Eric Newell
Eric Newell is the CEO and Founder of Stoneridge Software. Since founding the company in October 2012, Eric has led the Stoneridge Software organization through rapid growth in team members, clients, services and product offerings and consistently successful ERP and CRM implementations. Eric was named Entrepreneur of the Year by the Fargo Moorhead West Fargo Chamber of Commerce in 2016. Prior to founding the company, Eric spent 13 years at Microsoft and led the North America Premier Field Engineering team for Dynamics.
by Eric Newell | Updated January 15, 2021 | Business & Leadership
Everyone agrees that reports and business intelligence is fundamental to running your business. It’s the same way that stats are important in baseball or any sport. The book (2003) and movie (2011), Moneyball, told the story of the value of the next level of...
by Eric Newell | Updated January 5, 2021 | Business & Leadership
Many will start their 2020 year-end reflection with a comment on how challenging the year has been. This is true on many fronts and we all hope that 2021 is a better year for the world. At Stoneridge Software, we have been fortunate in many ways this year and I want...
by Eric Newell | Updated August 20, 2020 | Agriculture
It’s been said that every company is a technology company. To meet the needs of today’s customers and consumers, you need to be thinking about how to make those interactions simple, yet valuable. To provide the technology your growers or patrons are expecting, you...
by Eric Newell | Updated August 1, 2020 | Business & Leadership
The Longest Pole in the Tent There’s a phrase you’ll hear in IT project management (and I heard it so many times from a particular client it was comical) called the “long pole” or “longest pole in the tent”. The metaphor refers to...
by Eric Newell | Updated April 20, 2020 | Business & Leadership, General Technology, Work Culture
With the sudden need to have most of the workforce work at home, you may be wondering how you can make that happen quickly, without the time to order hardware to make it work. Everyone’s set up is going to be a little different but I’ll share some steps...