Sage Social Media Manager Greg Tirico Participated in Panel to Discuss Customers as Champions of Growth at TMCnet’s ITEXPO Miami

MIAMI (February 1, 2013) - Sage North America today announced that Greg Tirico, senior social media manager, presented yesterday, January 31, as part of an education panel session at TMCnet's ITEXPO Miami 2013, being held through today at the Miami Beach Convention Center in Miami. With more than 7,000 expected attendees, ITEXPO Miami is offering a convergence of education, innovation and networking.

During yesterday afternoon's presentation, "Your Customers Are Your Champions of Growth," Tirico and other panelists educated attendees on determining which customers are most interested in developing long-term relationships with their product or service providers. Panelists provided actionable tips and tricks to help companies find those special customers and turn them into champions of growth. In addition to Tirico, panelists included Raymond Bonachea, vice president of marketing for Batchbook, and Jon Walker, vice president of business development for GroSocial, while Erik Linask, group editorial director for TMC, served as moderator.

In his role as senior social media manager, Tirico is responsible for helping to set strategy and success metrics for Sage social media marketing programs. He also acts as a visible Sage thought leader, frequently speaking at small business and technology industry events and providing comment for relevant news and feature articles in business and trade publications. Prior to joining Sage, Tirico worked in a variety of Internet marketing and web design roles for a Global 500 firm. He holds a B.A. in business administration with an emphasis on decision sciences from Georgia State University. He can be found online through his blog (www.tirico.net), on Twitter (@gregt12) and Google+.

ITEXPO Miami offers a convergence of education, innovation and networking. It is the only gathering where the entire community of communications and technology buyers, sellers, resellers and manufacturers meet to forge relationships and close deals. Attendees represent all sectors of the IP Communications industry, including Service Providers, Carriers, Enterprises, Government Agencies, Resellers, Manufacturers, Developers and more, and are predominantly high-level executives, with 72 present at the 2012 event being a Vice-President or higher. For more information, visit: http://itexpo.tmcnet.com/east13/.

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