ABOUT JODY PADAR
I never set out to become “The Radical CPA.”
I simply kept asking questions the profession wasn’t asking yet.
Why hourly billing?
Why desktop software?
Why can’t accountants become advisors?
What happens when AI performs technical work?
Those questions shaped a career—and now they’re shaping the next generation of professional services.
01
Cloud
Built one of the profession’s early cloud accounting firms.
02
Value Pricing
Challenged the profession to stop selling time and start selling outcomes.
03
Embedded Tax
Helped build the tax infrastructure of a venture-backed fintech.
04
AI + Human Value
Building education and technology that make professionals better—not merely faster.
TODAY
Speaker. Advisor. Builder.
Jody works with modern firms, software companies and venture-backed teams while building the next generation of AI-first learning and coaching through XcelLabs and Navi.
The common thread is not technology. It is helping people create more value.
She currently lives in Door County Wisconsin and when not out changing a profession you can usually find her with her husband Chris out on the waters of Greenbay (Lake Michigan)