BackOffice Associates TechEd 2011

March 24–27, Fontainebleau Resort, Miami Beach, Florida

BOA™ TechEd is the largest company event of the year, created for BackOffice consultants, developers and customers to expand their knowledge of the BackOffice tools, collaborate with colleagues and interact with the management team.

2011 Event Highlights

• We had a strong BUG showing. Companies represented at TechEd included: 3M, Abbott Laboratories, American Water, Amgen, Avnet, Bell Helicopter, Big Lots, Bristol Myers Squibb, ConAgra, Dow, Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, General Electric, Hallmark, Hubbell, Johnson & Johnson, Kraft Foods, Lockheed Martin, Maersk, Pfizer, TBC Corporation, Warner Music Group, Westinghouse, Wolseley
• Guest Speaker Joan Rivers
• Exciting and interesting DemoJam submissions
  

Demo Jam

Demo Jam was held at BOA™ TechEd 2011 and proved to be an event not to be missed!

The following individuals contributed to this year’s talent:

• Andrew Connor & Matt Wagnon – DSW Productivity: Sweating the Little Things
• Mike Schmidt – CranSpend: The New Age of Spend Data Management
• Tony Danos, Yuanda Li & Madhu Kongovi – LegWork
• Kurt Vandergriend – LoadTrack
• Shree Seshan & Mike Davidson – EHSDirect
• John Brewer – SuperDDuper
• Michael Curran & Guy Lovell – DMT IssueList
• Joe Brown & Bill Brungardt – CranSoft® User Management in a Multiple Server Environment
• Martyn Mason – Migration at the Speed of Thought
• John Paul Grippa – EZPage
• Cody David – WolfKrow
• Jim Scarr – Data Validation Dashboard (DVD)

Demo Jam Winners: Congratulations to the winners
Mike Schmidt and John Brewer.

To view videos from Demo Jam, click here.

Keynote: Joan Rivers

Joan Rivers, comedian, actress and television personality, surprised attendees as this year’s keynote speaker. Rivers, provided a motivational speech about her accomplishments and what it takes to be successful in business.

Summit Club

Summit Club included an awards presentation for our consultants, as well as a cocktail reception, entertainment, dinner and dancing. The theme of the night was the 50s and 60s, when Frank Sinatra performed in the Fontaine Ballroom at the Fontainebleau exactly 51 years to the date.

Summit Club Award Winners:

Project of the Year - Johnson & Johnson.

Consultant of the Year:

United States – Randy Connelly
International – Gajan Pasupathy
DataFactory™ – Abi Sivasubramanian

Excellence in Innovation – Cody David

Young Guns – Ashley Midgette, Eric Weldon, Mike Schmidt, Tony Danos, Brian Small, Brandon Bissonnette, Jay Hornback, Kris Suthers

Impact Award – Ben Rogers

Leadership Award:

CranSoft® – Charles Evans
BackOffice Associates® – Earl Walker

Mentor Award – John Danos

Top Gun – Randy Connelly, Jared D. Anderson, Abi Sivasubramanian