Beezwax's Vincenzo Menanno Wins Claris Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement

By Vincenzo Menanno
Feb 25, 2024

Recognized as a 'pillar of the Claris Community', Vince Menanno is honored for Long-time Technical Excellence, Developer Advocacy, Sharing Expertise and Passion with Customers and Developers

February, 2024 - AUSTIN, Tex. - Claris International Inc., an Apple company, named Vincenzo (Vince) Menanno of Beezwax as winner of the Claris Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement. The award was presented during Claris Engage 2024, February 6th-8th at the Apple Austin Campus.

This award highlights Vince Menanno's 30+ year career as a consultant, technical innovator, developer advocate and community leader. Claris honored Vince with the Lifetime Achievement Award which 'salutes a Claris Partner or community member who is a long-time pillar of the Claris Community and recognized as a leader whose voice is respected.'

'Vince is recognized as a leader whose impact has been felt broadly in the the Claris Community. ' said Andrew Lecates, Director of Product Marketing & Evangelism for Claris, while presenting the award. 'He's someone with a tireless curiosity who's always framing new ideas, and new technologies in a distinct FileMaker mental framework. And by doing that he helps us position and understand our technology, so that everyone can be better.'

The full list of Claris Excellence Award winners is available on Claris's website.

MEET WITH VINCE: LEARN MORE

Now you can meet with Vince Menanno, Beezwax's Chief Innovation Officer, at a conference or meetup, or by scheduling a one-on-one consultation to review your FileMaker system.

Vince is well-known for his profound impact on the FileMaker community and his innovative contributions, and brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to your conversation. This type of consultation is not just a meeting; it's an investment in your team's development practice and project success.

Typical Meeting Topics:

  • Making the Most of Innovation: Learn how to leverage newer FileMaker features in-depth with Vince. For example, find out how FileMaker script transactions can streamline your code and enhance solution performance. Elevate your database skills with Vince's personalized training on cutting-edge features.
  • Actionable Performance Advice: Jump into your code with Vince to identify and work towards solving performance issues.
  • Solution Analysis (using InspectorPro): Using the most current system-compatible version of InspectorPro, Vince will analyze your system and make suggestions regarding performance improvements, code enhancements, and perhaps even solving that problem that has been keeping you up at night. The consultation wraps up with a concise, actionable report, ensuring your development has a clear path forward. 
  • Tailored Training: Advance your skills, or bring your team and uplevel everyone. Learn techniques that will enhance the quality of your system and further develop your skills. Vince Mennano's guidance will inspire while illuminating features and strategies that elevate performance. 
  • Tableau Viability: Discover how your data can sync up with Tableau and discuss the best path for the integration.
  • Code Refactoring Advice: Where applicable, Vince's session will extend into concrete code refactoring suggestions, drawing from the comprehensive review and analysis.

These one-on-one consultations are designed to help you leverage FileMaker's full potential and are completely customized for you and your development work. Take advantage of this chance to enhance your FileMaker Pro systems under the guidance of a celebrated expert. Learn more or complete the Meet Vince form to request a consultation. 

Special Honor For A 'Long-time Pillar of the Claris Community'

'Lifetime Achievement is a special honor,' said Vince Menanno, about receiving the Claris Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement. 'To me, the 'pillars' of the Claris Community include many people — colleagues, partners, clients, coworkers — with whom I’ve collaborated over my career, sharing common goals of technical achievement and developer advancement.'

VINCE AND BEEZWAX TEAM (photo credit: Claris)

'I’d especially like to thank the entire Beezwax team because they have continually supported my creative curiosity, shared my passion, tested and challenged me when needed,' Vince added. 'Ultimately, they’ve been key to success in delivering innovative solutions to our clients, and new ideas to Claris and the community. Thank you, Claris, for this award, and for recognizing all of the Claris Excellence Awards winners.'

Vince Menanno - Lifetime Achievement in the Claris / FileMaker Community

'Framing New Ideas' as Developer Advocate, Consultant, Innovator

Vince Menanno is a champion for innovation on Claris FileMaker platforms. As an advocate for developer achievement, he has long been a resource for Claris Product Management teams. He actively participates in product testing and developer kitchens with Claris, and organizes technical collaboration and feedback gathering in the Claris Community.

At Beezwax, Vince has served as Chief Innovation Officer (2022-present) and Director of FileMaker Development (2005-2022). With 30+ years of career experience as a master consultant, Vince exists at the top echelon of Claris / FileMaker consulting, with a truly global impact. Vince has delivered tens of thousands in consulting hours himself, and he's led and inspired teams who've delivered many hundreds of thousands in consulting development and training hours to Beezwax clients and Claris customers.

Vince has been central to Beezwax's growth in service offerings, including Claris FileMaker development, web development, Tableau/analytics, training services, and DevOps/IT. As an evangelist of the Claris / FileMaker platforms for many Beezwax clients, Vince regularly helps organize:

  • In-house developer meetups.
  • Excellence centers and product council programs.
  • Claris product brown bag presentations.
  • Training classes and product/platform office hours.
  • Technical resources in addition to delivering custom software solutions.

'Our entire Beezwax Team is delighted that Claris recognized Vince with the Excellence Award for Lifetime Achievement,' said Julian Nadel, president and founder of Beezwax. 'Every day Vince inspires us to love what we do in developing great solutions for our clients, sharing knowledge between development teams, and helping the Claris community grow.'

Vince co-organizes and champions Beezwax internal R&D, training, certification, mentoring, and internship/apprenticeship programs. He's been a leader in Beezwax's activity as Claris Platinum Partner, as well as partnerships with Tableau (Salesforce), 42SV, Qwasar and others.

Notably, Vince Menanno is also:

Vince is the creator and chief architect of InspectorPro, and development leader for the Tableau Connector for FileMaker as well as several other Beezwax software products.

'Sharing Knowledge' and 'Connecting People Globally'

Over several decades, Vince Menanno has been a featured speaker at industry events including Claris Engage & Claris Engage Beyond, FileMaker DevCon, FM Conférence, Macworld Expo, FM Konferenz, Pause, Rome FileMaker Week, AutoEnter Live, CQDF, dotFMP, and EngageU.

He's been a regular presenter and diehard promoter for dozens of Claris FileMaker developer meetups — from Southern California, SF Bay Area, Portland and Seattle to New York, Toronto, and Montreal, et. al. — as well as long-time co-organizer for DIGFM.

Vince presents at events in English, French and Italian (he's fluent in all 3) across North America and Europe.

'The Claris FileMaker Community wouldn't be what it is today without Vince around,' said Jay Gonzales, Development Programs Director at Beezwax. 'Vince owns an amazing ability to connect with people, globally, in a way that supports and motivates them to be a bigger part of the Community, regardless of what their current ability and role is.'

Here are some of Vince's cornerstone presentations from recent years:

Awards and Achievements

Over his career, Vince has earned these awards:

Vincenzo Menanno

Born to an Italian family and having grown up in Montreal, Vince splits time between the Oakland hills and Florida shores, along with his wife, son and daughter. His ongoing passions include innovation, architecture, data visualization, sharp knives and vehicles in space.

About Beezwax Datatools, Inc.
A recognized industry leader in custom software development, Beezwax has completed over 2500 successful custom database, integration, analytics and web projects for more than 600 satisfied clients. Headquartered in California, with offices worldwide, Beezwax is a Platinum-level member of the Claris Partner program.

Press contact
Beezwax Datatools, Inc.
pr[at]beezwax.net
510-835-4483

Claris and FileMaker are trademarks of Claris International Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Photo of 'Vince and Beezwax team' © Claris International Inc. 2024, used with permission. All other images © 2024 Beezwax Datatools, Inc.

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