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Webinar Speakers
Sam Vassa
Sam Vassa heads PaymentEvolution – Canada’s largest and most loved cloud payroll and
payments service. Sam founded the company with a team of technology and subject
matter specialists and devised an award-winning solution that empowers organizations and
their accountants to manage their own payroll process.
Previously, Sam led business development for the capital markets industry at Microsoft
Corporation. His team worked with leading Microsoft partners to build compelling solutions
for the financial services industry. Sam was responsible for alliance relationships with
Microsoft’s largest global partners, as well as sales and marketing execution with the
community. He has worked with Microsoft’s US and Canadian subsidiaries and is known
for his passion for forming strong partnerships.
Sam was a channel manager at Digital Equipment Canada and served with the Canadian
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade at their foreign missions worldwide. He is a board member of
Telecompute – a leading software development firm pioneering the use of portable database technology for vertical
markets. Sam is active in the emerging business market as an advisor and mentor to firms seeking management and
technology expertise.
Sam is a graduate of McMaster University where he studied biochemistry.
Company: PaymentEvolution
Website: www.paymentevolution.com
Twitter: @samvassa
Scott Zandbergen
Scott Zandbergen has worked in the accounting software world for over 17 years. He
spent many years at Sage, where he built and grew the Simply Accounting Certified
Consultant program. Later, as Vice President of Product Management, he led the product
strategy for Simply Accounting, Accpac and MAS 90/500. In early 2011, Scott joined Wave
Accounting, a fully automated, 100% free double entry accounting software designed for
small businesses with less than 10 employees. Scott's mission there is to educate the
accounting and bookkeeping communities about the solution Wave offers their small
business clients. In a little over 3 years on the market, Wave now has over 2 million users
on it's platform.
Company: Wave Accounting
Title: VP, Pro Network
Website: www.waveapps.com
Twitter: @WaveHQ
2020 Dream Practice Virtual Accounting Conference 2014