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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