Common Threads

MaryEllen Prance knew she wanted to be an accountant by her sophomore year of high school, and she's never looked back. Now a partner at Sorren and a leader in its Construction and Real Estate sector, she tells Heath...

Michael Horwitz has spent 25 years building the BDO Alliance into the largest network of independent accounting firms in the country, and he's watched the profession compress a generation's worth of change into the last...

Accounting was never the career Niki Neilon envisioned when she was younger. She wanted to be an attorney, then a teacher, and only found the profession by accident during a required class in college. On Episode 18 of...

Macy Smetzler learned the numbers before she learned the industry, entering QuickBooks for her parents' small business in southeast Idaho years before she ever sat in an accounting class. That early apprenticeship in...

<p >Macy Smetzler learned the numbers before she learned the industry, entering QuickBooks for her parents' small business in southeast Idaho years before she ever sat in an accounting class. That early apprenticeship...

<p >Julie Cummings didn't set out to build a career in public accounting, instead stumbling into it while helping her husband find work after a restructuring. What followed was two decades of leading HR functions inside...

Julie Cummings didn't set out to build a career in public accounting, instead stumbling into it while helping her husband find work after a restructuring. What followed was two decades of leading HR functions inside...

<p >Cheryl Guiddy has a world baton twirling championship title to her name, which turns out to be a surprisingly apt lens for her three-decade career in public accounting. On Episode 15 of Common Threads, she tells...

<p >Heath Alloway is joined by Maynard Maduli and Ariel Orio from Sorren PH in the Philippines, who bring decades of experience to their roles overseas. The conversation on Episode 14 of Common Threads ranges from...

<p >Tyler Horn stumbled into accounting almost by accident. He chose Legacy Acuity over a Charlotte firm in 2015 largely because the other job required a suit and Acuity didn't. Eleven years later, he's one of the few...

<p >OJ Laos joins Common Threads five weeks into his tenure at Sorren and jumps straight into the question hanging over nearly every professional field: what happens when AI stops being a novelty and becomes part of the...

<p >Ryan Gregory didn't plan to become a CPA, but a chance visit to a campus recruiting event changed his trajectory entirely. Now, as Sorren's National Assurance Managing Partner, he's drawing on three decades of...

<p >A quick phone call about tariffs turned into a half-hour conversation about supply chains, overseas partnerships, and the real challenges keeping a client up at night. Renae Davis didn't wait for the client to reach...

<p >Elliott Tracy didn't set out to specialize in dental practices, but his wife's stories from working in dental offices opened his eyes to a group of professionals who desperately needed business guidance. Now, as a...

<p >Heath Alloway takes a different approach on Common Threads Episode 8, diving deep into what separates firms that thrive from those that merely survive. Drawing from his experience through the 2008 financial crisis...