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 | Jan 2, 2020 | Business & Leadership
Stoneridge Software in 2019 had an amazing year of growth and focus as we continue our quest to revolutionize the business applications space. When I think back to the major events in 2019, here are the top things that come to mind: Continued Growth Similar to...
by Eric Newell | May 31, 2019 | Project Management
Nearly everyone in the IT world or project management world uses the stoplight colors to report status on a project – Green = good, Yellow = at risk, Red = off track. It’s a great way to report to leadership the current state of the project without...
by Eric Newell | Apr 25, 2019 | Project Management
I’ll first start by saying this article addresses the mid-implementation conference room pilot. Many people talk about a conference room pilot as an activity in the sales cycle where you try before you buy. We tend not to do that because it’s unlikely to...
by Eric Newell | Apr 2, 2019 | Dynamics 365 Business Central, Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Dynamics AX, Dynamics CRM, Dynamics GP, Dynamics NAV
We recently polled a group of individuals (both consultants and clients) on why they use, or think people use, a Customer Relationship Management system such as Dynamics 365 for Customer Engagement. The results were varied. Some people implement CRM to manage their...
by Eric Newell | Mar 18, 2019 | Business & Leadership
I recently published far too many words about what an IT team should look like for a large organization – but what if you can’t afford an IT army? If you run a 50-person company, you are wondering how many IT people should you have. Again, I’ve seen...
