Membership

Member Programs

GTIA members have the opportunity to engage with our mentorship and member champions programs. The mentorship program is open to anyone looking to develop relationships and facilitate professional growth within the technology industry. Our member champions have been members for at least three consecutive years and either currently serve or previously have served in a member leadership position.

Participate in the GTIA Community Mentorship Program

This program focuses on member-mentors sharing their knowledge and experience to support member-mentees with their career and business journey and help them reach their full potential. Mentors and mentees are matched on areas of interest and expertise, including but not limited to: 

mentorship

  • Sales and marketing
  • Cybersecurity
  • Business development
  • Managed services
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion Advancing women in technology
  • Finance and operations
  • Public speaking
  • Presentation skills
  • Leadership
  • Communication

The program is designed to be short-term, but participants can choose to continue an informal mentoring relationship. Currently, this program is available to our members in North America and UK & Ireland communities.

Sign up for the next cohort 
Whether you're a seasoned professional, new to the field, or wanting to get to the next level, there's a place for you in the GTIA Mentorship Program. Mentorship cohorts typically run for about 12-16 weeks.

GTIA Member Champions

GTIA Member Champions are among our most engaged members and share a passion for our mission to advance the technology industry and its workforce. They are also widely recognized in their field of expertise and use their influence to promote the GTIA community and its relevance within the technology channel.

Champions work closely together to help build programs that increase member engagement and provide education and resources to the industry. 

The Member Champions program typically adds new members by invitation but considers inquiries for participation as well.

Become a Member Champion

Member Champions must be a member for at least three consecutive years and either currently serve or previously have served in a member leadership position. Member leadership position can include: 

Board of Directors
Industry Advisory Council member
Cybersecurity Programs leadership group member
Community Executive Council member
Former member of the Ambassador Program

If you meet the above criteria and are interested in helping to promote GTIA, please contact Chris Phillips for more information at [email protected].


Member Champions

Patrick Albert, Chair 
VP of Product Management, Auvik Networks Inc. 

Ryan Walsh, Chair 
Chief Channel Officer, Pax8 

Frank Raimondi, Vice Chair 
Vice President, Channel Alliances & Partnerships, IGI Cyberlabs 

Sandy Ashworth 
Freelance, Independent Consultant 

Jonathan Blakey 
VP of Technology, Technology Assurance Group 

Ryan Burton 
Vice President, Product Strategy, Pax8 

Jason Bystrak 
Vice President of Cloud Business Unit, D&H Distributing 

Bob Coppedge 
CEO, Simplex-IT 

Elena Dumitrascu 
CTO, Credivera 

Steven Estabrooks 
General Manager, Captec Americas Inc. 
J.B. Fowlere 
Chief Product Officer, Domotz, Inc. 
 
Tony Francisco 
President & CEO, CloudPlus 
 
Adam Gittins 
President, HTS Ag 
 
Michael Goldberg 
Vice President, Sales, ConnectWise 
 
Heather Harlos 
Senior Director, Global Partner Enablement and Program, Proofpoint 
 
Marc Haskelson 
President & CEO, Compliancy Group, LLC. 
 
Jill Klein 
Head of Emerging Tech & IoT, Sirius, A CDW Company 
 
Sue Krautbauer 
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Techadox 
 
Charles Love 
Director of Operations, ShowTech Solutions 
 
Ray Orsini 
CEO, OIT, LLC 
 
 
Eric Pinto 
Senior Director | Channel, SOCSoter, Inc. 
 
Greg Plum 
Director, PartnerReady 
 
Paul Redding 
Senior Vice President, Channel Marketing and Community, CyberQP 
 
Angus Robertson 
CMO, ConnectWise 
 
Rafael Sanguily 
Vice President of Strategic Alliances, Glasshive 
 
Mike Semel 
President, Semel Consulting 
 
Jay Tipton 
CEO, Techology Specialists 
 
Kristian Wright 
COO, inSOC