Andrew down, Digital Transformation

Click here to request a meetingAndrew Down, Director of Sales for the IT Channel at Vendasta, Saskatchewan based business professional and entrepreneur with strong experience in corporate, SMB, enterprise, non-profit and public sector sales. Other experience includes senior leadership, strategic planning, business development, VAR/MSP/IT Channel, marketing, event management, consulting services and training. Andrew has a Bachelor of Commerce in Marketing from the University of Saskatchewan and has been in the IT industry for over 13 years. He has a passion for empowering businesses to embrace leading edge technology solutions to improve business operations. Andrew possesses a keen interest in personal and professional development, including networking, non-profit/community engagement, connecting and continuous learning.

aakash kumar, Shiftsmart

Click here to request a meeting Aakash Kumar founded Shiftsmart to execute his vision of empowering today's rapidly expanding labor workforce to maximize their employment opportunities and help usher in a future where they can work exclusively based on their preferences. Kumar's forward-thinking vision and leadership places him at the forefront of addressing profound changes impacting labor markets worldwide with his goal of revolutionizing the modern labor market and increasing the quality of life for the global workforce. Along with his strategic and thought leadership, Kumar is responsible for developing and ensuring that Shiftsmart's "People-First" philosophy is pervasive throughout all aspects of the company's relationships and technology. Prior to founding Shiftsmart, Kumar was Cloud Business Operations and Strategy Lead at Google, working on behalf of the executive leadership team, where he specialized in the labor dynamics of managing staffing companies and large distributed workforces.

Adam Moleski, Frazier & Deeter

Click here to request a meetingAdam is the Chief Information Officer for Frazier & Deeter, LLC, a top 50 accounting firm headquartered in Atlanta, GA with offices in Charlotte, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Tampa, and London. Prior to his time at Frazier & Deeter, Adam was a Snr Citrix architect for Cenveo, Inc. (CVO), a leading global provider of print supply chain solutions for mid to large sized enterprises.

Allan Jaffe, Top Speed Data Communications

Click here to request a meetingAllan Jaffe joined Top Speed Data Communications in 2002 as a Network Design Consultant, bringing more than 30 years of telecommunications knowledge and expertise. Allan began his career at Pacific Telephone and held positions in Installation & Maintenance, Special Services, and Sales. His last position at SBC was Vice President of Industry Markets. Before joining Top Speed Data Communications, Allan served in executive positions at NorthPoint Communications and New Edge Networks.

Andrew Pryfogle, CX Effect

Click here to request a meeting CX Effect is built to help partners build full-stack CX solutions for their medium enterprise customers. As a turn-key integrator, CX Effect brings deep expertise from pre-sales engineering all the way through fully integrated, implemented and supported solutions. Pryfogle recently served as Chief Market Development Officer at Pax8 with responsibility for partner education and launching Pax8's co-managed IT initiative into the agent channel. Founder of Cloud Services University and Super9, the channel's leading source for cloud sales education with over 5,000 registrants. 82% of Intelisys Cloud wins came from Cloud Service University attendees and grew annual cloud billings from $2m in 2012 to >$300m in 2018.

leads, marketing, sales

Click here to request a meetingWith nearly 20 years of experience in sales and marketing, Angela creates targeted and effective marketing strategies for telecom/IT industry giants and agents alike. An accomplished entrepreneur and speaker, Angela founded Mojo Marketing in 2010 and has been a regular presenter at ITExpo, COMPTEL, Channel Partners, and Cloud Partners conferences. In May 2009, Angela was a top 3 finalist for the Tempe Chamber's Business Woman of the Year Award. Angela is an experienced Marketing Director at Telesphere (during her three-year tenure there, she completely built the marketing plan and department from the ground floor, and witnessed more than 5x company revenue growth); Sales & Marketing Director at For Rent Media Solutions; Marketing Analyst at RGU Group. She received her B.A. from Brigham Young University. 

bill patchett, p2, p2 broadband, p2 business solutions

Click here to request a meetingAs founder of the company, Mr. Patchett, has also served as CEO since 2008. Under his professional leadership P2 Business Solutions has come to be recognized as a premier Master Agency that provides ongoing support to thousands of agents throughout the nation. William, as CEO of P2 Business Solutions, is responsible for the evaluation and maintenance of P2 Business Solution's strategic relationships with all of the companies' cloud, mobility and telecommunications partners. Further, William is Co-Founder of Technology Solutions Xchange (TSX) which is an association of master agents within the telecommunications and cloud space offering its master agent members a diverse and expanded portfolio consisting of innovative solutions specific to connectivity, cloud, hosting, cybersecurity and loT vendors. TSX, while educating its master agents and helping to develop new sales partners, focused on master agents who were steadfast in their efforts to evolve their company by way of exploring new opportunities and incorporating creative techniques needed to approach the market. With over 250 supplier contracts within the portfolio today, TSX serves its valued customer base, from the SMB to the Enterprise space, with only the highest quality and most effective broad-reaching products and services.

Life Adventures, life adventures for all, PsyD

Click here to request a meetingBobbi Beale, PsyD, is a Senior Research Associate at the Center for Innovative Practices, part of the Begun Center for Violence Prevention Research and Education at Case Western Reserve University's Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences.Dr. Beale is a licensed, clinical psychologist and previously served as the Director of the Center for Applied Resilience in Canton, Ohio. She served at-risk youth and families since 1985; first as a home-based therapist, then a program supervisor, program designer and division director.Bobbi has specialized in designing non-traditional therapy programs for youth populations that are at risk or have trauma histories. Her programs have utilized adventure therapy (AT) to increase skills and resiliency, and include individual, family and group applications. She also worked on validating AT with clinical research in outpatient community behavioral health. Bobbi's current research includes implementing new AT programs in 11 Ohio counties to support effective treatment for child welfare youth and families. She would like to expand her research to include both home-based and multi-family group components. Bobbi is also a trainer and consultant on issues related to youth including: IHBT, Trauma & Resiliency, Bullying, Supportive Behavior Management, Outcomes, Cultural Diversity, Evidence-Based Practices and Teambuilding.

bruce ahern, cloud conventions, convey services

Click here to request a meeting Bruce Ahern is an experienced marketing professional, focusing on high-level communication strategy, sales implementation and positioning for acquisition. Ahern's experience includes the management of investor relations, M&A and corporate information programs designed to strengthen a company's perceived value and market reach.Ahern is a respected author and publisher. He built a family of technical publications and is a frequently quoted speaker, commentator and industry analyst.

cardi prinzi

In a career spanning four decades, Cardi has gained a wealth of experience as a sales and marketing leader for telecommunications and technology companies focused on the B2B market from SMB to Enterprise. He has had success throughout the US and Internationally in large corporations through early-stage start-ups - both public & private, and has been involved in multiple mergers, acquisitions, and integrations. Recognized as a thought leader, he excels in "connecting-the-dots" between product, marketing, and sales. His opinions on sales and marketing strategies are sought out by large service providers and technology distributors. His areas of focus at EagleTEQ are Go-to-Market strategies and tactics, international sales and marketing, accentuating unique value propositions, and organizational structure.

carolyn bradfield, cloud conventions, convey services

Carolyn Bradfield is a seasoned CEO with 5 successful start-up ventures, 4 self-financed, achieving profitable exits and strong returns for investors. A pioneer in the conferencing industry, Bradfield founded several of the industry's largest and most successful conferencing technology providers. Since 1991, she has been a driving force behind the adoption of innovation in the conferencing industry leading with the creation of a fully automated conferencing experience for customers. Bradfield has spent three decades offering communications solutions to businesses to improve productivity, drive revenue and reduce cost.

Bloomin' Brands International

Click here to request a meetingChef Cutler develops and engineers the core menu recipes for Bloomin' Brands International, Fleming's Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar, Outback Steakhouse, Bonefish Grill, Carrabba's Italian Grill, and Aussie Grill. He also populates a pipeline of products for future markets, collaborating with manufacturers on formulas and recipes that differentiate the brands. He has over 35 years of culinary experience, including training and product development for companies such as Ritz-Carlton, Occidental Grand Hotel's Chef for Café Opera, and Rochester Meat Company. He also owned a successful café and bakery in Roswell, Georgia and served as a Chef Instructor for the Art Institute of Atlanta, where he pioneered a new curriculum for the graduating class of International Food and History. Chef Cutler holds a degree from Baltimore International Culinary College and has traveled the world promoting and teaching the cooking techniques of his Southern heritage.

Clifton/Larson/Allen, Craig Arends

Click here to request a meeting Craig Arends is a principal at CLA and is the managing principal of CLA's private equity practice. Craig brings a concentration of experience in providing accounting and transaction structuring advice for leveraged recapitalizations, purchase accounting and SEC reporting, assessing quality of earnings, and GAAP accounting. He has far-reaching experience with critiquing financial models and reviewing target companies' financial performance to identify cost reductions and/or operating efficiencies Craig has more than 25 years of experience in public accounting serving public companies, private equity groups, and companies, including a term as principal in charge of a Big Four Capital Markets Group in Moscow, Russia. He has led financial accounting due diligence projects for private equity investor groups and venture capital funds, primarily in the technology, communications, and manufacturing industries, as well as assisting with Foreign Corrupt Practice Act matters ranging from investigation of payments made, validation of compliance with corporate policies, and review of proposed transactions to ensure compliance.

curt allen

Click here to request a meetingCurt has deep experience on both the provider and partner side of the technology space with roles as global channel leader for multi billion dollar public companies as well as leading one of the premier master agencies for 12 years. Curt also has a background in resale, wholesale, and whitelabel business in network, collaboration, UCaaS and CCaaS. Known as a dynamic channel leader and talented speaker, Allen excels at delivering data driven GTM strategies with specific and actionable tactics to execute that are supported and understood from the boardroom to the street. Allen's areas of specialization at EagleTEQ are GTM, sales process, partner compensation, partner programs, routes to market, revenue and profitability growth, and team building/ development.

ATA, business development, contact center operations, Direct Communication Specialists, Litigation Services, PACE, SCTC, SOCAP

Click here to request a meetingWith three decades of experience in sales, direct marketing and contact center operations Ms. Geller-Stoff has advised Fortune 500 companies and executed hundreds of successful projects. Her company, Direct Communication Specialists, helps companies to build successful customer care, direct response marketing and sales programs and contact center operations. Ms. Geller-Stoff is frequently a featured speaker at conferences and corporate meetings (ATA, PACE, SOCAP, IPQC, DMA, Call Center Demo & Conference) and has been published in a number of internationally recognized magazines and newspapers. She is a past president of both the Southeastern Chapter of PACE and the Georgia Chapter of the Society for Consumer Affairs Professionals (SOCAP).Ms. Geller-Stoff is also an expert witness certified in Federal Court and in her new role with CompliancePoint Litigation Services provides consulting support and expert opinions for cases related to Contact Center operations, privacy, TCPA issues.

dave dyson

Click here to request a meeting Eclipse provides network strategy, vendor selection, contract negotiation, implementation and ongoing management (MACD, Help Desk) for voice, data and mobile networks. The Eclipse mission is to ensure clients have the right communication strategy, the right technology, the right vendor partners at the right time. Telecom does not exist in an ideal state today for the mid-market and enterprise client. Cost, customer service, and the pace of technology change are out of alignment with client expectations and goals.

David Danto

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Derek Herider, wow!

Click here to request a meetingDerek Herider manages the channel for WOW Business! One of the largest broadband providers in the country. He is an expert at transforming business processes and developing innovative strategies to improve employee empowerment. Before his career in the Telecommunications industry Derek served in the US Army which contributed heavily to his beliefs that the team comes first!

Doug Green, TR Publications

Click here to request a meeting Having recorded over 2,000 podcasts on UC, Doug is one of the most prolific podcasters and content creators in UC and IT. Doug has been reporting, writing, observing and speaking on UC since 1989. Today, Doug is editor and publisher of TR Publications, a family of over ten daily and weekly ebulletins that reach MSPs, channel partners, telecom resellers, and the enterprise end users. Doug is particularly interested in the way inventions become markets, the nexus between technology and economics, and between the technology of everything and the economics of everything. Recently, he launched a new magazine on sleep health, a major issue impacting the telecom community: we are the most sleep deprived of all occupations. Doug is an active member of several industry related associations and serves as a telecommunications commissioner in Clark County, Washington, where he and his wife, Barbara Green reside in Vancouver, WA near Portland OR. University of Oregon '86. Go Ducks! Go Blazers! Go Maple Leaves!

Altaworx, Forrest Derr, UCaaS

Click here to request a meetingForrest Derr is President of Altaworx, a state-of-the-art UCaaS provider and a fully Integrated telecommunication service provider of data, wireless and IoT connectivity. Altaworx provides business telephone service, hosted PBX, and IP data services to organizations across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Altaworx helps channel partners build their businesses equity value with innovative white label UCaaS voice services, LTE failover, SD-WAN products. Altaworx helps channel partners build their businesses equity value with innovative white label UCaaS voice services, LTE failover, SD-WAN products. We combine our white label products with a turn-key billing platform that allows our channel partners own their customers and build equity value. Forrest has been with Altaworx for almost seven years running technology, marketing, finance and automation. Prior to Altaworx, Forrest specialized in the office equipment industry in warehousing, technology infrastructure, and distribution.

frank lusko

Click here to request a meeting Red River brings together the ideal combination of talent, partners and products to disrupt the status quo in technology and drive success for business and government in ways previously unattainable. Red River serves organizations well beyond traditional technology integration, bringing more than 20 years of experience and mission-critical expertise in security, networking, analytics, collaboration, mobility and cloud solutions. Frank is an experienced sales and marketing leader for CWPS, Inc./Red River a leading IT managed services provider out of Chantilly, VA. Over the past decade, he has led the sales organization of CWPS through a number of market transitions to include executing on their cloud and managed services strategy. Through this period, the company experienced exponential growth in these practices, successfully transitioning from a project-based business model to a predominantly recurring revenue-based model. Frank is a strong believer in a highly specialized sales organizational structure, leveraging an advanced sales technology stack to maximize and measure the performance of his sales and marketing teams. Frank graduated from the Ohio Institute of Technology and has been a Washington DC resident since 2006 where he lives with his wife Elaina.

Gary Yates, Hickey & Associates

Click here to request a meetingGary Yates is a Principal in Hickey & Associations, a global leader in site selection, location strategy, credits & incentives advisory, and labor analytics with active projects in the Americas, Asia, Europe, Australia, and Africa. HICKEY assists businesses with the critical data capture and strategic vision to navigate a global real estate footprint. Gary is a highly accomplished and enterprising location selection executive and has both domestic and international experience in project management, sales, analysis, and strategy. In his position at HICKEY, Gary ensures that his clients have optimal geographic locations for their businesses across varied industries, with focus on workforce issues and demographic trends. Prior to Hickey & Associates, Gary served as Vice President of Consulting for JLL, a leading professional services firm that specializes in real estate and investment management and as Director of Site Selection for the Staubach Company

Gene Theslof, Inc, My Health Connection

Click here to request a meetingTheslof is the founder of My Health Connection, Inc. (MHC), a global telehealth services provider. Theslof previously built and sold the nation's first large telehealth company and sold it to Stryker, now Stryker Communications, currently a $400M business. Mr. Theslof is one of the fathers of telehealth having built a national hospital network prior to the Internet's existence. Mr. Theslof built an integrated set of SMARTCOM Telehealth Platforms for MHC that are being used by hospitals, practices and health care companies today. Theslof included eight modules to the HIPAA complaint Platform including a multiplicity of remote patient monitoring tools and portals including a game changing noninvasive FDA and CE approved cardiovascular monitor known as, MyNICaS. This portable device tests a patient's hemodynamics and provides17 actionable data items to physicians enabling them to titrate the patient wherever they may be. Using this portable device has dramatically cut readmissions for skilled nursing facilities and HCAs. MHC currently has systems in 23 states. MHC's tools enable any participating medical provider to treat their patients in place (for example at home or in a skilled nursing facility ) without admitting them back into emergency rooms or hospitals

George Leith, Vendasta

Click here to request a meeting George Leith is the Chief Customer Officer and EVP of Sales for Vendasta, the leading end-to-end e-commerce platform. He leads a team of more than 200 professionals, dedicated to ensuring the success of a global stable of vendors, channel partners, and end users. George provides training, education, and mentorship to an ever-growing base of more than 40,000 business owners, sales leaders, and sales professionals who make up Vendasta's channel partner community. Vendasta's vendor and partner network provides digital solutions in 10 languages to four million businesses worldwide. George's track record of success in technology, media, channel sales models, and marketing spans 35 years. He has been a keynote speaker at conferences and seminars around the world. He also founded and launched the Conquer Local podcast to educate business professionals on sales, digital marketing, and local business success. The podcast has since expanded into an online community, think tank, training academy, and marquee event. George helps businesses transform their operations, finance, sales, and marketing to meet complex customer needs. He believes servant leadership and coaching frameworks are the best ways to motivate and improve performance for the organizations with whom he works.

Helane Cohen, microsoft

Click here to request a meeting Helane Cohen enables partners to build and expand their businesses by utilizing modern marketing techniques and joining forces with Microsoft and other partners. She manages a program to help partners understand and build out a P2P strategy to increase visibility for their solutions, drive revenue and solve customer business needs. As Helane puts it, "Over the years I have learned that I am passionate about Entrepreneurship and mentoring of young woman and children to help develop them into the best humans they can be. Being an entrepreneur has allowed me to express my love for creative thinking and the ability to constantly think outside of the boundaries. It has also allowed me to take on different types of roles throughout my career to learn and grow. As a mentor, I get to put in to practice my love of teaching & coaching and have the ability to have an impact on our future generations.""As businesses continue to transform, I am excited to be able to be part of a team to help our Microsoft Partner channel digitally transform and expand their horizons with new business opportunities."

UPS

Click here to request a meetingJeff Fischer has over 35 years of experience in the Global Supply industry with the final 25 at UPS. During his UPS career, Jeff developed innovative and integrated logistics solutions for the world's largest Fortune 100 companies. During his tenure he also was a member of the Mailboxes Etc. (MBE) acquisition team that converted the 3,200+ shipping retail network into today's UPS Stores. Jeff also led management teams within UPS's sales training, business development, operations, product development, and customer experience divisions. Prior to joining UPS, Jeff worked for Fuji Photo Film and Lever Brothers in New York City. Jeff has written and published dozens of articles within a variety of trade magazines and has been a guest columnist to the Cambridge Information Network and the Global Business Network. He was an adjunct professor in New York and Georgia colleges teaching logistics, international management, thesis research and writing, and organizational management. After retiring from UPS in 2018, Jeff started a consulting service, The Whole Business, that takes a holistic approach examining for profit and non-profit organization's order-to-cash cycle to determine the root causes that create unnecessary cost, impede growth, and inhibit a positive customer experience. He has expanded his support, due to the pandemic, with non-profits seeking fundraising assistance and guidance by leveraging his communication, writing, and teaching skills; aligned with his co-ownership of a Roswell, Georgia restaurant.

Jeffrey Pearl, OTG

Click here to request a meeting Jeffrey Pearl runs a Colorado-based master agency, OTG Consulting, a consortium of some of the industry's most influential connected Telecom Executives leveraging their inside knowledge to assist SMB and Enterprise Businesses in their transition from the PSTN (old telecom network) to IP based Unified Communications in an effort to provide efficacy and savings. Jeffrey has a long-standing entrepreneurial career founding IP520, late sold to Megapath and sits on a number of boards including Konatel, SecureView, and Climbing for Kids. Jeffrey is also on the board of advisors for the Cloud Communications Alliance. Today Jeffrey focuses on helping others to live their best life and is in process of writing a book and running a YouTube Channel. His goal is to share his learnings to assist others and answer questions around "how to" Live your Best Life!

Comedian, Jim Gossett

Click here to request a meetingWhile other comedians recycle "stock" jokes, Jim takes his inspiration from the events of the day, adds his special brand of magic, and delivers a performance so up-to-the-minute, it's no wonder his material often appears in the monologues of The Tonight Show and The Late Show with David Letterman. Jim's unique perspective on the news will captivate you! A performer who does his homework, Jim wins rave reviews for incorporating the names of attendees and "insider" information into his customized routines. One of the most popular features of his presentations, Jim's humorous commentaries are so on-target, he'll have you believing he's been hiding out at the office water cooler. Every performance is truly one of a kind. No stranger to the concert stage, Jim has opened for such celebrities as Paul Anka, Barbara Mandrell, Jay Leno, Crystal Gayle, Louise Mandrell, and Frankie Valli. He also appears regularly in comedy clubs and college campuses across the country, earning him a substantial following. When not performing, Jim can be heard on a variety of national and regional commercials for Pizza Hut, Ford Trucks, McDonald's, GMC, Kroger, and Wendy's.

John Albers

Click here to request a meetingJohn Albers background spans roles as a CIO, CISO, CMO and COO. John has a proven record of leading large teams, growing and managing clients from SMBs to Fortune 500 companies. As a current Georgia State Senate, John Albers was first elected in 2011. He represents the 56th District, which includes portions of Fulton and Cherokee County. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Public Safety Committee. Senator Albers also serves as Vice Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and as a member of the Senate Appropriations, Rules, Regulated Industries and Utilities, and the Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committees. Senator Albers is a fourth-generation firefighter serving as a volunteer in Alpharetta and member of the Georgia Firefighters Association. Albers earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Organizational Leadership from the University of Louisville. Albers also completed graduate programs from the University of Georgia and Harvard University. When not attending to state business, Senator Albers is an executive, business owner and entrepreneur.

John Wichmann, Maptician

Click here to request a meeting John Wichmann is COO and co-founder of Maptician. Maptician is a cloud-based workplace enablement solution that helps companies streamline the return-to-office and a shift to a hybrid or other flexible work model.  Maptician provides companies with predictable cost savings related to their use of office space and equips them to use their space in a more intentional way; supporting their employees' desire to connect, collaborate, innovate, and help new team members feel connected sooner.  John has spent the past 20 years leveraging software solutions and consulting to help organizations gain new visibility, make better decisions, and unlock value.  Most recently, John led consulting practices at both Teradata (TDC) and Fiserv (FISV). At Teradata, John led a $25M consulting practice responsible for selling and delivering analytics software and consulting services to some of the largest and well-known companies in the world. At Fiserv, the practice area John led implemented and configured SaaS and installed software for hundreds of clients per year, including banks, credit unions, and mortgage providers, with implementation durations ranging from one week to over 6 months.  John received his degree from Georgia Tech in Industrial and Systems Engineering. John lives in Alpharetta and he and his wife have three sons ranging in age from 10 to 19. 

Jon Arnold

Click here to request a meetingAs principal of J Arnold & Associates, Jon is an independent research analyst providing thought leadership and go-to-market counsel with a focus on the business-level impact of disruptive communications technologies. JAA works primarily with vendors and service providers to educate their customers on the value of these technologies and to accelerate the adoption of their offerings. Jon has been consulting since 2001, and his independent practice was founded in 2005. Core areas of expertise include unified communications, collaboration, team messaging, cloud services (UCaaS/CPaaS/CCaaS), AI, automatic speech recognition (ASR), future of work, contact centers, customer experience, video, VoIP, and social media. JAA is based in Toronto, Ontario, and serves clients across North America as well as in Europe.

ALIANZA, Justin Cooper

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FSL Group, Justin Moritz-Pahde

Click here to request a meetingI am passionate about integrating creative, innovative techniques with proven processes to produce evolutionary & effective results. This hybrid approach allows me to address all aspects of day to day freight and logistics operations as well as the "bigger picture" of how your supply chain affects you, your company, and business-to-business relationships. I want to hear about YOU, your current experiences and processes, and have a conversation to determine how we can come together to tailor your freight program to be cost and time efficient, well-organized, and dependable

Georgia Restaurant Association, GRA, GRC

Click here to request a meetingWith over 44 years in the hospitality industry, Bremer is the CEO of the Georgia Restaurant Association (GRA), representing one of the largest industries in the state. The GRA serves as the unified voice for over 18,500 foodservice and drinking places in the state of Georgia with total sales in excess of $20 billion which provides more than 476,000 jobs. Bremer was the former owner of Dailey's and City Grill restaurants and was a top executive with the Peasant Restaurant Group, starting out as a manager andultimately being named its president. Bremer is a founding member of the GRA and the past president of the GRA Board. She serves on the executive committee for the National Restaurant Association, board of directors for the Atlanta Convention & Visitors Bureau (ACVB), and serves as vice president for the Council of State Restaurant Associations. She also sits on the Industry Advisory Board of Georgia State University's Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Administration and is a trustee of the Arby's Foundation. She is a member of Les Dames d'Escoffier International and the International Women's Forum. Bremer has garnered numerous awards including the ACVB Member of the Year Award in 2002 for her role in founding Downtown Atlanta Restaurant Week. In 2015, she was inducted in the ACVB Hospitality Hall of Fame. In 2009, Bremer received the Lifetime Achievement GRACE (Georgia Restaurant Association Crystal of Excellence) Award for her outstanding contributions to Georgia's restaurant industry. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 Bremer was named one of Georgia Trend Magazine's "100 Most Influential Georgians of the Year" in addition to being listed as a notable Georgian by Georgia Trend Magazine in 2013, 2014 and 2015. She was also names as one of the Top Registered Female Lobbyists in 2017 by James Magazine.

Keith Hatley

Click here to request a meetingKeith Hatley, Partner, Cloud Communications GroupKeith Hatley co-founded Cloud Communications Group in 2009 and recently rejoined the company to lead the company's sales and marketing organization. He leads the company's vision and strategy execution and has a track record of building high-performing teams that have successfully delivered profitable growth to public and private equity shareholders.Prior to Cloud Communications Group, Keith served as Senior Vice President of North American Sales at Masergy. Before Masergy, he served in several senior sales leadership roles at McLeodUSA, PAETEC, airBand, as well as Senior Vice President of Sales at Allegiance Telecom.

ken bisnoff

Ken has over 30 years of experience leading high-performing organizations through periods of rapid organizational growth, industry change and sales-driven expansion. Ken was a Founding Member of the TPx Communications (formerly TelePacific) executive team and played an integral part in that company's explosive growth and evolution from small startup regional CLEC to billion-dollar national managed services powerhouse. Repeatedly honored and recognized for his accomplishments and expertise in B2B sales, channel partner & marketing leadership, his ability to drive strong growth, profitability and process improvement was a key element in the growth and profitability of an industry-leader in the managed services and telecommunications arenas.

SecureRisk

Click here to request a meetingKris Dobbins directs the marketing activities for SecureRisk the 4th largest insurance agency partnership in the United States with over 100 agency members across the Southeast. Kris focuses on bringing value to the owner-member agencies by providing various tools and resources to help agencies streamline their sales process, market their solutions and grow their agency revenue. Kris helps bridge the relationships between the agency members and over 85 partner carriers and service providers endorsed by the SecureRisk network to ensure that the producers and owners have a full view of the insurance products available for commercial and personal lines as well as technology and services needed to run the agency. Prior to joining SecureRisk eleven years ago, Kris had first-hand experience in the insurance carrier world in various roles within the property and casualty insurance industry as a commercial lines specialist, senior marketing underwriter and commercial lines broker.

Logan Kipp, SiteLock

Click here to request a meetingLogan Kipp serves as SiteLock's Director of Sales engineering, focusing on the technical integrations with the company's strategic partners. Logan has over twelve years of experience in the application security and cloud services industries, including nine years at SiteLock. Prior to joining SiteLock, Logan spent three years as a security consultant in the mass-market website hosting space. Logan holds certifications in penetration testing and information security."

Marc Pinsler, MVP Consulting

Click here to request a meetingMarc Pinsler serves as the Chief Creative Officer for MVP Consulting, providing training, counseling, and consultation to individuals, families and corporations. Marc is certified as a national addictions counselor, is certified as a yoga and meditation teacher, and is also an Advanced Certified Relapse Prevention Specialist. Marc is skilled in using Rapid Resolution Therapy in the treatment of PTSD, Grief, Anxiety, and to eliminate cravings and is passionate about recovery both his own as well as his clients', believing that sometimes all we need is a helping hand and a fresh perspective. Grounded in the belief system that everyone has the capacity to recover, Marc brings humor and spirituality to everything he is involved in. As a gifted counselor, Marc was recognized as the 2010 GACA (Georgia Addiction Counselors Association) New Counselor of the year.

Marcela Gonzalez Cagle, Vonage

Click here to request a meetingMarcela Gonzalez Cagle joined Vonage in 2016 and, since then, has been successfully driving regional expansion, execution and enablement for the Vonage partner community. With more than 10 years of experience in branding, events and partner marketing, Gonzalez Cagle has played a key role in the launch of the Vonage Partner Network, including the Program's expansion to the UK, and the Company's overall channel sales strategy.

Matt LaHood

Click here to request a meetingMatt LaHood, Managing Principal, Telecommunications IndustryCliftonLarsonAllenMatt LaHood is the Managing Principal for the Telecommunications Industry for CliftonLarsonAllen, the 8th largest accounting firm in the United States serving over 200K clients with 7,400 professionals in 120 locations. Matt became a principal of CLA after his firm Global Strategic Accountants in Alpharetta merged with the firm in November of 2020. In his current role at CLA and in his former role as CEO and Managing Partner of GSA, Matt focused his practice on the communications industry to help clients enhance their regulatory and tax posture, enhance the quality of their earnings and enable clients to increase growth and revenue.

Matt Lautz, Neostella

Click here to request a meeting Matt Lautz is the CEO & Owner of Neostella, a software implementation and consulting firm specializing in RPA and contact center implementations and integrations. Located in Milwaukee, WI and London UK Neostella supports clients around North America and Europe. Prior to Neostella, Matt has a long history of founding, growing and profitably selling technology companies in addition to helping other technology entrepreneurs find funding. Matt cofounded and became General Partner of Rondo Ventures, a company that invests in early-stage companies providing capital for growth and expertise in helping entrepreneurs scale their businesses. Matt cofounded Canpango, a global Salesforce implementation and development partner with offices in North America, Europe, and Africa and successfully lead the company to acquisition by ScanSource (a fortune 1000 company) in August of 2018. Matt was the CEO and Founder of Corvica where he grew Corvisa's cloud contact center and platform as a service business prior to selling the company to Shoretel (a publicly traded company) in 2015.A serial entrepreneur, Matt brings 20+ years of SaaS, software, telecom and contact center experience to Neostella. Other career highlights include serving as Founder and CEO of a Cloud Contact Center solution that was acquired by Shoretel/Mitel and a Salesforce implementation practice which was acquired by a fortune 1000.

Dobson Fiber, Matt Milliron

Click here to request a meeting Matt serves as Chief Revenue Officer for Dobson Fiber. He is responsible for the overall leadership of the sales organization including direct sales, indirect sales and wholesale.  Matt has extensive executive sales management experience within the telecommunications industry developing high-impact sales distribution models.  In his most recent position before joining Dobson, he was responsible for strategic channels nationally for Windstream. Before Windstream, he served as Chief Revenue Officer at Ntegrated Communications, and prior to that, he was Executive Vice President of Sales at Alpheus Communications.

max silber

Click here to request a meeting Max Silber is an international sales and business development executive with more than 18 years of experience in the telecommunications, mobility and IT industries. Currently, Max runs the mobility and IoT division at MetTel, a leading global provider of integrated digital communications solutions for enterprise customers. MetTel provides forward-thinking control over a company's phones and mobile devices with managed mobility solutions designed to reduce the IT burden and lower cost. MetTel provides all staging, kitting and procurement plus total mobile device management and better, wider coverage. MetTel partners with the most trusted wireless carriers in the U.S. providing a reliable network to keep the mobile workforce connected. MetTel's Deploy plan provides complete, end-to-end management of corporate phones, the Protect Program offers fully-managed protection and replacement for all corporate mobile devices and Mobile Control provides better protection and compliance with network-based security and controls.

Katalyst Network Group, Melissa Daly

Click here to request a meeting Melissa Daly is Career Development Manager at Katalyst Network Group, a boutique IT engineering and professional services organization based in the Carolinas.  Melissa focuses on hiring, developing, and retaining great sales and technical talent. She targets game-changing talent in other industries, then puts them on a success track for top achievement in the technology sales world.  Prior to Katalyst, Melissa spent four years working in Internal Talent Acquisition for Randstadt, the World's largest HR Services Provider. In her free time, Melissa enjoys getting outdoors, reading, and traveling. 

category management, Cheetah Foodservice, e-commerce, procurement, restaurants

Click here to request a meetingMichael Cala directs the procurement and category management for Cheetah Foodservice, an e-commerce platform designed for independent restaurants to order restaurant supplies at wholesale prices in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Over 3,000 restaurants login and order through Cheetah's supply app, providing the simplest, most affordable way for restaurants to get their daily supplies. Michael's long career in foodservice encompasses founding a consulting organization dedicated to helping organizations in the foodservice industry develop go to market strategy that included B2B and B2B sales, product and brand marketing, and category management and merchandising. Michael has held a variety of sales and marketing positions in foodservice including district sales management at SYSCO, sales and marketing leadership positions at US Foods, Regional Vice President at Frosty Acres, and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Palo Alto Foods.

Michael Sterl, Periscope Equity

Click here to request a meetingMichael Sterl is the co-founder of Cloud Optik, a platform provider focused on helping service providers and indirect partners grow revenue and reduce churn using data analytics. In addition, he is also an operating partner of Periscope Equity, a Chicago-based private equity firm focused on investments in technology-enabled service and software companies. Prior to Cloud Optik, Michael was the Executive Vice President and Cofounder of Simple Signal, acquired by Vonage in 2015. According to Michael, "My focus has always been to bring curiosity and positive energy into every interaction. Before joining Periscope Equity, I was fortunate enough to cofound several companies in the telecom and communications industry and build them from the ground up. These experiences have given me a deep understanding of companies at all stages. Whatever the stage and industry, I am passionate about solving a company's pain-points and helping them thrive."

Michelle Cummings

Click here to request a meetingMichelle Cummings, M.SMichelle Cummings, M.S., is the Big Wheel and founder of Training Wheels, a known leader in the Team building field. She is also the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer for Personify Leadership, a leadership development course. She is an accomplished author and is a dynamic, sought-after speaker and consultant in the areas of leadership, teambuilding, and experiential learning. Michelle has created a wide variety of facilitation, debriefing and teambuilding activities that have collectively changed the way trainers and educators work.

michelle hyde

Click here to request a meeting Michelle Hyde, president and founder of Hyde Group, has been serving Pacific Northwest enterprises with excellence for more than 20 years as a trusted advisor to implement the right technologies to overcome critical business challenges.Catering to clients for over 10 years, Hyde Group has a rich history of understanding requirements and dependencies in infrastructure and cloud computing, aligning these needs and sourcing essential solutions to meet client demands. Our reputation of authentic client advocacy and efficiently navigating such client complexities like those of Security and Zero Trust policy formation, BC/DR development, IP/WAN and SASE architecture, Datacenter, XaaS and IoT sourcing, make Hyde Group the dynamic choice when pursuing a partner that can aid team through technological change. Her history of applying the right technology at the right time to critical business issues that clients face has propelled the Hyde Group's success and advanced its reputation as a true client advocate. Hyde Group has a passion for finding solutions to client challenges during their digital transformation through teamwork and enablement of scalable solutions in cloud, SaaS and emerging technologies. Hyde currently serves on the Advisory Council for Cloud Girls and is a past member of its Board of Directors.

Mike Boland, TelAdvocate

Click here to request a meeting Since its founding 14 years ago, TelAdvocate has become one of the largest and most respected Telecom and Cloud Services distributors in the country. As the industry's premier Master Agency, we provide cutting edge tools, software, engineering, design, and sales support to thousands of Sales Partners and enterprises across the country. Our unmatched back-office support is staffed by expert telecom and cloud professionals providing high touch, personalized support. We feature a private life-cycle management software allows our Partners to manage their entire business from end-to-end; but it is our people not our portal that distinguishes us.

mike cromwell

Click here to request a meetingMr. Cromwell works with innovative emerging technology solution providers who are laser focused on driving Digital Transformation of the Enterprise, as well as companies enabling channel partners, who are increasingly being entrusted by IT organizations to serve as trusted advisors to CIOs.During a 26 year career in technology sales, sales & marketing leadership and executive roles, Mike has led organizations ranging from head of sales & marketing at a $1.5B company to launching new business units. He led teams selling to & supporting nearly every customer segment, and through multiple sales distribution channels.Digital Transformation is driving innovation & an accelerating pace of adoption of emerging technologies such as SD-WAN, UCaaS, CCaaS, IoT, and Managed Security. With it comes increasing complexities for IT organizations, disruption to legacy tech companies, and an entirely new set of challenges to grow.Amidst the change & disruption, it is more important than ever for technology companies to be maniacally focused on customer experience, partner enablement, constant innovation, building a winning culture, having the right team in place, and most importantly the ability to EXECUTE.Through a combination of experience in leading organizations through insurmountable obstacles, business transformations, and building new businesses along with learning from some of the industry's top executives & thought leaders, he everages those real-life experiences to help technology companies and their distributors who are committed to transformational growth.

Box Line Box, Inc., Mike Evans

Click here to request a meetingMike is the founder of Box Line Box, Inc., he brings his expertise in telecommunications, healthcare information technology, medical imaging systems, and integration to the stage. Michael has spent over 20 years dedicating himself to enhancing the world of medical education with technology. He is a pioneer in the development of the integrated operating room. He was a co-foundeder of InfoMedix Communications Corporation, which was acquired by Stryker Corporation (NYSE: SYK) in 1999 and is now the Stryker Communications Division. After working with Stryker for several years Mike founded Box Line Box, Inc. to continue pushing the boundaries of live surgery as it is applied to medical education. He is an expert in clinical telecommunications and telemedicine with experience in remote locations and disaster zones. He brought the first-ever live surgeries from a forward operating hospital in Afghanistan as well as the rural countryside of Haiti.

mike schmidtmann

Click here to request a meeting Mike Schmidtmann has led Information Technology Sales Teams for more than 20 years. He works with organizations throughout the United States to improve their sales recruiting, new business development, and profit growth. For the past six years, he has led the Trans4mers Peer Groups for Sales Leaders in the IT industry. Members of these groups consistently out-perform the industry in sales growth, profitability, and innovation. Mike produces the award-winning Trans4mers webinar series, and frequently writes for IT Publications on sales and automation topics. During the past 20 years Mike lead national and regional sales teams and recruited and hired more than 300 salespeople and 30 sales managers. Mike's clients benefit from his extensive experience and the insight and proven results he has achieved. He expanded and led a five-state region for Strategic Products and Services as a highly successful Avaya Business Partner and received national recognition and numerous awards, including the Avaya Largest Competitive Win-Back of the Year in 2005. While serving as National Sales Director for Inacom Communications and General Manager of the Mid-Atlantic for Strategic Products and Services, Mike's firm was ranked the Number One Telecommunications Reseller in the Washington Business Journal for three years in a row.

mike schmidtmann

Click here to request a meetingMike Schmidtmann has led Information Technology Sales Teams for more than 20 years. He works with organizations throughout the United States to improve their sales recruiting, new business development, and profit growth. For the past six years, he has led the Trans4mers Peer Groups for Sales Leaders in the IT industry. Members of these groups consistently out-perform the industry in sales growth, profitability, and innovation. Mike produces the award-winning Trans4mers webinar series, and frequently writes for IT Publications on sales and automation topics. During the past 20 years Mike lead national and regional sales teams and recruited and hired more than 300 salespeople and 30 sales managers. Mike's clients benefit from his extensive experience and the insight and proven results he has achieved. He expanded and led a five-state region for Strategic Products and Services as a highly successful Avaya Business Partner and received national recognition and numerous awards, including the Avaya Largest Competitive Win-Back of the Year in 2005. While serving as National Sales Director for Inacom Communications and General Manager of the Mid-Atlantic for Strategic Products and Services, Mike's firm was ranked the Number One Telecommunications Reseller in the Washington Business Journal for three years in a row.

Converigia, mutlek amrov

Click here to request a meetingMutlek Amrov, is a Senior Channel Manager at Converigia, a Pan-American Value-Added Distributor for connectivity solutions. Mutlek's excellent support for his channel sales teams has been a key contributing factor in the rapid growth Convergia Channel Program.

business development, marketing, VIPdesk

Click here to request a meetingBorn and raised in Germany and Switzerland, Othmar joined VIPdesk 12 years ago believing that the At-Home customer care approach will disrupt the traditional call center business model. Othmar has been responsible for the Business Development of VIPdesk's client portfolio and played a pivotal role for the growth of the company. Prior to joining VIPdesk, he served in senior business development roles at Bertelsmann and America Online both in Europe and the US, architecting and negotiating some of the landmark deals during the Internet boom. As a graduate of the University of St.Gallen with a PhD in Marketing and Media Science, Othmar has shown the ability to identify and capitalize on new market opportunities.

msp, Paul Green, Updating Servers Doesn't Grow Your Business

Click here to request a meetingMarketing expert Paul Green is the founder of MSP Marketing, a UK organization that exists to help the owners of MSPs grow their businesses and fall in love with them again. He's the author of Updating Servers Doesn't Grow Your Business, a paperback book now owned by more than 1,000 MSPs in the UK. Paul was a newspaper journalist and radio presenter for 13 years, before starting his first business, a PR agency, in 2005. He transformed the PR agency into a specialist business growth and marketing company called Growth UK. This was a marketing and growth consultancy for independent opticians, vets and dentists. The business had seven figure turnover and six figure EBITDA - and in March 2016 Paul sold it to a digital marketing agency.

Observe.AI, Pete Lee

Click here to request a meeting Pete Lee is a Seed/Series A/Series B Technology Executive providing organizational wide leadership in SaaS and AI business with strategy, sales, delivery, and marketing. Currently Pete serves as the Vice President of Global Sales & Alliances of Observe.AI, a leader in Contact Center AI, transforming customer experiences and improving agent performance by helping top brands analyze 100% of interactions, extract actionable sentiment insights and streamline workflows. Pete has documented success launching and implementing significant Cloud transformation strategies, resulting in a ten-fold revenue increase. His leadership philosophy encompasses a collaborative, commitment to excellence approach by cultivating synergistic teams, leading with training of best practices, exceptional product knowledge, dynamic relationship skills, and company cultural fit. Pete is recognized thought leader and subject matter expert, conducting Cloud public speaking. His distinguished career includes the Vice President of US Sales for LiveTiles and a partner in BDO Digital Services where he led sales, alliance, innovation and growth functions

Phillip Hancock, Shred-it

Click here to request a meetingShred-it is the largest document destruction provider in the world. In 14 countries and in 170 markets, we've become the world-standard and industry best-practice for information security and workplace privacy. In the more than 30 years since our inception, we have developed proprietary technologies, exclusive protocols and practices, and innovative products and services, designed exclusively to protect businesses of any size from the ongoing threats and risks of workplace privacy breaches. As the trusted choice of both small businesses and large organizations, you will find Shred-it is the preferred partner across almost every sector - from government and healthcare, universities and colleges, banks and financial institutions, to police forces, military, and intelligence agencies.

rick beckers

Click here to request a meeting With more than 40 years of hands-on industry experience, Rick Beckers is an expert in all things related to business automation. He's spent years managing a variety of technology solutions, including designing, installing, and supporting the offering long after the sale. Thanks to Rick's breadth and depth of knowledge, XaaS1 has become the leading technology-as-a-service provider across the US for vendors, agents, and their corporate customers. And now things have evolved so that it is all available "As-a-Service." On January 1, 2019 he launched a revolutionary company, XaaS1, that provides all things "Technology-as-a-Service. It's a new Industry 4.0 era of digital transformation and I'm out in front riding the wave!His specialties include but are not limited to: Cloud & Traditional Computer networking (LAN, WAN, & Wireless), Telecommunications, Analog & VoIP Telephony, Analog & IP Video Surveillance, Internet-of-Things, Technology-as-a-Service, & Outsourced CIO.

rick strobridge

Click here to request a meeting Rick is an award-winning digital health CEO and successful inventor with proven expertise in start-up development and growth in the healthcare and clinical research sectors. Currently Rick is serving as the CEO of Rx.Health, a company defining the delivery of digital medicine by bringing the first enterprise-wide curation, prescription, and engagement platform to hospitals, pharma, and payers in an affordable and scalable way. Rx.Health partners with life sciences, national societies, health systems, and payers. Rick is a successful entrepreneur and the founder or co-founder of seven companies and one non-profit. He invented the first wireless blood glucose meter, diabetes mobile app and cloud-based patient management platform and took it from product concept to engineering and software development to production and regulatory approvals in 50 countries. Rick managed the acquisition of Fortune 500 customers including Lilly, Sanofi, Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, Verizon, Telstra, UCSD Health, Kaiser Permanente, Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Merck, ERT, Covance, IQVIA and others. Rick's awards include the New Product Innovation Award 2x, Best Practices Award, High Tech America Award, Nokia Innovation & Excellence Award, eHealthcare Leadership Award, and Digital Health Global 100 Award.

Altaworx, Rickey Richey, UCaaS

Click here to request a meetingRickie Richey is the founder and visionary of Altaworx, a state-of-the-art UCaaS provider and a fully Integrated telecommunication service provider of data, wireless and IoT connectivity. Altaworx provides business telephone service, hosted PBX, and IP data services to organizations across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Altaworx helps channel partners build their businesses equity value with innovative white label UCaaS voice services, LTE failover, SD-WAN products. We combine our white label products with a turn-key billing platform that allows our channel partners own their customers and build equity value It is the Mission of Altaworx to have a meaningful impact on our clients and partners organizations by learning about the current state and their short and long-term goals. We assist them in finding the right technologies to meet those goals. We then put our 18 years of carrier service experience to work to help implement those solutions. These solutions include UCaaS, IoT (Cisco Jasper, AT&T Control Center), and Altaworx Catapult billing as a service platform.)

Microsoft Teams, Rob Doucette

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Rob Molinaro, Telarus

Click here to request a meetingRob Molinaro became the Senior Partner Development Manager for Telarus in 2020, one of the nation's leading master agencies. Telarus holds contracts with the world's leading cloud voice, contact center, and cybersecurity providers to it easier and more profitable for trusted advisors to sell and source UCaaS and Contact Center solutions. The Telarus GeoQuote platform combines real-time carrier pricing with advanced research features and branded proposals. Telarus' experienced sales staff is strategically focused on enterprise WAN and high-capacity bandwidth solutions, making it easier to find the best offer, every time. Telarus has been named the top master agent by the members of the Telecom Association in each of the past three years, the first and only company in the carrier channel to accomplish this feat. In his position as Senior Partner Development Manager, Rob manages and grows an elite and strategic partner base including the recruitment, training and collaboration with partners affiliated with Telarus. He translates training offered by Telarus providers for partners to have the tools to identify services that will produce monthly recurring revenue and commissions month over month. Prior to Telarus, Rob spent 26 years serving as Vice President of Chorus Communications, Philadelphia-based technology consulting firm positioned as one of the largest master agencies on the East Coast.

robb mckerrow

Click here to request a meetingFor the last 11 years Robb McKerrow has lead r*development, a design and branding consultancy with a strong track record of developing concepts that resonate with the consumer and bring strong economic returns for the ownership. By understanding the competitive landscape and trends in consumer behavior, they create branded designs that are operationally sound and lay a foundation for concept success, as well as a strong visual appeal. A particular specialty and focus is on retooling existing brands that have lost their relevance and competitive edge bringing them back to life. Robb's design work is distinctive yet budget-driven and very "cool". Robb has overseen the design and development of over 1000 restaurant locations for regional and national chains, as well as creating many strong local independent locations such as Cabernet, Pampas Steakhouse, Frankie's Steakhouse, Fresh to Order, Tara Humata, Del Frisco's, Canoe, Giorgio's Family Kitchen, Taffer's Tavern, Twisted Fork and Nick & Jake's. Branded restaurant & retail prototypes developed by Robb over the years have included Longhorn Steakhouse, Lone Star Steakhouse, Tanner's, Arby's, Mrs Winners, Shane's, PJ's Coffee, Doc Green's, Bonehead's, Planet Smoothie, Flying Biscuit, Flip Flop Shops, Appleton Learning, Twin Peaks, 5 & Diner, Buffalo's Café, Ted's Montana Grill, Golden Rule BBQ, Shoney's, Atlanta Bread Co., The Grape, Miller's Ale House, O'Charley's & Surchero's Fresh Mex. On the boards is a new high-end Steakhouse to be named H&W in Peachtree Corners, GA being operated by The Norsan Group. From 1989 to 2000, Robb owned and operated RDM Design, an Award-winning A&D firm focused on the multi-unit restaurant industry. Robb headed a 25-man team of designers, architects and engineers for 10 years designing prototypes and rolling out hundreds of locations across the US and Puerto Rico for national brands in QSR and Casual Dining.

commercial real estate, WM Leonard & Co

Click here to request a meetingRonnie Cannon has been active in the commercial real estate advisory industry since 1997 and has significant expertise in the development and implementation of real estate and workplace strategies that helps organizations drive greater profitability and avoid the unforeseen risks associated with real estate decisions and agreements. For the last 6 years, Ronnie has served as the Managing Director of the William Leonard & Co, an Atlanta-based commercial real estate firm specializing in representing hundreds of tenants over the years align their real estate strategy with their company's business plan. Prior to joining the Wm. Leonard & Co team, Ronnie was a principal for 15 years at Cresa, headquartered in Washington, DC, an occupier-centric commercial real estate firm with over 80 offices serving 2,000 clients nationwide.

Ryan Crandall

Click here to request a meetingRyan Crandall directs the IoT and Mobile Solutions for MetTel, a leading provider of customized, integrated and managed communications solutions for enterprise customers. MetTel offers IoT [Internet of Things] fleet management technology to help customers automate their fleets for greater efficiency, insight and control. In addition to developing the transportation and logistics industry and offerings for MetTel, Ryan has also served as the VP of Sales for North America for Retriever Communications, a provider of field service management software, Director of Sales for LoJack Corporation and Director of Enterprise Sales & Strategy for Navtrack, now a Verizon company. MetTel's fleet management automation technology provides visibility and helps organizations manage their entire fleet and mobile workforce providing "one pane of glass" that helps eliminate paperwork so that mobile workers have the tools at hand to do their work more efficiently. Connecting the vehicle and the workforce automation mobile applications using the SingleSIM solution, assuring coverage at any time for the field worker, equipment and vehicles, enables real-time access to information regardless of the cellular coverage in known dark areas of the city by enabling the best carrier signal is used at any time for data transmission.

neurofeedback, Psychologist, psychology

Click here to request a meetingDr. Sandra Newes (aka "Sandy") is a Licensed Psychologist operating a private practice in the Asheville, North Carolina area. Dr. Newes specializes in treating trauma, anxiety, chronic stress, self-regulation issues, and adult ADHD and works with older adolescents, young adults, and adult clients. In addition to her therapeutic practice, Dr. Newes is nationally recognized for her work in psychological testing, neurofeedback, outdoor behavioral healthcare, young adult and adolescent treatment program development, program research, and neurofeedback.

Scott Forbush, UPSTACK

Click here to request a meetingScott Forbush is Chief Revenue Officer of UPSTACK-the fast-growing platform that transforms the buying experience for businesses seeking cloud and internet infrastructure solutions-where he is responsible for strategic revenue growth, platform adoption and leads the company's agent investment strategy.  A 25-year veteran of the telecom industry, Forbush has served in various executive sales and channel sales positions. Most recently, he was the Senior Vice President of Global Sales for Telarus, where he led the master agency's six regional sales teams to impressive growth during his tenure. Previously, Forbush was Vice President of Indirect Sales at Zayo Group and Vice President of Indirect Sales at Electric Lightwave. 

Scott Kinka

Click here to request a meetingVeteran commercial technologist with heavy experience in bringing MSP and cloud offerings to the midmarket and enterprise. Chief Strategist, Innovator and Founding Partner of Evolve IP.40 under 40 award Recipient in 2013, and Philadelphia's Top IT Innovator in 2014, Philadelphia's Top Tech Disruptor in 2017.Recognized Technology Expert having appeared on CBS and Fox news, as well as featured in USA Today, CIO Magazine, Business Week, and Inc., among others. 

Sherman Crancer

Click here to request a meetingSherman Crancer is the President of the Crancer Group. As a high energy, fiscally conscious, and goal-driven technology executive, Sherman Crancer approaches each new business challenge with his intrinsic flair for innovation, creative problem-solving, and measured risk-taking to drive consistent bottom-line improvement. The selective set of partners Sherman Crancer works with grow on average 40% year over year. Focusing on business risk, profitability, differentiation and creative marketing techniques as the pillars of his business practice.

counselor, CPCC, gumtree llc, PCC

Click here to request a meeting Stephanie (aka Steph) Yost, PCC, CPCC, is a Professional Certified Coach with the ICF, a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach and the CCO (Chief Creative Officer) of GumTree LLC, a coaching and consulting company for individual business leaders navigating personal and professional change. She is also currently an Associate for the London based team of White & Lime Coaching and the Founder of WiNGs, the Women's Network Group in State College, PA. Stephanie has been partnering with leaders for close to two decades. Currently, Stephanie works with Emerging Women, Inc, facilitating Power Circles for chosen leaders at Hewlett-Packard; is an ongoing Mentor Coach for the Founders in the Techstars Accelerators for both Boulder and Denver, CO, and was most recently the sole Leadership Coach at Gaia, Inc. A Master of Inquiry into what motivates and inspires humans in both the professional and personal realms, Stephanie reconnects leaders with their innate power and passion, bringing freedom and fun to their work, money, health and relationships. Headquartered on the island of Maui, with a portion of her time spent in Boulder, CO, she works with people anywhere in world via phone and video. She especially loves working with those ready to create a revolution, both within themselves and in their communities. She believes that we only improve with age and that radical self-care is the secret to the universe. To support yours or your company's own evolution, drop her a line.

steve braverman

Click here to request a meetingSteve has multiple successful start up ventures under his belt and is a born entrepreneur. Recognized as an innovator, visionary leader, and sales and marketing expert, he has brought and helped bring businesses to market that have changed the technology landscape and partner community. Braverman is sought out by leaders in the space for his "out of the box" thinking and ability to see problems from unique perspectives. His ability to break complex challenges into manageable and understandable pieces makes him the perfect bridge between executive leaders and the people who need to execute the plan. Steve's areas of specialization at EagleTEQ are GTM strategy, marketing and branding, M&A, revenue and profitability growth, and business planning, and channel programs.Most recently, Steve served as Co-Founder and President of Coeo Solutions, a geographically redundant, facilities-based telecommunications provider of SIP, SD-WAN and UCaaS services. During his time at Coeo, Steve created the brand message and marketing automation and built the indirect sales channel. He also helped implement the Rockefeller Habits,  guiding the company with a KPI focus and weekly huddles. Prior to Coeo, Steve was the Co-Founder and CEO of X4 Solutions. Responsible for day-to-day management and marketing, Steve grew X4 into one of the top 10 largest telecom Master agencies in the United States. In 2016, Steve led the sale of X4 to Sandler Partners, which created an unprecedented valuation for the industry.In his earlier years, Steve founded Telelink Communications which was the nation'sfirst Nextlink (XO) distributor. Telelink became a direct and indirect sales agency, representing more than a dozen telecom providers and 40 top PBX dealers. In 2004, Telelink was merged with two companies to become X4 Solutions. Steve earned a Bachelor's Degree in Economics Management from Ohio Wesleyan University, has served on numberous telecom advisory boards, is an active member of YPO and resides in the Chicago area with his wife and six children.

BPESA, business, Global, PACE

Click here to request a meetingStuart Discount currently serves as a brand ambassador for BPESA, a not-for-profit company that serves as the industry body and trade association for Global Business Services in South Africa. Its purpose is to market South Africa to the world as an attractive place to offshore their business processes, thereby stimulating local job creation. Stuart has a long career in the contact center industry opening his own contact center 1 2 1 Direct Response growing to over 1,000 employees. After selling the company, he became an executive for Allied Global, a Guatemalan-owned contact center company with sites in the US and Central America. For over 30 years Stuart was an active member of PACE (Professional Association for Customer Engagement) and chaired the Government Affairs Committee representing the association in front of regulators and legislators on issues affecting contact centers. He served several terms as Chairman, led to Stuart being hired as Chief Executive Officer in November 2017. Under Stuarts's leadership, PACE has increased their stature as the voice of the contact industry. Often interviewed by news organizations, meeting with regulators and legislators Stuart continues to represent the contact center industry on a continuing basis.

business development, marketing, NexRep, sales

Click here to request a meetingTeddy Liaw is the CEO of NexRep, growing the company under his leadership into one of the largest virtual at-home marketplaces in the industry. Teddy has ~20 years of technology and contact center expertise. Prior to NexRep, he managed the agent business unit at LiveOps, and previously held roles at Levi Strauss and Company, Canon Computer Systems, and TEK-Pacific. He is a recognized thought-leader on the future of work; Liaw was appointed by CA Governor Newsom on his CA Entrepreneur Task Force, guided federal legislators on policy, and currently serves on contact center advisory boards. Liaw graduated from UC Berkeley with a BS in Business Administration and BA in Ethnic Studies.

leads, marketing, sales

Click here to request a meetingTerry Hedden's professional career started at the age of 14 when I followed the encouragement of his father to start his first venture. While enrolled full-time in college, Terry worked in sales for AT&T and as an IT consultant with EDS. After graduation from UF with a bachelor's degree, he joined the Management Consulting practice of Ernst & Young LLP, now Cap Gemini, leading projects in IT Project Management, Post Merger Integration and ERP Implementations worldwide. He then moved to E.piphany, now Infor, as an executive in their Consulting organization leading CRM implementations for Fortune 100 firms before joining Lectra Systems as the CIO and Director of their North America and Caribbean Consulting Organization.In 2003, Terry left Lectra to start Infinity Business Systems, later renamed Infinity Technology Solutions, a leading IT service provider with operations throughout Florida and Georgia. Infinity provided a complete technology offering for hundreds of businesses, including hardware and software solutions, outsourcing, Managed IT Services, Cloud Solutions, VoIP Telephony, website and software development services. Infinity received numerous awards, including recognition as a Best Place to Work in Florida, 7 time winner of Inc. Magazine's Inc. 500/5000, a 5 time winner of the 50 Fastest Growing Firms in Tampa, 3 time winner of Best Computer Support organization in Tampa Bay, Orlando Chamber's Most Outstanding Small Business and Greater Tampa Chamber's Business of the Year. He led Infinity to successfully transforming a $24,500 investment into one of the nation's fastest-growing and most successful Managed IT firms before selling Infinity to Zeno Office Solutions in 2012. Terry is currently the CEO of Marketopia. Marketopia has grown from 0 to 130 professionals in 6.5 years and has been ranked as one of the fastest-growing privately held firms in the USA three times according to Inc. Magazine ranking #232 at 2,040% 3-year growth rate.

Tim Mueller

Click here to request a meetingTim Mueller is an American businessman specializing in the growth of technology and communications companies. With a broad range of experience in corporate, early stage and government, he is best known for identifying next generation technologies, assembling teams to leverage these opportunities, and building cultures for success.Tim is the CEO of IT ExchangeNet, a marketplace connecting global buyers and investors with founders of IT-enabled businesses, as well as 3D ExchangeNet, a collective of global additive manufacturing leaders, 3D start-ups, and mature 3D print businesses.Prior, Tim was CEO and Vice Chairman of Phylogy, a Silicon Valley start-up offering groundbreaking broadband technology to telephone carriers globally. In 2010, Phylogy was ranked 243rd on the Inc. 500 list of fastest growing companies in the United States. The company was acquired by Actelis Networks in March 2011.In the early 90s, Tim capitalized on the Internet's growing commercial applications as co-founder and CEO of Vantage One Communications, where he accomplished numerous "firsts" by uniting old school communications with the untapped muscle of the Internet. He was named Entrepreneur of the Year by USA TODAY/ NASDAQ/Ernst & Young in 1997, and received the Pillar Award for community service from SBN in 1999. After expanding nationally, Vantage One sold in 1999 to the private equity firm GTCR.In between Vantage One and Phylogy, Tim turned to public service as Deputy Mayor/Chief Development Officer for the City of Cleveland (Ohio), leading initiatives in city planning, housing, and economic development that resulted in more than $1B of private investment during the last decade.A life-long musician, Tim served on the Board of the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame & Museum for 15 years and Chaired its Technology Committee. He is an advisor to Morino Ventures, served on the Boards of OneCommunity and Union Home Mortgage, and is a frequent lecturer at the Weatherhead School of Business at CWRU.