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NC Tech Talk hosted by NCTA: Avalara

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Matt ?   Matt Tormollen, EVP/GM of Excise & CertCapture, Avalara

Avalara helps businesses of all sizes achieve compliance with sales tax, excise tax, and other transactional tax requirements by delivering comprehensive, automated, cloud-based solutions that are fast, accurate, and easy to use.  Avalara’s end-to-end suite of solutions is designed to effectively manage complicated and burdensome tax compliance obligations imposed by state, local, and other taxing authorities in the United States and internationally.

Avalara offers hundreds of pre-built connectors into leading accounting, ERP, ecommerce and other business applications. The company processes millions of tax transactions for customers and free users every day, files hundreds of thousands of transactional tax returns per year, and manages millions of exemption certificates and other compliance related documents.

Avalara employs more than 750 people at its headquarters on Bainbridge Island, WA and in offices across the U.S. and in London, England and Pune, India.

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Avalara, OBX, and CloudWyze

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Jason Warren   Jason Warren, Founding Employee & Corporate Account Executive, Avalara 

Jason Warren joined Avalara as a founding employee in 2004. He has be given responsibilities over the last ten years in nearly all aspects of the business; Field Sales, Business Development, Department Launches and Management Level Responsibilities. Co-host of an online compliance series focused on sales and use tax challenges, technologies and legislation. Regional Sales Manager – Responsible for building the southwest region from the ground up for Avalara. Selling the popular AvaTax Connect product for MAS 90, MAS 500, Great Plains, Navision, and QuickBooks. Director, Customer Support Services – Developed (from the ground up) a world-class technical services and support organization. Hiring a team of top notch support analysts to provide customer support and professional services. Customer support specialist for Sage Software’s MAS 90/MAS 200 customer support group. Sales Engineer (Pre-Sales) – Sage Software’s MAS 90/MAS 200 Sales. Assisted in closing sales… assisted Partners and Employees with the technical details of a sale. Sales Representative/Technical consultant for a MAS 90/MAS 200 VAR in the Greater Cleveland Ohio area. Responsible for prospecting, closing business, and implementing accounting systems for several manufacturers and distributors.

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Tom Sullivan   Tom Sullivan, Co-Founder & CEO, OBX Computing Corporation

Tom is a senior finance executive with a proven track record of delivering results. An energetic, motivated individual, Tom has developed outstanding leadership skills and a strong business acumen to supplement solid financial and risk management fundamentals. Tom is skilled in negotiation and well versed in the transactional aspect (legal, regulatory, etc.) of financial and project management. He is a hands-on contributor with excellent influencing, execution and implementation skills to accomplish overall objectives.

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Shaun Olsen   Shaun Olsen, Founder & CEO, CloudWyze

Shaun Olsen is CEO and Founder of CloudWyze, Inc., a communications and technology services company focused on providing the ultimate business technology experience. Through its consultative approach, the company offers comprehensive communications and technology services, cloud-based solutions, 24×7 support, phone and dedicated Internet, assuring business owners complete confidence in their technology.

Olsen is a leader in Wilmington’s tech community, and has been a part of numerous tech startups over the last 15 years. He received a degree in Business Administration from the Cameron School of Business at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is an active-member of the Center for Entrepreneurial Development, the Cameron Executive Network, as well as a contributor / advisor to a number of other professional organizations within the greater-Wilmington area.

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