The Restaurant CPAs

CEO, Winding River Consulting, a business advisory services company, he is a highly sought after speaker, facilitator, and consultant.

Gary spent thirty-five years building SS&G, one of the nation’s largest, fastest growing, and most respected accounting and consulting firms in the country, into the 37th largest firm (Accounting Today) before combining it with BDO USA, LLP.

His innovation and leadership earned him honors such as E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year; a Top Ten Managing Partner Elite (Accounting Today) where he was called the “very model of the modern managing partner, and this list is more or less unimaginable without him”; Most Admired Peer (INSIDE Public Accounting); more than a dozen appearances on the ‘Most Influential’ list (Accounting Today); and numerous other industry accolades.
Gary has written and edited for industry journals and is the co-author of “How to Manage Your Accounting Practice: Taking Your Firm from Chaos to Consensus” (2009), “Stratagem: Simple, Effective Strategic Planning for Your Business and Your Life” (2013), and “Building Blocks” (2017).