Rob Lawson, a Sr. Solutions Consultant for Sage’s Accpac division is considered to be one of the true experts on the SageCRM product. Mr. Lawson has been with Sage for over 7 years and is a Sage Accpac Certified Consultant in SageCRM, Sage Accpac ERP, Sage Accpac ERP Project and Job Costing. He is also a Sage Accpac Certified Product Trainer, Sage Accpac Certified Sales Consultant, Sage SalesLogix Certified Engineer, and a Certified Pervasive Professional. He has a background in both Accounting and Information Systems and received a BBA in Accounting from Georgia State University. Currently, Mr. Lawson provides pre-sales technical assistance to customers and partners for SageCRM, Sage Accpac ERP, and Sage AccpacOnline. He also works closely with the development teams of SageCRM and Sage Accpac ERP to help bring the front line experience of the pre-sales team from the customer and partner perspective into view. While in previous positions within Sage he has provided pre-sales assistance on SageCRM.com, SalesLogix, SalesLogix Web Client, and Sage Mobile. Additionally, he regularly publishes articles for the SageCRM Community which can be found on the Accpac BLOG Community site and the SageCRM Development Partner Program (DPP) BLOG Community site. He also continues to teach the SageCRM Business Partner Community via public webinars, pre-recorded “videos on demand”, and classroom courses. Prior to joining Sage, Mr. Lawson has worked as a project manager, staff accountant and consultant for public accounting firms for eight years. This included work in areas such as sales, business analysis, implementations, customization, report writing, web site development, software and hardware support, and database conversions. In his free time Mr. Lawson enjoys playing golf, reading, and working on computers.