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Steve Ciarciello, CEO CompuData, Inc.
A long time veteran of CompuData, Steve began his 25 year career with CompuData at the age of 15, working weekends and evenings as a computer operator. Working his way up the organization, Steve has held a variety of positions at CompuData, from programmer to manager of the Mini Division to CFO. During that time, he implemented CompuData’s 24x7 premium support customer policy, uniquely distinguishing CompuData from other technology companies. While working full-time, Steve attended Temple University where he majored in business and computer science.

An integral partner with both clients and strategic vendors, Steve is a member of the Sage Software Business Partner Advisory Councils for MAS 90, MAS 200, and MAS 500.

Himanshu Palsule, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Strategic Business Unit Sage Software
As EVP and General Manager of Sage Software's Strategic Business Unit, Himanshu Palsule is responsible for sales, services, product marketing, and product development across the unit's mid-market range of products; products such as Sage MAS 90, Sage MAS 500, Sage Accpac, Peachtree, Sage SalesLogix, SageCRM and ACT!. Previously he served in a similar capacity managing Sage Software's specialized products such as Sage Abra HRMS, Sage FAS, and SageTimesheet.

Palsule has more than 20 years of experience in the accounting and financial industry and has been a regular speaker at several industry events.  Palsule holds a degree in computer science from India and a degree in software engineering from the University of Minnesota.

Peri Lynn Silkwood, Altec
Altec is the leader in mid-market enterprise document management solutions. Our accounting centric products include Integrated Document Management (IDM) software, check disbursement software, and customizable paper documents. Altec enables organizations to unleash the power of their financial software by enhancing productivity and communication among its customers, employees, and suppliers.

AvaTax Connect™ is a Web-service-based sales and use tax automation solution that eliminates the hassle of compliance processes and reduces audit risk for small and medium businesses. It comes integrated with a spectrum of SMB financial applications to perform address validation, jurisdiction and rate research, rate calculation, reporting and generation of pre-populated returns.  Avalara is focused on providing the easiest, most accurate and affordable way for businesses to address all their statutory sales and use tax requirements.

AT&T Inc. is the premier communications company in the United States and worldwide. Operating globally under the AT&T brand, AT&T is recognized as the leading worldwide provider of IP-based communications services to businesses and the leading U.S. provider of wireless, high speed Internet access, local and long distance voice, and directory publishing and advertising services.  The merger of AT&T and BellSouth, along with the ownership consolidation of Cingular Wireless and YELLOWPAGES.COM, will speed convergence, competition and continued innovation in the communications and entertainment industry, creating new solutions for consumers and business.

Barracuda Networks’ product portfolio includes the Barracuda Spam Firewall, Barracuda Web Filter, Barracuda IM Firewall, Barracuda Load Balancer, Barracuda Message Archiver and Barracuda Web Application Controllers. Combining its own award-winning technology with powerful open source software, Barracuda Networks solutions deliver easy to use , comprehensive protection against spam, spyware, viruses, and other IT infrastructure threats. Barracuda Central, an advanced 24/7 security operations center that works to continuously monitor and block the latest Internet threats, enables Barracuda Networks to maintain its position as a network security industry leader.


Ed McGarrity, Computer Associates
CA (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest information technology (IT) management software companies, unifies and simplifies the management of enterprise-wide IT for greater business results. Their vision, tools and expertise help customers manage risk, improve service, manage costs and align their IT investments with their business needs. Enterprise IT Management, or EITM, is CA's vision for the future of IT and how customers can realize the full power of their technology. Today, CA serves 99 percent of the Fortune® 1000 companies, as well as government organizations, educational institutions and thousands of other companies in diverse industries worldwide.

Scott Pape, Paperless Business Solutions, Inc.
eRequester is a robust web-based procurement management, requisition and purchase order software solution that allows companies to define and implement more standardized purchase requisition practices to streamline and manage their supply chain. eRequester purchasing software provides tremendous control over the requisition process, and can help the entire organization run more smoothly. eRequester is simple to use, aids compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and delivers rapid return on investment.

Ryan Rick,  JobOps Account Development Manager
Randy Stone, Director of Sales
JobOps job shop and tracking software is designed to enhance the work flow of your operations. Designed for make-to-order, install-to-order, and service companies, JobOps provides smooth transitions from Estimating, to Orders, to Production Control to Purchasing, to Scheduling, to Job Cost Accounting and Tracking, to Field Services.  Whether you make something, are involved in installations, or provide services, JobOps helps you manage your jobs to deliver on-time and track your job costs to produce a profit.

David Johnston, Microsoft Business Productivity Advisor, Microsoft Corporation
Dave Johnston is known throughout the Mid-Atlantic region for his inspirational, entertaining and informative presentations. He has a large and loyal following and his sessions fill up quickly. Dave reports to Microsoft’s Philadelphia office and he specializes in assisting small and medium businesses reach their full potential through the use of technology. Dave will be presenting Microsoft Vista, and demonstrating how Microsoft solutions (SharePoint Server 2007, SQL 2005, Exchange 2007, Office 2007) will provide your organization a powerful platform for collaboration, workflow, business scorecards, compliance management, process management and information.

Joe Lando, Packeeter
Packeteer is the global leader in WAN Application Delivery.  Packeteer’s solutions provide an intelligent, unified and adaptive approach to monitor, shape, and optimize applications, delivering the best user experience for any application to any location. With multiple appliance and software options, Packeteer’s products solve networking and application performance issue across WAN links, enabling high-performance application delivery while supporting new and existing application requirements and delivering branch office storage and server consolidation.

Joe Costa, Industry Marketing Manager - Document Solutions and Services Division
Edward Fleming, Regional Director, Technology Services
Ricoh Americas Corporation, a 41-year old U.S. company with headquarters in West Caldwell, New Jersey, is a diversified office automation equipment and electronics provider with sales in excess of 2.8 billion annually. With Transaction Link, users of Sage MAS 90™ and MAS 200™ accounting systems can use their Multifunctional Products (MFPs) to scan paper documents and link the resulting electronic files to specific transactions within their accounting software. Transaction Link solves the problem of supporting paper documentation being disconnected from the accounting transactions it relates to.

Gary Maher, Sage Analytics, Active Planner and Allocations
Sage Active Planner is a robust enterprise-wide set of applications that enable you to easily manage the financial planning process, conduct in-depth analyses, and develop detailed business plans. Sage Active Planner helps you work faster and smarter, incorporate enterprise-wide collaboration and accountability, and measure company performance.

Drew Macbeth, Sage Fixed Assets
Sage FAS Fixed Assets gives you total control over your fixed assets throughout their entire lifecycle. Based on an easy-to-learn, intuitive user interface, Sage FAS Fixed Assets is the most comprehensive fixed asset management solution for asset depreciation, inventory tracking, and custom reporting — all at a price your business can afford.

Rob Hinchcliffe, Sage SalesLogix
Sage SalesLogix is the leader in Customer Relationship Management (CRM) for businesses that require flexible, easy-to-use solutions that help acquire, retain, and develop profitable customer relationships. One of the qualities that sets Sage SalesLogix apart is integrated front-office and back-office solutions with leading financial, ERP and inventory management systems such as Sage MAS 90, MAS 200 and MAS 500 to empower everyone in your organization — from sales and marketing to accounting and finance to support and shipping — to work together, efficiently, in the business of building profitable customer relationships.

Leanne Lowe, Sage Software Extended Solutions Division
Sage Software knows that every business has specialized needs, and in response, has created Extended Solutions, a selection of over 1,500 new features and functions not found in their core modules. Leanne is a Solutions Consultant for the Sage MAS 90 and MAS 200 Extended Solutions division. She has 9 years of experience working with MAS90 and MAS200.



Kate DeSantis, Marketing Director, Scanco
Founded in 1988, Scanco is a leading provider of automated data collection hardware and software for Sage MAS 90, MAS 200 and MAS 500 warehouse bar code solutions.  Scanco's solutions allow distributors and manufacturers with high volumes of inventory, shipment or manufacturing transactions to leverage hand-held technology to streamline their business operations.

Cory S. Rhodes, Channel Director for Single Source Systems
Single Source Systems provide service management software solutions to Manufacturers, Distributors and Independent Service Organizations worldwide. SM-Plus for MAS 500 is a fully integrated solution for companies that manufacture, sell, service, or install high-value technical or industrial products. SM-Plus streamlines operations for contact centers, field service, depot repair, installation, contract administration and costing all tightly integrated to MAS 500. Cory has presented throughout the world to nearly 1000 companies on service management and information systems.

Philip Reichner, TrueCommerce
TrueCommerce provides everything a small to mid-size company needs to fully implement EDI with a comprehensive, end-to-end EDI solution that is easy to implement, robust and affordable. TrueCommerce accounting package EDI integration can be used with virtually any accounting or business system, including Sage MAS 90/200/500. TrueCommerce customers exchange tens of millions of EDI transactions annually within a variety of industries, ranging from retail, banking, healthcare, and the government.

KnowledgeSync 2000 is your organization's key to alert messaging. With it, you can monitor business applications and incoming e-mail messages for critical, time-sensitive information, send out alerts, and update applications with the most timely data. KnowledgeSync integrates with Sage MAS 90, MAS 200, MAS 500 and SalesLogix to alert you about critical information in your business.