He did, however, continue Xero’s practice of following the NetSuite model of competition bashing, contrasting the Xero and Intuit styles. He referred to Intuit’s recent spate of acquisitions and metaphorized that Intuit is creating "a Frankenstein-monster approach to the company experience by trying to knot these body parts together for the customer experience.” Xero, Karpas said, is focusing on best of breed in bringing apps to customers. More important is the presentation by company CEO Rod Drury at the annual meeting. He outlined the U.S. plans for 2015 as including building out the leadership team and getting new U.S. directors. The company will also look for “large distributorship partners” and build and online channel.