Life In Accounting - The Where Accountants Go Podcast

Bob McAdams, Retired BDO Partner, joined us for this episode of Life In Accounting: The Where Accountants Go podcast. Becoming Managing Partner… Bob’s story is interesting for several reasons, but one of the most interesting points for me was that he was recruited off campus while at St. Mary’s University in San Antonio by Bill Chumney Jr., and eventually became Managing Partner at that very firm – Carneiro Chumney & Company. Several years later, as many of the partners were approaching retirement age, the firm merged with BDO – one of the largest national firms in the United States. A Leader in the Profession In addition to being a leader in his firm, you will hear in the interview that Bob had a desire to make a difference in the profession overall as well. He’s been active for many, many years with the TSCPA organization, but the opportunity to get even more involved presented itself when he was approached about serving on the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy as their Treasurer – a position that he