Xpert - Open Source Financial Management, HR & Revenue Management Software for K12 and Local Government

The demonstration will overview the open source business software that is making a difference in over 145 K-12 and local government organizations in 8 states. These open source products have been in production for over 7 years saving these organizations tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of dollars in licensing fees. Modules include: Financial Management, Budget Preparation, Bank Reconciliation, Purchase Orders, Vendor Payments, Fixed Assets, Position Tracking, Personnel, Employee Application Management, Payroll, Leave Management, Substitute Management, Tax Management (Real Estate, Personal Property, Business License, DMV, Building Permits), Utility Billing, Miscellaneous Billing & numerous utility tools like the F.A.S.T. (File Archive Storage Tool) document management system. Some organizations take advantage of the Xpert Application Development Tools. 99.9% of the applications listed above were built and are maintained with these open source GUI tools. No programming experience is required and no compiling is necessary when changes are implemented with these tools. This is not theory, this software works very well and consistently has a customer Net Promoter Score of 9+. Open Management and Open Implementation would be logical tracks for this topic. This presentation would recognize how open source can and, more importantly, does play an important role in government technology initiatives with-in real world environments.