Frank Hamelly is a business and technology professional with over 25 years experience implementing and supporting various ERP systems and business process re-engineering initiatives across all organizational areas and various industries, from mid-sized to Fortune 500 companies. He has held executive positions in Accounting and Finance, and Information Systems. Application experience includes SAP, SAP Business One, Baan, Fourth Shift, and Microsoft Dynamics GP. Industry experience includes manufacturing, telecom, aerospace, life sciences, utilities, and media. He holds a degree in Business Administration with an Accounting concentration from the University of Pittsburgh. He is a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP), a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP), a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), and has been a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2008. He is the author of numerous articles for Dynamics-related websites and a speaker & moderator at Microsoft Dynamics Convergence (2011, 2012, and 2013), GPUG Summit (2011, 2012, and 2013) and MSDynamicsWorld's Decisions Spring 2010, 2011, and 2012. He is the author of the blog GP2themax with over 5,000 page views per month.
Vaidhyanathan Mohan is a Microsoft certified freelance Microsoft Dynamics GP consultant with expertise on Microsoft Dynamics GP and related technologies. Starting his career as a GP developer, he slowly and steadily enhanced his skills on Microsoft Dynamics GP, both on the product and technologies, and became a complete product consultant.
He has worked on various challenging customization developments and Dynamics GP implementations. He is an active participant on all Microsoft Dynamics GP community forums; Microsoft Dynamics GP technical blogger, namely Dynamics GP—Learn & Discuss (http://vaidymohan.com), which is listed on Microsoft's official Dynamics GP blog space.
He is who he is now because of his devoted parents, his brother and family, his wife and his daughter. He is an avid photography enthusiast (http://500px.com/seshadri), music fanatic, coffee addict, and immensely fond of anything about Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Jivtesh Singh is a Microsoft Dynamics GP MVP and a Microsoft Dynamics Certified Technology Specialist for Dynamics GP. Through his blog, which is widely read in the Dynamics GP community—he covers Dynamics GP Tips and tricks and news.
Jivtesh is a Dynamics GP Consultant and Systems Implementer and has been associated with the Microsoft Technologies since the launch of Microsoft .Net framework. Jivtesh has over 10 years of experience in development and maintenance of enterprise software using coding best practices, refactoring and usage of design patterns, and Test Driven Development. Jivtesh recently built a Kinect interface to control the Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 R2 Business Analyzer with gestures. Later he built a part of the GP Future demo for Convergence GP Keynote.
Jivtesh has setup a custom search engine directory for Dynamics GP Blog at www.gpwindow.com to help with easier access of Dynamics GP resources for the GP Community. With MVP Mark Polino, he has also set up a Dynamics GP product directory www.dynamicsgpproducts.com
Jivtesh's Blog on Dynamics GP—www.jivtesh.com
Jivtesh's Custom Search Engine for GP Blogs—www.gpwindow.com
Dynamics GP Products Website—www.dynamicsgpproducts.com
Leslie Vail is a CPA and has been working as a Microsoft Dynamics GP consultant for 20 years. She began with Dynamics GP Version 1.0 in 1993. During this period, she has completed numerous implementations, conversions, and custom development projects. She presents at many partner and customer technical conferences and conducts training classes throughout North and Central America.
Leslie is recognized throughout the industry for her product expertise and contributions to the Dynamics GP community. She has been identified by Doug Pitcher from Rose Business Solutions, Inc. as the third most famous, awesome, and totally influential Dynamics GP people for 2013 (http://tinyurl.com/kjvxh3m/). Leslie's home base is Dallas, TX.
As a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), she serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Microsoft Assessments and Certification Exams (ACE) Team. She is a member of the US MCT Advisory Council and has been named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) since 2007. She is one of the top contributors to the Microsoft Dynamics GP Community forum and she maintains the popular Dynamics Confessor BlogSpot (http://dynamicsconfessions.blogspot.com/).
She has reviewed and developed Microsoft Courseware, authored the book Developing Microsoft Dynamics GP Business Applications and co-authored the book Confessions of a Dynamics GP Consultant. She has been the Technical Editor of several books dedicated to Microsoft Dynamics GP.
Leslie provides implementation and consulting services for companies ranging from a high-net-worth individual to a multi-national manufacturing firm. She is certified as a Microsoft Certified IT Professional in Microsoft Dynamics GP Applications, Microsoft Dynamics GP Installation and Configuration as well as Microsoft SQL Server. She holds Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist certifications in Dexterity, Modifier with VBA, Integration Manager, Report Writer, HR/Payroll, Financials, Inventory and Order Processing, FRx Report Designer, SQL Server 2008, and Microsoft XP Professional.
A skilled developer, Leslie uses Dexterity, Modifier with VBA, Integration Manager and eConnect to provide custom solutions for her clients. She is a Certified Integration Developer (CID), a Dexterity CID, a Dynamics Tools CID, and a Dexterity Certified Systems Engineer.
Her training expertise spans the entire Microsoft Dynamics GP product line. She is an experienced trainer and teaches classes for Dexterity, Financials, Inventory & Order Processing, HR/Payroll, Integration Manager, Modifier with VBA, FRx Report Designer, SQL Server Reporting Services, Report Writer, Crystal Reports, SmartList Builder, Excel Report Builder, Integrated Excel Reports, Extender and System Manager.
Prior to working with Microsoft Dynamics GP, Leslie was the tax director for a large financial institution; before that, she worked for one of the original Big Eight accounting firms as a senior tax accountant.