Lance L. Black,  holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Midwestern State University in Texas.  After a short two years as an accountant, in 1993, Lance became a sales consultant of ACCPAC for Windows.  Shortly after, he was recruited by ACCPAC International to become the US Strategic Accounts Sales Manager.  During his stay Lance was responsible for several Fortune 500 sales and implementations.  In 2000 Lance founded Mareechi.com with the intentions of creating an alternative hosting method for mid-market VAR’s to use.   Starting as just an ACCPAC ASP, Mareechi has grown to be a hosting facility catering to VAR’s of products ranging from QuickBooks to SAP.  Lance has been featured in the Dallas Business Journal, and several trade magazines.  Lance continues to be a key fixture in the community speaking at many seminars and events around the United States.  Lance lives in Mckinney, Texas with his wife (Marianne) and new twins (Carson and Madeline)..

Lance Black is the co-editor of the hosting and application service provider content for the Accounting Software Advisor web site. Lance is one of the world's leading experts on hosting and ASP information and it is his responsibility to review all hosting and ASP content and offer corrections, opinions, and rebuttals regarding the information and opinions we publish. In other words, Lance's job is to keep us honest.