Lion Alan Salmon has over twenty-five years of management, systems and training experience in the fields of consulting, business, and education.  His website can be seen at www.salmon.ca/
He has provided software design and marketing consulting services to a number of computer software companies.  These include Abacus Accounting, ACCPAC International, BusinessVision Management Systems Inc., Computer Associates, DacEasy Canada, Microsoft Great Plains Software, MYOB., Peachtree Software, NEBS Business Systems, PACS Software and Vigilant Business Systems.
Alan Salmon is perhaps best known as a syndicated international computer columnist specializing in the field of computer accounting.  He is the Technology Editor and regular columnist for the Bottom Line accounting newspaper.  His incisive and easy to read columns have appeared in CGA Canada magazine, Office Productivity magazine, Computing Canada and the Computer Paper.  In the US he has been published in Accounting Today, Computers in Accounting, and CPA Software News.  His syndicated national weekly newspaper column entitled "Computer World" appears in 25 weekly newspapers in Canada and the US.
He is the chairperson for the Microsoft Canada "Accounting Technology for the 21st Century" seminar series.  In that role he has designed, co-ordinated and presented over 30 major seminar series across Canada that have been attended by more than 10,000 accountants. 
In the research area he is the editor of the 2003 Accounting Software survey. This project track what consultants and accountants think about the software they sell to clients and use in their practices.
In the information highway world, Alan has been working with accounting software companies and accounting firms to build an Internet presence.  Over 2,000 accountants and consultants have attended his Internet seminars. His www.salmon.ca and www.accounting.ca web sites are the top Canadian web sites for accounting software information.
With a long history of community involvement, he has served as President of the Canada Jaycees, National Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Director of TV Ontario, Vice-President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation and a Director of the University and Colleges Credit Union. He is a founding member of the world's first Internet Lions Club and developed the first Lions International club web site in 1995.
He is the holder of a Junior Chamber life membership and a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship, the highest awards that these two organizations can bestow on a member.
He is much in demand as a public speaker and travels extensively across Canada and the United States to speak at major computer conferences. He has presented at the BusinessVision Management ATSO Conference, Comdex Canada, The Canadian Computer Show, Bottom Line Exhibition, Great Plains Stampede, and the Computer Associates Winter Carnival. He was a featured speaker at the Lions Clubs International World convention in Birmingham and San Diego where he shared his Internet experiences with over 3,000 Lion members.

Lion Alan Salmon has over twenty-five years of management, systems and training experience in the fields of consulting, business, and education.  His website can be seen at www.salmon.ca/
He has provided software design and marketing consulting services to a number of computer software companies.  These include Abacus Accounting, ACCPAC International, BusinessVision Management Systems Inc., Computer Associates, DacEasy Canada, Microsoft Great Plains Software, MYOB., Peachtree Software, NEBS Business Systems, PACS Software and Vigilant Business Systems.
Alan Salmon is perhaps best known as a syndicated international computer columnist specializing in the field of computer accounting.  He is the Technology Editor and regular columnist for the Bottom Line accounting newspaper.  His incisive and easy to read columns have appeared in CGA Canada magazine, Office Productivity magazine, Computing Canada and the Computer Paper.  In the US he has been published in Accounting Today, Computers in Accounting, and CPA Software News.  His syndicated national weekly newspaper column entitled "Computer World" appears in 25 weekly newspapers in Canada and the US.
He is the chairperson for the Microsoft Canada "Accounting Technology for the 21st Century" seminar series.  In that role he has designed, co-ordinated and presented over 30 major seminar series across Canada that have been attended by more than 10,000 accountants. 
In the research area he is the editor of the 2003 Accounting Software survey. This project track what consultants and accountants think about the software they sell to clients and use in their practices.
In the information highway world, Alan has been working with accounting software companies and accounting firms to build an Internet presence.  Over 2,000 accountants and consultants have attended his Internet seminars. His www.salmon.ca and www.accounting.ca web sites are the top Canadian web sites for accounting software information.
With a long history of community involvement, he has served as President of the Canada Jaycees, National Director of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Director of TV Ontario, Vice-President of the Ontario Secondary School Teachers Federation and a Director of the University and Colleges Credit Union. He is a founding member of the world's first Internet Lions Club and developed the first Lions International club web site in 1995.
He is the holder of a Junior Chamber life membership and a Rotary Paul Harris Fellowship, the highest awards that these two organizations can bestow on a member.
He is much in demand as a public speaker and travels extensively across Canada and the United States to speak at major computer conferences. He has presented at the BusinessVision Management ATSO Conference, Comdex Canada, The Canadian Computer Show, Bottom Line Exhibition, Great Plains Stampede, and the Computer Associates Winter Carnival. He was a featured speaker at the Lions Clubs International World convention in Birmingham and San Diego where he shared his Internet experiences with over 3,000 Lion members.