Brian F. Tankersley
Nationally recognized speaker (K2 Enterprises, 48 states in US + Canada) podcaster & author on accounting tech. I’m also a beekeeper, a husband, and a dad.
Appears in 36 Episodes
ATL270: Hardware Hullabaloo
ATL270: Hardware Hullabaloo - Episode Summary Hardware is once again a strategic business issue—not merely an IT purchasing decision. In ATL270, Randy Johnston and Bri...
ATL269: Microsoft Agent 365
ATL269 — Microsoft Agent 365Program: Accounting Technology Lab Hosts: Randy Johnston and Brian F. Tankersley, CPA.CITP, CGMA Approximate runtime: 31 minutes Resource: ...
Scaling New Heights 2026, Part Two
ATL268 — Scaling New Heights 2026, Part Two is an episode of the Accounting Technology Lab podcast hosted by Randy Johnston and Brian F. Tankersley, CPA.CITP, CGMA. I...
AI is the Ultimate Accounting Assistant, Part Two (with Guest Sasha Orloff)
ATL267 – AI Is the Ultimate Accounting Assistant, Part TwoGuest: Sasha Orloff, Co-founder and CEO of Puzzle Hosts: Randy Johnston and Brian F. Tankersley, CPA.CITP, CG...
AI is the Ultimate Accounting Assistant, with guest Sasha Orloff
Title: ATL266 — AI Is the Ultimate Accounting Assistant Wiki: ATL266 - CPA Tech Wiki Guest: Sasha Orloff, CEO of Puzzle Hosts: Randy Johnston and Brian F. Tankersley, ...
ATL265 - Scaling New Heights 2026- "Strange New World"
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley discuss Scaling New Heights 2026 from Orlando and unpack why this year’s theme, "...
AICPA ENGAGE 2026 and CPAPA Thought Leader / 40 Under 40 Mashup
Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley record on-site in Orlando to debrief a packed week around AICPA ENGAGE 2026 and the annual Thought Leader/40 Under 40 mashup. They ...
ATL263: Why General AI Is Unsuitable For Tax Research
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley welcome Kashif Ali, founder of TaxGPT, for a discussion on why general-purpose AI...
ATL262: 2026 Black Ore AI Tax Summit
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley provide an in-depth recap of the 2026 Black Ore AI Tax Summit held at Nasdaq Towe...
Keyveve ATL261
The accounting profession continues to struggle with fragmented systems. Documents arrive through email, text messages, portals, and cloud storage systems, while workf...
ATL260A Next Generation Document Management (UPDATED)
(Note - a previous version of this episode had a gap in the audio, so we re-rendered the audio and have reposted the episode.)The accounting profession is on the verge...
ATL259: The Dead Pool
In this memorable and surprisingly emotional episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley reflect on the “dead pool” of accounting an...
ATL258: Recruiting the Next Generation
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley welcome Donny Shimamoto of the Center for Accounting Transformation and high scho...
ATL257 – Mythos: The AI Strikes Back
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley explore the alarming implications of Anthropic’s experimental AI security m...
ATL256: Suite vs. Best in Breed
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley tackle a critical strategic decision for accounting firms: whether to adopt an al...
ATL255: Generative AI in (Your) Practice
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley explore how generative AI is actively reshaping accounting practices—not as a fut...
ATL254: Decision Intelligence with Eric Eager
In this episode of the Accounting Technology Lab, hosts Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley welcome CPA and entrepreneur Eric Eager to explore the emerging concept of ...
ATL253: 2026 CPA Practice Advisor Thought Leader Symposium
This episode of the Accounting Technology Lab delivers a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 CPA Practice Advisor Thought Leader Symposium, where leading voices in acco...
Security Risks Update - August 2023
Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss the current security and technology risks that accounting, tax, and other financial firms face.
Review of Microsoft Copilot
Technologists Randy Johnston and Brian Tankersley, CPA, discuss Microsoft Copilot, an AI-powered tool that combines the power of large language models (LLMs) with your...