2014 Trends of ERP Cloud Computing

CEO Jon Roskill, former Channel Chief at Microsoft, has 25 years of leadership experience in the software business. His 20-year career at Microsoft included stints in product development, sales, and marketing.

Jon’s most recent position at Microsoft was Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Partner Group (WPG) where he led a global sales and marketing team comprised of more than 5,000 employees serving a community of more than 640,000 partners. In this position, Jon was responsible for Microsoft’s worldwide channel strategy for the company’s commercial products and cloud offerings.

Prior to his position as Corporate Vice President, Jon was also the General Manager – Server & Developer Tools Division — where he led a team responsible for product management and product marketing. At one time, he also ran all business operations, strategy, and marketing for Microsoft US, boasting more than $20 billion in sales.

Jon lives in the Seattle area with his wife and two daughters. He is active in the non-profit world, serving on the national Board of Governors of the Boys & Girls Clubs that is responsible for 4,000 clubs and millions of children. In his free time, Jon enjoys sports and music.

He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science, Computer Engineering, from University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MBA from Boston University.  

Mark Solberg founded LANDFALL Solutions, LLC and has been helping clients navigate their business technology challenges for over 25 years.  Mark is a CPA and holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Indiana University.

Previously Mark was an instructor for Dynamics SL Financials and FRx training courses, a Microsoft Certified Instructor on Visual Basic and an award winning faculty member of the Illinois CPA Society in the area of technology.

Mark’s extensive experiences with business, technology, accounting and development provide clients with a powerful knowledge source.

Mark’s passion is to share knowledge and make every client smarter about the tools that they use in their businesses.

Kevin Ma is an international tax professional with Ernst & Young LLP based in Irvine, California. He is also the firm’s Global Cloud Computing Tax Resident.

Kevin works with the firm’s largest and most innovative technology clients and client teams in addressing the unique tax issues facing this industry, covering all areas of taxation, including indirect tax, transfer pricing, international tax and global compliance and reporting. Kevin works with EY’s global network of firms across more than 150 countries to address emerging and known client issues. 

Kevin has spoken at a number of venues, including the Tax Executive Institute and Bloomberg BNA CITE, and has coauthored numerous technical articles and thought leadership pieces in the area of cloud computing. He is also the global editor responsible for producing EY’s Worldwide cloud computing tax guide.

Kevin is a certified public accountant with a BS in Accountancy and a Master of Science in Taxation from the University of Southern California.