Scottsdale | September 4-5, 2019
 
 
 
 
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Agenda

Sage Sessions X3 agenda was packed with opportunities for learning, networking, and transformation through impressive technology.

The agenda overview is below. The full list of content tracks and breakout sessions is available.

Breakout sessions in the Industry, Partner, and Sage Product tracks were CPE credit eligible. There are 5 credit hours available.
 

Wednesday, September 4

6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Breakfast and golf tournament registration
 

7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Main conference registration
 

7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
Yoga or bootcamp*
 

7:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
18-hole golf tournament*
 

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Open breakfast
 

10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Women in Leadership seminar*
 
*Golf is a stand-alone option. You can combine one of our fitness activities with the Women in Leadership Seminar
 

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Lunch and Sage Product Showcase
 

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Opening keynote:
  • Blair Crump, Sage
  • Ron McMurtrie, Sage
  • Nancy Harris, Sage
  • Mickey North Rizza, IDC
 

3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Break
 

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Opening keynote:
  • Blair Crump, Sage
  • Ron McMurtrie, Sage
  • Nancy Harris, Sage
  • Mickey North Rizza, IDC
 

5:00 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Cocktail hour and Sage Product Showcase – sponsored by Dimension Funding
 

6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Welcome dinner reception – sponsored by NexTec
 

Thursday, September 5

6:30 a.m. – 7:30 a.m.
Yoga or bootcamp
 

7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Breakfast and Sage Product Showcase
 

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Keynote:
  • Nick Goode, Sage
  • Mark Fairbrother, Sage
  • Robert Sinfield, Sage
  • Robyn Benincasa, Adventure racer
 

10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break and Sage Product Showcase
 

10:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Breakout sessions
 

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Sage Product Showcase
 

1:45 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Breakout sessions
 

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Closing reception
 

* Agenda is subject to change


 

Event Details 

We hosted Sage Sessions X3 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
 

Scottsdale

Hyatt Regency Scottsdale Resort & Spa at Gainey Ranch
7500 E. Doubletree Ranch Road Scottsdale, Arizona 85258
September 4-5, 2019


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Pricing

 
Rates listed are per person. Please refer to the Registration policy for further details.
 

Sage Sessions X3 SOLD OUT!

Due to an overwhelming response from the Sage X3 community, Sage Sessions X3 sold out.

$599

Early bird rate
EXPIRED

$699

Save rate
EXPIRED

$799

Standard rate
SOLD OUT

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Speakers

Sage Sessions X3 brought experts together to deliver timely and engaging content that is important to your business.
Blair Crump Ron McMurtrie Nancy Harris Nick Goode Mark Fairbrother Robert Sinfield Mickey North Rizza Star Bobatoon Robyn Benincasa

Blair Crump

President
Sage


Blair Crump was appointed to the Board 1 January 2018 having joined Sage in 2016 as President, leading sales and customer service across the Group.

Blair has a strong background in sales, customer service and driving growth, and has significant leadership experience in the technology sector. Blair joined Sage from profit realization company PROS Holdings, where he was Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Blair led Salesforce.com’s Global Enterprise business, reporting into CEO Marc Benioff, and prior to this was at Verizon Business, where he was Group President. Blair was also at MCI Communications for 23 years, before its acquisition by Verizon.

Ron McMurtrie

Chief Marketing and Business Enablement Officer
Sage


Ron McMurtrie joined Sage in 2017 and leads for the whole company, inspiring long-term relationships through creativity and innovation. In addition, he leads "Business Enablement," consisting of Business Services and IT that support the evolution of our operating model.

McMurtrie aligns the strategic direction of brand, digital marketing and communications, public affairs, and business operations and oversees key functional areas for new customer acquisition, building customers for life and advancing Sage's cloud strategy.

Before joining Sage, McMurtrie was global Chief Marketing Officer at Recall, leading worldwide marketing strategy and operations. Previously, McMurtrie had over 20 years’ experience in similar roles for brands including VCE, First Data, Verizon and MCI.
 

Nancy Harris

Executive Vice President and Managing Director, North America
Sage


Nancy Harris is Executive Vice President and Managing Director, North America at Sage where she is responsible for the company’s day-to-day performance in the U.S. and Canada. Nancy joined Sage in 2011 to as vice president and general manager of Sage 50 Accounting, Canadian Edition, and later as managing director of the company’s Canadian business. Nancy has led advancing Sage’s presence in North America by cultivating an exceptional experience for the company’s partner, customer and accountant communities. She has more than 30 years’ experience in sales, marketing and partner development, successfully leading large SaaS and enterprise software companies.

Nick Goode

Executive Vice President Product
Sage


Nick leads Sage X3 globally. He's been in the software industry for 25 years (8 at Sage) working internationally on cloud, mobile and enterprise b2b products. He's passionate about leadership, digital engagement, diversity and customer success. Outside work, Nick is a health and fitness evangelist; he lives on a farm in Cheshire with his wife, children, and horses.

Mark Fairbrother

Vice President, Product Engineering, Sage X3
Sage


Mark Fairbrother is the software engineering leader for Sage X3 with responsibility for coordinating activities across the 12 Sage X3 global development centres. Mark drives the technical strategy for Sage X3 ensuring that we have the technology needed to deliver the solutions our customers demand both today and in the future.

Prior to joining Sage, Mark held similar product leadership positions in a range of sectors and industries from HCM, payroll, automotive and telecoms.

Robert Sinfield

Vice President, Product, Sage X3
Sage


Robert Sinfield is a market and product strategist with a focus on identifying how, where and when to deliver intuitive, disruptive solutions that meet the ever changing technological and legislative landscape today and tomorrow.

He is the Vice President of Product for Sage X3. Prior to joining Sage, Robert worked for other software vendors in a variety of roles in Product Management and Product Marketing. He brings with him over 20 years of experience in the Enterprise space and has worked in a variety of industries ranging from manufacturing to financial services implementing enterprise software solutions in over 50 countries.

Mickey North Rizza

IDC

Internationally sought-after speaker and author Mickey North Rizza leads a team of IDC analysts to cover the next generation of enterprise applications and advise clients on ERP systems, associated applications, and digital commerce. Mickey has over 20 years' experience in supply chain, sourcing, and procurement. Prior to IDC, Rizza was an award-winning analyst at AMR Research and Gartner. She is the founding member of the ISM Supply Chain Risk Management Group, has been named “Top Female Supply Chain Executive” by Supply and Demand Chain Executive magazine, and has been featured on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street.

Star Bobatoon

Attorney, trainer, and speaker


Engaging, knowledgeable, entertaining and impactful" are the words most often used to describe accomplished attorney, dynamic trainer and award-winning speaker Star Bobatoon. Star’s background as an employment attorney gives her valuable insight into corporate management issues. With over a decade of performance television and the big screen, Star delivers that insight in a high-energy and engaging style that makes a lasting impact on audiences and clients. Star was trained as a motivational speaker by Les Brown and was the top selling trainer for a national training company. Using her diverse background, Star inspires audiences and clients all over the country.

Robyn Benincasa

Adventure racer, firefighter, author, and CNN Hero


Robyn Benincasa has made an art form of extreme performance by competing and winning at the highest levels of sport and business. In her fifteen-year career as a professional adventure racer, she has competed around the world, racking up multiple World Championship titles and three Guinness World Records along the way. In her spare time, she is a San Diego firefighter and a sought-after keynote speaker on teamwork and leadership topics.

Robyn shares essential elements of teamwork, how to build world-class teams that succeed against the toughest odds, and how you can reach new levels of success in two books that have put her on the New York Times best-seller list.

 

Entertainment

The Sahnas Brothers

 
Experience the beauty and culture of the Sonoran Desert at the welcome dinner reception on September 4. Savor the flavors of gourmet Tex-Mex cuisine and participate in activities that are designed to spark conversation. Throughout the evening, be entertained by The Sahnas Brothers Trio, Mediterranean Fusion instrumentals playing flamenco, classical and bass guitars, and percussion.
 

Sponsors

 
A special thank you to our Sage Sessions X3 Enterprise Management sponsors.
 
Business Transformation Partner
PwC - We are in the business of transformation - helping our clients realise tomorrow's possibilities and gain a better understanding of what their customers need.
www.pwc.co.uk/industries
 
 
 
Cloud Sponsor
For over 12 years, Amazon Web Services has been the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform. AWS offers over 165 fully featured services for compute, storage, databases, networking, analytics, robotics, machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), mobile, security, hybrid, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR), media, and application development, deployment, and management from 60 Availability Zones (AZs) within 20 geographic regions, spanning the U.S., Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Sweden, and the UK. AWS services are trusted by millions of active customers around the world—including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—to power their infrastructure, make them more agile, and lower costs. To learn more about AWS, visit aws.amazon.com.
www.aws.amazon.com
 
 
 
 
DocLink, Altec’s Sage-endorsed document management/process automation solution helps companies go paperless and make a digital transformation by connecting people, processes and data for competitive advantage.

Breakout session presented by Altec.

Thursday, September 5
11:45 a.m. – AP Automation & Beyond: Gain Control of Your Data with DocLink.
www.altec-inc.com
 
Breakout session sponsor

Thursday, September 5

10:45 am – The changing tax landscape for selling out of state. Presented by Avalara.
www.avalara.com
 
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CADLink increases Engineering productivity and data consistency by integrating CAD and ERP. Solve your Engineering problems by synchronizing and automating your CAD data with ERP.
Breakout session presented by QBuild.

Thursday, September 5
1:45 pm – Preparing for the future of finance.
www.qbuildsoftware.com/
 
CertiPro Solutions is a full-service business technology partner. As a Gold Sage Development Partner, Sage Reseller & ISV and a Magento Technology Partner, CertiPro helps businesses get the most of their technology.
www.certipro.com
 
iVend Retail by CitiXsys is an integrated omnichannel platform for retail and hospitality chains. Experience end-to-end retail management featuring an out-of-the-box integration to Sage X3.
www.ivend.com
 
commercebuild goes beyond integration by replicating the business logic built into Sage X3. Certified by Sage, commercebuild delivers an end-to-end online experience for your customers.
www.commercebuild.com
 
Available globally, Datalinx specializes in providing an embedded warehouse management solution for Sage X3. Extensive functionality, powered through barcodes, enables users to increase efficiency and reduce operation costs.
www.datalinx.co.uk
 
DataSelf Analytics provides 5,000+ report and dashboard templates, Tableau / Power BI, data warehousing and natural language analytics. Inspiring smart decision-making.
www.dataself.com
 
Greytrix- Experienced Sage X3 certified partner brings CRM functionality to Sage X3 with Salesforce.com | Sage CRM integrations and expertise in offshore development, integration and technical services.
www.greytrix.com
 
Magento, an Adobe company, is a leading provider of commerce innovation to merchants and brands across B2C and B2B industries. Magento boasts a portfolio of omnichannel solutions that empower merchants to integrate digital and physical shopping experiences. Pixafy, a Net at Work sister company, is a Magento eCommerce partner focused on development of integrated Sage X3 and Magento eCommerce solutions.
www.pixafy.com and www.magento.com
 
Paya provides simple, secure technology options enabling businesses to accept payments, get paid faster and increase efficiency.
www.paya.com
 
Praxedo is a powerful cloud-based field service management solution providing intelligent and automated resource scheduling, route optimization and mobility tools for field personnel.
https://en.praxedo.com/
 
ProcessWeaver specializes is a multi-carrier transportation platform to support inbound & outbound shipping execution for customers of any size. PW supports Sage customers to have seamless shipping visibility to partners, suppliers and customers.
www.processweaver.com
 
Prophix offers Sage customers a way to streamline critical financial processes using an intuitive interface, this allows users to accelerate their finance functions so more time can be focused on valuable insight into performance.

Breakout session presented by Prophix.

Thursday, September 5
2:45 pm – Preparing for the future of finance.
www.prophix.com
 
The Process Manufacturing and Chemical Distribution Solution for Sage X3 providing functionality for formulation management, quality control, regulatory control and compliance, distribution and manufacturing.
www.proveniotechnology.com
 
SPS Commerce is a leading provider of cloud-based solutions for retailers, suppliers, grocers, distributors and logistics partners leveraging the world’s largest retail technology network.
www.spscommerce.com
 
TBS is a global service provider offering award winning development and integration services as well as industry specific vertical solutions natively built on Sage X3.
www.tema-global.com
 
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Integrate everything from EDI, to inventory management, to fulfillment, to digital storefronts and marketplaces, to your business system, and to whatever comes next...
www.truecommerce.com
 
True Sky is a budgeting, forecasting and reporting solution that integrates with Sage X3, giving you complete control over the budgeting process.
www.truesky.com
 
YayPay is a complete AR management platform that gives your team more time, more insight, and more control over every aspect of your AR. We automate manual tasks, predict cash flow, and give your customers flexible payment options.
www.yaypay.com
 
 
 

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