Fourlane has been named Intuit's Reseller Partner of the Year for 2015. It is the fifth time the Austin, Texas-based organization has received the honor. Fourlane carries QuickBooks, QuickBooks Point of Sale and QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions and says it had triple-digit growth for QBES. Fourlane is headed by CEO Marjorie Adams, whose firm provides bookkeeping, CFO and tax preparation services. Simon Pass, sales leader for the Intuit reseller program, called Fourlane," an important part of Intuit's Reseller channel."

Aptos, the former Epicor Retail Solutions, has hired John Kalil as chief growth officer. Kalil is one of several recent additions to management for Aptos, which spun out of Epicor in June. In November the company also hired the following: legal leader David Baum; finance leader, Mark Bentler; marketing leader Nicole Crowe; customer success leader, Bill Joyce; strategy leader Ian Rawlins; people leader, Steve Stanislaus' and technology leader, Mike Verdeyen.

Avalara has named Bill Ingram as CFO. And the credentials the sales tax software company stresses in the press release announcing the hiring are just the things you would expect to need for an organization that might go public. According to the release, Ingram's experience includes "fund-raising (both private and public capital), SEC reporting, investor communications, strategic partnerships and M&A."