Matt Lescault
Appears in 44 Episodes
A New Voice at the Table: Meet Salma Kaida
There’s a new voice at the UnSage table. Salma Kaida, partner at nuvemXP, joins Doug and Matt from Edmonton to make the show officially international. A former control...
The Verification Tax: Why AI in Finance Has to Show Its Work
Stuart Langer, Deputy CTO at Sage, says the biggest hidden cost of AI in finance is the time spent checking its work, which he calls the verification tax. A CPA by tra...
Aaron Harris: The Origin Story
In the second half of our conversation with Sage CTO Aaron Harris, Emily, Doug, and Matt set the tech talk aside to hear his origin story, from turning down investors ...
Why Sage CTO Aaron Harris Isn't Worried About AI Killing SaaS
Sage CTO Aaron Harris joins Matt, Emily, and Doug, for the first of a two-part conversation, starting with the personal AI agents he runs at home (several named after ...
BONUS: Discover the Modern CAS Practice: A Scalable, AI-Ready Advisory Offering in 2026
Join us on this bonus episode where Matt talked to Jessie Gu, Business Development Manager for Sage Intacct Advisory, about how firms can package and price client advi...
Why Accounting Firms Can't Find Time to Transform
Donny Shimamoto, founder of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies and the Center for Accounting Transformation, joins Matt, Doug, and Emily to talk about why time, not technology, ...
Beyond the Prompt: Ellen Choi on Firm-Wide AI Enablement
Ellen Choi, founder of Edgefield Group and former Awin chief product officer, breaks down what actually separates firms making real AI progress from those stuck experi...
Why Sage Is Building Its Own AI Instead of Just Plugging In an LLM
Taylor Brown, CPA and director in CLA's digital practice, joins Matt and Doug to break down Sage Intacct's latest release: cash management and three-way matching, the ...
A CFO Who Chose Intacct on Day One (And Would Do It Again)
David Westbrook, CFO of Robertson Stevens, joins Emily and Matt live at Sage Future 2026 to share what eight years as a Sage Intacct customer actually looks like from ...
Trust Arrives on Foot: Sage's AI Philosophy with Manav Thiara
Recorded live on the main stage at Sage Future in San Francisco, Emily and Matt sit down with Manav Thiara, SVP of Data & AI and Technical Fellow at Sage, to unpack th...
The 2026 Nonprofit Outlook: What the Data Actually Says
Sage's nonprofit marketing lead Natalie Anderson joins alongside Julie Raskin, CFO of WMHT Public Media, to break down the findings of Sage's 2026 Nonprofit Outlook re...
Mark Hickman on AI, Adoption, and Why 70% Right Isn't Good Enough
Mark Hickman, Managing Director of North America at Sage, returns to break down what's driving Sage's fastest-growing region — from the company's AI strategy built aro...
Holy Moly, We're Back
Doug, Matt, and Emily return from hiatus to unveil a revamped podcast with a new format and a broader focus — bringing in voices from across accounting, finance, and t...
Looking Ahead: Sage Partner Events, AI Reality Checks, and Predictions
Doug, Matt, and Emily look ahead to Sage's upcoming Partner Summit in Orlando and discuss what to expect as the company kicks off fiscal year 2026. The conversation co...
From Chaos to Clarity: Transforming Healthcare Finance
Ximena Maynard, CFO of Legacy Management Group, shares how she consolidated 30 separate QuickBooks files across 11 nursing facilities into a unified Sage Intacct syste...
Why a $3M Construction Company Chose Sage Intacct
Josh Smyser shares how he went from Big Four auditor to running his family's tuckpointing and restoration business after his father's death, growing TNT from $200K to ...
The Mid-Market Integration Sweet Spot
Scott Hollrah, founder of Venn Technology, shares war stories from a decade in the Sage Intacct integration space, including the gaming company employee who quit mid-p...
Who Are We? Meet Doug, Emily, and Matt
This bonus episode pulls back the curtain on how The Unofficial Sage Intacct Podcast came together and who the hosts really are beyond their professional roles. Doug, ...