Sage announced the appointment of Rich Spring as Chief Revenue Officer who will be reporting to Sage North America President and CEO Pascal Houillon, Spring will oversee the New Customer Acquisition Group, focused on new revenue growth.
With previous experience as a sales and marketing executive at Symantec Corporation (probably best-known for their popular NortonTM Antivirus software), Rich brings a wealth of experience in global strategic and vertical sales and marketing efforts to Sage.
On the appointment of Rich as Chief Revenue Offices, Houillon says, "His understanding of the challenges that businesses face will further help position Sage offerings so that our customers can grow and thrive."
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With previous experience as a sales and marketing executive at Symantec Corporation (probably best-known for their popular NortonTM Antivirus software), Rich brings a wealth of experience in global strategic and vertical sales and marketing efforts to Sage.
On the appointment of Rich as Chief Revenue Offices, Houillon says, "His understanding of the challenges that businesses face will further help position Sage offerings so that our customers can grow and thrive."
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Sage Appoints New Chief Revenue Officer
Last year at Sage Summit 2014, we got a chance to listen in on keynote speeches and conversations from some big name business leaders and celebrities like Magic Johnson, Jessica Alba, and Biz Stone (Twitter co-founder).
But to date, Sage has been fairly quite about the lineup of featured speakers and thought-leaders for Sage Summit 2015. But a quick visit to the Thought Leaders page on the Sage Summit website reveals some of the industry authorities we can expect to hear from this year including:
Barry Moltz - an entrepreneur, author, and angel investor, Barry has discovered the formula of facilitating change to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward.
Susan Solovic – dubbed “THE small busiess expert”’, Susan is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com top 100 and USA Today bestselling author, media personality, sought-after keynote speaker, and attorney. An Internet pioneer, she was the CEO and co-founder of one of the first video-based Internet sites, a company she grew from it’s infancy to a million dollar plus entity.
Chelsea Krost – with a return visit from Sage Summit 2014, Chelsea will again be presenting her views and advice on “Millennials” based on her experience as an accomplished speaker, published author, and TV and radio talk show host. According to Chelsea, Millennials will have the largest combined spending power of any generation by 2017.
Seth David - Seth is the ‘Dean of Beans’ at schoolofbookkeeping.com and President of Nerd Enterprises, Inc. which provides consulting and training services in Accounting and productivity based software.
Mike DeBoer - Mike has 25 years of business leadership in the Financial Services Industry and recently relocated to New Orleans to develop the GE Capital Technology Center. This new center, located in the New Orleans Business District, will be providing Information Technology Services for the company with over 300 employees by 2015.
There are currently over 20 featured speakers listed on the Sage Summit website with more to come according to the message on the site that says “Stay tuned as we continuously roll out additional speakers each week throughout the spring!”
But to date, Sage has been fairly quite about the lineup of featured speakers and thought-leaders for Sage Summit 2015. But a quick visit to the Thought Leaders page on the Sage Summit website reveals some of the industry authorities we can expect to hear from this year including:
Barry Moltz - an entrepreneur, author, and angel investor, Barry has discovered the formula of facilitating change to get stuck business owners unstuck and marching forward.
Susan Solovic – dubbed “THE small busiess expert”’, Susan is an award-winning serial entrepreneur, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Amazon.com top 100 and USA Today bestselling author, media personality, sought-after keynote speaker, and attorney. An Internet pioneer, she was the CEO and co-founder of one of the first video-based Internet sites, a company she grew from it’s infancy to a million dollar plus entity.
Chelsea Krost – with a return visit from Sage Summit 2014, Chelsea will again be presenting her views and advice on “Millennials” based on her experience as an accomplished speaker, published author, and TV and radio talk show host. According to Chelsea, Millennials will have the largest combined spending power of any generation by 2017.
Seth David - Seth is the ‘Dean of Beans’ at schoolofbookkeeping.com and President of Nerd Enterprises, Inc. which provides consulting and training services in Accounting and productivity based software.
Mike DeBoer - Mike has 25 years of business leadership in the Financial Services Industry and recently relocated to New Orleans to develop the GE Capital Technology Center. This new center, located in the New Orleans Business District, will be providing Information Technology Services for the company with over 300 employees by 2015.
There are currently over 20 featured speakers listed on the Sage Summit website with more to come according to the message on the site that says “Stay tuned as we continuously roll out additional speakers each week throughout the spring!”
A Few More Speakers Revealed for Sage Summit 2015
A quick look at some of the recent news, developments, product launches, and more from around the Sage software channel including:
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- Sage Summit Speakers Revealed (Some of them anyway)
- New Chief Revenue Officer at Sage
- Sage Summit Early Bird Registration Expiring
- Blytheco Joins Myownasp.com Sage Hosting Program
- Baesis Adds Sage CRM Practice and ERP Helpdesk
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Sage Summit Early Bird Rates Expiring
The Sage Summit discounted early bird rate which can save you up to $500 is set to expire on April 30, 2015. Early bird rates are valid for customers only – partners, exhibitors, and others excluded.
From Our Sage Partner Community ...
A collection of news and announcements from among the Sage Partners that are part of the community here at Top-Sage-Resellers.com.
Blytheco Joins myownasp.com Sage ERP Hosting Program
myownasp.com a leading provider of managed Sage ERP hosting, announced that Blytheco has joined their Sage partner program. Blytheco becomes one of many Sage partners that rely on myownasp.com to offer their customers the option to run Sage ERP software “in the cloud.”
A division of Software Link, myownasp.com provides hosting services for Sage accounting and ERP products including Sage 50, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, and Sage ERP X3.
According to President and CEO at myownasp.com, Stanley Kania, “Blytheco has been an industry leader and top VAR in the ERP channel for a very long time. They know what it takes to deliver top notch service and support and it’s gratifying to know they’ve placed that same level of trust and confidence in us as their exclusive hosting provider.”
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Baesis Establishes Sage CRM Practice and Fully-Staffed Helpdesk
Baesis, Inc., a Sage partner with offices serving Boston and Kansas City, has announced the addition of 2 new employees that have effectively established a Sage CRM practice and a fully staffed helpdesk for the company’s clients.
Helping to man the Baesis helpdesk will be Dean Yeater with 17 years of Sage 100 ERP knowledge as well as JobOps certification, among other product expertise.
Having worked with CRM solutions for over 15 years, Mary Greenlee holds certifications for Sage CRM and Salesforce.com and will the cornerstone in establishing a new Sage CRM practice for Baesis.
Blytheco Joins myownasp.com Sage ERP Hosting Program
myownasp.com a leading provider of managed Sage ERP hosting, announced that Blytheco has joined their Sage partner program. Blytheco becomes one of many Sage partners that rely on myownasp.com to offer their customers the option to run Sage ERP software “in the cloud.”
A division of Software Link, myownasp.com provides hosting services for Sage accounting and ERP products including Sage 50, Sage 100, Sage 300, Sage 500, and Sage ERP X3.
According to President and CEO at myownasp.com, Stanley Kania, “Blytheco has been an industry leader and top VAR in the ERP channel for a very long time. They know what it takes to deliver top notch service and support and it’s gratifying to know they’ve placed that same level of trust and confidence in us as their exclusive hosting provider.”
Check Out the Full Press Release
Baesis Establishes Sage CRM Practice and Fully-Staffed Helpdesk
Baesis, Inc., a Sage partner with offices serving Boston and Kansas City, has announced the addition of 2 new employees that have effectively established a Sage CRM practice and a fully staffed helpdesk for the company’s clients.
Helping to man the Baesis helpdesk will be Dean Yeater with 17 years of Sage 100 ERP knowledge as well as JobOps certification, among other product expertise.
Having worked with CRM solutions for over 15 years, Mary Greenlee holds certifications for Sage CRM and Salesforce.com and will the cornerstone in establishing a new Sage CRM practice for Baesis.
