Presenters
Joe has more than 20 years’ experience running hosting, cloud and MSP businesses. As VP of Cloud he’s creating the next generation of Virtuozzo solutions that will enable MSPs and CSPs to offer more flexible, cost-effective and profitable clouds of their own.
John Bernard is the Senior Principal of Travel and Transport at IDEMIA I&S North America. Prior to joining IDEMIA, John served as the strategy and business development leader for L3Harris Technologies aviation information management business, serving customers in both the US and international markets. John also built and led L3Harris Advanced Concepts Engineer team within their civil aviation...
Over a nine-year tenure at Juniper Networks starting in 2005, John grew the business by more than 500 percent. In 2014, he joined HP to lead the networking business in Canada where his role evolved to several sales leadership positions prior to his final executive position there. He served as vice president and general manager for Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Canada, responsible for leading HPE’s C...
Fueled by an academic background in Security Systems and an unwavering commitment to digital security, John leads a pre-sales engineering team at Barracuda MSP. Leveraging his expertise in cybersecurity, he empowers organizations to navigate the ever-evolving threat landscape. John holds multiple industry certifications (CompTIA Security+ and CySA+) and honed his skills as SOC Analyst, quickly ris...
John Eckstrom is president and CEO of Carolina Business Equipment (CBE), of Columbia, S.C. He started in November 1994 as the company’s controller and moved to the general manager position in March 1995. At the end of that year he purchased half of the company and became its president; five years later he became its sole owner.Over the past 10 years CBE has moved into three new geographic markets,...
John Kampas is the Founder & CEO of EMPIST. He has a passion for business and technology, with an emphasis on helping businesses reach their potential through the use of technology solutions. His goal is to help his clients achieve growth so they can expand their reach.
John Krikke is a partner and Vice President of Onward Computer Systems, a 28-year-old organization that offers complete IT solutions and managed services to small and medium sized businesses in Southern Ontario.John has been involved in the IT technology industry since 1986. In 1993 he formed Krikke Computer Services (KCS), an innovator in providing managed support services for small and medium si...
John Port is a cybersecurity expert with experience in investigations, detection engineering, and leading security operations center (SOC) teams. As the manager of Barracuda XDR's SOC Team, John has a unique view into the cybersecurity industry as he oversees initiatives including threat hunting, detection engineering, and the engineering of the Barracuda XDR platform, focused on automated remedia...
Jonathan Browning joined ChannelPro as the executive editor in 2023. His goal is to serve the channel community by covering the issues that matter most to MSPs, VARs, technology integrators, and IT consultants. He has successfully served in marketing, sales, and IT leadership positions throughout his career, including roughly six years in marketing director roles for Massa...
JonathanSmith serves as director of channel development for Hyperion Partners. He has led sales, operations, IoT, and wholesale organizations with multiple wireless carriers. Jonathan began his 25-year-plus career at Bell Atlantic Mobile(now Verizon) on the front line, working in the third-party distribution/sales organization. He has held various senior leadership roles at Nextel/Sprint, includin...
Jordan Burris is the Senior Director for Product Market Strategy - Public Sector at Socure. In this role, he partners with government leaders to develop and scale Socure's public sector offerings for identity verification and fraud detection. This includes leading efforts to promote and evangelize industry leading concepts in digital identity inclusion and fairness.
Joseph Brunsman is the founder of Brunsman Advisory Group, an insurance brokerage focusing on Tech E&O, E&O, and EPLI.Joe is an author, speaker, and insurance broker. He is a graduate of New Mexico Military Institute and the United States Naval Academy where he obtained a degree in Systems Engineering (Robotics). He specialized in database management and network security. In 2019, he compl...
Joshua Liberman is president and founder of Net Sciences Inc. Founded in 1995, NSI has secured hundreds of networks in New Mexico and beyond for decades. NSI is an MSP 501 winner, and the most security-focused MSP in New Mexico. Joshua is a former mountaineer and martial artist, and is a lifelong photographer, has traveled half of the world, and speaks several languages. He is a frequently publish...
Josh Peterson is the co-founder Bering McKinley, a consulting firm for MSPs and IT solution providers. Josh has been in the IT Solution Provider arena for the last 15 years. First as an owner, then as a management consultant with Taylor Business Group for 8 years, and now as founder of Bering McKinley. Josh’s track record of developing management solutions for 100s of MSPs, VARs, and in...
Josh Weiss, an IT expert and business leader with specialties in cybersecurity, digital transformation, and automation, is president of LA Creative Technologies. His first tech job was as an 8-year-old, helping to promote a local children's software store. The three-plus decades since then have included running his own online bulletin board in the early 90s, selling books and records online...
Joshua Liberman is president and founder of Net Sciences. He started PC Services in 1990, providing Novell networking and becoming a Master CNE. Since starting Net Sciences in 1996, Joshua has built and secured hundreds of networks in New Mexico and the area. Joshua has been a rock and ice climber, martial artist, and lifelong photographer. He speaks five languages and has traveled...
Joy Beland joined Edwards Performance Solutions in 2020 as the CMMC training program manager. In addition to actively participating in multiple concurrent NIST 800-171 cybersecurity assessments, Joy oversees the curriculum development and live instructor training for the CMMC-AB Approved certification courses, as well as customized security awareness training for worldwide enterprise clients. Prio...
Juan Fernandez AKA The Chief Encouragement Officer has been invested in improving process and procedure, and empowering individuals to be successful while delivering business outcomes via technology his whole career. He is an early-stage investor in software startups as well asco-founder and CEO of the MSP Growth Coalition that has built a scalable framework to empower business owners with the abi...
Justin Hampton is the Microsoft Azure Strategic Account Executive at Tech Data. He is an 8-year veteran and ambassador for Tech Data’s Microsoft and all-up cloud teams. Justin carries various certifications with Microsoft as well as other vendor lines. He has a passion and proven track record for leveraging his expert knowledge and experience with products, programs, processes and skill developmen...
Justin Reinmuth is the founder, CEO, and president of Techrug, a risk management and insurance firm that specializes in the IT and MSP/MSSP space. Techrug's TechMal (Technology Malpractice) Cyber Liability Errors & Omissions Insurance Policy is a one-of-a kind, first- and third-party policy geared toward IT service providers via the creation of policy language granted to us by the carrier. Sin...
Karen Lindquist is co-founder of Green Stream Technologies, an environmental IoT firm based in Wake Forest, N.C.Green Stream’s real-time flood monitoring system provides ground truth on water levels and rainfall for environmental and public safety professionals. Situational awareness allows customers to respond quickly to protect property and improve safety and mobility, and improves their ability...
Having spent 20+ years in the managed services space, Karen uses her passion for helping others as she guides companies in reaching their own growth goals. Karen specializes in helping companies seeking a systematic approach for prospecting, qualifying, and closing new business without giving away "unpaid consulting" to prospects who say they want to "think it over" then stop returning phone calls...
As Vice President of MSP Sales for Barracuda, Karen Ward is focused on partner success and development. With 20 years of experience in sales, her career has included working with technology distributors, VARs, System Integrators, and OEM partners. Karen joined Barracuda in 2017 as Director of Partner Success following Barracuda's acquisition of Sonian. Before that, she was with Experian Data...
Karl Bickmore currently serves as the CEO of Snap Tech IT, with locations in Atlanta, Phoenix, and San Francisco. He is a longtime partner advisory council member for ConnectWise and Sophos. Karl has served as the facilitator of the Aftershock regional IT user's group with over 1,000 IT companies in membership. He has spoken at industry events on business leadership, cybersecurity, and how to sell...
Karl W. Palachuk has been an IT Consultant since 1995 and is one of the pioneers of the managed services business model. He is the author of more than twenty books, most of which are also available as audio books. Karl founded the Small Biz Thoughts Technology Community in 2018. He maintains four blogs, including Small Biz Thoughts and Relax Focus Succeed, and produces three podcasts, including t...