News & Events from 2004
11.03.04 - R.L. Nelson and Associates, Inc. welcomes Lorrie
Siedlecki to the team
As part of our on-going commitment to providing outstanding support
and service to our clients, we are pleased to announce our Client
Care Representative program. Providing exceptional support for your
non-technical needs, we are happy to introduce Lorrie Siedlecki
as your Client Care Representative.
Lorrie brings over 10 years of experience into this role of internal
operations support, managing technical support and consultant scheduling
and help desk activities. She has also coordinated many client activities
such as training classes and user group meetings. We are excited
that Lorrie will be working full time with our clients. As your
Client Care Representative, Lorrie is responsible for the following:
*Handling any non-technical need you may have with your software
*Maintaining communication with you, such as new product releases
*Scheduling consultants on site
*Coordinating seminars and user groups
*Conducting client surveys
*Billing questions
*Assist clients in using the publishers website
*Provide pricing information and documentation to our clients on
products, services and classes
Please join us in welcoming Lorrie to the R.L. Nelson and Associates
team, she is looking forward to working with you!
09.15.04 - R.L. Nelson and Associates, Inc. welcomes Bruce Lane
to the team
Bruce has worked with Great Plains Software for 10 years and is
a Certified Public Accountant. Before joining R.L. Nelson and Associates,
Inc., Bruce was a consultant with Weston Enterprises and prior to
Weston was a principal with the Pittsburgh firm McCrory & McDowell
and managed its consulting division, Computer Resources. Before
joining Computer Resources, Bruce was an audit manager working primarily
with construction contractors. Bruce was a member of the international
executive committee of Jeffreys Henry International (JHI), an international
association of accounting firms, from 2002 to 2003. He was also
the chairperson of JHI's information technology special interest
group from 1999 until 2002.
Bruce received his undergraduate degree from Duquesne University,
where he was a member of the cross-country team for four years,
and a runner/coach for his final season. He is a member of the American
Institute of Certified Public Accountants and is currently a member
of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants Pittsburgh
Chapter executive committee and the chairperson of the information
technology committee. He has been a frequent speaker on technology
topics at conferences of the PICPA and JHI.
As a consultant with R.L. Nelson and Associates, Inc, Bruce's primary
responsibility is the marketing and sales of Microsoft Business
Solutions (MBS) products for R.L. Nelson's West Virginia Division.
He will also be responsible for managing most of the implementations
of these products.
08.05.04 - Press release from R.L. Nelson and Associates
This positive experience has prompted Bruce to accept an offer
to participate in the Leadership Pittsburgh program. The Leadership
Pittsburgh program is a ten-month program designed to foster and
develop leaders in the region. There are a total of 50 participants
in this years class. The participants include partners and shareholders
at the regions largest accounting and law firms, vice presidents
of Fortune 500 companies and directors of the regions most well
known non-profit organizations. During half day, whole day and multi-day
sessions, the participants will meet with regional leaders to examine
issues of critical importance to the Pittsburgh region. Site visits,
roundtables, small and large group discussions and hands-on applications
allow for active engagement in the community. The participants will
examine topics such as economic development, diversity, education
and environment during the 10-month experience.
Bruce believes this will be a valuable experience for him and hopes
that the knowledge he gains will be beneficial to our clients and
business partners.
04.23.04 - Press release from Microsoft
Microsoft Business Solutions announced on April 23, 2004 acquisition
of code from Encore Business Solutions Inc. that will enhance our
Microsoft® Business SolutionsGreat Plains® application
to add enhanced accounting functionality for public sector companies
in the United States and Canada.
We will extend the Microsoft Great Plains solution to include financial
functionality for public sector companies via the code acquisition
of the Encore Not-For-Profit suite. Were introducing two new
public sector modules to Microsoft Great Plains 8.0: Grant Management
and Encumbrance Management. Were also enhancing our existing
Intercompany, Payables Management and Requisition Management (formerly
eRequisition) modules to include additional functionality from the
Encore Not-For-Profit suite.
Weve had a strong relationship with Encore for a number of
years, and have licensed its Purchase Order Enhancements and Cash
Flow Management modules and integrated them into the Microsoft Great
Plains solution. As part of the code acquisition, we also will be
acquiring these two modules. The decision to purchase this code
is a natural evolution of our working relationship with Encore.
We believe this will provide increased revenue opportunity for our
partners focusing on the public sector you now have a more
complete and robust solution for prospective customers.
This is further evidence of our commitment to continuing to extend
and enhance our existing solutions, making them a safe and attractive
option for your public sector customers and prospects today.
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