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You Can't Fix the Frontline From a Conference Room - #141 - Dan Cefaratti
37 minutes Posted Jun 24, 2026 at 10:30 am.
Meet Dan Cefaratti
The ripple effect of poor frontline adoption
How many customers actually resource adoption
What good looks like: analysis, design, and ride-alongs
Ride-along stories from the field
Giving people time to absorb change
Where change management breaks down
Who owns end user adoption
Unwinding muscle memory
The post-COVID decline of field visits
What to look for in a field service partner
What people miss about Microsoft Dynamics
Adoption is a frontline problem in every industry
Where to find Dan
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Episode Summary
Good customer service begins with the frontline worker, not at headquarters. In this episode, Dan Cefaratti, North American Dynamics Lead at Velrada, joins host Justin Lake to explain why that person is the organization's service ambassador, why technology adoption in the field is still treated as an afterthought even though it often decides whether a large investment succeeds, and why ride-alongs and on-site time have quietly faded since the pandemic at exactly the moment adoption matters most. It is a practical, honest conversation for anyone rolling out technology to the people who keep operations running.
 
Key Topics
• Frontline workers are your service ambassadors
• Why technology adoption gets treated as an afterthought
• What ride-alongs reveal that a conference room never will
• Unwinding old muscle memory, the real work of change
• Why adoption stalls when everyone owns it and no one does
• The post-COVID decline of field visits
• What Microsoft Dynamics brings to field service
 
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About Dan Cefaratti
Dan Cefaratti is the North American Dynamics Lead at Velrada, where he designs and delivers Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions that help organizations streamline operations and empower their teams. With deep expertise in enterprise technology architecture, Dan brings a practitioner's perspective on how thoughtful technology design can transform the way frontline and field-based workforces operate. His work spans field service and beyond, including custom mobile and PowerApps solutions for industries from healthcare to not-for-profit.
 
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Connect with Dan Cefaratti on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-cefaratti-b11776/
Velrada: https://www.velrada.com
Skyllful: https://www.skyllful.com/