA honored Bob with its Accountant of the Year Award (2005), Distinguished Service Award (2006) and a National Editorial Award a few years earlier. In 2007, NSA President Robert H. Fukuhara gave him with a commemorative Samurai Sword to honor the “warrior spirit” with which he represented NSA’s Right To Practice initiatives.
Bob is driven by a passionate sense that "helping each other find success" is a fundamental principle that should guide all professional organizations.