PKF O’Connor Davies LLP, a full-service certified public accounting and advisory firm with offices in New Jersey, appointed its first chief digital officer. The new position is part of the company’s digital transformation and “reflects the outsized role analytical decision making plays in today’s business environment,” the firm said in the April 28 announcement.

Steve Antico, who has spent nearly a decade with the firm as its director of client relations, will be responsible for leveraging technology and creating value from the firm’s data assets to drive growth, scalability and data-driven insights.

Our Firm has long recognized the power and potential of data to shed light on our work and drive better decisions for our organization and, most importantly, for our clients.
— Kevin Keane, PKF executive chairman

“Steve has been a champion of data-driven decision making for years, and he’s committed to ensuring the technological tools at our team’s disposal allow us to remain innovative across our services and solutions,” Keane continued. “I have no doubt Steve’s new role will provide immense value to the Firm as he spearheads our ongoing digital transformation.”

As the firm’s director of client relations, where he was responsible for establishing a centralized client relationship management function, he designed and implemented processes and technology solutions to manage the firm’s accounts receivable and collection activities, while also launching a CRM-generated alert system identifying at-risk engagements and accounts.

Before joining PKF, Antico served as the president and chief operating officer for a provider of outsourced commercial accounts receivable and collections management solutions. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany and an MBA in corporate finance from Pace University.

“I’ve always believed that when organizations utilize data to inform decisions and optimize performance, they place themselves in the best possible position to succeed and outpace the competition,” Antico said. “In this new role, I look forward to maximizing the impact of our digital assets and enhancing a data-driven mindset across the Firm.”

PKF O’Connor Davies‘ Garden State offices are in Cranford, Livingston and Woodcliff Lake. Its additional U.S. offices are located across New York, Connecticut, Maryland, Florida, Rhode Island and Massachusetts.