Community Summit NA 2024 Premier Sponsors Share Priorities, Event Expectations
Community Summit North America, the largest independent innovation, education, and training event for Microsoft Business Applications, would not be possible without its incredible network of sponsors. This post features insights and thoughts from the Premier Sponsors on their key priorities, expectations, and anticipations ahead of Community Summit NA 2024.
What 2024 Premier Sponsors Are Saying
“Anybody that comes and talks to someone from ArcherPoint and takes away one thing, I hope it’s about system security, and [they] go back to their offices, their businesses, and say, ‘Let’s take a look. Is there anything we can be doing more than we are today?'”
Tammy Fawcett, COO, ArcherPoint
“I just think it’s such a great way for the community to get together and talk about how we use Microsoft products, how it integrates with our tools, and really how businesses are continuing to grow using the Microsoft Dynamics suite.”
Jessica Person, Senior Partner Marketing Manager – Microsoft & Acumatica, Avalara
“In our booth experience, we’re going to have people who are experts in talking to our clients about Sales, Field Service, Copilot, and Customer Service, and of course, ERP.”
Linda Hope, Manufacturing Industry Lead, Avanade
“For me, [Community Summit] is a type of family reunion if you will… we’re always interested in what’s new and what’s happening, and what Microsoft has up it’s sleeves this year, what’s on the horizon.”
“I’m looking forward to the collaboration with all the customers and the Microsoft team, and all the other partners that come to the event. It’s probably my favorite event of the year because it’s really driven around feedback from the customers. “
Tom Patterson, Principal, Microsoft Dynamics Practice, BDO Digital
“For me, it’s like a reunion…seeing old friends, making new ones. I certainly look forward to helping people learn more about Celigo and how that can impact their business.”
Dave Wallen, Director, Platform Product Marketing, Celigo
“You can find a lot of excitement at Booth #524 and some other things besides that. We’re also going to be discussing different use cases, where you can use ClickLearn inside of your organization.”
Marquis Caldwell, Partner & Sales Manager, ClickLearn
“Community Summit is always great for us specifically because we touch so many areas of Microsoft, there’s never a lack of traffic or activity, and just getting to see partners and customers in person.”
Matt Rogers, VP of Strategic Alliances, EBizCharge
“One of our key focal points this year is that Center of Excellence, and its a GP Center of Excellence. We’ve created that centralized hub of resources that can help with these exact conversations. It doesn’t mean that someone needs to migrate tomorrow, but it does mean let’s start the conversation.“
Chad Sogge, Executive VP, Technology, Enavate
“There are a lot of unique situations that we think we can provide help in, and there’s a lot of extended opportunities that we think we can provide…for us, it’s really about being able to share that message with people who come visit.”
Jim Brownell, COO, enVista
“We’re going to be talking a lot about our commitment to the Dynamics space…we’ve also gone back and invested a lot of time and a lot of money into making sure our products are going to be working with on-prem solutions for the next 10 years.”
Mary Charuhas, Partner Development Manager, eOne Solutions
“Being at Summit gives us a very unique opportunity to meet customers, to meet partners, to discuss what the problems are, because you can’t build a great product if you don’t have the market exposure.”
Bartosz Szpiech, VP of Product, Executive Automats by XPLUS
“We’re all users of the Dynamics ecosystem in some way… a customer, prospect partner, and connecting at an event like that, people look to it all year round and get back to seeing the people they haven’t seen in awhile. For me, personally, that’s the biggest thing, it’s to see folks that I haven’t seen in awhile and connect with them in that power community ”
Frank Vukovits, Chief Security Scientist, Fastpath now part of Delinea
“We have over a dozen, maybe even closer to two dozen speakers. You’ll see a lot of Forvis Mazars in the different sessions…they’ll range from BC discussions to F&O discussions, as well as CRM, a lot of integration with AI and Copilot.”
John Accardi, Managing Director, Business Technology Services Microsoft, Forvis Mazars
“[We’ll talk about] all the new things we have to offer since the last time we were at Summit. You can find us at Booth #940 and we do have some ISV sessions as well that you can attend to learn a bit more about our solutions.”
Mark Hamblin, Senior Solution Advisor, Insight Works
“It’s a fantastic opportunity to connect with customers, partners, and industry experts. We’re really looking forward to showcasing our latest innovations and learning from others about how they’re leveraging Microsoft Dynamics to achieve their business goals.”
Bryan Motteram, Vice President, Product Marketing, insightsoftware
“We’re really excited to show product enhancements… but we have, by popular demand, we have a fun game in the booth running again. It’s the fastest scanner in the West and it had the opportunity to scan about 25 barcodes. We keep track of the performance, how quickly people can do that, and you can qualify for prizes.”
Mary Lanham, Founding Partner, COO, Lanham Associates
“I don’t know how you were able to build such a strong community, but I don’t see the same with other applications. It’s very special, and we just look forward to reconnecting with the community, and catching up and getting an update.”
“I’m excited to see what’s new in the industry. There’s always something innovative to learn about, and it’s inspiring to see the latest developments firsthand…Overall, it’s the mix of learning, connecting, and just having a good time that I’m most excited about.”
Fauwaz Hussain, Senior Director of Strategy, Nodus Technologies
“We always try to add an element of not only having software in our booth, but having certain elements of different industries represented there, and things that attendees can come and play with.”
Hector Negron, Chief Transformation Officer, Optimus Business Transformation
“We are regularly talking to our clients, but this [Summit] gives us the ability to talk to our clients in a more personal setting…and then the learning opportunities as well.”
Kevin De Pree, Vice President, The Rand Group
“My favorite part of Summit is meeting longtime friends and people we’ve been in business with and also hearing case studies of customers who have been using our products. It’s so incredibly fun to hear what people are doing and how much people enjoy.”
Mark Rockwell, President, Rockton Software
“RSM has nine Microsoft MVPs… so you’re gonna see some phenomenal sessions with the MVPs as well as some RSM in general. We’ve actually sponsored the “Digital Mosaic Wall & AI Sketch Bots”… [and] the hub near the Tech Medic Desk. And we’re also sponsoring part of the Community Reception on Monday. We’re gonna be all over the place, and it’s gonna be a lot of fun.”
Ben Vollmer, Power Factory Growth and Product Leader, RSM
“What I think is so great about Summit is that we have such a mass of both partners and customers at the same time, and that really creates the music for me… I’m really looking forward to that and also seeing what Microsoft will bring, what they’ve done in the last year in R&D.”
Olof Hedin, Group CEO, SignUp Software
“Solver has many opportunities for customers, partners, and ISVs to engage with us…In addition to our booth, we have a session that will be demonstrating our extended FP&A solution…and lastly, I have a session on building executive trust with AI, so we have lots going on at the event.”
Tad Remington, Chief Commercial Officer, Solver
“There’s gonna be a heavy presence around our customer success teams and our development and product teams, because one, they get to meet our partners and customers in person but also to understand, ‘Hey, Where is Microsoft going? Where are they investing?’ to make sure we’re aligning our roadmaps from a product delivery and go-to-market perspective around that.”
Bill Gaustad, Senior Manager, Channel Sales, SPS Commerce
“They [Summit attendees] should expect to talk to us about integration within the Dynamics community, Business Central, even Great Plains. We do a lot outside of AP… we’re very much aligned and working alongside of GP and BC partners and GP and BC users.”
Nick Lauria, Territory Manager, Square 9 Softworks
“We’re expecting to have a slightly different expression, a little more innovative expression… You’ll expect to have interactivity within the booth outside of the normal software presentations and discussions around our solution. We are hoping to have interactions with the audience as well as some activities that they can participate in.”
George Brown, CMO, STAEDEAN
“We want to answer your questions now and generate a relationship with you when we’re starting in our booth, and we can just build on that as you go home, when you start to make decisions about what you’re gonna do. Booth aside, we also do speaking [sessions].”
Todd Froemming, VP of Corporate Communications, Syvantis Technologies
“I’m always looking forward to learning from other peers, learning how people are using the application…I’m always curious about that…Number two is networking…networking allows you to have that safe space in the community where you can share ideas, and creating new connections.”
Kristoffer Ruyeras, COO, Tigunia
Thank You to Our Community Summit NA 2024 Premier Sponsors
The sentiments expressed by the Premier Sponsors of Community Summit NA 2024 represent the value, excitement, and strategic focus of this for user, by user event. These insights highlight a commitment to driving forward-thinking solutions and fostering a collaborative community. From the entire team at Dynamics Communities and Community Summit NA, a massive thank you to our 2024 Premier Sponsors!
