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Host Karl speaks with Jeffery Ponts.

 

Jeffery is COO and Co-Founder of Datatel Solutions Inc (www.datatelsolutions.com) which was founded in early 2003. Jeffery has more than 30 years in the telecom business, the past 19 as an entrepreneur. 

 

Jeff and his business partner, Daniel Langton, have grown Datatel Solutions into a national entity. He has more than 30 years of telecom and technology industries experience covering telecom master agency, and software development/integration.

 

He has spent the vast majority of his career focused on channel development, sales and management. Jeff has held many industry association positions including the President of the Technology Channel Association (TCA), many previous council and community seats with CompTIA, and currently sits on the executive council of Advancing Women in Technology., he also Co-Founded software development, and ISV firm Concordus Applications (www.concordusapps.com) in 2011. Concordus specializes in Integration, IoT, mobile solutions, and financial technologies.

 

Resources and links:

www.datatelsolutions.com

 

 

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Host Karl chats with Dave Sobel from MSP Radio and The Business of Tech (and the Killing IT podcast).

 

Dave is regarded as a leading expert on IT and managed services, cloud computing, and virtualization, and is a featured speaker at industry events including Channel Partners, Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, IT Nation, SITS London, and as a CompTIA trainer at multiple events, and is often quoted in business and technology publications.

 

Dave started his career as a consultant to Fortune 500 companies, as well as a product developer and designer. He owned and operated a IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired.

 

Since his MSP experience, he has worked for multiple vendors at such companies as Level Platforms, GFI, LogicNow, and Solarwinds, leading community, event, marketing, and product strategies, as well as several M&A activities.

 

 

Resources and links:

MSP Radio: https://www.mspradio.com/

Killing IT Podcast: https://killingit.smallbizthoughts.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davesobel/

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