Michael Dickson and David Bergstein Join AccTrak21 U.S. Senior Management Team

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January 9, 2003 – Denver, CO - AccTrak21, the provider of online, real time business management and business intelligence software for small to medium-sized businesses, today announced the appointment of Michael R. Dickson, CPA, CITP as a Senior Vice President and David Bergstein, CPA, MST as the Vice President of Sales and Marketing. Both will join Wayne Harding, CEO of AccTrak21 – USA, as the senior leadership team.
“We’re excited to have the outstanding caliber of technology skills and understanding of the CPA profession that both Mike and Dave bring to AccTrak21 – USA,” said Harding. “Since we are partnering with CPA firms to deliver our value add products, it is important to have people that understand the CPA and play leading roles in the CPA community.”
Michael Dickson, CPA, CITP is chairman-elect of the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants. His professional career started in the late 1970s with a large local CPA firm. In the early 1980s, Dickson began implementing computerized systems for his firm and its clients. Dickson joined Crowe, Chizek and Company LLP in 1988 as partner-in-charge of the Columbus, Ohio Systems Consulting Group. He directed and managed the growth of that technology consulting practice for over 10 years. He recently served as President and CEO of SysTrust Services Corporation and will continue on as its board chairman. Dickson currently serves on the AICPA Information Technology Executive Committee and the AICPA executive governing council.
David Bergstein, CPA, MST is well known as a speaker and trainer in the field of new technology, accounting practice management and e-commerce through seminars, trade shows and personal mentoring. Bergstein was recently Manager of Key Accounts with Practitioners Publishing Co., a division of Thomson Financial, Fort Worth, Texas. He has been a practicing accountant since 1966 and has held executive positions with the IRS, Computer Language Research, Inc. (now part of the RIA Group), Micro Vision Software and CPA2Biz. Bergstein has taught accounting and taxation at the college level in New York, Georgia and Florida. In addition, he has served on the following committees: AICPA Top Tech 2001 Technology Team, the FICPA Accounting Education Careers Committee, the FICPA ECommerce Section and the FICPA Florida Gulf Coast University Conference Committee.
About AccTrak21
AccTrak21 designs and develops high quality, low cost, end-to-end solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. In addition to financials, AccTrak21’s suite of integrated features includes CRM, online banking, e-commerce, mobile commerce, manufacturing, distribution and pre-configured Business Intelligence tools (including OLAP). AccTrak21’s Business Intelligence tools enable accounting professionals to better understand their clients’ business performance and provide value-added advice and mentoring. The company’s mission is to offer high quality software at prices all small and medium-sized businesses can afford. More than 3,000 companies in 17 countries use AccTrak21’s software. For additional information on AccTrak21, including software features and benefits, email sales@AccTrak21.com or visit http://www.AccTrak21.com
About AccTrak21’s “Accounting Professionals Special Offer” Campaign
In January 2002, AccTrak21 initiated a U.S. marketing campaign directed at accounting firms, enrolled agents and tax professionals. In an effort to raise awareness of its software products in the U.S., AccTrak21 is offering to give away free copies of its award-winning, multi-user software to 50,000 accounting professionals. The give-away version (valued at $11,900) is the 10-user version of its latest release, Version 10, a fully functional client-server accounting system. Version 10 is Microsoft Windows-based, has hyperlinked online help and includes integrated OLAP business intelligence tools. To learn more about Version 10 or AccTrak21’s special offer for U.S. accounting professionals, visit http://www.AccTrak21.com
About the Accounting Professionals Partner Program (AP3)
AccTrak21 recently announced the launch of AP3, a U.S. accounting reseller initiative aimed at recruiting resellers and increasing distribution of its popular software products. AP3 offers reseller margins on the recommended retail price in the range of 40-60%. Interested resellers should contact AccTrak21 directly at info@AccTrak21.com, or simply register online at http://www.AccTrak21.com/partner/signup.php
AccTrak21 Contact:
Wayne Harding
CEO/ U.S. Office
Phone: (888) 619-9399
Wayne@AccTrak21.com

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