Crews School of Accountancy Advisory Board
University of Memphis
Connecting accounting education with the skills, judgment, and practical experience the profession needs.
ABOUT MOTION AI TRAINING
AI confidence.
Human judgment.
We help people see what is possible, build something useful, and develop the judgment to use it well.
BUSINESS EXPERIENCE. PRACTICAL GUIDANCE.
Understand the work.
Then improve it.
Nearly 30 years in company financials, with experience across mergers and acquisitions, operations, technology, and business reporting.
James connects the questions business owners ask with the work needed to answer them: clean data, Microsoft Fabric foundations, Power BI models, and repeatable processes. Through Motion AI Systems, the separate company he co-owns, he works on enterprise data foundations and implementation.
At Motion AI Training, he brings that experience into the room. You learn to build with your own tools, understand what the result means, and check whether it is good enough to use.
Certified Public Accountant · Certified Exit Planning Advisor
Master's in Accounting, University of Memphis, with a focus on tax and data analytics.
PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
Helping the profession
keep moving.
James brings the same practical focus to professional communities and accounting education: connect people, share useful ideas, and prepare for what comes next.
Memphis Data Professionals
Data & technology community
Bringing professionals together to share ideas, explore Microsoft Fabric, and put better data practices to work.
Tennessee Society of CPAs
Continuing education & programming
Continuing to coordinate speakers and learning opportunities that connect Memphis CPAs with useful, timely ideas.
SPEAKING & PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Big possibilities.
Practical conversations.
From local CPA chapters to national conferences, James connects AI, finance, and data with the decisions people make at work. The goal is the same as our training: leave with something you can use—and know how to check.
Discuss a speaking engagementUpcoming engagements
The Ohio Society of CPAs
The Accounting Show
Follow the Money: AI-Powered Financial Analysis
Using AI to explore financial information, ask better questions, and apply professional judgment to the results.
Virtual conference
Conference details for The Accounting Show (opens in a new tab)Colorado Society of CPAs
PEAK: The Colorado Accounting & Finance Summit
Business Advisory + Data Analytics
Beyond the return: turning AI and data analytics into year-round advisory work, with source checks and CPA judgment built in.
Sheraton Denver West · Lakewood, Colorado
Conference details for PEAK: The Colorado Accounting & Finance Summit (opens in a new tab)AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 2027
Returning speaker · ARIA, Las Vegas
Beyond Data Silos: Building the Trusted Data Foundation for AI-Enabled Finance
Corporate Finance & Controllers
Power BI vs Vibe Coded Dashboard
Technology
Speaking engagements confirmed. Final session titles and scheduling remain subject to the organizer's program.
Previously presented
Tennessee Society of CPAs · Memphis Chapter
AI in Motion
A two-hour session on practical AI possibilities for the accounting profession, presented at Ridgeway Country Club in Germantown, Tennessee.
AICPA & CIMA ENGAGE 2026 · Las Vegas
Data foundations. Data storytelling.
Two sessions focused on building data foundations CFOs can trust and making numbers persuasive through a clear business story.
WHERE THE MISSION STARTED
Know your business.
Know your value.
In acquisition work, uncertainty about the numbers had consequences at the negotiating table.
James saw what happened when owners could not clearly explain their company's performance. Gaps in the data gave buyers more room to question value and negotiate the price.
He wanted more owners to understand their own businesses before someone else interpreted the numbers for them. That led him deeper into data foundations, analytics, and teaching people how to use their information.
Motion AI Training carries that purpose forward. Give people the tools and understanding to improve their work, make informed decisions, and keep ownership of what they build.
WHY SMALL BUSINESS. WHY NOW.
The capability gap
is getting smaller.
Large companies have long had developers, automation teams, and budgets for custom software. AI is putting more of those capabilities within reach of smaller businesses.
Sell and communicate.
Draft campaigns, prepare proposals, and organize follow-up around the way your business actually serves customers.
Improve the workflow.
Prototype an internal tool, automate a recurring task, or turn a manual handoff into a process your team can repeat.
See what is happening.
Explore inventory patterns, organize operating information, and build useful reports from data you are authorized to use.
Access is the starting point. The advantage comes from choosing worthwhile work, training your people, and checking what changes.
WHY WE TEACH HANDS-ON
You can see
the moment it clicks.
A demonstration creates interest. Working on your own task turns that interest into ideas you can act on.
In training sessions, James sees the conversation change as people discover what their tools can do. They begin connecting the possibilities to their own customers, reports, recurring tasks, and unfinished projects.
That is the energy we build on. You use the tool. You make the choices. We guide the process and help you work through the questions.
Every session includes Check: trace the source, recalculate important numbers, challenge assumptions, and decide where human review belongs. Confidence comes from understanding the result.
Two companies.
Clear roles.
Motion AI Training is the training and advisory brand of Motion AI, owned by James Miller. It provides AI education, guided client-built setups, and fractional AI leadership.
Motion AI Systems is a separate company, co-owned by James and a business partner. Its work includes complete data foundation buildouts, Microsoft Fabric, Power BI analytics, and implementation.
Explore data foundations at Motion AI Systems
Each company's scope and agreement remain separate.
LET’S MAKE IT PRACTICAL.
Put the opportunity to work.
Bring a task, a team, or a business priority. We will help you find a useful place to start.