**2018 Meeting of The Minds Pre-conference Recurring Revenue the Elegant Transition**
Kent Richeson will be presenting instead of Geoff Ashley. Geoff is unable to attend. A little background on Kent from Geoff Asley:
Kent has 25-years + in our industry. He has worked for VAR's selling ERP solutions to the Small-to-Medium customer. He has worked as a Top Producing direct sales person for major publishers like SAP, Workday and Netsuite. Kent was a channel manager working with Geoff at SAP for both the Business One and ByDesign solutions. He knows as much or more about SaaS, cloud, deferred revenue, the VAR model and the transition to a Modern VAR practice as anyone in our industry. Kent is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and he served his country with distinction as a United Stated Marine. Kent is an avid fisherman having traveled the globe in support of his ""habit"".