TJ Alldridge - TJ Alldridge is the Product Marketing Manager for Small and Medium Business at Trend Micro.   TJ has been in the security industry for over 10 years.  With a focus on small and mid-sized business, he has worked with customers and the channel to create the right solutions in anti-virus, anti-spam, firewall/UTM appliances, and intrusion prevention systems.

My Session:
CSB1: Why you should strategically partner with Trend Micro - Agenda

J. J. Antequino - J.J. Antequino is a Partner Technology Advisor with the Partner Skills Development organization at Microsoft.  He began his career at Microsoft in 2000 as  a member of the Active Directory Support team, but you may recognize him from one of his live TS2 Events or webcasts.  His goal is to ensure that partners are trained and able to position themselves to be successful in selling Microsoft solutions.

My Session:
HOL4: Microsoft Launch Wave - Opportunities with Windows 7, Windows Server R2, and Office 2010 - Agenda

Ginna Brelsford - Ginna Brelsford is a senior executive who brings over a decade of the strategic positioning of fundraising programs in numerous sectors. She has a wide variety of experience in the government, non-profit and a private sector as a leader and most recently, was executive director at a Seattle-based socially innovative coffee company. Ginna is a graduate of Brown University and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She resides in Seattle, Washington.

My Session:
BS201: How To Get SMB Stimulus Funding! - Agenda

Harry Brelsford (''SMB & VoIP Dude'') - Harry Brelsford is the CEO of SMB Nation (www.smbnation.com) from Bainbridge Island, WA. He is a long-time SMB channel partner who has served customers and mentored other partners (SMB Nation has over 35,000 tribal members who are SMB technology consultants). He oversees the popular SMB Nation worldwide events including Webinar, workshops and multi-day conferences. He holds an MBA (and numerous certifications such as MCSE, MCT, CNE, et al) and is the author of 17-books. He is also the publisher of SMB Partner Community magazine. His 20-years of SMB technology experience were supplemented by teaching 12+ years at night as an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University and other higher-learning institutions. Harry is a frequent speaker at industry events. Harry’s recent books include the Microsoft Response Point Primer and Microsoft Small Business Server 2008 Blueprint.

My Sessions:
BS101: Geekonomics! Your SMB Counter Cyclical Opportunities - Agenda
SM201: LinkedIn for RAPID Business Development - Agenda
BS201: How To Get SMB Stimulus Funding! - Agenda

Jeff Connally - 30 years of leadership experience in sales, marketing, business development and general management experience. He has served in a wide range of roles from Field Sales Representative to President  & CEO in companies ranging from technology start-ups to the Fortune 10.  His leadership style creates a focused dedication and keen sense of urgency to the business’ key success factors.

Major Career Milestones: IBM, GlobalSoft, Founder of UpLink Golf, Founder of Gener8Biz , President & CEO CMIT Solutions, Founder of LifeTeam
Mr. Connally was chosen, because of his entrepreneurial success and leadership expertise, to join the teaching staff of the MBA program at the Acton School of Entrepreneurship.

My Session: BS203: Street-Smart Branding - your path to Growth
"Branding & Messaging - Setting your business apart from the crowd" - Agenda

Mark Crall - Mark Crall is the founder and CEO of Tech Care Team, Inc., a managed IT services provider in Charlotte, North Carolina, which focuses on small and midsize businesses. Crall is the founder of the Charlotte Small Business Server Group and a subject matter expert for Microsoft Partner Talent and Development, helping to produce exam and certification content for Windows Small Business Server and Windows Essential Business Server. Driven by his passion for technology and affinity for small-business owners, Crall works with Microsoft marketing, product, and partner teams as a U.S. Small Business Specialist Community Advisory Board. He aims to help shape the direction of the Small Business Specialist Community program and to help Microsoft better understand the unique needs of SMB Community members.

My Session: BS401: BusinessSpeak Panel - Agenda

Robert Crane BE MBA MCP - Robert has a degree in Electrical Engineering as well as Masters of Business Administration. He is a Small Business Specialist and Microsoft Certified SharePoint Professional. Robert has over 15 years of IT experience in a variety of fields and positions, including working on Wall St. His current position is as Principal of the Computer Information Agency.
 
Apart from resolving client technical issues, Robert continues to present at seminars locally and internationally, as well as write on a number of topics. He also develops and presents technology courses on a regular basis through local community colleges. He can be contacted directly via director@ciaops.com.

My Session:
GS202: SharePoint - you've got it now what? - Agenda

Mark Danus - Sales Engineer / Training Manager, AVG Technologies.  Mark has been a channel focused Sales Engineer for 9 years in the security software industry. Mark has supported the needs of channel partners throughout his career in many roles, including pre and post sales support for products, sales and technical training, and consulting for partners/Value added Resellers/Distributors like Ingram Micro, TechData, Red River, FedTek, Softchoice, CDW, Dell, PC Connection, Insight, Programmers Paradise, and SHI as well as many others.

My Session:
CSB8: Score Big With AVG in Q4 - Agenda

Len DiCostanzo - Senior VP, Professional Services & Business Optimization, Autotask Corp.  Len is a widely-recognized figure in the IT industry, with 25 years of experience as a solution provider in the channel. Len leads the Professional Services and Strategic Accounts teams at Autotask Corp. where he transfers his extensive business knowledge to other solution providers by offering a vast training curricula that he and his team deliver to service providers around the globe.   Len’s specialty lies in guiding companies through business optimization programs designed to maximize profits, establish best practices, and transition from break-fix to managed services business models.  Len received a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Brown University in Rhode Island.

My Session:
HOL6: Pricing Methodologies for Managed Services and other IT Services - Agenda

Matt Dieckman - Matthew Dieckman is currently a product manager in the network security group at SonicWALL. Matthew has worked in network security for the past 10 years and has held various marketing and technical roles with SonicWALL, Mistletoe Technologies and Nortel Networks. Matthew holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of San Francisco.

My Session: HOL3: Leveraging Active Directory for Comprehensive Security - Agenda

Jeannine Edwards - Jeannine Edwards is the Director of the ConnectWise Community. With more than twelve years of diversified B2B business development experience in the technology industry, Jeannine has become a well-known figure in the IT Solution Provider channel. Her experience spans vendor program development, research analysis, two tier distribution and partner profitability within the channel community. Before joining ConnectWise, Jeannine worked as a Senior Engagement Director for The Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), a division of Everything Channel. Jeannine holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Advertising degree from the University of Florida.

My Session:
CSG1: Join The Movement:  Five Ways to Bring Your Business to the Next Level - Agenda
HOL8: Connectwise - Money in The Bank - Agenda

Dana Epp - Scorpion Software Corp's founder and CEO, researches software security and sets the vision in the convergence of information security principles and practices with digital information asset protection for small business. As a computer security software architect, Mr. Epp has spent the last 15 years focusing on computer programming with a particular emphasis on security engineering to offer a safer computing environment for business. His latest research has been on risk-based authentication, focusing on strong two-factor authentication for small business.

My Sessions:
GS402: Virtualization for the SMB world - Agenda
GS101: Windows 7 are you ready? - Agenda

Bob Godgart - Founder & CEO Autotask Corporation

For more than 25 years, Bob has been an award-winning software entrepreneur and businessman in the Channel.  As an early and successful pioneer of SaaS (software as a service), Bob leveraged his expertise to launch Autotask, a fully-hosted, affordable and easy-to-use professional services automation solution designed specifically for the IT services sector.  A valued leader and visionary, Bob is a well-known industry champion, frequently invited to speak at trade events and often quoted in business and channel publications.  Recently named a Channel Chief by CRN, Bob serves as a Board Member for the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) and is on the advisory board for both MSP Partners and the MSP Alliance.

My Sessions:
CS202: Case Studies from the Cloud – What It Means For You, Your IT Business & Your Clients - Agenda

Steve Hall - Steve Hall, CEO of District Computers, LLC (Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, SBSC), has over a decade of experience in technology consulting in the small business arena.  At nineteen years of age, he founded District Computers with the mission of utilizing technology solutions to enable small businesses to better compete with the giants of their respective industries.  Eleven years later, he is still running the company with that same vision and District Computers is making that vision a reality for their clients.

My Session:
HOL7: Microsoft Launch Wave - Opportunities with Windows 7, Windows Server R2, and Office 2010 - Agenda

Kevin Hodak -  Kevin Hodak is the Lead Sales Engineer for GFI Software .  GFI is a worldwide provider of security and messaging software targeted to the Small and Medium Business market.  Kevin joined GFI in 2005 as a Technical Support Representative supporting all nine GFI products.  After spending a little over two years in Technical Support, he moved to the Sales Team in January 2008 to lead the Engineering group.  Prior to joining GFI, Kevin served in the United States Air Force as a Network Administrator supporting the base's local classified network.

My Session:
CSB9: Introducing GFI MAX - Remote  Monitoring and  Management - Agenda

Dan Hollings - It's no secret, Dan Hollings is one of the most sought after internet marketers around. An internet strategist to celebrities, talk show hosts, NY Times best selling authors, universities, world renowned entrepreneurs, and the record breaking smash hit movie THE SECRET.  No wonder many refer to Dan as the  "Mr. Universe" of marketing.
ABC News stated: "The marketing campaign behind 'The Secret' is going to go down in history as the greatest case study of viral marketing ever done. Anywhere."
More recently, Dan has become a TwitterTwenius (that's Twitter-talk for Genius) with his release of "Twittin' Secrets: The 100 World's Greatest Twitter Tips" and his creation of the popular "MyTwitter Toolbar," "TwitterSplit," and "Twyndication."
If you seek the REAL secrets of Twitter, you can expect to move at the speed of light as Dan reveals the E=MC² formula for making connections and money in the Twitterverse.

My Sessions:
SM401: Social Media Panel - Agenda
SM403: How to Achieve Page One Rankings in Local Search and WOW - Agenda

 Tcat Houser - Owner of the trademark “Training…Remembered!” and formerly known last century as Tim Catura-Houser (had his name legally changed to Tcat!), he is the author of 12+ certification books for CompTIA and other publishers (including his latest Certification Success! book published by SMB Nation Press), a well-know international trainer and developer of video and audio training aides. An “ex-pat,” Tcat resides in sunny Mexico after many year of serving Microsoft Redmond (he was an early SBS 4.0 team member in the mid-1990s). We’re delighted to have him back on USA soil and you’ll join a long-line of Tcat fans after his motivational speech puts you completely at ease with your testing taking obligations. Learn more at www.tcat.net.

My Session:
SM402 - Pure Friggin' Magic! (PFM) - Agenda

James Kernan -  James Kernan is the author of the 36 Month Millionaire Coaching program and current CEO of Kernan Consulting.   He has successfully coached almost 300 VARs grow their business with a variety of coaching programs through Accountability, Encouragement and Integrity.

CRN Magazine said that he is "a rising star executive to watch.” And when you review his 20-year track record of creating dazzling leaps in sales, profits, and growth for IT companies, you don’t need to wonder why.

 “Fast Growth” extraordinaire James Kernan is a no-nonsense, hard-hitting technology entrepreneur with an uncanny ability to build and lead teams, negotiate big contracts, and pilot IT service organizations to extraordinary new levels of success and profitability.  He has spoken at multiple events recently including:  TechSelect, HTG, Robin Robins Money Making Bootcamp and CompTIA

His expertise includes recruiting, building, and compensating “top gun” sales and marketing teams, leveraging IT partners, developing strategic go-to-market plans, managing strong financials and profitability for IT service firms, and in-depth knowledge of commercial, government, educational and medical markets. He has been recognized and written up as an extraordinary “example of success” in industry publications such as CRN, Business Solutions, VAR Business, CRM Today, and Inc. Magazine.

My Sessions:
BS202 - How to Create Successful Vendor Relationships -
The “Secret” to Working with Vendor Partners - Agenda

John Kilian -  John Kilian has been engineering and delivering mission critical information solutions for more than 25 years.  From his early days as an Army Lieutenant to founding AntFarm a few years ago, John was continually responsible for designing and providing IT services.

My Session:
BS302: Are your Managed Services becoming Commoditized?  YOU BET!   (Design your Managed Services offerings to give you competitive advantage) - Agenda

Greg Landers -  Greg Landers is a 14 year Cisco veteran and has held many different technical leadership roles during his tenure with Cisco.  He currently leads the US small business sales engineering team.

My Session:
KEY3: Make Big Money in Small Business with Cisco - Agenda
HOL1: Cisco Configuration, without the Command Line!
Cisco Configuration Assistant 2.1 for a repeatable practice deploying SBCS 1.6 robust features, Pro products and support. ( 3 Presentation see Agenda ) - Agenda

Jim Locke -  Jim Locke is a Principal at AxonTech LLC, an information technology services firm specializing in the needs of small-to-medium sized businesses, non-profit organizations and municipalities in Southern California. Jim is the co-founder and President of the SMB Technology Network™. AxonTech LLC is Microsoft Small Business Specialist. The SMB Technology Network™ (SMBTN) is a membership organization for technology consultants, solutions providers and value-added resellers providing education, collaboration, and vendor partnerships.
 
My Session:
SMBTN1: Winning Clients and Deals - a partner perspective - Agenda
SMBTN2: Bilding a LocalSMB Community - Agenda
SMBTN3: SMBTN Membership Meeting  - Agenda

Matt Makowicz - Matt Makowicz’s successful Managed Services Practice created millions of dollars in recurring revenue – before “managed services” was a buzz word.  He’s sold, marketed, hired and trained salespeople, and negotiated mergers among SMB companies.   Teaching from experience, Matt is now dedicated to helping IT businesses grow and be more profitable and successful.  He is the author of three books catering to SMB  IT providers and is the owner of AmbitionMission.com.  Considered a sales guru and industry expert, Matt coaches and trains on sales, marketing, hiring, transitioning to selling “managed services” and various topics for IT providers to grow their businesses.

My Session:
BS402: Business Panel  - Agenda

Jeff Middleton - SBSmigration.com has been established by Jeff Middleton in response to overwhelming IT Pro demands for better concepts in SBS migration and recovery situations. Jeff has been recognized worldwide by SBS consumers and resellers as a trusted authority on SBS, and by Microsoft as a Small Business Server - Most Valuable Professional since 1999.

My Sessions:
GS301: Developing Successful SBS 2008 Migrations  - Agenda
SBS: SBSmigration.com presents: The GeekFest SBS Server Build Party  - Agenda

Eriq Neale - Eriq Oliver Neale is a small business technology specialist based in Denton, Texas. He was the lead author for two books on Small Business Server and a contributor to a number of other technical publications. Eriq has been helping to prepare IT Professionals for supporting Small Business Server 2008 through conference and user group presentations, as well as through the monthly SBS 2008 webinars hosted by Third Tier. Eriq maintains two blogs and has a weekly internet radio program on small business technology that has been running for three and a half years. Eriq has also been recognized as an MVP for Small Business Server since 2006.

My Session:
GS201: Alternative Solutions in the SMB Space  - Agenda

Mikael Nystrom, TrueSec - Senior Executive Consultant, Truesec -Microsoft MVP (Setup & Deployment for 5 years) -Microsoft MVP (Essential Business Server for 1 year)

Mikael Nystrom is a consultant focusing and specializing in Midsize solutions
Mikael speaks at several conferences each year, including TechEd EMEA, SMBnation and TechEd US. He is also actively involved in communities like itproffs.se and has been awarded Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Essential Business Server.

Mikael is also working answering questions for experten@microsoft.com, doing Tech Review for Microsoft training courses
Mikael is known for his humorous style, doing live demos and with more than 25 years in the IT business hi has some real world examples to base his story on. His areas of expertise include: Windows Deployment (Servers and Clients), WinPE, MDT, USMT, WDS, MAPS, ACT, Windows Server, Windows Client, Virtual Server, Hyper-V, and SCVMM

My Session:
GS102: Deploying Windows 7 Using The Right Tools & The Correct Method  - Agenda

Karl W. Palachuk - Karl W. Palachuk is the founder and CEO of KPEnterprises, a technology consulting firm focused on the SMB market in Sacramento, CA. He has experience running support services for companies from one person to some of the largest companies in the world. As a leader in the development of network documentation and managed services, Karl is a very popular speaker in the SMB Consulting Space. Karl's blog -- http://blog.smallbizthoughts.com -- is one of the most widely read blogs in the areas of SMB consulting and managed services.

My Session:
GS301: Developing Successful SBS 2008 Migrations  - Agenda

Josh Peterson - Josh Peterson is a Senior Consultant with the Taylor Business Group.  Josh has been helping IT Solution Providers become more profitable for over five years and loves the challenge of working with companies of all sizes.  In addition to his direct consulting, Josh has given workshops for hundreds of Solution Providers around the United States and Canada on topics related to Service Management, Financial Analysis, and Selling Management and Strategy. 

Josh holds an MBA from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York and an undergraduate degree in Biology and Education.  Josh lives in Chicago, IL with his wife and two sons.

My Session:
BS303: How to Create Your Sales Engine!  - Agenda

Jeff Ragusa - Jeff Ragusa has spent the past three years collaborating with solution providers, MSPs, SIs, and ISVs through Google's enterprise technology partnership programs.  As Google's channel continues to expand, he's leading the effort to grow a network of SMB partnerships through the Google Apps Authorized Reseller program.

My Session:
CSS3: Profit from the cloud. Become a Google Apps Authorized Reseller  - Agenda

Robin Robbins - Robin Robins is the IT industry’s most in-demand marketing consultant, sales trainer, and author that specializes in inexpensive and highly effective marketing strategies for small to medium VARs, Systems Integrators, MSPs, Solution Providers, and IT consulting firms.

She is the author of the Technology Marketing Toolkit and Million-Dollar Managed Services Marketing System. To date, over 3,000 IT businesses from all over the US and in 43 different countries have learned, used and implemented the marketing systems she had created to create hundreds of millions of dollars in NEW sales, NEW opportunities, and NEW revenue streams for their business.

She is a true “marketing rock star” for small IT business owners and currently commands over $1,500 per hour for her consulting services with a 6 month waiting list. 

In addition to her extensive experience with IT service firms, Robin has also developed marketing strategies for over 1,200 businesses in 14 different industries across North America, Australia, and Europe. This vast experience has given Robin a broad knowledge of hundreds of marketing and sales tactics used by some of the most successful and sales driven organizations in the world.
 

My Pre-Day:

PD1: How To Recession-Proof Your Small IT Business Right NOW And Book Yourself Solid With All The High-Paying Clients You Want In 6 Months Or Less! Register at: http://www.sellmoresolutions.com/  - Agenda

Kevin Royalty - Since 1986, Kevin has been satisfying the needs of clients as an IT professional. As a highly successful author and consultant, with both a programming and network engineering background, he is a frequent public speaker at industry conferences and public computer shows.

Kevin serves as President of the Cincinnati Network Professional Association, President of the Cincinnati Small Business Server Users Group, Member of Microsoft’s Small Business Specialist Advisory Board, Member-at-large of the IAMCP Cincinnati chapter, and sits on the board of the Information Technology Advisory Team for the Northern Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and CincyTechUSA.
Kevin has been recognized by Microsoft as a leading expert on their Small Business Server product line since 2006. The “Most Valuable Professional” (MVP) designation is a rare honor that is bestowed on a small number of people each year. It recognizes product expertise, community leadership, and willingness to help others. Kevin is a nationally known Small Business Server expert, author, and regular speaker at industry conferences.

Kevin is a Computer Science graduate, Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, and is certified by Microsoft for support of their Small Business Server products.

My Session:
CSS8: Taking Windows Home Server Deep Into Small Buiness!  - Agenda

Charlie Russel - A chemist by education, an electrician by trade, UNIX sysadmin, Oracle DBA (because he raised his hand when he should have known better), IT Director and consultant by default, and a writer by choice.

Charlie is the author of more than 2 dozen computer books on operating systems and enterprise environments, including:

• "Windows Small Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion"
  (MS Press)
• "Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Companion"
  (MS Press)
• "Microsoft Essential Business Server 2008 Administrator's Companion"
  (MS Press)

Charlie has also written numerous white papers and case studies on
Microsoft.com, most recently around Windows HPC Server, and RDS
Licensing.

My Session:
GS302: Polishing up your Deployments with the Killer Apps of Server 2008  - Agenda

Andrew Sage

Prior to this role, Andrew was the Vice President of Worldwide Channels Marketing. He was responsible for leading the global channel partner marketing initiative, in close collaboration with Cisco’s central marketing organization and global field organization. His focus was on communications, sales enablement and joint marketing initiatives that drive growth for Cisco’s channel partners. Andrew was also responsible for our SMB channel strategy, and our partner-focused solution selling initiatives.

Andrew joined Cisco in August, 1999 and has more than 15 years of networking industry experience. He brings a broad knowledge of the high tech industry to his current position, and has led several key initiatives to successfully introduce Cisco Systems into new markets.

Prior to joining Cisco, Andrew spent three years as Regional Vice President for Olicom, Inc. where he managed sales, channels and marketing for Canada and the Northeastern United States. He has also held positions with CrossComm Corporation and Olivetti Canada, Limited.

Andrew has a degree in Economics from the University of Toronto. He currently lives in Pleasanton, California with his wife and three children.

My Seaaion:
KEY3: Keynote Presentation with CISCO  - Agenda

Stuart Selbst - Stuart Selbst is known in the channel as a partner advocate, advisor and business coach. His ongoing effort to help IT firms get organized to grow and become profitable has positioned him as an expert and trustworthy resource.

Stuart plays an active role as a channel advocate working to make MSP’s successful and an asset to their clients. He has spoken and presented at many industry events including CompTIA Breakaway and MSP Summit, MSP Revolution and SMB Nation Fall ’09. Stuart’s blog can be followed at www.stuartselbst.com.

Stuart heads up the Virtual Administrator Trusted Advisor Program, which is an executive level coaching program that aligns sales and marketing processes along with business goal setting to achieve success. Join Stuart in his session, “Selling IT Services, how NOT to suck at it!”, at the Virtual Administrator booth or at the Community Corner. Enjoy SMB Nation Fall 2009.

My Session:
BS301: Selling IT Services; How Not to Suck at it!  - Agenda

George Sierchio -  also know as The Consultant’s Coach, is an electrical engineer by formal education and a serial entrepreneur by nature. Before founding Action Business Partners, Inc. in 2003, George had over 11 years of experience owning and operating several successful businesses in a variety of technical and non-technical consulting and service industries. George has personally started 5 businesses from scratch as well as negotiated the buying and selling of businesses for himself and clients. Besides his coaching/advisory work to technology business owners, George is an accomplished speaker, guest university lecturer, frequently contributes to a variety of publications, and has a recently published book entitled B.Y.O.B- Build Your Own Business, Don’t Be Your Own Boss.
 

My Session:
BS401: BusinessSpeak Panel  - Agenda

Wayne Small - Wayne has been involved in the SMB community for over 10 years now.  In 1997, Wayne started Correct Solutions, a Sydney based SMB IT Reseller that has had it’s share of ups and downs, but is now at 14 staff with two offices in Sydney.  Starting in 2007, Wayne has taken a back seat at Correct Solutions to focus on his other great passion www.SBSfaq.com to provide resources to the community to help support a growing and vibrant SMB IT Reseller channel.  Wayne is an SBS MVP and has been awarded this prestigious award for the last 8 years.  Wayne is also an accomplished author, trainer and public speaker, and is often found at SMB focused conferences freely sharing information and ideas with anyone that wants to talk. 

My Session:
GS402: Virtualization for the SMB world  - Agenda

Oliver Sommer - Oliver Sommer | MVP, Microsoft Germany Senior Presales Consultant,MCITP | MCTS | MCSE | MCP I | MCP

Oliver is the CEO of Trinity Computer an IT consulting company in Germany focused on SMB customers. For most of their smaller customers they are the full service provider for all IT related concerns.

Oliver founded his company as Trinity Computer Systeme GbR more than 14 years ago in 1995. Oliver is know as a high rated speaker on national and international IT conferences speaking about SBS and EBS related topics as a technical speaker.
Oliver has been rewarded the yearly Microsoft Most Valuable Professional | Windows Server System Small Business Server Award since 01.01.2006 for the third time now.

On January 2009 Microsoft rewarded Oliver as MVP but switched his Competency and made him one of the first two Windows Essential Business Server MVPs.

My Session:
GS101: Windows 7 are you ready?
Agenda

Jan Spring - Jan Spring is VP of Channel Development for eFolder, Inc. and is responsible for building the solution provider channel and support for the company’s award winning remote and local backup services. Since her arrival in 2006, eFolder has captured numerous channel accolades, including numerous CompTIA conference awards, 2007 CRN 50 Emerging vendors, Emerging Tech Dynamo and most recently, “25 Coolest Emerging Vendors of 2009”.
 
Jan has extensive experience in IT solutions sales and technology channel building with several organizations. She founded The Chaparral Group in 1992, was VP of Sales at SafeNET, Inc, and previously served as VP of Sales for Computone Systems. Most recently, Jan was recognized
by Everything Channel’s CRN Magazine as one of the Top 100 Women in the Channel.

My Session: CSB2: Data Protection You Can Trust

Patrick Sweeney - Patrick Sweeney, Vice President, Product Management, SonicWALL, Inc.

Patrick Sweeney has over 20 years experience in high tech product marketing, product management, corporate marketing and sales development. Mr. Sweeney is SonicWALL’s Vice-President, Product Management, where he oversees its Network Security, Content Security, Business Continuity and Policy & Management product lines. Previous positions include Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Minerva Networks, Senior Manager of Product Marketing & Solutions Marketing for Silicon Graphics Inc, Director of Worldwide Sales & Marketing for Articulate Systems, and Senior Product Line Manager for Apple Computer. Mr. Sweeney holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, CA.

My Session: CSG4: Secure Decisions: Making the Right Security Choices for SBS 2008  - Agenda

Dawn Thurston - Dawn Thurston is a Citrix Channel Development Manager who focuses on small business solutions.  She has over 15 years of industry experience and has worked for IBM and several regional systems integrators in a variety of sales, technical and business development  roles.

My Session:
CSB6: Extending the Microsoft Small Business Server Environment with Citrix XenApp Fundamentals  - Agenda

Wayne Turmel - Wayne “The Cranky Middle Manager” Turmel is the president of www.greatwebmeetings.com and host of the internationally acclaimed “Cranky Middle Manager Show” podcast. He’s also the proud official webinar partner of SMBNation.  A former standup comic, he uses his speaking and writing skills to encourage and inform entrepreneurs, managers and anyone trying to keep workplace weasels at bay. Learn more about him at www.crankymiddlemanger.com/aboutwayne

Matt Urmston - Matt Urmston is a Technical Account Manager at StorageCraft Technology Corporation and has more than 15 years of experience in Information Technology, specializing in Data Availability, Backup, Recovery and Archiving. He has worked for Legato, Novell, Altiris and EMC, among others. Urmston’s experience includes product management, sales engineering, technical marketing and technical support. He’s also served as a technology consultant, designing and implementing archiving solutions. His expertise has given him unique insights into the business needs of solution providers and resellers.

My Sessions:
CSB5: How to Provide Profitable and Reliable Disaster Recovery, Data Protection and System Migration Services to Your Customers - Agenda

Hiep Vuong - Hiep Vuong is Program Director for Lotus Foundations OEM activity at IBM, and a 15 year veteran of software and hardware development for SMBs.  He has spent the last 10 years specifically focused in the area of SMB IT appliances.  His previous roles have included Director of Engineering for SonicWALL's network security products, and Chief Technology Officer for Net Integration Technologies.  As part of the IBM Lotus software team, he seeks to meld technology with simplicity in a manner that is truly beneficial to small business customers and IT providers who serve them.  Hiep holds a B.A.Sc from the University of Waterloo in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

My Session:
CSG7: IBM Lotus Foundations - A New Approach to Small Business IT Solutions - Agenda

Michael Walker - Michael Walker is a Program Director at IBM, responsible for marketing and business partner channel activity for Lotus products in the SMB space.  He has been with IBM for 8 years and has held a variety of positions, from strategy and planning to product marketing to program execution.  Currently, Mike is responsible for driving awareness and demand for Lotus solutions and helping to recruit and enable business partners who are dedicated to selling to small businesses. Mike holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from Goizueta Business School at Emory University.

My Session:
CSG7: IBM Lotus Foundations - A New Approach to Small Business IT Solutions - Agenda

Matt Wass de Czege - Matt Wass de Czege is the Marketing Manager for Cisco’s small business voice solutions, located in Seattle, Wa.  He is a veteran sales and marketing professional who has specialized in voice over IP technologies while working for Nortel, AT&T, and Cisco.  Matt started his career as a systems engineer for Nortel  giving him a solid technical foundation when selling technology.  Over the last four years he has helped build Cisco’s small business practice by consulting new partners on how to build a successful voice strategy.  Matt is now leveraging his knowledge in Cisco’s small business Corperate Marketing Organization.

My Session:
T302: elling and Positioning VoIP to Your Small Business Customer - Agenda

Jay Weiss (MrVoIP) - Jay Weiss is from Pasadena, CA and is the founder of ComputerHMO (www.ComputerHMO.com). He was an early adopter of SBS with 4.0 and has the scars to prove it. Jay was part of the Historic first SMB Nation in Indianapolis, IN. He holds numerous certifications such as:

• DREC, SBSC, MCSE, FtOCC, A+, MCT
• Data Recovery Expert Certification
• Small Business Specialist Certified
• Microsoft Certified System Engineer
• Fonality trixbox Open Communication
• CertificationCompTIA A+ Certification
• Microsoft Certified Trainer
• Speakeasy Certified Voice Partners
• Linksys LVS and LinksysOne Certified
   

My Session:
T101: Veni Vidi VIOP-How to VoIP! - Agenda

Matt Wilson - Director of Product Management, Agent Program, New Global Telecom - Matt Wilson brings over 14 years of telecommunication and product management experience to his role as Director of Agent Programs at New Global Telecom (NGT).  Mr. Wilson has been a key player in the development of NGT's Agent program for SIP Trunking and Hosted PBX VoIP services.

Prior to joining NGT, Mr. Wilson was a member of Intrado’s product management team where he led the VoIP 911 product deployment and helped develop new strategies for the future.

Mr. Wilson also held senior positions in Product Management and Product Development for Level(3) Communications.

Mr. Wilson has a BS/BA in Business Administration and Corporate Communication from the College of Charleston and a Masters in Telecom Management from Keller Graduate School of Management.

My Session:
T302: Selling and Positioning VoIP to Your Small Business Customer - Agenda

Chester Wisniewski - Senior Security Advisor - Chester Wisniewski is a Senior Security Advisor at Sophos Canada. He is responsible for working with the security community and communicating that information in an actionable way to security and IT professionals.

Chester has worked exclusively in security related engineering work at Sophos since 2003.  He works closely with SophosLabs to study the threat in-depth and provide informational seminars, blogs and other publications to customers and the public on securing their networks and data against evolving threats.

Chester has 15 years experience designing, implementing, and consulting on network security and related technologies. He frequently speaks at conferences, seminars, and user groups providing realistic advice on defense of our digital assets. He holds MCSE, and SANS GIAC-GCFA certifications.

My Session:
CSB7 - Small Biz Tops Hacker Hitlist: Self-Defense Moves That Protect Your Ass(ets) - Agenda

Daniel Zborovski - Daniel Zborovski is CTO for itControl Solutions and lead developer of itControl Suite, the critically acclaimed network management tool that has won multiple awards in 2008 and 2009 from CompTIA, the IT industry’s largest trade association.  Daniel is rapidly becoming a household name within the IT industry for his knowledge of the IT channel and the insightful design strategies that are the hallmark of itControl Suite.  Daniel resides in Toronto, Ontario with his wife Leslie and two sons, Ethan and Matthew.  Daniel is active in non-profit initiatives involving the computer industry in both Canada and the United States.

My Session:
HOL2: Building a Better MSP Business with itControl - Agenda
CSS5: itControl Solutions – an MSP Panel Discussion - Agenda