Featured Speakers - NerdioCon 2024

Vadim Vladimirskiy

Chief Executive Officer at Nerdio

Vadim Vladimirskiy is a visionary expert in the creation and evolution of innovative cloud IT management platforms for the remote work era. He is CEO and co-founder of Nerdio and empowers companies of all sizes to deploy, manage and optimize virtual desktop environments leveraging native Microsoft technologies like Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and Microsoft Intune.

Joseph Landes

Chief Revenue Officer at Nerdio

Joseph Landes is the Chief Revenue Officer at Nerdio where he empowers MSPs and enterprise IT professionals alike to build successful cloud environments in Microsoft Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop. During his time at Nerdio, Landes has driven the company to grow its product offerings and expand strategic partnerships, bringing innovative Azure solutions to new global enterprises and partners. Before joining Nerdio in 2018, Landes worked at Microsoft for 23 years where he held numerous senior leadership positions at the company’s corporate headquarters as well as in Eastern Europe, India, and Brazil. He was recently recognized as a channel industry thought leader and 2020 CRN Channel Chief, and in his free time Joseph enjoys traveling the world, spending time with his family, and reading his way through the New York Times’ Notable Books list.

Scott Manchester

Vice President, Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft

Scott Manchester is the Vice President for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft. He is a 21-year veteran at Microsoft where he has led the development of Windows 365, Azure Virtual Desktop, Remote Desktop Service, Second Screen Remoting, Multimedia, and Networking technologies. Scott has developed 25 patents related to remoting, networking, and media. Scott holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Washington and an Executive MBA from Washington State University.

Deb Dubrow

Group Product Manager at Microsoft

Deb Dubrow is a Group Product Manager at Microsoft, responsible for Partnerships and Small Business offerings for Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. Prior to joining Microsoft, she was a Group Manager at Zillow, where she established the company’s Marketing Technology team and launched Zillow Offers. Deb has over 20 years experience in Product Management and holds MS and BS degrees in Computer Science from the University of California at Irvine.

Joe Whittinghill

Chief Learning Officer at Microsoft

Joe Whittinghill is the Chief Learning Officer for Microsoft. Joe leads a team responsible for activating culture and learning, building world-class leaders, and enabling the workforce of the future for Microsoft. Joe has expertise in strategy, mergers and acquisitions, organization development, learning, executive development, the neuroscience of leadership, and culture activation.

Joe is one of the architects of the Microsoft Culture Framework: Cultural Attributes, Leadership Principles, Manager Expectations, and Values which are at the core of the company’s business and cultural transformation.

Prior to this role, Joe was the General Manager of the Merger & Acquisitions Venture Integration group. During his six years leading the group, he built a practice that facilitated the closure and integration of more than 130 acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures representing $31B+ in consideration and adding over 34,000 new employees worldwide to Microsoft.

He joined Microsoft in 1999, and has held various leadership roles responsible for the development of leaders, organizations and learning, as well as Finance. His previous work in learning led to the design and building of what is now known as the Microsoft Learning Center in Redmond, WA. Joe serves on a number of non-profit boards, is the past-chairman of the University of Montana Foundation Board of Trustees, Bersin Academy, and is a guest lecturer at universities on the topics of M&A, culture and leadership, and organization development. His personal interests include fly-fishing, snow skiing, and anything Montana.

He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Montana and his M.S.O.D. from the Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business.

Jay McBain

Chief Analyst at Canalys

Jay McBain is one of the most visible and respected thought leaders in the global channel. Named 2021 Channel Influencer of the Year by Channel Partners Magazine, Top 40 Under Forty by the Business Review, as well as numerous channel magazines top influencer lists, he is often sought out for industry guidance and future trends. He has spent his 27-year career in various executive channel sales, marketing, and strategy roles within IBM, Lenovo, Autotask, and ChannelEyes.

Sivan Shachnovitz

Executive Thought Leadership & Personal Brand Strategist & Co-host of Millennials in Tech Podcast

For over a decade, Sivan Shachnovitz has used storytelling to shape creative branding strategies for tech giants like Google Cloud and Cynet. Witnessing the power of a well-crafted narrative, Sivan now coaches startup founders and executives on building compelling personal and professional brands through thought leadership. She believes in the transformative power of storytelling, and has made it her mission to help people realize their full potential, harness their distinct stories, and present themselves confidently to the world.

Amol Dalvi

VP of Product at Nerdio

A true software geek, Amol Dalvi’s tech career began in software development in the ‘90s and hasn’t slowed down since. Prior to joining Nerdio, Amol was CTO and Co-Founder of a marketing software firm as well as an angel investor in a handful of innovative start-up companies in Indianapolis. Now, Amol is VP, Product at Nerdio, where his passion lies in building easy-to-use, uber-intuitive software products. When Amol isn’t banishing IT headaches for SMBs and enterprises by making magic happen behind the scenes at Nerdio, you‘ll find him playing pickleball or enjoying the many beautiful trails & beaches in Southern California.

Danny Jenkins

Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder at ThreatLocker

Danny Jenkins, CEO & Co-Founder of ThreatLocker, a cybersecurity firm providing Zero Trust endpoint security, is a leading cybersecurity expert with over two decades of experience building and securing corporate networks, including roles on red and blue teams. He is dedicated to educating industry professionals about the latest cyber threats and frequently speaks on the topics of ransomware and Zero Trust.

Liz Hoscheid

Senior Director of Marketing at Nerdio

Liz is an experienced Senior Director of Marketing with a demonstrated history of working in the cloud computing and managed services industries. Seven years ago, Liz joined Nerdio seven years ago and serves as their Senior Director of Marketing where she drives and oversees all of Nerdio’s marketing, PR, and sales enablement efforts. Liz is a member of Nerdio’s core team who built the brand from the ground-up. She is passionate about empowering MSPs and Enterprise IT professionals to deploy, price, manage, and optimize their IT environments in Microsoft Azure.

Gabe Knuth

Senior Analyst at Enterprise Strategy Group

Gabe Knuth covers End User Computing and Unified Communications for Enterprise Strategy Group. Having held positions as an independent industry analyst, blogger, and speaker, along with roles in both IT administration and in vendor product groups, Gabe has spent his entire career at the very center of End User Computing.

Erwin Visser

General Manager of the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) Strategy and GTM at Microsoft

Erwin Visser is General Manager of the Cloud Service Provider (CSP) strategy and GTM for Microsoft Americas. Erwin’s key focus and passion is to enable Microsoft partners in Americas to digitally transform SMB and Corporate customers through worldclass cloud services.

Prior to his current role, Erwin Visser was the General Manager for Enterprise & Industry Marketing, responsible for leading the worldwide marketing strategy for the enterprise segment across commercial and public-sector customers. Before that, Erwin Visser was responsible for the worldwide commercial strategy and marketing of Windows, including the Windows client operating system as well as Windows Phone devices. In this position, Erwin was responsible for the global commercial launch of Windows 7, Windows Phone 7, and Windows 8.1.

In 2006, Erwin transitioned to Microsoft Corporate in Redmond from Microsoft BV in the Netherlands, where he led the Microsoft subsidiary marketing organization as a member of the Dutch leadership team. Erwin grew up in the ranks at Microsoft BV, after starting in a technical pre-sales role, through various Sales and Marketing positions.

Erwin holds a master’s in computer science and a bachelor’s in mathematics from the University of Amsterdam.

In addition to his career, Erwin is passionate about pushing his personal limits and exploring new experiences, countries and cultures. His hobbies include scuba-diving, mountain climbing, skiing, cycling and travel. Key highlights are Erwin’s 2023 successful summit of Mount Everest and his family climb with the 3 oldest children of Mount Rainier in 2021. Sharing his passion for travel and adventure with his children is his biggest joy.

Jim Moyle

Senior Program Manager at Microsoft

Jim is a Senior Program Manager at Microsoft working with Azure Virtual Desktop and Windows 365. He came to Microsoft through the acquisition of the FSLogix technology where he was a Chief Technical Evangelist. Before joining the Microsoft engineering team, he spent 10 years as a CTP. You can mainly find him sharing knowledge and information on GitHub, YouTube, and Twitter. He also runs around a lot.

Jon Murchison

Founder and CEO at Blackpoint Cyber

Jon Murchison started his career in network engineering and IT operations until entering the intelligence community. With more than 12 years of experience as an NSA computer operations expert and IT professional, he brings a unique perspective to developing cyber defense software. As the founder and CEO of Blackpoint Cyber, Jon drives our efforts to create innovative and efficacious solutions, helping businesses fight back cyberthreats.

Tim Coach

Global Channel Chief at Pia

Tim Coach, Pia’s Global Channel Chief, focuses on helping businesses grow through process and innovation. He has an expert understanding of the complete lifecycle of delivering services through the client to the consumer, as well as the intricacies of running a business at every level. He is focused on finding new and innovative ways to help the MSP community thrive.

Tim’s partnership with Pia focuses on bringing AI to MSPs to help increase the efficiency of a single employee through the entire department. By integrating AI into the daily work process, it allows us to increase the efficiency of current staff without depending on hiring more people. Being in IT for the last several decades gives him a unique perspective on every level of execution. As a much sought-after consultant with MSPs from across the entire US, he has worked directly with leadership to increase profitability, improve process and procedure all the way through improving overall company culture now through introducing functional AI to the industry. Whether he has been directly rebuilding MSPs or as a consultant, his primary focus has always been to help businesses achieve their overall vision.

Upon entering the channel space in 2021, his passion for his work drove him to accelerate his advancement at an unprecedented rate. He has performed numerous keynotes and presentations since moving to the channel, receiving countless accolades and has become a globally recognized award-winning speaker for all his efforts.

Greg Jones

Vice President of Business Development EMEA, at Kaseya

As Vice President of Business Development EMEA, Greg Jones is responsible for expanding and driving the success of Kaseya’s partner programme and unique managed service provider (MSP) ecosystem across the EMEA region.

With over 20 years of experience in the IT sector, Greg is a leadership expert who challenges MSPs to think outside the box and question the status quo about what can be achieved with the right technology and business processes. Partners and customers love his pragmatic and practical strategies that can be easily implemented to lead to big business results.

Prior to joining Datto in October 2019, Greg was Chief Technology Officer for an MSP in the Northwest of England. He was recognised by Channel Futures as one of just 14 top Channel Influencers in EMEA in 2023 for his dedication to the MSP community and was named Cyber Security Leader of the Year at the 2023 IT Europa Channel Awards. He also won the 2023 CompTIA UK&I Community Leadership Spotlight Award for demonstrating outstanding leadership and impact to the community.

Greg’s passions extend to the greater MSP community where he serves as Executive Council Leader for CompTIA, as well as acting as an advisor for their Advancing Women in Technology board. He is also a leader of Datto’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Council.

Jack Cooke

Channel Development Manager at Kaseya

Jack Cooke began his journey at Datto in 2018. His previous role as a Channel Sales Manager led him to join the Business Development Team as a Channel Development Manager in 2022. In Jack’s current role, he assists EMEA partners to access Marketing and Development funds from Kaseya. Whilst also representing Kaseya and Datto at numerous trade shows and technology conferences throughout Europe and around the world, connecting with Managed Service Providers, empowering them, and educating them on the value of a true unified IT solution.

Giovanni Sanguily

CEO and Founder, Glasshive

Giovanni got his start in IT industry sales. After years traveling the country, he began to see that many MSPs experienced the same hurdles when it came to revenue growth: insufficient marketing skills.

This led Gio and a few close friends to found GlassHive Creative. He filled a consultative role for MSPs and IT vendors and spearheaded hundreds of creative projects and go-to-market strategies that generated millions of dollars in revenue.

To help scale the GlassHive Creative provided services to even more MSPs, Gio and GlassHive Creative created GlassHive, a sales and marketing tool developed specifically for the IT industry. To date in his career, Gio has helped thousands of MSPs and IT vendors transform their sales and marketing.

Paz Maoz

Manager of MSP Growth Strategy at N-Able

Paz Maoz, the Senior Manager of N-Able’s Growth Strategy Program, leads a team of Senior Account Managers dedicated to supporting the company’s major partners in diverse growth initiatives. Drawing on almost two decades of leadership experience, Paz provides coaching and guidance to his team. They utilize N-Able’s array of programs, tools, and resources to assist partners in navigating organic growth, mergers and acquisitions, developing new revenue streams, implementing Sales & Marketing programs, and enhancing Security initiatives. Through strategic collaboration, Paz and his team contribute to the sustained success and expansion of N-Able and its partner network.

Stefan Georgiev

Sr. Product Manager, Nerdio

Stefan Georgeiv is the Group Product Manager at Nerdio. With a focus on driving innovation and product excellence, Stefan has plays a leading role in the development and launch of new Nerdio features and products. He has been instrumental in bringing together engineering, design, and product teams to define the product vision and strategy.

John Turk

Partner Marketing Advisor, GPSUS GTM at Microsoft

John Turk is a Partner Marketing Manager passionate about helping Microsoft partners utilize cloud technology to manage their customer’s digital transformation journey. John is currently the Azure Go-to-Market Lead for MSPs helping organizations develop profitable businesses selling Azure services. John lives in the PNW and spends his free time biking, snowboarding, and working with shelter dogs.

Ashley Battle

Product Marketing Manager at Nerdio

As a Product Marketing Manager at Nerdio, Ashley Battle brings a diverse background in marketing and sales. With a talent for driving revenue growth, she leverages her expertise to implement innovative strategies and establish effective marketing approaches. Ashley is skilled in marketing strategy, project management, sales enablement, product launch, and brand awareness. She analyzes market trends and customer insights to create successful strategies and impactful marketing campaigns.

Andy Weidner

Product Manager at Nerdio

Andy Weidner is a Product Manager at Nerdio, specializing in AVD and Infrastructure for Nerdio Manager for MSPs. Formerly a jack of all trades at MSPs, with a focus on security, Andy brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective to the forefront of innovation.

Chuck Mikuzis

Solutions Support Director at Nerdio

As Nerdio’s Solutions Support Director, Chuck Mikuzis guides our support teams as the frontline of support for our MSP partners and Enterprise customers across our Nerdio product lineup. With a focus on support that not only provides resolution, but education on all things Nerdio and Microsoft Cloud. Chuck brings to Nerdio nearly 20 years of system administration experience. With the first 12 of those being in the enterprise space. Now fully entrenched in the MSP space, Chuck brings those enterprise-level practices down to scale for the MSP/SMB market and to our Nerdio Manager for Enterprise support teams.

Larry Sweeney

SVP, Enterprise Sales at Nerdio

Larry Sweeney is the Nerdio SVP of Global Enterprise Sales. Larry joined Nerdio in June of 2023 and has responsibility for the Enterprise Go To Market covering all aspects of sales that include Sales Development, Sales, Channel, and Engineering teams. Larry is a 25 year veteran of the Virtualization and End-User Computing market and brings a wide breadth of experience in go to market strategies that revolve channel. Larry has two big goals for Nerdio’s channel this year. He wants Nerdio to be your most profitable business and more importantly wants Nerdio to be the vendor that sets the standard for relationships.

Travis Roberts

Product Marketing Manager at Nerdio

Travis is Product Marketing Manager at Nerdio, a two-time Microsoft MVP and Microsoft certified trainer based in Minneapolis, MN. Travis has over 23 years of experience with Microsoft infrastructure and management. He has held numerous technical certifications from Microsoft, VMware, Citrix, and Cisco throughout his career. Travis is on the board of the MN Azure User Group and speaks on Azure and Azure Virtual Desktop. He is also the author of “Zero to Hero with Windows Virtual Desktop” and other Azure-related courses available at Udemy.com.

Chris Feeney

Director Vertical Solutions and Channel Business Development at IGEL

Chris Feeney brings a unique blend of technical, strategic sales and partner relationship management experience to bear at IGEL, where he has played a fundamental role in the launch of the company’s Services Specialization Program. A visionary thinker currently leading dynamic solutions for healthcare, Feeney leverages an opportunistic view of the industry combined with a dedication to customer satisfaction and success to drive innovation and partnership for IGEL.

Jordan Wazwaz

Sales Engineer at Nerdio

Starting his career in managed services as a level one helpdesk employee, Jordan worked his way through the ranks to become an MSP engineer before joining Nerdio. He is passionate about simplifying the complex elements of Azure and its native services like Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, and Intune to provide MSPs real value and maximum ROI. As Sales Engineer at Nerdio, Jordan blends his love of the Azure product with hands-on knowledge of how MSPs are successfully profiting from the cloud and cloud-based DaaS to teach and show partners how they can be using them most effectively.

Marcos Artiaga

Technical Account Manager at Nerdio

Experienced IT professional with a decade in Managed Services, specializing in Azure Virtual Desktop for the past 5 years. Progressed from a Level 1 Help Desk Technician to Director of Operations at my previous MSP, engaging in diverse roles encompassing finance, sales, and support.

Jez Haisman

Microsoft Business Leader - EMEA at Nerdio

Jez has been in the IT industry for nearly 30 years working at major Vendors like Microsoft, Adobe, Citrix. He is an experienced Business Development Director specialising in the Microsoft ecosystem with a successful demonstrated history of working with Cloud & SAAS. Skilled in the End User Computing, Cloud infrastructure, ISV solution creation & partner arena with a Strong bias towards business & Industry development. Jez leads Nerdio’s WW Microsoft engagement, from Go-to-market & Co-sell to partner & Geo Growth strategy.

Eric Torres

VP of Channel at ScalePad

With over 15 years’ experience in the technology industry and building both a top-tier MSP as well as one of the top data security vendors, Eric shares his knowledge and experience with the IT channel. As VP, Channel, he brings expertise in customer success and the MSP community, accompanied by a passion for educating the business community on the ever-changing cybersecurity threat landscape.

Christine Hak

Manager of Channel Events at Pax8

As Manager of Channel Events at Pax8, Christine manages various aspects of channel events, including logistics, vendor relationships, fostering partner engagement, and collaboration for all channel-related gatherings. Prior to Pax8, Christine has over 10 years of marketing and event experience with five of those being her time at Comcast Business, where she partnered with IT professionals to help expand their business and create better efficiencies. She holds a degree in Education with a minor in Business from The University of Texas at Austin. Outside of her professional commitments, she has enjoyed being a Big in the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program and served on the board of a Young Professionals Network. In her free time, Christine enjoys soaking in all the outdoor recreation and cuisine Denver has to offer.

Nicole Faletra

Senior Director of Channel, Americas at Pax8

Nicole Faletra, serving as the Sr. Director of Channel, Americas at Pax8, plays a pivotal role in shaping the company’s channel and community engagement. In her capacity, she spearheads the strategic planning, development, and management of the Channel team while nurturing and enhancing key relationships. Nicole oversees a diverse portfolio of responsibilities, including the orchestration of Pax8’s hosted partner events and the formulation of strategies for the company’s presence at industry events. Her role extends to the creation of comprehensive marketing programs geared towards the IT channel, emphasizing strategic events and sponsorships. With a keen focus on communicating Pax8’s value proposition and benefits to the IT channel community, Nicole collaborates directly with current, prospective, and new Managed Service Providers (MSPs). Nicole holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Fashion Merchandising and Retail Marketing from Johnson & Wales University, demonstrating her versatile background. Beyond her professional pursuits, she is a dedicated dog lover and passionate about environmental preservation.

John Ciaramitaro

Vendor Alliance Manager at Pax8

As a Vendor Alliance Manager John plays a significant role in growing Pax8’s vendor and channel relationships. Acting as the primary liaison between these relationships, John develops growth strategies for his partners that drive adoption, increase sales and revenue, and enhance go-to-market activities. With a longstanding background in sales, John brings his experience with the market to better enable vendors’ success in the channel. Outside of work, John loves to visit his home state of Michigan where (most of) his family still lives, and spend time on the Great Lakes. Now, residing in Colorado for the last few years, he has been stunned by the mountain region and frequently spends time doing outdoor activities.

Brian Caddell

Cloud Solutions Architect at Intel

Brian Caddell (BC) has 25 years of IT experience working across public, private and DoD (Department of Defense) sectors. Areas of expertise for Brian are private (VMWare), public (AWS/Azure/GCP) and hybrid clouds, migrations, datacenter/application transformations, as well as overall strategy.

Brian currently works at Intel as a Cloud Solution Architect in the Datacenter Sales Group. His objective is to show our value in influencing/driving cloud adoption and preference for Intel-based solutions for private/public/hybrid) cloud infrastructure and data services.

Prior to Intel, Brian worked at Rackspace Technology, where he spent over 14yrs as a Lead Solutions Architect. While there, he led opportunities toward managed services across bare-metal, private, public and hybrid clouds. Prior to Rackspace, he worked as a Sr. Systems Engineer at The Scooter Store, a Sr. Systems Engineer for Management Technologies (ManTech), a Systems Engineer at BAMC (Brooke Army Medical Center), IT Director for Career Education Corp, and Systems Engineer for Lockheed Martin at (Lackland Air Force Base).

He has an undergraduate degree in Sports and Fitness Management from Texas Lutheran University. He also holds a Master’s in Information Technology from American Intercollegiate University (AIU). He currently has certifications in Azure, AWS, Google, Oracle, Intel, VMWare, FinOps and Databricks.

He has been married to his wife, Amy, for 24yrs and they have two daughters, Alyse (21) and Ashlyn (19). When he is not working, you will either find him watching his daughters play volleyball (both indoor and sand), mountain biking, fishing, golf or just hanging out with the family. Fun facts: Brian played college basketball on a scholarship at Texas Lutheran University and got an amazing opportunity to intern at NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) in the Kelsey-Seybold Clinic.

Jim Woodruff

Strategic Account Exec, Americas Partner Sales at Intel

Jim Woodruff is a Strategic Account Executive in the Americas Partner Sales Team. Jim excels in developing new sales motions for Intel. He currently leads the team working with solution integrators and cloud management platforms, helping them optimize the experience of enterprise customers as they migrate to—and operate in—the public cloud. Over Jim’s 30-plus year career in the IT industry he has managed teams focused on branding, channel marketing, product marketing and planning, business development, IT, Sales Operations, and Sales Management, and has served as an Intel spokesperson on networking and use of technology in the financial services industry. He holds an MBA from Harvard University and a BA in Mathematical Economics from Pomona College. Intel, a leader in the semiconductor industry, is shaping the data-centric future with computing and communications technology that is the foundation of the world’s innovations. The company’s engineering expertise is helping address the world’s greatest challenges as well as helping secure, power and connect billions of devices and the infrastructure of the smart, connected world – from the cloud to the network to the edge and everything in between. Find more information about Intel at intel.com.

Tim Conkle

CEO at The20

Tim Conkle holds over 30 years of entrepreneurial success in the Managed IT Services sector. As a leading voice in the MSP space, Tim is dedicated to developing simple, solid IT solutions for SMB clients and MSPs across the nation. As CEO of The20, Conkle is the driving force behind a business revolutionizing the IT industry. By utilizing a proven multi-million-dollar sales model and an execution framework that he developed, Tim helps MSPs attain profitability and success. Through The 20’s business model, Tim has advised hundreds of MSPs in sales and operations, resulting in monumental revenue generation and millions of dollars in savings from process improvements and single-funnel vendor access. As a leading expert on M&A in the channel, Tim has crafted a powerful consolidation strategy to establish one of the first premier MSPs with a national footprint, while helping other IT business owners develop and refine their own M&A plans to achieve new growth.

Michael Slater

Head of Sales - Microsoft & Cybersecurity at Sherweb

As Director of Sales for Microsoft and Cybersecurity, Michael’s mission is to empower MSPs and ISVs of all sizes to harness the power of cloud technology for their digital transformation journey. He is dedicated to helping businesses achieve their goals by delivering tailored, cutting-edge solutions and exceptional customer experiences. With previous roles in support, SMB sales and enterprise technical sales, his experience includes liaising with thousands of channel partners in North and South America. When he’s not immersed in expanding Sherweb’s channel footprint, Michael is a fan of video games, fine scotch, and combat sports.

Ron Farrar

Business Development Manager - Azure at Sherweb

As the Azure Business Development Manager at Sherweb, Ron specializes in cultivating Microsoft Azure growth for partners. With a successful background as a Cloud Infrastructure Specialist at Ingram Micro, selling VMware’s VSPP Program and AWS, he has earned the prestigious Presidents Club Winner title. His love for travel has led him to Hawaii, where he is now based, and indulges in hobbies like snorkeling, diving, surfing, hiking.

Richard Ellis

Managing Partner at Revenue Innovations

As a Managing Partner of Revenue Innovations, Richard Ellis excels in guiding investors, founders, and executives in strategy development and revenue generation. His career spans roles from engineering to sales to business leadership, providing him with unique insights into refining sales and marketing strategies, and developing the content, tools, and training to drive accelerated execution across teams. Richard’s extensive experience with a wide range of companies, from startups to Fortune 100 corporations, has refined his ability to adapt best practices to the unique challenges of each client. His consultative approach, grounded in real-world experience, makes him an invaluable asset to businesses seeking to navigate complex strategic challenges. As a speaker, Richard brings a blend of technical expertise and strategic acumen to his engagements, offering audiences actionable insights and a comprehensive understanding of business innovation and strategy execution

Damian Siriani

Senior Director of Channel at Nerdio

Damian Siriani is the Senior Director of Channel for Nerdio where he gets to develop and execute a channel strategy that enhances the company’s market presence, drives sales through indirect channels, and fosters strong and mutually beneficial relationships with channel partners. His ultimate goal is to maximize the company’s reach and revenue by leveraging the strengths of a well-managed and effective channel ecosystem. Damian previously spent 20 years at Citrix where he had the opportunity to gain a significant amount of experience in driving sales in the Commercial and Enterprise segments as well as leading all aspects of Channel Sales which included SI’s, GSI’s, Alliances, MSP’s and many of the Strategic National Partnerships. When Damian isn’t driving the most Profitable and Trusted Relationships for Nerdio’s partners in the industry, he is either enjoying the love of his four-legged children or playing softball all around the country and likely injuring himself fighting the never-ending battle of aging.

Joe Ferla

Head Nerd at N-Able

Joe has been with N-Able for six years. He initially started as a Channel Sales representative, later transitioning to a Sales Engineer role. Eventually, he played a pivotal role in establishing the Partner Success Team before assuming the position of Head Nerd for N-sight/Mac. Joe is wholeheartedly committed to aiding our partners in achieving maximum efficiency and expertise in RMM. His distinctive perspective is the result of his extensive technical experience with N-Able products and his continuous efforts as a PSM to assist N-Able’s partners in expanding their businesses.

MacKenzie Brown

VP of Security at Blackpoint Cyber

MacKenzie Brown oversees Blackpoint’s internal security strategy while helping enable and drive our product ecosystem and broader security vision among partners and the community. Her background in incident response includes supporting global customers and navigating advanced adversary investigations as an incident manager at Microsoft. An advisory board member for the Idaho Women in Technology organization, she strives to bring transformation to the industry for a better tomorrow.

George Malec

Director of Cloud Engineering at Nerdio

George is a Nerdio veteran, working with the team for over a decade in the EUC and virtualization industry. Previously responsible for managing and maintaining VMware Horizon hosting environments while working as a CSP, he is now fully engaged with customers and partners working on Azure Virtual Desktop and Microsoft Azure. Wearing multiple hats and well-versed in all technical areas of Nerdio, George works closely with our support, sales, product & engineering teams to provide tactical and escalation assistance.

When not plugged in to VDI, George is an avid bookworm, casual gamer, and has a secret passion to fly kites.

Kevin Murray

Vice President of Partner Solutions at Nerdio

A skilled team leader with a broad technology understanding, Kevin is head of partner and customer operations at Nerdio.

Kevin is an operations executive with more than two decades leveraging technical expertise to develop inventive solutions to complex problems. He has been working in the cloud space since 2006 and is well versed in remote desktop solutions, having managed thousands of public and private hosted desktops and infrastructures in compliance-driven verticals.

Joining the Nerdio team in 2018, Kevin has built a world-class support organization from the ground up, ensuring more than 5,000 enterprises and thousands of partners are successful with their Nerdio and Microsoft investments. His department, Technical Solutions, provides technical support, education, certification, and training to partners and customers in addition to direct project and account support via live engineering assistance.

Tom Hickling

Principal Product Manager for Windows 365 & Azure Virtual Desktop, Microsoft

Tom Hickling is a Principal Product Manager for Windows 365 and Azure Virtual Desktop at Microsoft and knows a thing or two about both services.

Tom is responsible for the core platform that enables customer to use features from within both products.

Prior to working at Microsoft Tom worked at some of the worlds largest financial services organisations within the UK and Australia.

He has over 25 years’ worth of experience in the EUC industry, in which time he has done his fair share of deployments and spent too long in data centres, but has also run a popular technology blog and shares views on social media

Aharon Chernin

CEO & Founder, Rewst

Aharon Chernin, the Founder of Rewst, previously founded Perch Security – a SIEM and SOC offering built for MSPs. With a background in information technology and security, his passion has always been automation. After Perch Security was acquired by ConnectWise in November, 2020, Aharon turned to the MSP community and asked what tool they needed next. With automation needs rising to the top of the list, Aharon responded by creating Rewst. Now MSPs finally have an affordable method to integrate automation comparable to what enterprise organizations have already had for many years.

Bruce McCully

CEO, Galactic Advisors

Bruce McCully is the world’s leading authority on how MSPs can successfully generate recurring revenue by leveraging third-party security and cybercompliance assessment services. Bruce grew his own MSP business from zero to $8.5 million before cashing out in January 2020. He then launched Galactic Advisors, a technology and services company that has enabled hundreds of MSPs to replicate his proven formula for success with training, sales support, content resources, and a turnkey assessment service that’s ideal for generating both passive income and upselling opportunities.

Joe Spiller

VP of Technical Sales, Pia

Joe has an IT career that has spanned decades. From working his way up over the years to a senior level engineer to rebuilding MSPs to owning his own MSP, Joe has onde it all. He now works with Pia to help bring a next generation AI solution to the channel.

Evelio Garcia

Sales Engineer, Lenovo

Evelio has been in the EUC space for over 12 years, currently the Lenovo/IGEL SE, he has a background in virtualization and networking coming from Citrix. He is a Jack of all trades, master of none, oftentimes better than a master of one.

Kelcye Blankenship-Lackland

Channel Development Manager, CyberQP

Kelcye is the Channel Development Manager at CyberQP, with a dynamic marketing background and a passion for the MSP channel. At CyberQP, she travels to various channel trade show events to grow and manage community relationships, both with other vendors and organizations in the MSP space and with partners alike. She has a Bachelor of Arts in Emerging Media and Communication from the University of Texas at Dallas, and in her free time, she enjoys kayaking, reading as many books as she can get her hands on, and spending time with her nieces.

Neil McLoughlin

Field CTO – UK at Nerdio

Neil McLoughlin is Nerdio’s UK Field CTO. Neil has been in the IT Industry for over 20 years and has spent most of that time specialising in Desktop Virtualization. Previously he spent around 10 years of his career as a Citrix Consultant working on various large Citrix deployments throughout the UK. Neil’s role at Nerdio spans many different areas. Neil is responsible for assisting sales activities in the UK, assisting customers with any technical issues, and delivering customer success packages. He also helps on the support side when required, and also contributes to marketing by writing various articles, as well as presenting at various conferences throughout the world on Azure Virtual Desktop and Nerdio. Neil is also big on community and runs the UK AVD User Group and is also a Microsoft MVP. He currently lives in Manchester, England and is married with two children.

Will Ominsky

VP, MSP Sales at Nerdio

Will Ominsky started his career in IT at a Boston-based MSP helping to launch their VoIP practice and grow their managed service and cloud computing offerings. Following an acquisition, Will moved to the other side of the channel helping IT Service providers & MSPs build DaaS offerings on RDS as a Channel Manager for two startups. At Nerdio, Will takes his knowledge of cloud computing and MSP services to help IT service providers build successful cloud practice in Microsoft Azure.

Carl Long

Director of Partner Engagement at Nerdio

Carl Long is Nerdio’s US Director of Partner Engagement. Carl has been in the IT Industry for over 20 years and has spent most of that time working in or with MSPs and virtualization. Carl’s role at Nerdio spans many different areas and expertise. Carl is responsible for key partner facing programs such as certification, community, and live training events. He also creates how- to videos around the Nerdio platform. Carl lives in Southern California and when he isn’t spending time outdoors, he enjoys building Legos or playing video games.

Toby Skerritt

Product Manager, Manager for Enterprise at Nerdio

Toby has over 20 years of experience in the IT industry, across a range of roles. He has spent the last decade scoping, architecting, and building data center and cloud services for a wide range of customers. Though he specialized in End-user computing services, he also has experience across most aspects of enterprise IT. Toby joined Nerdio after building great experience by working with the product for a number of years, including multiple customer engagements. Toby lives in the UK with his wife & two children.

Nicole Kimmick

Senior Director, Enterprise Marketing at Nerdio

As the Senior Director of Enterprise Marketing at Nerdio, Nicole has over 20 years of marketing experience across global technology firms and startups. An award-winning leader, she has earned acclaim for expertise in account-based marketing and demand generation. This extensive experience is complemented by a fearless, innovative approach and a profound understanding of B2B marketing and enterprise software, honed through leading various marketing teams. Nicole’s exceptional skill set includes building and scaling high-impact marketing strategies and forming synergistic partnerships between marketing and sales, driving remarkable business outcomes. With a flair for crafting compelling marketing narratives and a data-driven approach, she excels in aligning marketing efforts with business goals, delivering a multiplier effect in results. This track record of tackling complex challenges and fostering high-performing teams underscores Nicole’s reputation as a visionary in creating and implementing successful marketing strategies and processes for high-growth organizations.

Michael Crean

Founder, Solutions Granted

Michael E. Crean, a U.S. Army Combat Veteran, founded Solutions Granted, Inc. in 2001. He saw the need for bridging the gap between IT and IS, with solid security offerings and strong cost effect solutions. This commitment in providing real solutions-that met corporate goals and/or compliance standards-caused immediate growth; representing thousands of customers through managed security offerings worldwide. He has entrenched himself in Information Security, implementation and the managed security services industry. He has the experience and knowhow to generate a thoughtful presentation on the State of Security and give the tricks-of-the-trade to assist customers in protecting against security treats.

Garion Brown

Global VP of Virtualization Technologies, Teleperformance

Garion Brown leads the company’s global virtualization efforts with responsibility for strategy and operations worldwide. He leads a large global team consisting of virtualization, cloud, automation, and operations experts, spanning 12 countries and 5 time zones. His Platform Engineering team leverages the team’s vast expertise to deliver and support over 100,000 desktops globally in support of our business and customer needs and requirements.

In his previous role at CME Group, he served as the Senior Director of Systems Engineering, which is the largest futures and options marketplace in the world. During his tenure there, he managed the Enterprise Server Platforms group, which encompassed over 50 staff in multiple regions globally. The org there consisted of primarily Linux, Windows, Virtualization, Desktop, Backup and Storage SMEs.

Garion has over 25 years of experience with infrastructure technologies at scale, with most time spent in the financial sector in Chicago. These include leadership roles at the Chicago Trading Company and Fidelity Information Services, and engineering role at Citadel Investment Group specializing in Windows and Linux based technologies.

Garion holds a Masters’s in Law in Information Technology and J.D. from UIC Law and a B.A. from the University of Rhode Island.

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Tim Coach

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John Turk

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Brian Caddell

Cloud Solutions Architect at Intel

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Tim Conkle

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