ICYMI: xTupler #31 — the company and community e-newsletter is out! Please share: xTupler31Sep13
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Included in this issue, you will find: A letter from CEO Ned Lilly with information on: next month's inaugural xTupleCon user conference; Feature Mob 2, the community development initiative or "Flash Mob" for new features; our Q3 promotion with limited time offer of discounts on commercial upgrades (ends September 30) and Professional Services (big discounts now, lowest discounts end December 31); and version 4.1 release with Business Intelligence gone Mobile.
And in our regular features:
- "Where’s Wally?" — see where xTuple VP of Sales, Wally Tonra, has been, with pictures
- xTupleR Staff — Stacey Pandeloglou, Account Executive
- Partner Highlight — ICE System - xTuple is “poster child for power of open source”
- Product Update — Section 179 U.S. tax law allows for write-off 100% of business software needs
- “Customer Corner” — EMSEAL, implemented on-time and under budget, approximately 40% of cost of other "big name" products
- Events, Webinars and Training
- From the xTuple Blogs — Commercial open source comes of age; Open-source-savvy business says; Feature Mob 2: Making PostBooks Everything You Want it to Be; We've moved! (to GitHub); Free trial of integrated Desktop & Mobile Web clients; and Save up to 35% & welcome Ellen!
Missy Schmidt
Since early 2012, Missy has directed marketing for xTuple business management software, including the global user conference, inbound and outbound content marketing, lead generation, sales campaigns, website design and digital strategies. She has ties to the business and economic development, startup and entrepreneurial communities in Virginia and nationally. Prior to joining xTuple, Missy was VP of strategic communication and marketing for Hampton Roads Partnership, a public-private corporation that worked to improve the region's economy within the international marketplace. Before that, Missy spent 25+ in sales, including product development, within the industries of telecommunications, retail, industrial food service, government contracting, contract packaging and manufacturing. Missy holds a B.S. from James Madison University. She and her husband, Bert, who is president and CEO of WHRO Public Media, reside in the "innovation corridor" of downtown Norfolk.