UPDATE:

After going through the IPP process, I received a new OSP file, deleted the installed connector application and re-installed from the new file.  This time everything work without errors.  Eliminating the IPP issue did the trick.  This information may be something worth noting on the connector download instructions.

NEXT STEPS:

I then proceeded to try and reproduce the functionality in the demo video.  

In order to get the connector to work I finally figured out that the SF login credentials needed to be stored in 2 site properties "Salesforce_Username" and "Salesforce_Password". The actual credential values can be stored in the "Default Value" atrribute.

NOTE:  The one piece of information that is difficult to figure out is that SF requires a third security token as part of the login credentials during an API call.  I found the following instruction on the SF site:

How to enter your security token:

When accessing salesforce.com either via a desktop client or the API from outside of your company's trusted networks:

If your password = "mypassword"
And your security token = "XXXXXXXXXX"
You must enter "mypasswordXXXXXXXXXX" in place of your password

I combined my password & token in the "Salesforce_Password" site property and everything magically started to work.

Hope this helps someone in the future.

Izak