BECPOS Manager Rob Barron was asked by Radiant to put a class together on the topic of Project Management and to perform this class at Tech Fest this year.
It was a standing room only crowd and the after presentation the comments were outstanding.

Rik Reinhardt and his team took 1^st out of 20 teams this year in the group competitions and Jesse Hutchinson’s team took 3^rd.

TechFest is the Aloha version of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES); Aloha resellers send their technicians to learn about new features and new processes as well as to mix and mingle with other Aloha techs that face the same challenges they do.

This year’s TechFest was held June 10th-13th in Westin’s Briarwood resort located in Frisco, Tx, a bustling suburb of Dallas. As in years past, BEC sent four employees to learn as much as possible about the latest & greatest in products, support and repair from Aloha.

BEC’s own Operations Manager, Rob Barron, was asked to give a presentation on the art of POS Project Management, a version of the same presentation he will deliver at the Retail Service Providers Association (RSPA) later this summer (ßadd link). The slideshow and information was such a huge success, the training room was standing room only, with a number of people standing in the hallway to watch. Radiant has already asked Rob to plan on deliver more info at next year’s TechFest, promising a larger classroom and more session times.

No TechFest would be complete without a skills competition and this year was no exception. The skills focus was on installing, configuring and training two new Aloha products, Aloha Takeout (ATO) (ßadd link) and Aloha Guest Manager (AGM) (ßadd link). Broken into 20 teams ranging from 4-7 people, the teams had two, four hour sessions to complete the required tasks. Rik Reinhardt’s team (from BEC’s Implementation Department) took first place and Jesse Hutchinson’s team (also from BEC’s Implementation Department) took third place. For their efforts, they and their teammates were awarded a 8gb iPod Touch and a $50 Best Buy Gift Card.

Leave it to BEC techs to show the rest of the Aloha world how it’s done!