After earning his Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario, Jeremy joined the IT Weapons Arsenal in 2008. His passion for clear thinking and persuasive, honest messaging is what drives the company’s communications and marketing efforts.  Facing outward, it's about engaging and educating the broader community of IT professionals, clients, and peers. Internally, it's about professional development within IT Weapons. Simply put, his team works to ensure everyone understands what IT Weapons does and why they do it.

Jennifer Brown is President of Brown Pear Solutions, a value added reseller specializing in IT Infrastructure solutions and services. She presides over the Seattle chapter for alumni of The University of Texas and also serves on the board of The University of Michigan Ross School of Business local alumni network. Jenny values hard work and personal relationships. She enjoys SCUBA, cooking competition TV shows, and playing catch with her daughter.

In early 2005, Chad, Rick, and Kyle Paalman started NuWave Technology Partners. NuWave was started with a focus on being the one company that could take care of all the technology needs of a business; including internet & phone services, cabling, network electronics, computers, servers, phone systems, security, wireless networks, mobile devices, and more.

Overseeing the sales and marketing of NuWave Technology Partners, Chad has helped to grow the business by 20-30% growth every year since the company started. Chad is also responsible for overseeing NuWave Technology Partner’s divisions.

NuWave Technology Partners was recognized as one of Michigan’s 50 Companies to Watch.

Sandy Reeser joined VC3 in 1998 as Vice President of Systems Services. During his tenure, VC3's IT services have steadily expanded to include Cloud Computing Services, Technology Assessments and Security Audits, Disaster Recovery Services, VOIP Solutions, Computer and Network Services, Network Design, Configuration and Optimization, Internet and Data Center Services, K-12 Academic Services, and E-Government. Under Mr. Reeser's leadership, the company achieved record revenues in 2006 and has worked with over 100 municipalities in the Southeast. The company continues to expand with 3 offices located throughout the southeast.

Michael Lomonaco is the director of marketing and communications for OST. He joined the $160 million leading solution provider in 2011.  Michael honed his marketing and communications skills while attending Michigan State University. His career has included positions in local, state and federal political and policy work, corporate and nonprofit consulting, and customer relations, public relations, and marketing in the manufacturing sector.  These days, Michael leads the Marketing and Communications team at OST. In this role he is responsible for leading OST’s brand strategy, marketing programs, market insights, and public relations. He has a passion for creating wild outcomes and experiences through his abilities to connect and strategize across the organization, and with customers, partners, and colleagues.

Michael also has a deep connection to service and can be found working with any number of the boards of directors he serves In 2013, 2015, and 2016  Michael was selected as one of Grand Rapids’ “Top 40 Under Forty” business and community leaders.

Danny Timmins is the CEO/President of NCI, a Cyber Security Company in Canada for the last 15 years. Danny is responsible in setting the long term direction, vision and overseeing the operation at NCI, a market leader in Cyber Security Services and Solutions. Danny's leadership not only extends to business, he has also been involved in the community for over 24 years as a volunteer. His volunteer work has ranged from being a coach, manager, chairperson, president of different sports teams, clubs and charities.

Jitesh Sachdev, Chief Operating Officer, is a seasoned executive with over 15 years of experience. His expertise includes certification and accreditation (C&A), continuous monitoring, regulatory compliance, application security, application development, infrastructure design, systems administration, business process re- engineering, cost control and client relations. He is also a certified Project and Program Management professional, and skilled in diverse areas such as IT Security, Enterprise Architecture, Systems Integration, Identify Management, and Proposal Development. At INADEV, Jitesh manages client relationships and project deliverables. Jitesh received his Masters in Information Technology from Virginia Tech.

Following the acquisition of CloudStrategies by BCM One, Pete is now leading the efforts to combine the his career long focus on Microsoft technologies, CloudStrategies 7 year history with cloud services, and BCM One's 25 year history in telecom services to create a leading national Microsoft cloud and VoIP services practice.

Pete was the founder and chief catalyst behind CloudStrategies and played a key role in driving the growth of the firm. In addition to these responsibilities, he worked directly with clients on assignments where bridging business and technical issues were essential to maximizing value. He brings over 20 years of hands-on experience solving technology challenges for some of the world's largest enterprises and fastest moving small businesses to the work he performs. Before founding CloudStrategies, Pete worked in sales / service roles for Microsoft Corporation in their NY Metro District, as well as several business and technology consulting firms.

Lawrence Van Deusen is the Director of the Network Integration Line of Business at Dimension Data. Van Deusen has over 18+ years of experience designing, architecting, implementing and supporting enterprise business solutions in a variety of IT computing environments. Prior to joining Dimension Data, Van Deusen was most recently employed as a Senior IT Architect for IBM Global Services in the IP Connectivity services practice. His primary focus was Cisco WAN/LAN architecture design and implementations. Prior to joining IBM Global Services, Van Deusen was employed as a Senior Consultant at Bearing Point (formerly KPMG consulting) where he was employed in the Network Solutions practice.

Experienced sales and business leader with expertise growing and leading high performance teams to excel in any market. Strengths include strong leadership skills, team oriented player with track record of wining. Extremely effective in turning strategy into results.

Kathy Mills has close to 30 years of experience in starting and running successful multi-city, technical sales organizations. Kathy and her husband, Rick, founded one of the first computer stores in Louisville, Kentucky in 1984. After expanding to multiple locations, they sold their company to a large conglomerate in 1992. Kathy decided to get back into the technology business in 1994 and has since grown Strategic Communications exponentially over the last few years. Her efforts and those of the Strategic team were recognized when the company received honors as part of the 2011 (#641), 2012 (#41), and 2013 (#489) Inc. 500|5000 awards for the company’s