Microsoft veteran Jodi Uecker-Rust came out of retirement in 2008 to become President of Sage Business Solutions. Jodi is what could be termed a “heavy hitter” in the world of accounting software. Ms. Uecker-Rust was previously corporate vice president of Business Solutions with Microsoft and COO of Great Plains Software. For a period of time she was very widely considered to be the # 2 in command behind former Great Plains leader Doug Burgum. Jodi retired early from Microsoft in 2004 to devote time to non-profit organizations.