George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.

George Pashardis is Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology, inc. a leading provider of integrated solution suites for enterprise networking, security, unified communications, data center and storage, and also offers complete IT sourcing and fulfillment services.  ePlus Technology serves a side variety of organizations in both the public and private sectors, including the Fortune 500, Healthcare, Federal, State and Local Government, K12 and Higher Education, as well as many other vertical markets.  The diverse set of IT solutions offered by ePlus Technology are complemented with a suite of on-demand supply chain solutions, a variety of leasing and financing services, and a range of Consulting expertise.

ePlus has been recognized by the Channel Company as one of North America's top technology integrators.

George brings over 25 years of experience in Sales & Marketing, with over 20 years in Sales Management to his role as Regional Vice President of Sales for ePlus Technology.  George joined ePlus in May 2004 with ePlus’ acquisition of Manchester Technologies, where he was Director of Sales. Prior to Manchester, he served as Area Director for Elcom Intl.

George has served on several Advisory Boards in the past such as Comptia, Samsung, NEC, 3COM, Hewlett Packard and Lenovo and is also a former Member of the International Who’s Who of Information Technology. George is a current member of the Advisory Board for the Channel Company.

Brian Strosser is the Chief Operating Officer at DLT Solutions. In this role, Brian leads DLT’s customer-facing and vendor-centric sales and marketing activities. He is also tasked with growing DLT’s sales divisions through partnerships and delivering services and solutions to public sector customers.
 
Previously, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of Corporate Sales & Strategy. In collaboration with the DLT sales divisions, he was responsible for exploring partnership and strategic opportunities to expand the company’s customer base and revenue streams. Brian also provided directional oversight of the customer-facing sales organization, business development team and cloud computing division.
Before focusing on corporate sales and strategy, Brian served as the Senior Vice President of the Enterprise Data Management and Enterprise Platform sales divisions where he was responsible for providing data management, security and open source solutions to the government including: sales, engineering, consulting services and the DLT Service Center.
Prior to joining DLT Solutions, Brian built a diverse background within various aspects of the corporate community which included distribution, manufacturers and value-added resellers. Most recently, he worked for NetApp, Inc. where he held various leadership roles including the build-out and growth of their civilian and intelligence business units and their government channels organization.
 
Brian’s other leadership experience includes roles at Sun Microsystems, World Wide Technology and GTSI Corp.

Andy Chiranjeevi K. is the President and Co-founder of KBTS Technologies, Inc., an IT Services company headquartered in Novi, MI. KBTS provides IT Professional Services and Custom Software Development services. They specialize in ERP, Information Management, Business Intelligence, Data warehousing, Managed Services and Cloud Computing.

KBTS is one of the fastest growing Inc.5000 companies in the nation and has successfully obtained a CMMI Level 2 rating. KBTS is a certified 8(a), SDB, MBE and WBE.

Prior to starting KBTS, he worked at Accenture and IBM. He received his Master’s degree in Computer Science from Kent State University, OH.

Mr. Carmine Taglialatela, Jr. is a principle and founder of Oak Hill Farm Group, LLC, a consulting practice with a focus on business development, strategy, and government relations. His contacts, experience, expertise and creative vision has helped many clients to increase market share in the US and globally. He routinely assists companies to identify and qualify new business opportunities and to expand their presence in new and existing markets.

Mr. Taglialatela has over 30 years’ experience in both domestic and international technology-driven industries. His areas of expertise are in business development, financial management, organization, operations, and regulatory affairs. His business development accomplishments for clients include increasing revenue by 60% though new business initiatives, winning over 50% of competitive proposals for the Department of Defense, and creating dynamic partnering teams that penetrate untapped markets with new concepts.

Chad provides project management expertise to the Patriots Honor Board of Directors. A highly skilled business leader, he leverages prior military experience as a U.S. Marine with a successful consulting firm career to bring commitment, invaluable perspective and strong community connections to the breadth of Patriots Honor programs.

“I’m ready to hit the ground running with Patriots Honor Organization,” said Chad. “My company, Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., has proudly supported Patriots Honor with donations from the proceeds of our annual golf tournament. It’s time to step up my personal involvement with this outstanding charity. Patriots Honor is doing good things for our injured military veterans and service members, and I want to personally be a part of that.”

Chad is a native of Sacramento, Ca. and a father to three amazing and talented children. He joined the Marine Corps in 1995, serving around the world as part the Marine Corps Marine Expeditionary Forces. During service to his nation, Chad returned to school, earning a degree in Computer Applications and Networks from Coleman College, San Diego, Calif. In 2001, he returned to Sacramento to pursue a career in IT consulting.

Driven by a mission to share knowledge and empower his peers to recognize their full potential, Chad has been Vice President of Business Development at Enterprise Networking Solutions, Inc., since joining the business in 2006. As a skilled and diligent Project Manager and Systems Engineer in infrastructure technologies, Chad leverages more than 18 years of experience assessing needs, gathering requirements, and deploying systems in an Enterprise environment. Today, ENS-Inc, is an instrumental partner with the State of California, working to increase efficiency in IT by leveraging technology to do more, while reducing costs and increasing productivity.

In 2010, Chad founded HSB Solutions, and serves proudly as its President. HSB is a Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise. Providing staffing and hardware and software resell services to the State of California and larger firms looking for active participation from

Following his passion for fellow veterans, children and health, in 2013, he is founded The Urban Gym in Sacramento. This organization follows a simple premise, get outside and get active. All activities are free of charge and Chad considers this organization a small way for him to give back to his community and share the lessons he himself learned regarding fitness and healthy living.

Ms. Liz Anthony is ViON’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and has over 20 years of experience implementing marketing plans and strategic communications programs across the globe. Prior to joining ViON, Ms. Anthony served as Senior Manager at Cisco and NetApp, where she was responsible for the U.S. Public Sector strategy and developing integrated programs with key partners.  While at NetApp, Ms. Anthony managed sales enablement for SAP globally. Having owned her own marketing consultant organization for over 16 years, Ms. Anthony is a passionate, long-time advocate of women in business. She is a proud member and former board member of Women In Technology, serving as a Board Consultant and Communications Chairperson, and is also a member of the AFCEA.

Paul Karch is a pioneering business executive with an established reputation for inventive solutions and distinguishable approaches to achieving both internal corporate and client organizational goals. Mr. Karch is an entrepreneurially driven and internationally savvy executive, who has defined, launched and managed global business expansion strategies. As a classically trained network/computer engineer, Mr. Karch is recognized leader in distinctive and cost-effective technology solutions for US government and commercial organizations. Mr. Karch serves as President/CEO of a industry leading boutique consulting organization with expertise in business development, market strategy, mergers and acquisitions and technology assessment and review.

Steven Olshefski serves as Zones' Director of Federal Sales. Previously he served as  Director of Business Development for Network Runners Inc. While his focus is on growing business divisions into new areas, his technical background includes projects such as high-performance computing (HPC), satellite communications, cyber security and virtual environments. Olshefski understands the value in partnering with other solution providers, technology suppliers and SIs. His strategic focus is providing value to the diverse set of customers he has grown over the years.

Billy Merchant Sr. Account Executive, past history includes VP/Marketplace President IKON Office Solutions Technology Services 7 years and General Manager of Prosys North Florida for 7 years. 30 years of IT experience, 20 years of VAR experience.

Janice joined Novacoast in 1998. Her experience in the services and technology industry has helped Novacoast grow year over year both in revenue and employee count. She helped shape early company policies and has been a critical member of the management team. She focuses on Federal, State and local contracts, RFPs and acquisitions. She has been named one of CRN Magazine’s Women of the Channel from 2010 to 2014

Janice Newlon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Management with an emphasis in Accounting from the University of South Florida.