Contributors
Saturday, 23 January 2010 13:08
In the Spotlight

The strength and diversity of our contributing authors is a bedrock value at Bob Scott's Insights. Here you’ll find the very best of the very best of the thought-leaders of our profession. While different in many ways (age, geography, gender, practice type, specialty, etc.) our authors share one common trait: they each have the heart of a teacher. All are recognized experts in their specific areas and each speak, teach, write, and appear regularly. And while they each maintain practices and/or related consultancies, they are all willing to share their time and expertise in an effort to help their colleagues. I am so very fortunate for that willingness and for each of their friendships.
Bob Scott's Contributers

    Gene Marks
    About the Author:
    Gene Marks, a columnist, author, and business owner, writes monthly online management and technology columns for Forbes and Business Week and a bi-weekly column that appears nationally in American City Business Journals. His books include Gene's books include the #1 Amazon Small Business Best Seller The Streetwise Small Business Book of Lists (Adams Media), The Small Business Desk Reference (Alpha Books, 2004), Outfoxing The Small Business Owner - Crafty Techniques for Creating a Profitable Relationship (Adams Media, 2005) and The Complete Idiot's Guide To Successful Outsourcing (Alpha Books, 2005).

    He owns and operates the Marks Group PC, a ten-person firm that provides technology and consulting services to small and medium-sized businesses. Before starting the Marks Group, Marks spent nine years in the entrepreneurial services arm of the international consulting firm KPMG in
    Philadelphia where he was a senior manager.
    Jennifer Wilson
    About the Author:
    Jennifer Wilson is co-founder and partner of ConvergenceCoaching, LLC, a leadership and marketing consulting and coaching firm that specializes in helping CPA and IT firms achieve success. Learn more about her company at www.convergencecoaching.com.
    Bob Scott
    About the Author:
    Bob Scott has been informing and entertaining the mid-market financial software community with his email newsletters for 10 years. And he has been covering this market through print publications for 18 years, first as technology editor of Accounting Today and then as the Editor of Accounting Technology from 1997 through 2009. He has covered the traditional tax and accounting profession during the same time and continues to address that as executive editor of the Progressive Accountant.

    Wayne Schulz
    About the Author:
    Wayne Schulz is a senior consultant with Schulz Consulting, located in Glastonbury, Conn.

    Ed Kless
    About the Author:
    Ed Kless joined Sage Software in July of 2003 and is the senior director of partner development and strategy for North America. He developed and delivers the curriculum for the Sage Consulting Academy, a five-day course designed to educate Sage Software partners on the art and practice of small business consulting. He also facilitates the Sage Leadership Academy, a yearlong program designed to assist Sage Software partners develop a continuous process of improvement in their organizations and serves as liaison to the Sage Leadership Academy Alumni Association.

    Prior to joining Sage Software, Ed worked with Tipping Point Advisors, an organization dedicated to the growth and development of software implementation partners. Before that, he co-founded Third Wave Business Systems, a Microsoft Dynamics Partner, in 1996, which grew to 20 team members and 5 million in revenue. At Third Wave, Ed developed the implementation methodology and managed the CRM and ERP consulting teams.

    Ed is a frequent contributor to industry publications and has spoken at many conferences worldwide on project management, pricing, and knowledge workers. He is also active in the Information Technology Alliance (ITA), Toastmasters, and is a senior fellow at the VeraSage Institute.