Dr. Spencer consults internationally and is well recognized in the accounting community. Over the past 40 plus years, Bob has had many careers in business and technology (click here to download .PDF file), beginning with 13 years with the Department of Defense where he was part of the team that redesigned the Army’s accounting and military pay systems. Next, Bob played key roles integrating microcomputers into training and education programs for the Department of Navy in the early eighties.  Along the way he has owned and operated several successful companies including a short career in real estate development and sales. Bob moved to private industry in 1984, joining a regional CPA firm as its Director of Information Systems and becoming a principal with the firm a few years later. 

After retiring from his public accounting firm in 1995 he pursued a brief career in banking, but missing the diversity, he returned to consulting and formed his own professional services firm.  Bob believes that “To benefit from IT investment, businesses today must think strategically about technology deployment, and this is done through strategic planning, management, and workflow engineering,” In today's security-conscious world, Bob is also very active in assisting clients with “hardening” their networks to minimize the threats of intrusion and regularly conducts security reviews and audits for financial institutions. manufacturing and distribution.

Dr. Spencer  has pursued education with a passion throughout his career and has advanced degrees in Computer Science and Administration as well as a Bachelors of General Studies that included studies in systems engineering and accounting. He enjoys writing and has published a number of books over the past 30 years. In 2002 he co-authored Technology Best Practices, published by John Wiley & Sons, with friend Randy Johnston. Bob has also published nine editions of Accounting Software Solutions, which is available from K2 Enterprises at www.k2e.com, and Amazon, and Risk Management for CPAs, available through the AICPA. Bob has been published, and quoted, in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and journals over his career.  An estimated 36,000 CPAs visit his Blog monthly at http://bobspencer.com. He has been recognized by Who’s Who in Business and Industry, Accounting Technology Magazine, Accounting Today, CPA Practice Advisor and many other professional organizations for his contributions. He is invited to speak at a number of state, national, and international conferences each year and presents educational seminars for CPAs as an associate of K2 Enterprises. Dr. Bob has been acknowledge as a respected  and knowledgeable expert in the field of technology and business.

Besides computers, Bob greatly enjoys his four children and ten grandchildren whenever possible. Bob and his wife Susie, currently reside in Gulf Breeze, Florida and Elizabethtown, Ky. as the weather motivates them.

Consulting Services

While Bob's first loves are writing and education, always a scientist and an engineer at heart, he is probably best known for the company he keeps. For more than 40 years, he has applied his knowledge and experience in the services he provides to others. Bob believes that technology is not an end in itself, but a means to an end. Usually that end is improved productivity and therefore greater profits! 

Through his firm and affiliations with national consulting groups, Bob offers a number of professional consulting services. He specializes in tailoring services to fit the needs of the client and does not offer boiler plate services that come strictly from a textbook (even though he has written many of these textbooks!) 

Bob is committed to serving clients to the best of his ability, and because of his national affiliations, has the ability to bring together a best-of-breed team to any engagement. All services are provided under an engagement letter that defines the scope of the engagement, the services to be rendered, the timeline for obtaining the objectives of the engagement, and the responsibility of all parties. A confidential reference list can be provided upon request.