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DELTEK PICKS CONSULTING VP

Natasha Engan, DeltekDeltek has named Natasha Engan as SVP of global consulting. She had been with IBM from May 2004 before taking the new job.  Her positions include serving as VP of North American Security Services from January 2015 through June 2016 and VP of the security financial services market from July 2016. Engan takes the position formerly occupied by Duane Kotsen. Who was originally hired in 2014 as SVP of global services. In her new position, Engan reports to CEO Mike Corkery

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SAGE'S SOLANAS GOES TO CISCO

Santiago Solanas, SageSage's global chief marketing officer Santiago Solanas is leaving the company to join Cisco. In a recent Tweet, Solanas said he was moving to Cisco in the position of southern European lead. Solanas had held the position since June 2014. He joined Sage in June 2007 and became CEO of Sage Spain, serving in that position from December 2010 through November 2010. This strikes mean as a big loss of experience in the executive ranks.

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HOUILLON TAKES NEW JOB

Pascal Houblon, Cegid GroupFormer CEO of Sage North America, Pascal Houillon, who brought new meaning to the word "focus", has become CEO of the Cegid Group. His LinkedIn profile shows Houillon joined the firm in France's Lyon area this month.

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RANDOM THOUGHTS: JEFF SESSIONS

Jeff Sessions by Gage SkidmoreAnd in today's episode of "Leave It to Beaver", the Beave asks Wally about that funny smell that was coming from behind the garage after he spotted Wally coming around the corner of the building. He also asks about the funny balloons he found in Wally's room... I was discussing the Fibonacci Series and someone asked, "Oh, which sport is that?"

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AVALARA HOLDING 2ND CRUSH

Scott McFarlane, Avalara Avalara will hold its second Crush conference in Austin, Texas, in the spring. The Seattle, Wash.-based sales-tax software company on May 2 and 3. The company says attendees will include accounting professionals and financial executives.

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SAGE TO BUY FAIRSAIL

Stephen Kelly, SageThe Sage Group has entered an agreement to purchase Fairsail, an HR software company based in the United Kingdom. Sage already had minority interest in the company, which had launched Sage People, a shared project, in 2016. Fairsail is reported to have annual revenue of about $12.5 million.

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LEWIS TAKES AVIDEXCHANGE JOB

Bob Lewis, AvidXchangeBob Lewis, who most recently worked for Bill.com, has become VP of strategic channels and alliances for AvidXchange. Like Bill.com, which AvidXchange automates invoicing and bill payment processing.

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INTACCT ADDS (MAINLY) NETSUITE VARS

IntacctIntacct's recent addition of VARs does not exactly look like a flight of resellers from NetSuite. But some notable dealers that carry NetSuite have been signing up with Intacct and Acumatica. In particular, CohnReznick, which was the major dealer catch announced at NetSuite's SuiteWorld conference in May, signed on with San Jose, Calif.-based Intacct.

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EDGEWATER CITES ‘’PHENOMENAL” CLOUD SALES

Shirley Singleton, Edgewater TechnologyShirley Singleton, CEO of Edgewater Technology, said the company had "phenomenal" sales in December. "They were all cloud deals," she said during this week's 2016 earnings webcast. Financial results for the year ended December 31 were not quite phenomenal but were improved.

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LEGUILLETTE LANDS AT SUCCESSFACTORS

Sophia Leguillette, SAP SuccessFactorsSophia Leguillette, who was VP of marketing when she left Sage in January 2016, has landed a top job with an SAP operation. Leguillette has become head of global marketing at SAP SuccessFactors. Her LinkedIn page shows she assumed her new duties last month.

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