Art Kuesel’s unique perspectives and valuable insights come from his business development, marketing, and people development leadership at two leading CPA firms plus ten years of consulting to the public accounting profession. Firms count on Art to help them shape their objectives, strategies, and tactics, driving more robust firm performance, growth, and sustainability.
“A winning internal culture focused on marketing and growth, retention of top talent, and recruitment of future leaders is the key to having industry leading growth, profitability, and sustainability at your firm.”
– Art Kuesel
Firms also turn to Art for practical guidance to identify and embrace core priorities, avoid potential obstacles, capitalize on opportunities and implement major initiatives alongside leadership.
Today’s forward-thinking public accounting leaders agree: now is the time to invest in business development, attract, grow and retain top talent, accelerate smart revenue growth, and drive sustainability for the future ahead.
Art Kuesel is the former Secretary of AAM national and is a former board member of AAM Chicago and AAM Wisconsin.
Presentations
An accomplished speaker and writer, Art has spoken at the following events:
- Association for Accounting Marketing (AAM) National conference
- AICPA/PCPS/Tech+ conference
- AICPA/PCPS Large Firm Networking Group
- NVSCPA MAP Group
- Regional AAM chapters in Chicago, Colorado, San Francisco, Wisconsin and Atlanta
- CPAFMA
- Annual meetings and regional conferences for CPAmerica, BKR International, CICPAC, IGAF-Polaris, CPAAI, IAPA, HK Alliance, PracticeWise and Allinal Global, among others.
- MSCPA
- MNCPA
- ICPAS
Publications
Art has been published, quoted, and featured in a variety of essential publications, including:
- Accounting Today
- Practical Accountant
- CPA Firm Practice Management Forum
- ICPAS Insight magazine
- WICPA Magazine
- MarkeTrends
- Growth Strategies & AAM Minute
Art enjoys travel with his wife, Colleen, and son Graham. He is passionate about animal welfare causes and is known for his food, wine, and cooking expertise. Art, Colleen, Graham, and their dog Pepper live in Mequon, WI.
“As a presenter, Art is engaging and spot-on every time he steps on a stage. It takes a person who really, deep-down understands all aspects of marketing in professional services to create the kind of value Art does, time after time after time.”
– Former Marketing Director
Global CPA Association
About Our Facilitators
Kristen Rampe, works extensively with the accounting industry on practice management and leadership development. She spent ten years in public practice with Big 4 powerhouse PwC and top-50 ranked Frank Rimerman in San Francisco before founding her consulting practice in 2011.
Kristen was named Woman to Watch by the California Society of CPAs in 2011, 40 Under 40 by CPA Practice Advisor in 2015, and featured in the Journal of Accountancy in October 2018. She holds an active CPA license with the state of California. She has been featured by Fortune and Investor’s Business Daily. She is also the author of Accounting Dreams and Delusions, a book of (really!) accounting humor. She is a graduate of Butler University.
Marc Rosenberg is a nationally known consultant, author and speaker on CPA firm management, strategy and partner issues. President of his own Chicago-based consulting firm, The Rosenberg Associates, he is founder of the most authoritative annual survey of mid-sized CPA firm performance statistics in the country, The Rosenberg Survey. He has consulted with more than 1000 firms throughout his decades-long consulting career.
Annually recognized by Accounting Today as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People and Rosenberg regularly contributes to leading industry publications.
He is best known as the author of his acclaimed Practice Management series—a compilation of knowledge and experience amassed throughout his consulting career on key topics pertinent to CPA practice management. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois.