Thomson Reuters MVPs are distinguished members of our community who demonstrate an exceptional blend of expertise, leadership and community responsiveness.
Highlights
Product development
MVPs provide helpful feedback and share ideas that shape the direction of our products.
Expert advice
They provide expert advice in our communities on a daily basis.
Thomson Reuters MVPs
Dana Grijalva
Dana Grijalva is an Enrolled Agent and Owner of D&L Financial Services in Campbell CA where she has been helping mostly individuals and small businesses tax plan and prepare returns since 2010. Dana is a sole practitioner who has been using UltraTax and Onvio since 2021 and provides a varied knowledge of all elements of the software from preparation to billing and assebly. When she is not in the tax office, Dana and her husband enjoy camping and being outdoors.
Thomas Bridgman
Thomas Bridgman is an enrolled agent and has been the owner of Hudson Valley Tax Experts since 2020. Thomas has been preparing tax returns since 2003 and has been using UltraTax since 2009. His work has primarily focused on tax problem resolution, as well as the preparation of individual, small business, and trust & estate tax returns. He hails from Wappinger, New York and is an alumnus of Pace University.
Mark Oostra
Mark Oostra has been working in IT since 2005 at Kroese & Kroese PC and doing computer consulting for clients. Their firm uses Virtual Office, Ultra Tax, Accounting CS, Fixed Assets, Planner, Practice CS, GoFileRoom, NetClient, AdvancedFlow and QuickBooks. Mark received the Luca Peer Support Award in 2022 and has been active in the Thomson Reuters Community since 2005.
Our Program
Benefits
- Welcome kit and Quarterly Thank You via swag bag
- Recognition in forums via Badge
- Monthly meeting with product team (research/feedback)
- Direct line to TR via Priority email address
- Ability to give out hand-awarded badges to community members
- Opportunity to help shape the direction of TR communities and TR products
- Member highlight
- Free seats to the Year End Training classes for UltraTax and Accounting CS for MVP firms
- Priority access to private demos, upcoming releases and beta products
Expectations
- Responsive to SME and product support questions
- Monthly meeting with product team (research/feedback)
- Complete and keep member profiles current
- 1 year commitment, likely starting in Jan
- Application/Acceptance required, NDA Required
- Limited # of people accepted
- Once a month they will be ‘on-call’ for welcoming new members to the New Members forum
- Monthly content/editorial requirement
- Report product bugs; flag spam/abuse in forums when they see them
- Build expertise and stay hands-on with products you claim competence in
- Participate in community-specific session or Roundtable at SYNERGY
- Tape interviews about the MVP program at SYNERGY