Brian Sommer

Brian Sommer is an IT industry analyst who covers the ERP, Finance and HR sectors. He is a contributor to ZDNet, Diginomica and other publications on ERP and other topics. He has also written for prestigious publications like Optimize, Wall Street Journal Europe, etc.

Brian was a senior partner at Accenture with leadership roles in their Software Intelligence, Human Capital and Finance & Performance Management groups. Brian led global Finance, ERP & HR shared services projects for major global firms and was a quality assurance partner on large global ERP projects, too.

Brian’s well known in the accounting/finance space having been a speaker and moderator at numerous local and national professional society meetings including those for the IMA, AICPA and AAA. He has:

• Testified before US Treasury Department’s Pathways Commission re: future of accounting profession
• Keynoted three times at the American Accounting Association’s Transformative Technologies group and was a keynoter for the national meeting in 2015.
• Keynoted at the national AICPA conference and at the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada national event
• Holds the VP-Practice role (volunteer) with the American Accounting Association’s Strategic Enabling Technologies team
• Keynoted numerous human resources, financial accounting and ERP software conferences including events for NetSuite, PeopleSoft, Sage and many more.

Brian has won the Software Advice’s 2011 Authority Award – ERP Expert (2011) and the 2014 and 2015 ERP Writers' Awards. He has keynoted numerous ERP software conferences including events for NetSuite, PeopleSoft, Sage and many more.

Brian is a frequent guest lecturer at major university MBA programs including Harvard Graduate School, Wharton School of Business and Arizona State University.

Brian has a Business Bachelor of Arts, Marketing, University of Texas at Austin and a Masters of Business Administration, Finance, University of Texas at Austin.