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MWLUG 2022 Spring Virtual Meeting
In partnership with CPIUG
May 5th, 2022, 9am - 12pm

Let's kick 2022 off on the right foot!  Join us to hear from experts at Infor, Dashboard Gear, ROI, RPI, BAILS, Nogalis, Kinsey, Apex Systems and MHC on all of the new things happening in the transition to the cloud.

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When

Thursday, May 5th, 2022 from 9:00 to 12:00 (US/Central)
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Organizer

Loring Kaveney
Chris Hellweg
Amy Stover
Dede Demko
Emily Walter
Jennie Granberg
Yvonne Cheslog
Michael Strand

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How to Join the WorkOutLoud Venue as an Attendee.pdf

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Thursday - May 5th, 2022

Opening Session - Meet the New MWLUG Board
9:20 AM
9:00 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Chris Hellweg
Senior HRIS Analyst
Aspirus, Inc
Jennie Granberg
Application Analyst
Bellin Health
Dede Demko
ERP Business Support Manager
City of Saint Paul - retiree
Amy Stover
Sr. Application Analyst
MercyOne NE Iowa
Michael Strand
Software and Database Administrator
St Olaf College
Part of the original Lawson implementation team in 1998. We went live on January 1, 1999 with 7.0.x Financials and HR/PR suites running on UNIX/Oracle/laua on a DEC Alpha. Switched to SUN Solaris hardware with upgrades to 8.0.x - 9.x releases, adding ESS and LSO along the way. May of 2016 saw us implement the Big Bang! when we went live on 10 running on Windows/SQLServer/LSA after 18+ years UNIX. Still have interfaces to Student Records & Registrations and Student accounting on an iSeries.
Jan Matzen
IT Business Analyst
NEBCO, Inc
Utilizing Lawson systems since 1998. Beta tested MSCM, first customer live and Recall Management and helped develop Point of Use.
Emily Walter
Benefits Specialist
Bryan Health
Infor Update
10:00 AM
9:20 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Joe Simpson
Vice President, Product Management
Infor
Chris Hellweg
Senior HRIS Analyst
Aspirus, Inc
Technology Special Interest Group
11:00 AM
10:15 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Don Peterson
Principal Solution Consultant
Infor
Scott Hanson
Director, ICS Technical Services
Infor, Inc
Michael Strand
Software and Database Administrator
St Olaf College
Part of the original Lawson implementation team in 1998. We went live on January 1, 1999 with 7.0.x Financials and HR/PR suites running on UNIX/Oracle/laua on a DEC Alpha. Switched to SUN Solaris hardware with upgrades to 8.0.x - 9.x releases, adding ESS and LSO along the way. May of 2016 saw us implement the Big Bang! when we went live on 10 running on Windows/SQLServer/LSA after 18+ years UNIX. Still have interfaces to Student Records & Registrations and Student accounting on an iSeries.
Finance Special Interest Group
11:00 AM
10:15 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Dede Demko
ERP Business Support Manager
City of Saint Paul - retiree
Joe Simpson
Vice President, Product Management
Infor
HR Special Interest Group
11:00 AM
10:15 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Paula Black
Team Lead, Product Management - Infor People/HR Talent
Infor
Chris Hellweg
Senior HRIS Analyst
Aspirus, Inc
Dale Kennedy
Supply Chain Special Interest Group
11:00 AM
10:15 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Sue Moerlein
Director, Product Managment (Supply Management)
Infor
Jennie Granberg
Application Analyst
Bellin Health
Ryan Kellogg
Product Manager
Infor
Chris Wiekert
Sr. Product Manager
Infor
Archiving Lawson Data - Nogalis
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
When upgrading to CloudSuite, you will need a plan for what to do with your historical data before you can decommission your Lawson servers. You want a data archive that is intuitive, accessible, secure and accurate. In this session you will learn how many Lawson clients have archived their entire Lawson applications and decommissioned their Lawson servers. $100 Amazon card drawing during session for those attending.
Presenters
Tan Rezaei
Founder
Nogalis, Inc.
Data Archive Strategist: Helping Lawson customers archive 100% of their legacy applications in 30 days and save $500k annually.
Angeli Menta
Marketing & Administration
Nogalis, Inc.
Michael Strand
Software and Database Administrator
St Olaf College
Part of the original Lawson implementation team in 1998. We went live on January 1, 1999 with 7.0.x Financials and HR/PR suites running on UNIX/Oracle/laua on a DEC Alpha. Switched to SUN Solaris hardware with upgrades to 8.0.x - 9.x releases, adding ESS and LSO along the way. May of 2016 saw us implement the Big Bang! when we went live on 10 running on Windows/SQLServer/LSA after 18+ years UNIX. Still have interfaces to Student Records & Registrations and Student accounting on an iSeries.
CloudSuite Success - ROI
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
Prepare, Execute, and Optimize- The how-to's to make each phase a success! Presenter TBD
Presenters
Diana Van Blaricom
SVP, ERP Strategy, Sales & Marketing
ROI Healthcare Solutions
Sara Wallace
Director, Business Development
ROI Healthcare Solutions
Emily Walter
Benefits Specialist
Bryan Health
Creating and Scheduling Recurring SCM Jobs - Bails
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
Throughout the day and during the month there are several jobs available in FSM that can be created and scheduled to run automatically to help streamline processes and gain efficiencies for your organization. Come join us to review the list of recommended reports such as Inventory Valuation, Journalized Distributions, Warehouse Picklist Print, etc. that can be built as a job with set parameters, and then some of those can be set to reoccur reducing the need for user intervention.
Presenters
Tom Zydel
Director, Business Development
Able Ventures
Jan Matzen
IT Business Analyst
NEBCO, Inc
Utilizing Lawson systems since 1998. Beta tested MSCM, first customer live and Recall Management and helped develop Point of Use.
George Jones
Senior Consultant
Bails & Associates
Laura Foley
Client Account Manager
Bails, A Nordic Company
Easily Organize Important Invoices While Working From Anywhere  - MHC
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
  Whether you’re trying to manage paper invoices, or poorly organized digital invoices, inefficiencies will cost your organization time, money, and frustration. Learn how you or your remote workforce can capture, store, retrieve, and distribute digital invoices. Easily provide employees, customers, and vendors with the information they need, regardless of their location!  
Presenters
Sheryl Westerhouse
MHC People Team
MHC
Amy Stover
Sr. Application Analyst
MercyOne NE Iowa
Chad Reynolds
Senior Product Manager
MHC
Global HR Multi-Tenant (v11) Payroll plus a FREE Strategy Session - RPI
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
Infor GHR Payroll, also known as “multi-tenant payroll,” is here! This presentation will focus on the interaction between Global HR (GHR) and the multi-tenant payroll system, some tips & tricks for improved utilization, and how to implement this solution correctly the first time. Information is applicable to everyone from Infor users, managers, and leaders, to Payroll, Finance, and all of HCM/GHR. Come listen to some of RPI’s leading experts explain how to implement a better payroll solution that comes with your Infor CloudSuite solution. RPI has done multiple webcasts on this topic already, so we will point you to those. We will also be offering attendees a free 1-hour multi-tenant payroll strategy session with your team to help you jumpstart your GHR MT Payroll project! If you are interested in this session, please reach out to DJ Weisenberger at dweisenberger@rpic.com after our presentation.
Presenters
Melissa Olson
Director, Infor Solutions
RPI Consultants
Melissa is a senior Infor/Lawson Human Capital Management applications consultant with origins in the technical side. She is experienced and certified in Lawson Global Human Resources and Talent Management as well as the Lawson S3 HR applications. Recent past roles include Project Manager for multiple Employee and Manager Self Service implementations, Infor/Lawson upgrades including a version 10 beta upgrade, as well as working on various Global HR implementation and optimization endeavors. Her experience with Lawson started on the technical side. As a Lawson programmer, she supported HR functions for a public sector company before making the transition to the application side via her role leading an HR implementation through the full life cycle. Melissa has 20 years of Lawson experience specializing in optimization of HR business processes using Lawson tools including ESS/MSS, Process Automation and LBI Smart Notifications.
Dede Demko
ERP Business Support Manager
City of Saint Paul - retiree
Logan Miller
Manager, Marketing Technology
RPI Consultants
Infor Cloudsuite tech tools are great, but knowing WHEN and HOW to use each of them is better. - Apex Systems
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
This session walks attendees through key decisions to determine the best time and proper use of IDM, IPA, Configuration Console, LPL, Birst, Compass, App Studio, and other tools available to users within the Infor CloudSuite system.
Presenters
Massimo Emilione
Practice Director
Apex Systems
A strong work ethic, reliable, results orientated IT Leader. Proven record of obtaining organizational goals by understanding Customer Needs, Technology Trends, leading by example, going above and beyond normal expectations, and building strong relationships with the business & IT community. Willing to take on any challenge and find creative ways in accomplishing the task at hand by finding innovative ideas to reduce effort, time and resources. Takes accountability for his own actions as well as the entire department to ensure the project/tasks are completed with the correct urgency on time and are completed according to the specified requirements.

Specialties:
SDLC
ERP Systems
Enterprise Architecture
Strategic Planning
Project Management
Business Analysis
Business Process Engineering
Leading Teams
Process Improvements
Upgrades, Installs, Maintenance
Project Manager
Business and IT liaison
Requirements gathering
Attention to detail
Strong Collaborator
Centralized Repositories
Business Intelligence
Solutions Architecting
Jennie Granberg
Application Analyst
Bellin Health
Reporting & Analytics - Dashboard Gear
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
Unleash the Power of Your Data – Dashboard Gear will show you how you can access your on-premise and cloud data in one reporting and analytics environment as well as their new suite of pre packaged analytics.
Presenters
Rich Bendickson
President
Dashboard Gear
Rich Bendickson is the founder of Dashboard Gear. He has over 25 years of experience in Business Intelligence and Reporting Solutions. He has developed numerous business intelligence and reporting solutions related to ERP, Time Tracking and other enterprise data sources. Rich is responsible for Dashboard Gear’s Product Development and Implementation Services. Prior to founding Dashboard Gear Rich was a Sr. Product Manager with Lawson Software.
Loring Kaveney
President, Co-Founder
WorkOutLoud
With over 25 years experience in marketing, sales operations, business development, and significant involvement with startups such as Digital Concourse, Next Wave Connect, and currently, WorkOutLoud. I have a passion for leveraging social media to foster collaboration and success, while seeding and nurturing long-term business relationships. My successful business relationships have reaped big benefits for enterprises including IBM, Microsoft, Eaton, Ciber, Velocity, Lawson/Infor, Cerner, Next Wave Connect, and now with WorkOutLoud.
Simplifying Your Lawson CloudSuite (Landmark) Audit Reports - Kinsey
11:45 AM
11:00 AM
05/05/2022
Let us show you how we can simplify your audit reporting by using our security and auditing tools for Infor/Lawson CloudSuite applications. Such as Security Reporting & Auditing, Segregation of Duties Reporting, Activity Monitoring, Transaction Auditing.
Presenters
Dan Kinsey
President
Kinsey
Chris Hellweg
Senior HRIS Analyst
Aspirus, Inc
Guy Henson
Vice President
Kinsey & Kinsey
Closing Session/Give Aways
12:00 PM
11:45 AM
05/05/2022
Presenters
Chris Hellweg
Senior HRIS Analyst
Aspirus, Inc
Jennie Granberg
Application Analyst
Bellin Health
Dede Demko
ERP Business Support Manager
City of Saint Paul - retiree
Michael Strand
Software and Database Administrator
St Olaf College
Part of the original Lawson implementation team in 1998. We went live on January 1, 1999 with 7.0.x Financials and HR/PR suites running on UNIX/Oracle/laua on a DEC Alpha. Switched to SUN Solaris hardware with upgrades to 8.0.x - 9.x releases, adding ESS and LSO along the way. May of 2016 saw us implement the Big Bang! when we went live on 10 running on Windows/SQLServer/LSA after 18+ years UNIX. Still have interfaces to Student Records & Registrations and Student accounting on an iSeries.
Amy Stover
Sr. Application Analyst
MercyOne NE Iowa

About Infor Midwest User Group

The Infor Midwest User Group (IMUG) is an organization dedicated to provide opportunities for Infor/Lawson Software clients to exchange ideas, strategies and experiences; to enhance user understanding of Infor/Lawson products, services, future direction and third party business partners; to consolidate and communicate priorities and enhancements and software fixes to Infor/Lawson; and to partner with Infor/Lawson in developing a vision for the software.

The Infor Midwest User Group (IMUG) is an independently run organization, not managed by Infor/Lawson Software. Geographically, the IMUG represents the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri.
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