Vertex was a sponsor of the roll out for Acumatica’s R2 release this week in Waltham, Mass. Holt was most recently a senior sales executive for Pipeline Deals from May through August. Before that, he had two stints at rival sales tax software company, Avalara, where he was service as a senior account executive from January 2017 through May and enterprise sale manager from 2011 through 2015.