Boston, MA (September 14, 2016) – Mark Connolly, VP of Sales at Continuum, the only channel-exclusive IT management platform company, is moderating the expert panel, “Tactics and Strategies for Successful Business Growth,” at Navigate 2016, the company’s third annual user conference. He is joined by panelists, Paul Chisholm, retired CEO of mindSHIFT Technologies and member of Continuum’s Board of Directors, Ed McLaughlin, former president of Sharp Imaging and member of Continuum’s Board of Advisors and Michael George, CEO at Continuum. Nearly 650 attendees are coming together at the Seaport World Trade Center in Boston on Wednesday, September 28 – Friday, September 30, 2016.
On Friday, September 30, 2016 from 10:30 am – 11:15 am EDT, these top industry panelists are discussing the tactics and strategies they have used throughout their careers to successfully grow businesses. Those in attendance will be encouraged to participate and will leave with a better understanding of how to take their own companies to the next level.
With a career that spans more than four decades in the industry, Paul Chisholm presently invests in and serves as an advisor to a number of small businesses including Next Gen Golf, ANSWR, and Unified Office, as well as young entrepreneurs. He retired in 2013, having served for 10 years as the chairman and CEO of mindSHIFT Technologies, a provider of managed IT services to small and medium businesses throughout the U.S. Prior to joining mindSHIFT in 2003, Paul provided business and telecom consulting to various venture capital firms. Paul is also presenting, “The Revenue Challenge by Paul Chisholm,” at Navigate on Friday, September 30, 2016, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EDT.
Ed McLaughlin has more than 40 years of experience in the information and imaging industries. He was president of Sharp Imaging & Information Company of America for more than nine years and executive advisor at Sharp Electronics for nearly two years. Ed served as vice president, direct operations for Savin/Ricoh. He was president of Duplifax, a Canon USA Company and Director, National Accounts Division for Canon USA. He also served NeXT Object Channel Partner and Sperry Rand Corp. In September 2016, Ed was appointed Vice-Chairman of Innovolt, Inc., a provider of power-protection solutions and analytics. He is also CEO at Valderus. Also at Navigate, he is presenting, “How to Retain Accounts and Increase Sales through Account Alignment,” on Thursday, September 29, 2016, 3:15 pm – 4:00 pm EDT.
Michael George has over 25 years of experience in starting, building and leading world-class technology companies. He has served as CEO at Continuum since 2011. He previously served as CEO at OATSystems, Bowstreet and Interlynx, and held executive leadership positions at TALX Corporation and DEKA Corporation. Michael is also presenting the keynote address, “Take Flight,” on Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm EDT.
Mark Connolly has been vice president of sales at Continuum since 2011. Bringing more than 20 years of sales and business development experience, he has served as the vice president ofsSales for several software companies including Bowstreet, Watchfire, HealthcareSource, and e-Credit. Mark was also a director of sales for IBM in the Lotus division, vice president of business development for Computer Associates and held several sales and leadership positions with Kronos, Inc. for nearly 13 years.
To view a video of Michael George talking about Navigate 2016, visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkhNksJh8ss
To view a video of Paul Chisholm talking about Navigate 2016, visit:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x9uWWMKPRQ
The annual industry event for Continuum’s MSP partners, Navigate is reaching new heights by bringing together the very top in thought leadership, inspiration and best practices – all focused on the growth of MSPs and the success of the IT channel. Navigate’s unique content is designed to help improve business strategies, increase sales and marketing efforts and gain a deeper understanding of Continuum’s platform – enabling MSPs to change their business model and become the most successful in the industry. With 36 breakout sessions across six tracks and four keynote addresses, Navigate has become an unprecedented event, going beyond Continuum as a company and setting new standards for the industry. To learn more, visit: https://www.continuum.net/navigate2016. For the latest updates, follow #nav16 on Twitter.
Navigate 2016 registration is open to Continuum’s MSP partners. The event is sold out. To join the waitlist to attend, visit: https://page.continuum.net/navigate2016-sold-out-waitlist.
About Continuum:
Continuum is the only channel-exclusive IT management platform company that allows its managed services provider (MSP) partners to maintain both on premise and cloud-based servers, desktops, mobile devices and other endpoints for their small-and-medium-sized business clients. Continuum’s SaaS platform enables MSPs to efficiently backup, monitor, troubleshoot and maintain clients’ IT infrastructure from a single pane of glass, all backed by an industry–leading network operations center (NOC) and help desk. The company employs more than 1,300 professionals worldwide, monitors 1 million endpoints for its 5,800 partners including MSPs servicing more than 55,000 SMB customers and web hosting providers protecting nearly 250,000 servers worldwide with Continuum’s R1Soft product line. The company established the Continuum Veterans Foundation, a nonprofit organization providing financial support to charities focused on helping veterans find jobs in IT. For more information, visit https://www.continuum.net/ or https://www.r1soft.com/ and follow on LinkedIn and Twitter @FollowContinuum.
