ChannelPro Managed Services and Cloud Online Summit: The Managed Cloud

Jan 18th, 2023

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ChannelPro Managed and Cloud Services Online Summit: The Managed Cloud - Application, infrastructure, and device management strategies in the cloud-first era.

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Event Details

Sessions & Networking

Sessions Begin at 10:00am ET

January 18th

Technician Management Issues and Answers

Good technicians are hard to find and critical to your success. Discover the techniques leading-edge MSPs use to turn their techs into productive, engaged ambassadors for their business, both from home and at the office.

Presenters:

Esteban Blanco, Joe Cicirelli, Benjamin Pearce, Joanna Mirov

How to Sell Tech Without Speaking Geek

You care about technology. Your customers don’t. Let sales expert Jennifer Bleam teach you three specific techniques for closing more deals by turning tech-heavy sales pitches into value-focused business conversations.

Presenters:

Jennifer Bleam

Co-Managed IT 101

Ready to add businesses with their own IT staff to your customer list? Our panel of experienced channel pros has the insights you need to launch and run a profitable CoMITS practice.

Presenters:

Chad Kempt, Bob Coppedge, Wes Boggs

Secrets of Cloud Computing Cost Control

A well-managed cloud is a cost-optimized cloud. Explore the essential techniques for helping your clients get maximum bang for their cloud buck, from right-sizing workloads and eliminating idle resources to perfecting the use of reserved instances.

Presenters:

Eric Long, Eric Weast, Sagar Vyas

Securing the Managed Cloud

Keeping SaaS applications and cloud infrastructures safe requires new tools and techniques. Find out how cloud security masters get the job done.

Presenters:

Kevin Beaver, Lawrence Cruciana, Henry Timm

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Agenda

Event Time Zone:

US Eastern (UTC-05:00)

Time	Activity
	Sessions Begin at 10:00am ET

Wednesday, January 18th
Time	Activity
10:00am to 10:05am	Opening Remarks
10:05am to 10:45am	Technician Management Issues and Answers
10:45am to 11:05pm	Kaseya Diamond Sponsor Presentation
11:05am to 11:35am	How to Sell Tech Without Speaking Geek
11:35am to 11:45am	Dell Gold Sponsor Presentation
11:45am to 12:25pm	Co-Managed IT 101
12:25pm to 12:35pm	Binox MSP Gold Sponsor Presentation
12:35pm to 12:40pm	CSC Leasing Silver Sponsor Presentation
12:40pm to 1:40pm	Expo Hall Open
1:40pm to 2:10pm	Secrets of Cloud Computing Cost Control
2:10pm to 2:50pm	Securing the Managed Cloud
2:50pm to 2:55pm	Closing Comments

Presenters

Session Speakers

Wes Boggs

As vice president of technology for IT Solutions of South Florida, Wes Boggs leverages his Bachelor of Science in Psychology and over 30 years of industry related experience to manage the day-to-day technical operations of the company.He has obtained various certifications, including MCSE, CCDP, CCEA, and CCA, as well as numerous vendor specific... more

Sagar Vyas

Sagar Vyas is a seasoned global cybersecurity and information technology leader. For over seven years, he has been responsible for various large transformation programs with complex integrations into Jolera’s vast ecosystem. Sagar can draw on broad knowledge garnered from working with every aspect of the organization including sales, finance,... more

Lawrence Cruciana

Lawrence Cruciana, CISSP, CISM, CMMC-RP, is the founder and president of Corporate Information Technologies (CIT). He leads CIT’s cybersecurity business practice, focusing on identifying and mitigating information-centric risk in upper-SMB and midmarket organizations. With over 20 years of information technology (IT) experience in regulated... more

Kevin Beaver

Kevin Beaver, CISSP, is an independent information security consultant, writer, and professional speaker with Atlanta-based Principle Logic. With over 34 years in IT and 28 years in security, Kevin specializes in vulnerability and penetration testing, security program reviews, and virtual CISO consulting work to help businesses uncheck the boxes... more

Joe Cicirelli

Joe Cicirelli is Director of Remote Operations for Ntiva, Inc. Ntiva’s Remote Operations organization encompasses 3 tiers of Service Desk Technicians, the Service Request Team, the Network Operations Center and an Operations Engineering team. He brings 20 years of MSP experience in a multitude of roles such as Field Operations, Professional... more

Joanna Mirov

Joanna Mirov is an accomplished entrepreneur and businesswoman who has established herself as an active advisor and guest speaker on business and technology. With a proven track record of growing a multi-million-dollar IT company and mentoring MSP leaders and women professionals, Joanna aims to share her knowledge and expertise with others,... more

Jennifer Bleam

Jennifer Bleam is an award-winning speaker, a respected leader in the IT channel, and 2-time best-selling author. Her book “Simplified Cybersecurity Sales For MSPs” (available on Amazon and Audible) has over 125 reviews and MSPs can’t stop raving about it. She has had the privilege of speaking at countless industry events including ones hosted by... more

Henry Timm

Henry Timm is president and CEO of Phantom Technology Solutions, a managed IT services provider based in Rolling Prairie, Ind., serving partners located throughout the Midwest United States. Henry's passion for solving complex problems has led to an extensive career working in IT leadership, networking, support, and software development positions... more

Esteban Blanco

Esteban Blanco is chief geek officer and owner of Blanco I.T. He has two decades of experience in the field of information technology. Esteban is very involved in his community and a strong advocate for small businesses in Texas. He is also a professional vocalist with a passion for travel. Esteban’s love of music led to his emigration to the... more

Eric Weast

Eric Weast has been the owner and operator of ECW Computers Inc. for the past 18 years. Eric began his career as a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer in local government, but quickly saw a growing need in the business and healthcare sector for robust infrastructure, and started building ECW Network & IT Solutions from the ground up. What... more

Eric Long

Eric Long is the President of TeraCloud, a national cloud computing and managed services provider. With over 30 years of experience in the Information Technology sector, Eric has become the go-to resource for large and small companies when it comes to solving complex IT issues that decrease productivity and hurt business operations.

Colleen Frye

Colleen Frye is managing editor of ChannelPro, which she has been involved with since issue No. 1 of the publication, first as a freelance copy editor and then adding writing and special project duties, until assuming her current role in 2017. Her work has appeared in publications such as InfoSecurity Professional, Application Development... more

Chad Kempt

Chad Kempt is president of Fast Computers, a Canadian full-service IT solution provider focusing on business continuity and network security. He is an advisory board member for the ASCII Group and Datto, and the vice chair of the Grand Erie Business Centre board, a community futures development corporation.

Bob Coppedge

Bob Coppedge is owner and CEO of Simplex-IT, an Ohio-based managed services provider (Simplex-IT.com) he created in 2007 to help businesses with or without internal IT departments.Bob has worn just about every hat there is in IT: developer, network engineer, CIO, consultant. He has also authored three books: A CEO’s Survival Guide to Information... more

Benjamin Pearce

ACP Technologies was established and Incorporated in 1997 by Benjamin J. Pearce. At the time Mr. Pearce was doing IT consulting for several companies and felt it was necessary to establish the company. In May of 2001 ACP hired its first employee and by January of 2002 Mr. Pearce began leasing office space at their present location in Western New... more

Rich Freeman

As ChannelPro’s founding and executive editor, Rich Freeman is responsible for setting overall editorial direction, covering industry trends, and reporting on breaking news in the SMB technology market. A veteran writer and editor, Rich has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry, including over eight years in Microsoft’s... more

Michael Siggins

Michael Siggins is the founder and publisher 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... more

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ChannelPro Managed Services and Cloud Online Summit: The Managed Cloud

Check out our sponsors for this event.

Main Group

Sessions & Networking

Sessions Begin at 10:00am ET

January 18th

Technician Management Issues and Answers

How to Sell Tech Without Speaking Geek

Co-Managed IT 101

Secrets of Cloud Computing Cost Control

Securing the Managed Cloud

Diamond

Gold

Silver

Session Speakers