New Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) Committee to Promote Collaboration and Connections Worldwide

Member leaders from around the globe will come together to enhance member value and champion the association’s mission, purpose and goals

OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. – July 24, 2025 –  To foster more collaboration, communication and greater alignment among regional community members around the world, the Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) has established a new Global Leadership Committee (GLC) comprised of the chairs and vice chairs from all GTIA member groups.

The GLC includes leaders from GTIA’s ANZ, ASEAN, Benelux, DACH, North America, and UK & Ireland Communities; the Artificial Intelligence, Channel Development, Data, IoT, SaaS Ecosystem and Workforce Advisory Councils; Member Champions and the Cybersecurity Executive Council. A member of the GTIA Board of Directors also sits on the GLC as a liaison.

The new committee will be managed by MJ Shoer, GTIA chief community officer.

“I want to thank all our member leaders for their commitment to GTIA and for their participation in this new committee,” said Shoer. “I am excited about the opportunity this presents to ideate strategies that will deliver more value for members around the world and develop benefits, programs, and resources that will underscore why GTIA is the must-belong-to unbiased community for anyone in the global IT channel.”

The initial roster of GLC members includes:

• Maria Armstrong, Manager of Academy, Pax8(ANZ Community)

• Kris Blackmon, Director of Partner Marketing, AvePoint(Channel Development Advisory Council)

• Vicky Bruns, Principal Product Marketing Manager, ConnectWise(Channel Development Advisory Council)

• Amy Carr, Vice President, Marketing, Mailprotector (Workforce Advisory Council)

• Benson Chan, Chief Operating Officer, Strategy of Things(IoT Advisory Council)

• René Claus, Channel Territory Manager, Enginsight GmbH(DACH Community)

• Mary Hamilton, CEO, Mad Data, IO(SaaS Ecosystem Advisory Council)

• Shane Han, MSP Senior Channel Sales, APJ, Sophos(ASEAN Community)

• John Harden, Director, Strategy & Technology Evangelism, Auvik(SaaS Ecosystem Advisory Council)

• Caitlyn Jopp, Vice President, Community & Engagement, Channel Program(Workforce Advisory Council)

• Jason Juliano, Managing Partner, Digital Bridge Advisors(AI Advisory Council)

• Sean Lardo, Economy Evangelist, ConnectWise(Data Advisory Council)

• Cynthia Mooney, PC Global Account Executive, HP Inc(North America Community)

• David Norris, Managing Director, Nortec IT(ANZ Community)

• Hannah O’Donnell, Vice President, Sales, GreatAmerica(North America Community)

• Ted Parisot, Founder, Helios Visions(IoT Advisory Council)

• MJ Patent, Chief Marketing Officer, Logically(Data Advisory Council)

• Otto Schobert, Executive Partner, [thefi.com] GmbH & Co KG(DACH Community)

• Dan Scott, IT Nation Community Manager, EMEA, ConnectWise(UK & Ireland Community)

• Alexandra Spigel, Co-founder & COO, Choice Cyber Solutions(Cybersecurity Executive Council)

• David Tan, CTO, CrushBank(AI Advisory Council)

• Michael Tea, Asia Regional Senior Partner Manager, Microsoft(ASEAN Community)

• Steven Tytgat, Chair, Owner, Tyneso(Benelux Community)

• Valérie Vernout, Vice Chair, Founder, Data Wise Consultancy(Benelux Community)

• Ryan Walsh, EVP Partner Solutions, Pax8(Member Champions)

• Hollie Whittles, HR Director, Purple Frog Systems, Ltd.(UK & Ireland Community)

• Tish Williams, MS, Cturtle Consulting(Cybersecurity Executive Council)

The GLC will meet for the first time in person at ChannelCon 2025, July 29-31, in Nashville. Registration for ChannelCon is now open. For more information, visit https://gtia.org/membership/member-groups/global-leadership-committee.

About the Global Technology Industry Association  

The Global Technology Industry Association (GTIA) is the only vendor-neutral, 501(c)(6) non-profit membership community connecting and representing the worldwide IT channel. We set our members up for success by providing benefits that include trusted resources and networking opportunities. In addition, the association sets industry standards that enable companies to build sustainable, secure and profitable businesses in an ever-changing technology landscape. Internationally, GTIA represents tens of thousands of professionals from thousands of ITSPs, solution providers, vendors, distributors, and other companies serving the IT channel. GTIA was formerly known as the CompTIA Community (the membership arm of CompTIA). For more information, visit gtia.org.  

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