Coverage of
The 2002 Microsoft Stampede Conference
By J. Carlton Collins, CPA 

Awards Ceremony

As is tradition, Doug Burgum made a grand entrance to the Awards Ceremony – this time repelling from atop the Minneapolis Convention Center onto center stage. Here are the photographs.

Excellence Award Winners 

Congratulations to each of the companies listed below who managed to have successful implementations and grow their revenues in a tough market.  Our hats are off to you. 

eEnterprise Excellence - Awarded to a  member of Inner Circle and President's club who earned high marks in customer satisfaction.

• ePartners - Atlanta, GA, the largest global partner for Microsoft Business Solutions

Attain  Excellence -  Awarded to a partner who has been on board since 1994, has been one of the most committed Navision partners and posted 63% revenue growth for 2002.

• eSoftware Professionals - Portland, Oregon, creator of Jet Reports and owned by Jim Hollcraft.

Axapta Excellence - Awarded to a partner who has invested 18 months in building a vertical solution and has experienced more than 100% revenue growth.

• Concord Business Systems -Atlanta, GA, producers of Axapta for Converting - a solution designed for the flexible packaging and roll-based manufacturing industry.

Solomon Excellence - Winners of one of the largest Solomon deals, long time partner, excellent customer service.

• Lighthouse Group - Atlanta, GA, closed a large multi-location deal and are members of the elite Inner Circle, developers of CatalystXL.com.

Dynamics Excellence - Achieved milestones in a number of areas including 72% revenue growth, 4.17 in customer satisfaction rating (out of 5.0) and added 18 new customers on Dynamics in the last 12 months.

• RSM McGladrey-Rocky Mountain, Denver, CO -(Who says accountants can't sell?) The Rocky Mountain practice was presented with the Great Plains Dynamics Excellence Award and was named to the Great Plains Inner Circle for the sixth consecutive year.

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