Robert H. Spencer, PhD 1522 Knob Hill Road Elizabethtown, KY 42701 270.300.9550

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About Bob

Over the past 30 plus years, Dr. Spencer 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 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 becoming a principal with the firm a few years later.  Bob continues to consult with some of the country’s most progressive accounting firms as well as many other industries including governmental, manufacturing and distribution.

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 “Businesses today must extend the life of their technology investment and this is done through strategic planning, management, and process engineering to more fully benefit from technology.” 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.

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 20 years. In 2002 he co-authored Technology Best Practices, published by John Wiley & Sons, with friend and partner Randy Johnston. Bob and Randy also released their sixth edition of Accounting Software Solutions in 2005, which is available from K2 Enterprises at www.k2e.com. Bob has been published, and quoted, in hundreds of magazines, newspapers and journals over his career.  An estimated 26,000 CPAs read his commentaries monthly. He has been recognized by Who’s Who in Business and Industry, Accounting Technology Magazine and many other professional organizations for his contributions. He is invited to speak at more than 25 state, national, and international conferences each year and presents educational seminars for CPAs as an associate of K2 Enterprises. Bob has been acknowledge as a respected  and knowledgeable expert in the field of technology and business.

Besides playing with computers, Bob greatly enjoys his four children, four grandchildren and "getting away" to the family farm in Kentucky to feed the horses and quietly sit in the rocker on the front porch eating his mother-in-law's fried chicken. 

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 35 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.

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