Randy Johnston speaks on many topics including: Computer Hardware and Software, Local Area and Wide Area networking (LANs and WANs), Top Ten Accounting Products, ERP Software, Internet, Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP, Microsoft Office 97, 2000 an XP, Windows applications, Computer Telephony, document imaging, SQL databases, interpersonal relations, UNIX/Linux, systems design, and video conferencing.  He has been the top-rated speaker at the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) technology conference consistently during the last decade. 

Mr. Johnston is currently a stockholder in Network Management Group, Inc. a consulting practice that has been involved in network installations and consulting since 1982. His responsibilities with the company include outside consulting, speaking, and training all technical staff members.  NMGI has approximately sixteen hundred networks installed in many different industries in virtually every state in the nation.  He is also a partner in K2 Enterprises, the leader in CPA Technology CPE. K2 also offers banking seminars as well as in-house training. 

Mr. Johnston has wide ranging experience in the computer industry on many sizes and types of computers including ES9000, AS/400, DEC VAX, and Unisys mainframes and minicomputers.  His experience also crosses many vertical industries including the financial, accounting, legal and medical professions.  He has installed a variety of network systems including Novell NetWare and IntranetWare, Windows for Workgroups, 95, 98, NT and 2000, SCO UNIX, Red Hat Linux, Banyan Vines, IBM LAN Server, Artisoft Lantastic, and Personal NetWare.  He has written commercial systems including accounting software, medical billing and paperless claims, hotel systems, and has owned computer franchises from ComputerLand, Entre' and Connecting Point.  Randy’s Connecting Point was given the President’s Award as the top dealership in the nation in 1994 and awarded the status of being one of the Top 100 Value Added Resellers (VARs) in 1998 and 1999. 

He is the past Chair of the AICPA Technology Conference ('96, '97, '98 and ‘99) and provided early models for the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA-AITP) model curriculum.  Randy has instructed college level classes since graduating from Kansas State and Wichita State University.  He has written three college level texts for McGraw-Hill, and is currently developing two other books about networking and family relations.  Wiley just published Technology Best Practices in 2002 which Randy co-authored with Dr. Bob Spencer. 

Randy enjoys his mission  “To help as many people as possible use technology in the way it benefits them most”, but always takes time away from work to enjoy his family.  His wife, Pam, and their four children enjoy many activities together including golf, model trains, music, acting, photography, camping, swimming, and just being together.  Community involvement is important to Randy as well.  He is a past Lt. Governor of Optimist International in the Kansas District, past President of Christ Lutheran Church and past Vice-President of the School Board in his hometown of Hutchinson, Kansas.

Bullet Bios

• One of nine technology stars in the U.S. - Accounting Technology Magazine – 1999

• Has started and owns multiple businesses

• Taught technology at Hutchinson Community College, James Madison University, Western Washington University, and the University of Central Oklahoma

• Twenty-five years management and technology consulting experience!