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

Sean McCarron leads the Commercial Cloud Sales and Business Development organization at Smartronix, an enterprise and cloud solution provider and AWS Premier Consulting partner. Sean has spent his entire career in technology between software, hosting and cloud. Most recently he led AWS’s National Systems Integrator program and was responsible for identifying and enabling SI’s revenue and customer growth on AWS. Prior to that he held positions at Microsoft with responsibilities ranging from cloud business development to hosting channel SPLA compliance. Sean is passionate about the impact cloud has on IT transformation and the next generation of solutions and services that will be enabled.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jason Rook is the Vice President of Alliances at 10^th Magnitude where he is responsible for developing and executing on strategic relationships that deliver business transforming solutions to 10^th Magnitude customers.  A 19-year industry veteran, Rook has held a broad range of technical, sales, and channel roles.  Prior to joining 10^th Magnitude, he was the Director of US Azure Channel Sales at Microsoft where he led a team of sales professionals responsible for driving Microsoft Azure revenue across the US though a broad network of Systems Integrators, Cloud Software Vendors, and Managed Service Providers.  Prior to Microsoft Azure, Rook was a Partner Territory Manager who was recognized as the top performing territory in Microsoft’s US Subsidiary and whose team was instrumental in building the early channel ecosystem for Office 365.  Regardless of the position that he is in, it is obvious that Rook has a deep passion for helping customers and partners transform businesses through strategic technology innovation and relationships. 

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

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.

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

In less than a decade, Luis Alvarez has grown the Alvarez Technology Group from a small two-person consultancy to the premier IT solution provider on the California Central Coast, delivering IT services to more than 200 companies throughout the state. A visionary who never shies away from exploring exciting new technologies that might give his clients a competitive advantage, Alvarez specializes in working with executives and managers of small and mid-sized businesses, sharing his expertise by advising them on trends, analyzing their systems for improved performance and planning how IT can help achieve their business goals.

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