CliftonLarsonAllen will use MoneyGuidePro, a financial planning software package, for providing services to existing and new clients. The application from PIEtech will be used in three CLA business lines wealth advisory, outsourcing and audit, tax and consulting offering financial planning and investment advisory services through CLA Wealth Advisors.

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After accepting the Democratic nomination for New Jersey governor earlier this month, gubernatorial candidate Phil Murphy reiterated his pledge to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 if elected this coming November. The position, and its implications for small business, could be a sticking point in the state election as the Republican gubernatorial candidate, Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno, is decidedly against raising the wage.

J. Heffy Provost, EVO of Wolters Kluwer Tax and Accounting, North America, has left that company to take a position of CEO of AgData. Based in Charlotte, N.C., AgData provides data and analytical products to agricultural crop protection and animal health manufacturers.

BDO International Ltd. has named Keith Farlinger as CEO. Effective November 1, he will succeed Martin van Roekel. Farlinger is the former CEO of BDO Canada and currently serves as CEO of the Americas region on the BDO Global Leadership Team.