Presenters

GP Optimizer Live Presenters

Abra Lynne Gilman
Collins Computing, Inc.
Dynamics GP Practice Lead
Abra is the Dynamics GP Practice Lead for Collins Computing. She is also a 2019 GPUG All*Star / GPUG Community Leader. She is a Certified GP Implementation/Training specialist performing Senior-Level Consulting and Evangelizing GP since 1993 - 27 years! She also worked alongside hundreds of GP clients, from 1 user/1 company/GP only systems to 1100 GP Users/1400 Databases/50 GP & ISV dictionaries (I love our ISV Partners!) And when she is not doing all that she is dancing away as a Certified Zumba and Bliss Dance Instructor
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Alicia Weigel
Rockton Software
Technical Sales Team Lead
Back in 2005, Alicia entered the world of ERP as a support specialist for Microsoft Dynamics GP. She spent several years learning ERP inside and out sharing her expertise across technical support, sales, and implementations. Fast forward to 2013 when she was welcomed into the Rockton family.

As a Technical Sales Team Lead, Alicia is always running at about 110 miles an hour and wouldn’t have it any other way. She’s on calls, traveling, presenting at user group conferences, doing demos, writing content, leading webinars and just about everything else it takes to help Rockton and our clients succeed. Whether she’s in a board room presenting to the CIO or one-on-one answering a support question, she has a gift for teaching and making technical jargon easy to understand and relatable to her audience.

When she’s not working, she is hanging out with her family, traveling for fun or playing with her French Bulldog, Waffles.
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Angel Blum
Mekorma
Director of Sales
Angel has been on the Mekorma team since 2007, and currently serves as Director of Sales. She works closely with the Development team to ensure Mekorma software solves AP challenges for the Dynamics GP community.
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Bob McAdam
Dynamic Communities
VP/GM
Bob McAdam is VP/GM at Dynamic Communities, a professional association that caters to end users & partners utilizing Microsoft Business Applications. He is also a co-host of Enterprise Software Podcast, which discusses the mid-market application space and those who make it work. Previously, Bob spent several years in the Dynamics GP partner channel where he sold, designed, and deployed Dynamics GP solutions in a variety of industries. He helped GPUG get established in 2007 as a partner advocate before formally joining Dynamic Communities in 2012. He resides with his family in the Tampa Bay area after having ‘migrated’ south from western New York many years ago.
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Brian Maxin
Journyx
Director of Sales
Brian joined Journyx in 2001. He is responsible for leading the Sales efforts both from the new sales side and within existing Journyx customers. Brian’s favorite thing about Journyx is “the work environment and the people that I work with.”
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Carole D’Arcy, CPA, CA, CITP
Nolan Business Solutions
Senior Manager & Solutions Specialist
As a Chartered Accountant with specialization in Information Technology, Carole brings 20 years of experience and business acumen in financial management and information technology. As a Senior Manager and Solutions Specialist at Nolan Business Solutions, Carole’s main responsibilities include pre-sales consulting, implementation and support services for Nolan’s Dynamics GP Add-on products. Using a consultative and collaborative approach, Carole is able to work through business requirements and propose solutions that would improve an organization’s financial and business processes. In her spare time, Carole enjoys family time, hiking, golfing, skiing and reading a good book.
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Chris Dobkins
Njevity
President and CEO
Chris Dobkins is the President and CEO of Njevity – creators of PowerGP Online – and has spent the last 25 years providing exceptional experiences within in the Dynamics GP community.
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Dan Doolin
Integrity Data
Sales Engineer, Marketer & Solutions Strategist
As an experienced Sales Engineer, Marketer and Solutions Strategist, Dan has worked closely with customers in the Microsoft Dynamics channel for over 20 years, helping them strategize and meet their Payroll and HR needs.
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David Eichner
ICAN Software Solutions
CEO
David Eichner is CEO of ICAN Software Solutions and a licensed CPA with the Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP) credential from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA).

Prior to establishing ICAN Software Solutions in 1999, David was the systems consulting manager for Knight, Vale & Gregory (a large regional CPA firm in the Pacific NW which has since become a local office of RSM McGladrey). His career spans nearly 30 years in various technical and managerial positions within industries as diverse as military service (U.S. Navy nuclear trained submarine officer), engineering/construction, and municipal government (City of Redmond).

He holds a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Washington and a B.S. in Accounting from Central Washington University.
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Doug Bertram
Metafile
Regional Representative
Doug Bertram is Regional Representative at Metafile. Doug is responsible for identifying opportunities to improve operational efficiencies for clients in the Midwest and Western regions.

He has more than 20 years of experience in the document management and AP automation space in his current position at Metafile and as the owner of a regional document solutions provider. Doug holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the Carlson School of Management.
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Frances Donnelly, C.Q.P.A.
Horizons International
Director of Product Development & Sales
Over the last 15 years in her role of Director of Product Development and Sales for Horizons International Frances Donnelly has become a respected thought-leader in the fields of manufacturing and quality control. By focusing on the role of quality in manufacturing organizations Frances’ goal is to help organizations drive revenue gains by better delivering on customer expectations. Providing a feature set that enables the full benefits of digital transformation Quality Essentials Suite eliminates costly and tedious manual processes and provides intelligent analytic and communication tools to promptly surface relevant decision making data.
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Janice Phelps
Blue Moon Industries
co-founded
Janice Phelps co-founded Blue Moon Industries in 1991. As an award-winning partner, Janice's primary role is Professional Services Director. Her supporting roles include Senior Solutions Consultant and Senior Applications Consultant.
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Jennifer Pugh, CPA
Dynamic Budgets
Consulting & Sales Manager
Jenn joined Dynamic Budgets in January 2020 as Consulting and Sales Manager. She has an extensive background in the non-profit sector, specifically in healthcare, and has held various positions ranging from Senior VP of Finance to Director of Finance and Controller. She has worked in the finance/accounting sector for over 18 years and is a Florida licensed Certified Public Accountant. She enjoys teaching people new and more efficient processes and co-founded the South Florida GPUG Chapter in 2012 before taking a brief hiatus from the GP Community for a few years. She is very happy to back working with the wonderful folks at Dynamic Communities and its members.
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Mariano Gomez
Mekorma
Director of Technology
Technology executive with over 2 decades of experience leading digital transformation initiatives in the upper and mid-market space. Mariano is a Microsoft MVP, the Director of Technology at Mekorma, and an international speaker with regular appearances at User Groups Summit, Power Platform World Tours, GPUG local chapter meetings, and Dynamics GP Technical conferences.
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Mark Rockwell
Rockton Software
President
Mark is the founder and President of Rockton Software, as well as the lead software architect and designer. After years in the Microsoft Dynamics channel customizing Great Plains, Mark ventured out on his own in 1999, and Rockton Software officially planted its roots.
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Molly Van Kampen, CPP
Greenshades Software
Chief Evangelist
Molly Van Kampen, CPP - Chief Evangelist has been with Greenshades for more than 14 years. Molly loves all things payroll and no one loves tax compliance more than her. In her spare time, Molly travels a lot and spends lots of quality time with her cat Velcro.
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Russ Graf
NETSTOCK
VP, Channel Management
Russ has been in the ERP business for 35 years, and he has worked on more than 1,000 ERP installations.

He has spent the last decade working with manufacturers, distributors, and retailers on how to improve their inventory and demand planning practices.
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Stacy Dose
Avalara
Strategic Alliance Manager
Stacy is a Senior Strategic Alliance Manager at Avalara, working closely with top National partners. With over 20 years of experience in technology and software- primarily in the Microsoft ecosystem, she has considerable knowledge in business process, software application and software deployment. She lives on a farm in Minnesota with her husband and three daughters.
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Zubin Gidwani
Dynamic Budgets
Chief Budget Authority
Zubin Gidwani, founder of Dynamic Budgets and a GPUG AllStar, past Board Member, sits on the GPUG Summit Content Steering committee and speaks at GPUG Summit and regional chapter meetings. Zubin was a Microsoft Dynamics GP customer for six years before launching his own software business and becoming a Microsoft Dynamics GP Partner. With one foot in Finance and the other in IT, he found himself in the accidental GP Admin role that many of you struggle with. He had been frustrated by the lack of easy to use, affordable budgeting solutions and was tired of generating excel budget templates for his company's 600 departments. When Microsoft announced the end of Forecaster, Zubin assembled a team and built a better budgeting solution, Dynamic Budgets.
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