Ed Mana is the founder and chief technologist of Technology On Demand,†of Yorktown Heights, N.Y. For more than 18 years, Ed and Co. have provided technology services to various vertical markets, specializing in the audio/visual industry. These services include traditional IT services along with Crestron programming of both AV and lighting… more
Gary Pica is a pioneer in the managed services field. His first MSP, Dynamic Digital Services, was “early to market” in the MSP arena. It quickly became one of the fastest-growing MSPs in the country, with more than 7,000 endpoints under management, generating over $500,000 of monthly recurring revenue.Gary has since launched TruMethods, a… more
Herman Pool is a marketing specialist who has helped thousands of IT business owners get new leads and close more deals. He has been voted the top speaker at dozens of industry events and won 27 awards ranging in categories from best marketing service to best customer support. Herman has also been a consultant for Jay Conrad Levinson, the author… more
Karl W. Palachuk is the owner of Small Biz Thoughts. He is an inspiring speaker who has faced some serious personal and business challenges—and come out ahead. His very popular Small Biz Thoughts blog provides advice for small business owners and managers and his business consulting books for IT professionals have been top-ranked on Amazon for… more
Manuel is the coach who will take you to the gym not just send you there. He believes that small business is the backbone of the world and the service industry in particular is the heart! He has nearly 30 years of business, management and training experience in the computer and electronics industries including owning and managing successful IT and… more
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Mike Schmidtmann has led information technology sales teams for more than 20 years. He currently works with solution providers across the United States on sales recruiting, new business development, and profit growth.For the past five years, Mike has led Trans4mers, a peer group for sales vice presidents and sales managers in the IT industry…. more
Rayanne Buchianico owns and operates ABC Solutions LLC in Clearwater, Fla., an accounting, tax, and business systems consulting firm serving SMB IT companies throughout the United States.†She is also a partner in Sell My MSP, a listing service connecting interested buyers with motivated sellers of IT firms.You can also find her in the Tech… more
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Ronnie Parisella is a senior IT professional with 20-plus years of high-level experience. He has been working in the fixed-fee/managed services space since 2004 when he first deployed ConnectWise and Level Platforms. In his non-entrepreneurial working career, Ronnie was an engineer and project manager for Charles Schwab & Co., the McGraw-Hill… more
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Stanley Louissaint has more than 18 years of experience in IT consulting and entrepreneurial projects. He is the founder and principal of Fluid Designs Inc., a full-service IT services and support company formed in 2001.†Over the years Stanley has provided technical solutions for a variety of business problems. He enjoys the intricacies… more
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Steve Hall, CEO of District Computers LLC, has more than a decade of experience in technology consulting in the small business arena. Twelve years ago he founded District Computers with the vision of being able to provide affordable solutions and services to small businesses that would enable those businesses to better compete with the giants of… more
Cecilia Galvin is executive editor of ChannelPro-SMB, a business and technology publication for VARs, MSPs, IT solution providers, integrators, and system builders serving the SMB market, and The ChannelPro Network, an online resource delivering expert opinion, analysis, news, product reviews, and best practices for the IT channel.Before joining… more
Matt Whitlock is responsible for the strategic direction and technical content of ChannelProNetwork.com. He brings more than 15 years’ experience working in the technology industry to his reviews, analysis, and general musings about all things gadget and gear. Matt’s decade of experience in online media and community management has been… more
Michael Siggins is the co-founder of The ChannelPro Network. Since March 2007 the network has been providing targeted business and technology information for the IT channel. Via its print and online properties, the network delivers expert opinion, analysis, news, product reviews, and advice vital to business success. Michael is also vice president… more
Aldo Spensieri is the Vice President MPS for Clover Imaging Group.† Spensieri has over 30 years of experience in the data products and printer supplies aftermarket industry.† He’s spent the last 15 years focused specifically in the cartridge remanufacturing industry. Spensieri has been instrumental in the development and successful… more
Brad manages partner programs and initiatives for HP Inc. †His responsibilities include defining sales and†marketing strategies and promoting partner engagement in the SMB segment for PC and Print†categories. †Brad has over 20 years working with channel partners in various roles including sales,†distribution, and reseller… more
Bradley Vespa serves as sales operations manager for Ingram Micro. He has oversight of Ingram Micro’s new business development team and is responsible for executing the vision and strategy for the SMB group through new customer acquisition, which includes educating customers on how to achieve mutual long-term profitable growth in their new… more
A managed services veteran and highly sought after thought leader in the channel community, Dave Sobel is responsible for fostering the growth and success of LOGICnow’s growing community of MSP partners. With responsibility for community and field marketing globally, he helps promote collaboration, education, and innovation to ensure that partners… more
Don Burt is a 25 year channel veteran and is well known for his engaging presentation style. He is equally at home in Enterprise and SMB environments and understands the technical challenges his channel partners face. He brings broad experience in data backup and recovery, storage, communication, cloud, and other technologies to all of his… more
After spending a year covering California as a channel sales executive for Datto Inc., Michael joined the business development team in February 2016. As a channel sales executive, Michael worked with existing Datto partners on a broad scale, facilitating marketing plans and webinars, and in a client-specific capacity, vetting individual… more
Mike O’Donnell is currently Eaton’s Partner Development Manager for Virginia/Maryland/DC territory working with channel partners to help grow sales and drive opportunities in the power category. He has 20+ years of small business IT experience in the DC Metro area focused on the public sector.
Noah Sessions has over 24 years of high-tech experience across a broad range of industries and companies. From early and mid-stage startups ranging up to large global companies, Sessions has provided marketing and technical communication solutions to challenges faced by these companies.†As the head of marketing and channel at Cytracom,… more
Ted Roller is the channel chief for Mailprotector and focuses every single day on building better relationships with SMB channel partners. That is really all that matters. The rest is just awards, recognition, and job titles. Let’s figure out a better way to provide email solutions to your customers; let’s do it today. Right now. Looking forward… more
Travis Newton has been with HPE for four years, two of which have been managing tower servers. As an advocate for the SMB channel he does what he can to ensure HPE ProLiant tower servers give customers an enterprise-level experience from compute to expandability.His favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys and favorite food is Texas Barbeque…. more
Troy Cheeseman was president and chief operations officer at Acpana Business Systems Inc. When the company merged with Data Deposit Box, Troy retained his title at the new companyTroy has more than 15 years of information technology and business operations experience in both the public and private sectors. For more than 12 years, he worked for… more
