Sage Summit Welcomes Donny Shimamoto As Featured Presenter

July 27, 2016 - Sage Summit is underway in Chicago this week with Donny Shimamoto leading two sessions critical to business success. Sage Summit hosts over 15,000 attendees at McCormick Place from July 25th through July 28th.

Sage Summit is the largest gathering of small and medium sized businesses in the world. It is where business gets personal with celebrated speakers, industry experts, tech innovations, mentor and peer networking, in-depth education, interactive training, and Sage certifications.

"Sage users are accustomed to cutting edge technology to drive their competitive advantage in industry," Shimamoto continued "these courses will give them the tools necessary to ensure success."

Donny's first course, Success Skills for Accountants, will be held July 26th at 2pm and evaluates the skills needed to run advisory projects. Attendees will learn about the four pillars of project excellence and how to ensure they have maximized their firm's ability to succeed. The second session, Turning Budgeting and Planning Into Competitive Advantage, is scheduled for July 27th at 11am. This course will explore the leading theories in budgeting and planning and how technologies can help turn those theories into practice to improve an organization's performance.

Donny is the immediate past chairman of the AICPA's Information Management & Technology Assurance Executive Committee, and former member of its Governing Council and Assurance Services Executive Committee. An honoree of multiple industry and professional awards, he has worked on several international collaborations between the AICPA and CIMA related to business intelligence and is also a frequent speaker on how management accountants can help add-value to their organizations.

Donny has been recognized as one of the Top 100 Most Influential People by Accounting Today in 2013 and 2014, a Top Thought Leader in Public Accounting by CPA Practice Advisor from 2012 to 2016, he received the 2009-2010 President's Award from the Hawaii Society of CPAs, was named to CPA Technology Advisor's 40 Under 40 list in 2007, 2009 and 2014, a Hawaii Top High Tech Leader in 2004, and was recently awarded the AICPA Standing Ovation Award.

About Donny Shimamoto
Donny C. Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, is the founder and managing director of IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC, a specialized CPA firm dedicated to helping small businesses and middle market organizations leverage strategic technologies, proactively manage their business and technical risks, and enable balanced organizational growth and development. Donny (@DonnyITK) is a recognized thought leader in the Accounting Technology performance management fields. He is dedicated to helping accountants and small businesses become more efficient using the most innovative tools and systems available to generate higher profits. For more information, visit http://www.donnyitk.com/ where you can find Donny inspiring the next generation of business professionals in his personal blog on leadership, business, IT and his life as a technical CPA.

About IntrapriseTechKnowlogies
IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC (ITK) is an advisory-focused CPA firm specializing in organizational development and business process outsourcing for small businesses, middle market organizations, and nonprofits. With expertise in right-sizing enterprise processes and leveraging cost-effective enterprise technologies that enables small and mid-sized organizations to gain a competitive advantage, ITK is focused on providing executive-level technology management, enterprise architecture, business performance management, information architecture and management, technology risk management, and knowledge management consulting services. Visit http://www.intraprisetechknowlogies.com/ for more information.