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# 2018 Top 100 People: Ones to watch

 by [Bobby Riesterer](https://blog.thinkvisionary.com/author/bobby-riesterer)  | Sep 10, 2018 | [News](https://blog.thinkvisionary.com/tag/news) 

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### 2018 Top 100 People: Ones to watch

The president of The Visionary Group, Bob Lewis was recently featured as a 2018 Top 100 People to Watch in Accounting Today.

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