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Welcome to the family, Alex. It’s going to be fun. We’ll make sure ☺ Eric

I am working on a new WF implementation for my 2nd organization. Usually, I am the system admin type working to make WF work better for the users and organization, so that includes everything from setup to reporting to optimization. I think the best use of this community would be easy way to share customizations in reporting, views, filters, etc. When I'm not working, I'm cooking, playing golf, running, or binge watching British tv shows. A guy is sitting in a bar drinking alone. A woman walks in, sits down next to him, checks him out, and says, "For $300, I'll do anything you want". He turns and looks at her, takes his wallet out, slaps three hundred dollar bills on the bar, and says, "Paint my house!"

Thank you.

Thank you Steve; ironically this is the exact topic that I was having with our head of products, Steve ZoBell, this morning. I appreciate your input.

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Welcome! This community is a vibrant one, and we are happy to be part of the Workfront family. It is exciting to see what else Workfront can do and what it can become. Lenore Brown

Hi Alex, I am floored (in a good way) that you have engaged in the community in this way, and so early. I know you will be busy and won't be on here regularly but thank you for participating. I feel that my company, Pentana Solutions, has a lot in common with Workfront and regardless of some issues which we will work through, I am looking forward to a successful and mutually beneficial partnership. Welcome onboard! Regards, David

Welcome, Alex! I wish you the best of luck in continuing the success of you organization. As a seasoned, near-expert, user in my second organization where WF has been recently implemented, I find the platform to be excellent. It is flexible, scalable, and delivers lots of opportunities to streamline and improve project management functions. One thing I've noticed in my exposure to the early months of WF use in my two organizations is that the system that goes live is decidedly not the optimal one that delivers on the needs of the organization. Granted, reaching optimal status takes time and learning in an organization but I feel that a better understanding of the host organization's needs and desires could go a long way to putting the company on the path to optimization. In turn, there would be less time reworking functions, retro-fitting existing projects, and reworking reporting functions. I'm not sure that new WF customers would even know all the right answers but better guidance upfront - maybe more specific consulting or demonstrations of proven systems in similar organizations - would give customers ideas on what they want/need and assure they are closer to optimal when the system goes live. Again, welcome and good luck! Steve Teitelbaum

Hello Everyone, My name is Alex Shootman and I joined Workfront last week as President and CEO. In our first all-hands meeting I told our team that I come into the company with few preconceived notions except for a small number of non-negotiable beliefs. First on the list was Culture Eats Strategy and Customers Pay Our Paycheck. So I want to start my participation in the Workfront Community by saying, " Thank You ". Thank you for being a customer and thank you for being part of our community because without you we don't exist. I also want to say thank you for your candor. I have been reading as many threads as I can and topics such as " The heavy marketing focus of Workfront - are traditional PMOs concerned about Workfront's product direction? " give me energy because you are willing to speak your mind. I look forward to meeting and interacting with many of you over the next few years. Please continue to participate in this community; your point of view inspires us to get better. Thank you for being part of the Workfront Community.

Welcome to the forum Ron. Don’t be shy! Eric