David has taken his very strong technical expertise and has become one of the most highly regarded NAV trainers in the US. David has been working with Dynamics products for 16 years now. After working for many years implementing Navision, from the very early DOS versions through to the latest Dynamics NAV versions, David is now concentrating on training the next generation of implementers. David is really putting something back and getting the new generation to be almost as skilled as he is. David is the Managing Director of Go-Live International which works with Dynamics NAV client’s towards a cost effective Navision implementation. David is also known as one of the moderators and best contributors to the community forums and in particular www.dynamicsuser.net. 2010 Position 83

Steve Endow is as well known and well regarded as the Owner of Percipio Services as he is for his blogs. In regular posting at http://dynamicsgpland.blogspot.com Steve Endow regularly tackles deep, tough issues around Dynamics GP. With a 14 year career Steve has been able to achieve a great reputation for his and that of Percipio for their technical abilities when it comes to the utilisation of the GP Developer’s Toolkit. Steve seems to find it easy to switch between the skills needed for development and consultancy without it affecting the service offered to the client. At the same time his blog postings always seem to answer the technical queries that have been taxing the GP community. NEW ENTRY

Frank’s passion for SL and his technical ability have made for a quick and impressive beginning to his role as the IT Director at TDIndustries. Frank first broke through as one of the leading lights Solomon Users Group and active in many of the early meetings, and it was through his drive that the group has since become the Dynamics Users Group SL. Frank worked for many years as the President of the group setting a wonderful precedent for officer work ethic and laying the foundation of the group for years to come. His contributions as an officer, a promoter, an organizer and a content provider are a direct reflection of his can do attitude and professionalism. Frank has been able to combine his work in the wider Dynamics SL community by using his considerable technical abilities to elevate him to a management position within TDindustries 2010 Position29

Mariano Arias has created a successful 11 year Dynamics GP career in Mexico which has seen him develop from to the Consulting Director at MTP until 3 years ago when he became the CEO of Axentit Business Consulting. Mariano is considered by those that have worked with him to be a natural leader and the space that he gives them allows them to deliver the best solutions for their clients. This is often seen as Mariano is able to work on the projects as well as run Axentit due to his unquestioned ability in GP where he is considered in Mexico to be the GP Guru. Axentit has become under Mariano’s leaderships one of the most technically excellent Mexican GP houses. NEW ENTRY

Tom has been with Tectura since 2001 and in his time at Tectura he has seen as Tectura grow to a $250 million turnover organisation, in which he has been one of the most integral figures. He manages Tectura’s global and industry solutions business worldwide. He is responsible for defining and executing the business strategy for the future growth of Tectura. He was previously responsible for the North American P&L and in that role created and built up the offshore resource with the Indian operations allowing Tectura to become the global force they have become. In the last 12 months Tom has grown his own portfolio and is now driving the SAAS and Cloud offerings as well as the global CRM strategy, which has been a key in keeping Tectura in their position as one of the leasing Microsoft Dynamics VARs. NEW ENTRY

Dwight is COO at I.B.I.S., Inc. and has been a major player in the Dynamics community within the South Eastern states of the US which began with his building of Integrity which was finally sold on to EPartners where he became an integral part of the growth of EPartners before taking his skills to IBIS which has seen a huge increase in not only the turnover but also the number of new licences. Dwight has also developed the Dynamics sales to include an extensive BI offering and he extends his influence within Dynamics and Business Intelligence related blogging on ttp://dynamicscare.com/blog/index.php/category/dynamics-gp/ . He blogs about running a Dynamics consulting practice to help other partners and customers understand how partners can best deliver value at http://thedeathofreason.wordpress.com/ . Finally, Dwight has been involved in the Dynamics space for a long time and seems to know everyone and is one of those that you can network with and listen to on the long convergence evenings. NEW ENTRY

Mark is an all-round Microsoft Dynamics NAV specialist. He started in 1997 as an end user but quickly moved to the other side of the table. During ten years he has worked for resellers where designing and maintaining add-on systems was his specialization. Some of these add-on systems exceed the standard product where it comes to size and complexity. Also coaching colleagues and troubleshooting ‘impossible’ problems where passion is part of day-to-day work. Mark has trained most of the experienced NAV developers for the NAV 2009 product in The Netherlands and Belgium. Today he is working freelance, is hired by almost every NAV reseller in the Benelux area and also frequently asked to help out in escalated implementations by end users. Mark was the first world wide to use the NAV 2009 (CTP3) product in a production system feeding back valuable information to Microsoft. Since 2007 he is involved in the development of the ‘SQL Perform Tools’. Mark maintains his blog on www.brummelds.com. This blog contains a wide range of articles about both the Microsoft Dynamics NAV and SQL Server product. He is also a frequent speaker at Microsoft events. In 2006 Mark was rewarded by Microsoft with the Most Valuable Professional award for his contribution to the online and offline communities. In 2007 he also reviewed Programming Microsoft Dynamics NAV. 2010 Position26

Simon Bright is best known as the inspirational Microsoft Dynamics Leader in New Zealand where he has been instrumental in growing the New Zealand market. Now the COO of Intergen he still maintains his desire to work in the field as well and still can be found as the solutions architect on many of the projects. Coming from the background built in the large consultancies of E&Y, Cap Gemini and HP Simon has very much brought with him the need for tier 1 consultancy to Intergen and subsequently the clients of Intergen many of whom are now the case studies used as the standard in the Australasian region. 2010 Position 27

Hal was first a Lead SDET in Exchange, to being the lead in the Passport Group, to joining Dynamics in 2003, Hal has continuously demonstrated his passion for leading, innovation and technology. Today, Hal is the leader of Dynamics ERP, responsible for the development of the Microsoft portfolio of ERP products in a highly distributed organization. Hal was one of the many leaders tested this past year relative to the economic conditions and the impact that had on our people. Hal rose to the occasion and demonstrated that he can lead people through some of the most challenging of times and do so successfully in a very complex internal and external environment. He has deep insight into his talent and that transcends to other functional areas as well. 2010 Position 76

Matthew Wittemann, author of The Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011 Administration Bible, is the CRM Practice Director of North Carolina (USA) based C5 Insight, a CRM and SharePoint consultancy that has been helping companies improve their use of technology in sales, marketing, service and operations since 2001. A six-time Microsoft MVP award recipient, Matthew is a frequent contributor to CRM industry publications and user communities. He is well-known for his ICU-MSCRM blog, a website dedicated to Microsoft Dynamics CRM, which he has maintained since the earliest versions of the software. He speaks internationally to technical and business audiences about implementing and leveraging the Microsoft Dynamics CRM platform. With a diverse background in web technologies, he has led the development of numerous complex and award-winning CRM deployments, and has recently turned much of his focus towards using Microsoft CRM and SharePoint technologies as a rapid application development platform. 2010 Position 16