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0:00 Introduction
2:21 Robert Waite Background: Growing up in Canada and starting a career in Commercial Aviation
3:54 Starting in ERP writing VB scripts for a green screen ERP application
7:12 ERP Systems as over-engineered beasts
9:00 Getting involved with Sage ERP systems
12:09 Getting involved with Acumatica and not looking back
12:54 Developing REPAY Payments integration with Acumatica and Click2Pay
18:29 REPAY Accounts Payable product, launched in 2021
19:58 Details on how REPAY Payments Infrastructure is developed
31:34 REPAY the company and their developer teams
34:40 Agnostic libraries and the payments “black box”
39:16 Getting involved with the Acumatica Developer MVP Program
41:09 Bi-Weekly Developer MVP Meetings
43:46 Developer MVP Blog Posts
46:46 Participating in StackOverflow
48:19 Acumatica Surveys Community Project
51:09 Using Webhooks for non-authenticated survey responses
53:19 Robert Waite: Acumatica Developer of the Year 2021
54:18 Impact of community participation on the REPAY roadmap
55:50 Webhooks vs Business Events
59:08 Business Events vs Workflow Engine
1:01:54 Stéphane Bélanger: Acumatica Developer of the Year 2022
1:03:48 Wrapping up
Robert Waite
Location: Denver, Colorado