The driving force behind my decision was to use cloud computing to define how and where I work on my own terms. For the last 120 years, many of us have worked in stand-alone office buildings, gathering around the water cooler, meeting in conference rooms and traveling for face-to-face meetings, simply because technology forced us to be in common locations. Nearly everything related to my controller's position results from technology we did not have 10 years ago. I initially applied for my position through . Except for my final lunch interview, all of my interviews were conducted with my account. I meet with my 40 co-workers every Monday using and . I use Citrix servers to access all of my work information on my MacBook Pro, and I am the first employee in my company using a Mac.

The future of the finance profession will include working with the best people regardless of location or time zone. As our business information relies less on physical location and more on digital output, we will be able to work on our own time and conditions. I take great pride in doing a good job. Why should I be constrained to a cubicle at certain times of the day (and, unfortunately, beyond those times of day in many cases) when I can perform the same work in an environment I enjoy more? While I have a great home office where I do most of my work, I am free to work from anywhere as long as I can access the Internet. This allows a "change of pace" worksite if I want to get away from the office.

The major Midwest winter snowstorm of early February confirmed my decision to work in a virtual company. My wife also worked from home for two days, and she envied how I faced a normal business day while she had to battle slow network speeds as thousands of office employees tried to log into overloaded computer networks. I will cover a wide range of topics on this blog, but one of my recurring topics will be how our profession is redefining how we deliver our results.