Ryan Wolff Presented on Innovation Strategy and Technology Adoption at CwX 2025

AAFCPAs was featured at CwX 2025, where Ryan Wolff, MBA, a leader of Strategic Innovation & Data Analytics, joined a panel focused on advancing firmwide technology adoption. Hosted by Rob Brown, co-founder of the Accounting Influencers Roundtable, the session brought together leaders who are driving change in how firms adopt and scale emerging tools.

In this session, The People Dynamic in Technology Adoption from 2-4:15 PM on May 21, 2025, Ryan offered a look inside AAFCPAs’ approach to building sustainable systems for innovation—from piloting new technologies to refining feedback loops that improve performance over time. He shared perspectives on how to foster engagement, involve cross-functional teams in decision-making, and reduce resistance to change through structured onboarding and communication.

As part of AAFCPAs’ Business Process & IT Consulting practice and a leader in the firm’s Automation Center of Excellence, Ryan helps clients identify high-value opportunities for robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. He also guides internal innovation initiatives that boost efficiency. In recognition of his contributions to the profession, Ryan was honored in 2024 with the national Digital CPA Innovative Practitioner Award by CPA.com.

About the Author

Ryan K. Wolff, MBA

Ryan is a member of AAFCPAs’ Business Process & IT Consulting Practice and a leader in the firm’s Automation Center of Excellence (CoE), a specialized team that streamlines automation output, provides structure, and helps scale automation. Ryan brings extensive expertise in analytics, robotic process automation (RPA), artificial intelligence (AI) prompting, and natural language processing policy and research. In 2024, Ryan was honored nationally with the prestigious 2024 Digital CPA Innovative Practitioner Award by CPA.com. This award …

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