Roskill said this seek this week that Acumatica began reaching out to him about eight weeks ago. He said the thing that appealed to him is the company's channel orientation. "Everything I have had to do in the last 20 years is with and through partners," he said. Before his last Microsoft job, Roskill was VP of U.S. Business and marketing from May 2003 through June 2009. A major goal for Roskill will be continued reseller recruitment. Although Acumatica has been active in building the VAR channel he said that if the current members were plotted on a map of the United States "There are still some big holes.