CRN held its first inaugural Channel Chiefs Academy yersrday in Sydney. The event featured guest speaker Dan Gregory from ABC TV's Gruen, plus sales and marketing case studies from local resellers explaining how they worked with vendors and distributors to win business.
Greg Bunt of Brace 168 presented a case study about his very profitable partnership with Channel Academy sponsor Orca Tech and how it enables MSPs to offer sophisticated security services.
Callum McDonald from CSW-IT had the crowd enthralled with his story of taking a prospect for a haircut and turning it into business. He also explained how he worked with Channel Academy sponsor Exclusive Networks to win a 5,000-seat deal.
Chris McLaughlin from Cirrus explained how his partnership with Channel Academy sponsor Vocus helped to win a million-dollar deal.
Stephen White of Meridian IT talks through his experiences working to win business with Channel Academy sponsor Ingram Micro.
Nikki Saunders (Vocus)
Tony Tzolis (AstronTech)
Anna Goldfeder (Cogniss)
Thad Legg (Virtual Graffiti Australia) and Sarah Yancey (Keypay)
Jody King (Secure Agility) and Erin Mikan (Macquarie Cloud)
Kyle Page (Encom), Jo Masters (Tquila ANZ), Peter Stein (Datacom) and Rosanna Cordova (Tquila ANZ)
Angus Mansfield (XCentral), Peter Choo (JCurve Solutions) and Phil Patelis (Aibl Global)
Paul Chait (Tech Patrol) and Simon Kwan (University of Technology Sydney)
Stephen Kerr (CHG Meridian) and Anthony Ianni (Ingram Micro)
John McVicker (Best Technology Services) and Tony Tziolis (AstronTech)
Vicki Allison and guest speaker Dan Gregory
Maria Armstrong (SMBIT Professionals) and Alexander Slade (A Corp Computers)
Kirk Jones (Secure Agility) and Kareena Chapman (Exclusive Networks)
Lauren Borg, Sydney Borg (PCS Australia) and Mark Pace (Sterling IT)
Mark Walker from Vault Cloud, Prue Herman (CRN), Chris Greatrex (Veritec/FTS Group) and Shane Muller (OBT)
Dan Gregory and Kevin Wilkins (Tquila ANZ)
Simon Sharwood (CRN)
Guest speaker Dan Gregory
Mark Pace (Sterling IT) and Sydney Borg (PCS Australia)
Monique Esplin (Vocus), Craig Ashwood (Orca Tech), Callum McDonald (CSW-IT) and Sidney Minassian (ImpactLadder)
Kareena Chapman, Anna Christensen (Exclusive Networks)
Guest speaker Dan Gregory, explaining that the world expects him to resemble Mad Men character Don Draper.
Kareena Chapman (Exclusive Networks), Craig Ashwood (Orca Tech), Monique Esplin (Vocus), Simon Sharwood (CRN)
Kareena Chapman (Exclusive Networks)
Craig Ashwood (Orca Tech)
Monique Esplin (Vocus)
Mark Pace (Sterling IT)
Rafal Potega (Araza)
CRN held its first inaugural Channel Chiefs Academy yersrday in Sydney. The event featured guest speaker Dan Gregory from ABC TV's Gruen, plus sales and marketing case studies from local resellers explaining how they worked with vendors and distributors to win business.