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Lead a Zoho User Group

Zoho User Group Leaders

Joseph Sweeney
Joseph Sweeney

Sydney ZUG Leader

Stephanie Hassall
Stephanie Hassall

Christchurch ZUG Leader

Marco De Gouveia
Marco De Gouveia

Sydney ZUG Leader

Tiffany Stillwell
Tiffany Stillwell

Austin ZUG Leader

Victor DA SILVA
Victor DA SILVA

Amsterdam ZUG Leader

Jordan
Jordan

Los Angeles ZUG Leader

Brian Collins
Brian Collins

Indianapolis ZUG Leader

Chris Kiadii
Chris Kiadii

Pensacola ZUG Leader

Sarah Dower
Sarah Dower

Melbourne ZUG Leader

Steven Davis
Steven Davis

Phoenix ZUG Leader

Pete English
Pete English

Atlanta ZUG Leader

Thomas Hayes-Powell
Thomas Hayes-Powell

London ZUG Leader

Melissa Rogozinski
Melissa Rogozinski

Fort Lauderdale ZUG Leader

Rudolph Becker
Rudolph Becker

Miami ZUG Leader

Ray Trevisan
Ray Trevisan

Sydney ZUG Leader

Louis Pallascio
Louis Pallascio

Montreal ZUG Leader

Bryant McNeil
Bryant McNeil

Raleigh ZUG Leader

Aaron Oberlin
Aaron Oberlin

Tampa ZUG Leader

Royce Dawson
Royce Dawson

Auckland ZUG Leader

Amore Philip
Amore Philip

New York City ZUG Leader

 

What is ZUG?

ZUG is a network that brings local Zoho users together. You meet with peers from your city, share experiences, learn, and make plenty of useful connections.

 

What makes a ZUG leader anyway?

Are you one for sharing your knowledge, networking, or having fun events? Enlist to become a ZUG leader.


Why should you be a ZUG leader?

  • As a ZUG leader, you'll be an extension of Zoho. You'll work closely with a Community Manager to facilitate ZUG meetups in your city.
  • Being a ZUG leader gives you an opportunity to stay up to date on Zoho tech and keep learning, professionally boosting your career in the long run.
  • As a ZUG leader, you are one of the core members of the group that represents Zoho.
  • Network with Zoho experts and get recognized for your contribution in building and managing the user group.
  • Participate in setting the meetup agenda and lead the discussions during ZUG meetups. As a ZUG leader, we trust your insights on what benefits your user group.
  • Get special discounts or free passes to upcoming Zoholics sessions, online and offline training and certification, and other events hosted by Zoho Corp.

How you can contribute?

  • Actively engage with your peers on Zoho product communities that interest you.
  • Share your experiences from the meetups on the online community.
  • You are welcome to write excerpts for blogs on Zoho Community.
  • Help identify sponsors for User Group meetups.
  • Stay up to date on Zoho products like new features, upgrades, and more.
  • Engage on social media during Zoho User Group meetups in your city, tagging Zoho handles including @ZohoCommunity.
  • Help in shortlisting venues for the meetup.
  • Expected to attend ZUG meetups frequently and be responsive to communications with the Zoho Community.

FAQs

  • How do you launch Zoho Community Meetups in your region?

  • How often do you have to organize Zoho User Group meetups?

  • How do you submit feedback regarding a meetup?

  • Who can become a ZUG leader?

  • Can more than one ZUG leader head one meetup?

  • How do you define successful ZUG meetups?

Ready to connect with your peers and experts?

Joseph Sweeney

Joseph Sweeney

Advisor, Intelligent Business Research Services

Sydney ZUG Leader

An influential industry analyst, Dr Joseph Sweeney is an advisor and partner at the Australian research and management advisory firm IBRS. Sweeney led in migrating IBRS into Zoho One, which impacted their overall management tactics and built long-lasting customer relationships. Sweeney helps in scheduling meetups for Sydney and run an ad hoc "Zoho analytics meetup" between Zoho User Group Leaders (ZUGL). His free time goes for creating music audio scapes with modular synthesis.

Stephanie Hassall

Stephanie Hassall

Chief Executive, PurePods Ltd

Christchurch ZUG Leader

Chief Executive of PurePods Ltd, a tourism business, providing unique, luxurious, off-the-grid experiences in a network of glass cabins located in secluded and stunning slices of the beautiful New Zealand landscape. I'm experienced in building start-ups into successful businesses with a real knack for systemising fast growth businesses so they can scale and grow successfully. I'm a big fan of Zoho as an easy and powerful tool for helping to systemise and scale business processes no matter how big or small the business.

Marco De Gouveia

Marco De Gouveia

Associate Director of Lead Generation & Bids, Ecosave

Sydney ZUG Leader

Marketing professional with 9 plus years experience; innovative thinker and strategist that thrives on problem-solving and building business value with marketing solutions and forward-thinking actionable ideas - from concept to completion.Passionate about results-driven, data-driven Marketing Strategy aligned to business outcomes encompassing Brand Awareness, Demand Generation, PR, Continuous Improvement and adopting best practice techniques and platforms. Skilful at Digital Marketing including Email Marketing (EDM), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Lead Magnets, Landing Pages, Conversion Optimisation and talented Copywriter of Articles and Call to Actions.

Tiffany Stillwell

Tiffany Stillwell

VP of Marketing, Patten Title

Austin ZUG Leader

Tiffany Stillwell is the VP of Patten Title, a texas-based company that provides title insurance and services. Tiffany is active in helping users set up their CRM accounts and schedule meetings for the Austin ZUG meetups. She is an avid traveller who loves to discover the undiscovered!

Victor DA SILVA

Victor DA SILVA

Business Consultant, OUAT! Once Upon A Time

Amsterdam ZUG Leader
Ben Meredith

Ben Meredith

Anu Business Consulting LLC

Roanoke ZUG Leader
Jordan

Jordan

Chief Operating Officer

Los Angeles ZUG Leader

Jordan is the Chief Operating Officer, overseeing the infrastructure and operations at Quikflip Apparel, a retail DTC apparel brand. He is an active participant in the Los Angeles ZUG meetups and, a walking doubt box asks probing questions and keeps the session engaging. He loves to binge-watch and learn new things in his free time.

Chris Kiadii

Chris Kiadii

Aegis Martech

Pensacola ZUG Leader

Chris, is the steward of Aegis Martech, a martech consultancy based out of Atlanta. Chris has always been a fun, cheerful, and hilarious person, and brings all that to the Atlanta Zoho User Group. Additionally, he's been spending the better part of last year honing his Zoho expertise and helping fellow users in the Community make the most of Zoho. In his spare time, Chris loves to garden, is an avid hiker, and is into martial arts.

Sarah Dower

Sarah Dower

Melbourne ZUG Leader

A Pro-CRM user, Sarah from Melbourne is the Regional Sales Manager for Metagene's US, South region. Sarah consistently contributes to online discussions and has helped users configure their CRM. Apart from work, in her leisure time, she loves to exercise and stay fit. She leads the Melbourne ZUG in the front.

Steven Davis

Steven Davis

Phoenix ZUG Leader

Steve is the founder and managing director of GlobalEd Abroad, an educational abroad management program for students. Steve is regular at meetups and, his expertise in dabbling with different Zoho products made him the go-to resource. He an enthusiastic tech geek and loves spending the free hour with his family.

Pete English

Pete English

Atlanta ZUG Leader
Thomas Hayes Powell

Thomas Hayes-Powell

London ZUG Leader
Brian Collins

Brian Collins

Indianapolis ZUG Leader

Brain, with over two decades of experience in talent acquisition, leads the VP - people operations at Jack Laurie Group, a commercial flooring and interior industry. He assists the fellow ZUG users leveraging his expertise with Zoho One. He also plans to become a go-to resource demonstrating how Zoho One has transformed their business and has helped seamlessly manage their day-to-day critical operations. When he is not working, he embarks on hiking, biking and camping.

Melissa Rogozinski

Melissa Rogozinski

CEO, RPC Strategies, LLC

Fort Lauderdale ZUG Leader

Since 2004, colleagues and clients have described Melissa “Rogo” Rogozinski as a legal technology pioneer, marketing dynamo, business development expert, lead generation guru and education and training innovator. She is a former litigation paralegal, legal technology sales executive, guest speaker with numerous paralegal schools and bar associations, CLE presenter and trainer, serial entrepreneur, 2015 Alabama Launchpad Small Business Grant Competition Semi-Finalist, 2016 ACEDS eDiscovery Person of the Year Nominee and is published in LegalTech News and Marketing the Law Firm.

Rudolph Becker

Rudolph Becker

VP, Dabergy

Miami ZUG Leader

I have been selling and buying used/refurbished IT hardware for more than 20 years, providing excellent value to our customers, mainly in Latin America.

Ray Trevisan

Ray Trevisan

Director / Fund Manager, OTG Capital

Sydney ZUG Leader

Ray Trevisan is an Authorised Representative and Responsible Manager (AR:001250963) of Dirigere Advisory who is the holder of an Australian Financial Services License (AFSL# 524371). He also has over 40 years of business and investing experience and operates the northern beaches office of OTG Capital as Director and Fund manager, in Newport Beach, NSW.

Louis Pallascio

Louis Pallascio

Producer and CEO, Studios Machiavel

Montreal ZUG Leader

Machiavel Studios is the video marketing agency for black sheep. Born from the union of our marketing expertise and our experience in video production, we work with entrepreneurs to help them get out of the herd and achieve their ambitions.

Bryant McNeil

Bryant McNeil

Assistant Administrative Manager/ IT Coordinator, Log Cabin Homes, Ltd

Raleigh ZUG Leader

I have been involved with the migration and implantation of Zoho One since 2018.

Aaron Oberlin

Aaron Oberlin

Vice President of Business Development, Florida Mortgage Firm

Tampa ZUG Leader

Aaron is a communications expert with more than a decade of leadership in operations, compliance, IT departments, sales and marketing, and customer service. As a certified Lean Six Sigma practitioner, he manages cross-functional teams to solve dynamic business issues. Aaron has extensive experience in CRM administration, as well as managing IT professionals with different skillsets to script automations that maximize efficiency and eliminate waste.

Royce Dawson

Royce Dawson

Art Director

Auckland ZUG Leader

Royce Dawson is a seasoned professional with over a decade of experience in the film industry. Starting his career on set, Royce quickly established himself as a reliable and dedicated team member, contributing significantly to various film projects. After more than 10 years in the field, Royce transitioned into a leadership role, taking charge of operations at Film Crews. In this position, he leverages his comprehensive knowledge of the industry to ensure smooth operations. Royce's hands-on experience, combined with his operational expertise, makes him an invaluable asset to Film Crews. His leadership style is rooted in his on-set experience, fostering a collaborative and efficient work environment that values every team member's input. As he continues to lead operations at Film Crews, Royce Dawson remains committed to producing a highly skilled film crew while nurturing the next generation of talent in the industry.

Amore Philip

Amore Philip

CEO at Apples & Oranges Public Relations

New York City ZUG Leader

Public Relations expert with 15+ years of experience in media placements, events, and creative consumer engagement. Directed campaigns and events for diverse clients, including securing $250K in earned media for NYC Taxi's expansion and securing Miss America 2015 for a non-profit gala. Launched NYC press conference for a renowned artist's project featuring statues of inspirational women. Grew my MWBE PR agency Apples and Oranges from a one-woman shop to a 10+ employee team.