The Price of Intelligence | Jin Chang & Danny Manimbo
Episode Summary
Clients aren’t paying for your time. They’re paying for the expertise, trust, and outcomes you deliver.
Jin Chang, Co-Founder and CEO of FieldGuide, and Danny Manimbo, Managing Principal at Schellman, join Kacee Johnson to unpack one of the hardest parts of AI transformation: pricing.
From value-based and outcome-based models to continuous auditing and new advisory opportunities, they explore why faster delivery shouldn’t automatically mean lower fees and how firms can use AI-created capacity to deliver more value instead of simply doing the same work with fewer hours.
Hosted by Kacee Johnson, fintech innovation leader and Principal at Radical, AI-Native Accounting is the podcast at the crossroads of AI and the future of finance. Engage in monthly discussions with firm owners, tech pioneers, and visionary accountants. Explore real-world applications of AI, uncovering how it's streamlining processes and enhancing decision-making. Discover what's working, what's emerging, and what's on the horizon in the world of accounting technology.
Featured Guests
Jin Chang
Co-Founder and CEO, Fieldguide
Jin Chang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Fieldguide, an AI-powered workflow automation and collaboration platform built for risk advisory and assurance firms. A CPA and former Big Four practitioner, Jin began his career at Ernst & Young, where he spent five years working across audit and advisory services. Before founding Fieldguide in 2020, he served as Chief of Staff at Atrium and co-founded Bitbutter API. Under Jin’s leadership, Fieldguide has grown into an AI partner to nearly half of the top 100 CPA firms, helping firms increase capacity, improve audit quality, and modernize how assurance work gets done. His work has been recognized by Accounting Today’s Top 100 Most Influential People and CPA Practice Advisor’s 20 Under 40.
Danny Manimbo
Managing Principal, Schellman
Danny Manimbo is a Managing Principal at Schellman, where he leads the firm’s AI and ISO practices and serves as one of its CPA principals. Since joining Schellman in 2013, Danny has built more than 15 years of experience across information security, data privacy, AI governance, compliance, and attestation. He oversees the strategy, delivery, and quality of Schellman’s AI, ISO, and broader assurance services, helping organizations navigate emerging technologies and increasingly complex regulatory requirements. Danny is also a frequent industry speaker and subject matter expert on AI governance, including ISO 42001, and holds credentials spanning accounting, information systems, security, internal audit, cloud security, and privacy.
Your Host
Kacee Johnson
Digits Advisor & Innovation Partner
Kacee Johnson is a leading figure in the accounting profession, recognized among Accounting Today's Top 100 Most Influential People, CPA Practice Advisor's Top 25 Thought Leaders, and as one of the Most Powerful Women in Accounting. She advises AICPA and CPA.com as an innovation partner and leads the Startup Accelerator program, mentoring startups that shape the profession's future. In 2025, she completed Harvard Business School's Executive Program on Private Equity and Venture Capital and joined the be radical team as a Principal in FinTech Innovation.
