Means was an avid cycler and always had a great deal of energy, according to his friends. "He was a great guy. He was fun to be around," says David Dierke, CEO of AccountMate, who worked with Dan in the SBT days. Dierke also says he had never heard of one of Means' customers that was unhappy with service or products Means sold. A celebration of life is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, at his home in Mission Viejo, Calif. Since 1999, he had been cycling for Team Basso to raise money to fight multiple sclerosis. His LinkedIn page says the team has raised more than $500,000 in that time. The Means family requests that donations be made to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society on Dan's behalf. Go to http://main.nationalmssociety.org/goto/dmeans
RESELLER DAN MEANS DIES Featured
Dan Means, who came up through the business as a reseller for the former SBT Accounting Systems, died at the end of February. His family posted a notice this week on his Facebook page, attributing his death to cardiac tamponade. While known to many from his SBT days, for the last few years, he had sold Xtuple, an open source accounting system and was its top reseller in 2012. He owned Mission Viejo, Calif.-based Next-erpsystem from January 2008. His LinkedIn page says he had implemented more than 50 ERP/manufacturing systems based on the Xtuple/OpenMFG platform and more than 150 on SBT's Pro Series.
