Ethan Bach has been named managing partner of Baker Tilly Virchow Krause's national consulting practice effective June 1. Based in the firm's Chicago, Ill., headquarters, Bach is currently principal and leader of the firm's management and business technology consulting team.

Intuit has established a platform to enable developers to write applications on top of TurboTax Online. It is the first time the software company has given developers access to its consumer tax preparation product in order to create other applications.

Hitendral Patil has joined the software company AccountantsWorld as director of practice development. He joined the Hauppauge, N.Y.-based company after serving in management with outsourcer Pransform. Patil's LinkedIn profile shows he moved into the new job this month.