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On today’s episode of the podcast, Phil is joined by his friend and business mentor, Robert “Butch” Rogers. Butch is a CPA who has his own accounting business and also works as a consultant for other CPA’s and producers in the oil and gas industry and as a contract CFO for a few oil and gas companies. Phil and Butch share how they got to know one another, how they both ended up living in Ohio and how Phil got started with his business, SherWare software 25 years ago. They chat about how Butch helped Phil with accounting items to include in his software and how SherWare software continually evolves according to the customers’ needs. 

Here are some of the things you can look forward to in this episode:

• How Phil and Butch met each other
• Why Butch left Texas and started his own CPA business
• How Butch convinced Phil to move to Ohio
• The story of how Phil started SherWare and how Butch mentored him
• How SherWare has grown and evolved with the help of its customers

Highlights:

3:35 How Phil and Butch got to know each other

4:07 Leaving Texas and starting his own CPA business

5:37 Finding his niche as a CPA

7:38 Butch noticing that oil and gas clients didn’t have great accounting software

9:06 How Butch helped Phil with writing the SherWare software

11:50 Phil figuring out that he needed to focus on oil and gas

13:40 How SherWare has grown organically and been tailored to customers 

16:10 The ease of reporting that comes with SherWare

19:56 What smaller, independent producers are currently facing in the oil and gas industry

24:01 Working as a contract CFO and a consultant for other CPA’s and smaller producers

25:11 What Butch’s accounting firm will be doing next

26:33 How the numbers tell a story in accounting

About Robert Rogers:

Robert “Butch” Rogers is a Certified Public Accountant with a Master’s Degree in Taxation from Texas Tech University. He is a CPA in Wooster, Ohio and is a partner in the CPA firm Rogers Accounting Solutions, Inc. 

Butch has over 35 years of experience working in and with clients in the oil and gas industry. As a college student, he worked as a roustabout in West Texas. Upon graduating from college he worked for Gulf Oil as a business administration trainee, working in the Midland, Texas district office and the Monahans, Texas field office. He gained valuable oil and gas tax experience working with Coopers and Lybrand in Lubbock, Texas. During his time as a practicing CPA, Butch served a number of small independent producers as a trusted tax and business advisor. 

His speaking experience includes conducting continuing education seminars and webinars for various state societies of CPAs, Ohio Oil and Gas Association, COPAS, and Bisk Education. 

Connect with Robert:

LinkedIn | butchrogerscpa@gmail.com

Link to Websites:

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