October 2023 Newsletter

Written By Sam Evans

Thinking of Moving to the Cloud?

While we all like to say “lift and shift”, we have learned that there are many aspects to both the lifting and the shifting that have to be carefully planned and executed. AAC is your trusted partner for implementations and upgrades, so we should be your trusted partner in a cloud migration too. 

We have extensive experience in:

  • Full scale new implementations of Aderant (either in a Sierra or a firm-selected cloud platform)

  • Migrating from on-premises Aderant to cloud-based Aderant (again, either in a Sierra or a firm-selected cloud platform)

  • Performance testing, well beyond “kicking the tires”

  • Repointing integrations and load testing

  • Software upgrades (AAC does do these for cloud clients, too)

  • Individual Expert module implementations, including end user training and process improvements

Our full-service teams offer:

  • Project management

  • Data migrations

  • Development – integrations, custom forms, dashboards, reports, custom apps

  • Training/support/reconciliations

  • Infrastructure review and recommendations

  • Support during planning, execution, and post-migration

Please reach out to Ben Starkie (bstarkie@aac-us.com) to get the ball rolling.

Meet the AAC Team

By unanimous vote, this month we’d like to highlight Ben Starkie, our CEO and head honcho at AAC. Ben joined AAC in 2020, after completing a large-scale international implementation of Aderant at his AmLaw 25 firm where he was the Accounting and Compliance Manager. We knew he was here to stay when he met that challenge head on and wanted to do it again. And again. And again. Ben is a CPA, and a graduate of both University of Alabama (go Red Tide) and Auburn (M.B.A.). At the beginning of 2023, Ben took over the leadership role of AAC, grabbing the baton and running with it.

Ben has his secret weapon, Lindsey, by his side, and three amazing kids – George (10), Sport (7) and Eleanor (6). If George decides not to pursue a career in the NFL or NASA, you may well see him at AAC someday, with his two siblings right behind him. Lindsey has a vital role in the company, and, in a short time, has become the face of AAC at many events. If they actually had any spare time, Ben would be on the links and Lindsey would be spending more time perfecting her culinary skills.

We all love working for and with Ben and Lindsey (Ben is Beth’s first boss in 27 years so that is a solid testament). They are working hard to build lasting client partnerships and grow AAC with great people. Ben and Lindsey’s energy and commitment to AAC give us all great hope for a very long future for AAC

Looking Forward

Later this month, the AAC team is gathering for a three-day retreat to plan for 2024. If we can say so ourselves, we have some GREAT IDEAS FOR 2024 for all of you, including:

  • Expanding our robust set of Service Bundle Offerings, based on feedback from you, our clients

  • Enhancing the Touchstone experience to include more reporting options

  • Increasing our catalog of course offerings, with both functional and technical sessions, delivered in a variety of formats

  • Introducing a “script vault” of frequently used (and fully documented) SQL scripts for client use

Please stay tuned for news updates early next year – we hope you will be as excited as we are!

Sam Evans
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