Intuit's board of directors has appointed Brad Smith, current senior vice president 
and general manager of Intuit's Small Business Division, to succeed Steve Bennett who has resigned effective Jan. 1, 2008. From an accounting technologist point of view this is excellent news as Smith has extensive domain knowledge of our profession where Bennett had little or none. Smith is a solid communicator --- I watched him present last June to the California CPA Society Technology Show in Los Angeles (epicenter of the Lacerte User Group) just 7 short weeks after the Intuit "filing deadline meltdown". I was ready for Armageddon and Smith's charm not only avoided a confrontation, but the entire room loved him! Quite a feat!!
Smith, 43, will continue in his current role leading Intuit's Small Business Division until the end of the year and he and Bennett will "work closely" to complete the transition.
Smith has been senior vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Small Business Division since May 2006, and is responsible for QuickBooks, Quicken and Payroll products. He previously ran the company’s QuickBooks Group from May 2005 to May 2006.
Before moving to QuickBooks, Smith ran the Consumer Tax Group in San Diego from March 2004 through May 2005. That group produces TurboTax.
Previously, he was vice president and general manager of Intuit’s Accountant Central and Developer Network. Before joining Intuit in February 2003, Smith was senior vice president of marketing and business development at ADP. He has also held various sales, marketing and general management positions with Pepsi, Seven- Up and Advo, Inc.
Smith earned his master’s degree in management from Aquinas College and a bachelor’s in business administration from Marshall University.
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I sure hope Brad can help my company locate the files lost when we "upgraded" our QB Pro 2006 by downloading QB Pro 2009.....
Some "upgrade" --- Intuit's Data Services Department is less efficient than the cable company!!!
Posted by: Greg Willcox | May 18, 2009 at 01:28 PM