Acronis #CyberFit Summit Miami

Cloud software and hosting industry veteran, Patrick brings over 20 years of experience in technical, management, and leadership roles in which he continuously brought innovation and global growth to brands.

Patrick joins Acronis from GoDaddy, where he most recently served as President of the Partner Business. In that role, he led the company’s strategic expansion of its Hosting, Productivity, and Security services through resellers and agency partners. Combining that experience with his product development expertise, Patrick is an expert in developing successful, cloud-based go-to-market strategies, particularly through service providers, resale channels, and strategic alliances.

Previously Patrick held executive leadership roles as CEO of Host Europe GmbH and Group CEO of Host Europe Group (HEG), where he served as Group COO – having grown HEG from a small business to one that sold for $1.8 billion. He earned his MBA from The Open University in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England.

Tech founder and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian embraces disruption, beginning with his Wa­ffle House epiphany that becoming an attorney was not his destiny to co-founding Reddit in his UVA dorm and launching the venture upon graduation. Ultimately selling the iconic company for millions, Ohanian’s entrepreneurial journey is a business school case study and playbook for founders.

Reddit.com has become one of the largest websites in the US. It was initially funded by Y Combinator in 2005 and sold to Conde Nast in 2006. Ohanian returned as executive chairman in 2014 to help lead the turnaround of the now independent company. Without Their Permission, his national bestseller chronicles much of the story.

In 2016 Ohanian left to co-found Initialized Capital—a seed-stage venture fund with over $770M under management and a portfolio with $100B in market value, which invested in companies like Instacart and Coinbase. In addition to starting Reddit.com, he has also been instrumental in other successful online ventures, including HipMunk and BreadPig. He’s invested in and advised over two hundred tech startups and was a partner at Y Combinator.

In June of 2020, in protest and solidarity with the national outcry for social justice, Ohanian stepped down from his seat on Reddit’s Board of Directors and urged his company to seat a Black candidate in his place.

With his passion for inclusion and a fervent commitment to Founders, Ohanian left Initialized Capital to establish the venture firm, Seven Seven Six, which recently closed its first fund with $150M. Focused on people, culture, and community, Seven Seven Six places humanity at its core. The firms’ limited partnership structure has DEI in its design, comprising 50% women and15% Black or indigenous limited partners. The firm offers the Founders in its portfolio an unprecedented Growth and Caregiving Commitment through an additional 2% of investment – set aside and dedicated to the life needs of Founders to encourage a balanced lifestyle including childcare, eldercare, or personal development. The innovation does not stop there. Through an open application process (not traditional for the VC world), Seven Seven Six has designed an Operator in Residence program to deliver optimum value to its Founders through access to cutting edge Operators. A first of its kind, the program promises to infuse VC with even greater diversity.

Ohanian is an advocate for the open internet, STEM education, and paid family leave. He has lobbied on Capitol Hill and penned a New York Times op-ed, Paternity Leave Was Crucial After The Birth of My Child, and Every Father Deserves It. Ohanian launched the Business Dad podcast, where he interviews fellow fathers about what it means to be a dad in today’s world and how they balance their careers and families. He is also the lead founding investor in the LA-based professional women’s soccer team, Angel City Football Club.

Chris Voss is CEO of the Black Swan Group and author of the national best-seller “Never Split The Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It”, which was named one of the seven best books on negotiation. A 24-year veteran of the FBI, Chris retired as the lead international kidnapping negotiator. Drawing on his experience in high-stakes negotiations, his company specializes in solving business communication problems using hostage negotiation solutions. Their negotiation methodology focuses on discovering the “Black Swans,” small pieces of information that have a huge effect on an outcome. Chris and his team have helped companies secure and close better deals, save money, and solve internal communication problems.

Chris has been featured in TIME, Business Insider, Entrepreneur, Inc., Fast Company, Fortune, The Washington Post, SUCCESS Magazine, Squawk Box, CNN, ABC News and more.

During her time at CNN, Baldwin was often sent into the field to cover the biggest breaking stories in the US and around the world. She has covered everything from natural disasters, mass shootings, and terror attacks. Brooke had the privilege of meeting Presidents and interviewing former first ladies, members of Congress, scientists, teachers, nurses, astronauts, actors, activists, rock stars and ordinary Americans in extraordinary circumstances – from surviving mass shootings to hurricanes to COVID-19. She also anchored extensive coverage of the Obama and Trump administrations and has also reported on stories from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. (Ask her what it’s like to be catapulted o‑ an aircraft carrier.)

Since her show aired in the middle of the afternoon when news tends to break, she was often live on camera experiencing historic moments in real time along with the rest of the nation. In her last few years at CNN, Baldwin created and hosted her own CNN Digital series American Woman where she shined a light on trailblazing women in politics and pop culture.

Prior to joining CNN in 2008, Baldwin worked at local TV stations in Washington DC, Charleston-Huntington, WV and Charlottesville, VA. She earned a double bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Spanish from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Baldwin now makes her home in New York. She is dedicated to huddling, meditating, working out, traveling (in normal times!), hiking, reading, and hanging with her family, which includes her husband James and their pug, Pugsley.

Pierre Andre Garçon played wide receiver for 10 seasons in the NFL. Before being drafted, Garçon began his college football career at Norwich University in Northfield Vermont. He finished his freshman year in 2004 with 44 receptions for 1,017 yards and 13 total touchdowns. After a year at Norwich University, Garçon transferred to the University of Mount Union. While at Mount Union Garçon was named to the all-conference second-team as a sophomore and received all conference first-team honors as a junior and senior in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Also, in his junior and senior season, Garçon received the Ed Sherman Award as the nation’s best wide receiver.

Garçon was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL draft. In his second season Garçon became one of the Colts featured receivers, he finished the 2009 season with 47 receptions for 765 yards and four touchdowns. Garçon scored six touchdowns in each of the next two seasons, and he compiled over 940 yards in 2011, which was his final season in Indianapolis.

Garçon signed a five-year deal with the Washington in 2012. After an injury plagued 2012 campaign, in 2013 Garçon emerged as one of the league’s top wideouts. He finished the season with 1,376 receiving yards, 5 touchdowns, and a new franchise record 113 receptions. In his next three seasons with Washington Garçon averaged 73 catches, 867 yards, and 4 touchdowns per year. Garçon also achieved an outstanding milestone in Washington by hauling in his 500^th career reception in 2016.

After a successful five-year stint in Washington, Garçon played his final two NFL seasons for the San Francisco 49ers. Pierre Garçon finished his NFL career with 628 receptions, 7,854 receiving yards, and 38 touchdowns. He still holds the Washington Football Team franchise record with 113 single season receptions.

Amy is an IT Channel Evangelist at Acronis. Amy brings a track record of success to Acronis as a successful leader and entrepreneur in the IT Services Channel, with an extensive record of achievement in Channel Sales program development and recruiting IT solution providers. She has strong technical expertise and domain knowledge in the rapidly evolving global managed, cloud and security services marketplace and a proven track record in creating profitable managed and cloud product portfolios, developing profitable Channel sales operations, increasing revenue quickly, and exploiting untapped market opportunities. Amy is founder and moderator of the global SMB Managed Services Community with 3000 active global SMB MSP reseller members. Amy is also a proven entrepreneur and pioneer in the IT services industry having founded and built one of the first Managed Services Providers (MSPs) in the country and then expanded that into one of the first Master MSPs, defining that business model in the process.

George’s passion and love for motorsport started on the karting track in 2006. He had a talent from a young age and went on to win the MSA British Cadet Championship and the British Open in 2009. George graduated to single seaters in 2014 and in his first year of car racing, won the BRDC Formula 4 Championship and the prestigious McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

In 2015, George stepped up to the FIA Formula 3 European Championship for two seasons. Driving a car powered by the Mercedes-AMG Formula 3 engine, George finished the 2016 season in third position, after two victories and ten podium appearances.

In 2017, George switched to Formula One’s support series, GP3, and won the championship in his rookie year with two races to spare. George achieved further success that year when he was signed to the Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport Junior Programme.

In 2018, George made the step up to the FIA Formula 2 Championship with ART Grand Prix whilst taking the role of Reserve Driver for Mercedes.

George made his Formula One debut with Williams Racing as official Race Driver in 2019 and will start his third season with the team for the 2021 FIA Formula One World Championship.

Career Highlights

2021      Race Driver for Williams Racing

2020      Race Driver for Williams Racing, 18th overall: 0 wins, 0 podiums

2019      Race Driver for Williams Racing, 20th overall: 0 wins, 0 podiums

2018      Reserve Driver, Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport

2018      FIA Formula 2 Championship, 1st overall: 6 wins, 10 podiums

2017      GP3 Series, 1st overall: 4 wins, 7 podiums

2016      FIA Formula 3 European Championship, 3rd overall: 2 wins, 9 podiums

2016      Macau Grand Prix, 5th overall

2016      Junior Programme, Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport

2015      FIA Formula 3 European Championship, 6th overall: 1 win, 4 podiums

2015      Masters of Formula 3, 2nd overall

2014      BRDC Formula 4 Championship, 1st overall: 6 wins, 13 podiums

2008-2012          Karting: multiple title winner

Candid Wüest is the VP of Cyber Protection Research at Acronis, the Swiss-Singaporean cyber protection company, where he researches on new threat trends and comprehensive protection methods.

Previously he worked for more than sixteen years as the tech lead for Symantec’s global security response team. Wüest has published a book, various whitepapers and has been featured as a security expert in top-tier media outlets. He is a frequent speaker at security-related conferences including RSAC and AREA41. Wüest is an advisor for the Swiss federal government on cyber risks.
He learned coding and the English language on a Commodore 64. He holds a master of computer science from the ETH Zurich and various certifications and patents.

Larry Walsh is the leading go-to-market advisor to technology executives, channel leaders, and solution providers around the world. Widely known for his ability to cut through problems and challenges facing vendors, distributors, and solution providers, Walsh is sought for his advice, counsel, insights, and consultation on channel strategies and technology market trends. He and The 2112 Group team are responsible for crafting and shaping the channel strategies and programs of companies that span the hardware, software, cloud, and services spectrum of the technology industry.

Dr. Ed Amoroso is currently Chief Executive Officer of TAG Cyber LLC, a global research and advisory company that supports enterprise cyber security teams and commercial security vendors around the world. Ed recently retired from AT&T after thirty-one years of service, beginning in Unix security R&D at Bell Labs and culminating as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer of AT&T from 2004 to 2016.

Ed has served as Research Professor at the Tandon School of Engineering at NYU since 2017. He has also been Adjunct Professor of Computer Science at the Stevens Institute of Technology for the past thirty years, where he has introduced nearly two thousand graduate students to the topic of information security. Ed also serves the Applied Physics Laboratory at Johns Hopkins University as a senior advisor. He is author of six books on cyber security and dozens of major research and technical papers and articles in peer-reviewed and major publications.

Michael Osterman is the principal of Osterman Research, Inc., founded in 2001. Since that time, the company has become one of the leading analyst firms in the messaging and collaboration space, providing research, analysis, white papers and other services to companies like Dell EMC, Quest, Proofpoint, Trend Micro, Mimecast, Micro Focus, Malwarebytes and many others.

Prior to founding Osterman Research, Michael was the Vice President of Market Research at Creative Networks, a leading market research and consulting firm focused on the messaging and directory markets.  Michael has also held positions with the SRI International Business Intelligence Center, Ryan Hankin Kent, ElectroniCast and Gnostic Concepts.  His background includes research and analysis of various markets, including computer-aided software engineering, data communications, telecommunications, and fiber optic components.

Joe Morgan studied and taught at Vatterott College in Kansas City. Prior to owning his own business, he worked for the Excelsior Springs School district as the System Admin and interim Director of technology. He has a certificate in cybersecurity from Harvard and a certificate for Cloud and DevOps from MIT. Joe’s Datacenter specializes in bare-metal servers, server colocation, cloud services, web hosting, and virtual private servers. Joe currently serves as the lead advisory board member for Virtuozzo in the United States and also serves on the advisory board of the Missouri State University design thinking program.

He is a member of Forbes Young Entrepreneur Council, the Kansas City Business Journal Leadership Trust and the  Kansas City Tech Council.

Rich Freeman is founding and executive editor of the ChannelPro Network, where he’s responsible for setting overall editorial direction, covering industry trends, and reporting on breaking news in the SMB technology market. A veteran writer and editor, Rich has more than 25 years of experience in the IT industry. His articles and white papers have appeared on the websites of Computerworld, Network World, CIO, InfoWorld, and Redmond Channel Partner magazines, among others.

With over 20 years of experience in IT, Brian Kane has spent time in the corporate sector, buying and designing technology and also on the Managed Service Provider side, building teams to support and manage Fortune 100 companies.

In 2020, Brian connected with David Colella, President and CEO of NerdsToGo, through a mutual party. Intrigued by the business model and eager to assist, Brian spent time discussing how to effectively scale NerdsToGo with David. With a background in building B2B systems, Brian saw the residential aspect of NerdsToGo that he believed could differentiate them in the market. As a result, Nerds brought him on as a consultant in 2020, and Brian became more acclimated with the brand.

NerdsToGo was acquired in September 2020. In December, after Brian met with the leadership team at Propelled Brands, he realized it would provide him an opportunity to leverage his experience and desire to build to a new level with a multi-brand organization.

Cheryl Rang is responsible for the business strategy, partner development, and overall growth of strategic Data Center Software infrastructure vendors, most notably our Backup & Recovery vendors including Acronis, IBM/RedHat, Lenovo DCG, Citrix, Veeam, APC, and more at Ingram Micro. Her team comprises over 100-vendor dedicated associates whose expertise encompasses the areas of vendor management, marketing, field sales, recruiting, technical consulting, and inside sales. As Director, her focus is leading the evolution of business initiatives around next-gen partners, hybrid cloud, data center software, and infrastructure.

She holds a bachelor’s degree in finance from Canisius College in Buffalo, N.Y. On a personal note, Cheryl resides in Buffalo with her husband and 2 young children. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling, boating, and spending time with friends and family.

Catherine Bond Muir may not always have seemed the obvious candidate to found the world’s first all-female single-seater motor racing championship. A former intellectual property solicitor, in 2000 she moved into corporate finance and spent more than a decade working on sports and gaming deals. This included the sale of Chelsea FC to Roman Abramovich and the acquisition of Aston Villa by Randy Lerner. After a career break following the birth of her first and only child relatively late in life, she was ready for a new challenge.   

W Series was born at Catherine’s dining table. As a lifelong motorsport fan with treasured childhood memories of watching James Hunt racing on the television, she saw that while women’s sport was generally enjoying a boom in popularity the situation was only getting worse for women in motorsport. It has now been more than 45 years since a woman competed in Formula 1, and it is W Series’ mission to change this.   

Chris Richardson is a Founder & Co-host of the Urban Complex podcast (smarter cities for a stronger tomorrow). He is employed by Arizona State University (rated #1 in innovation six years in a row) as deputy CIO of product ownership and is currently serving as the CIO for the Arizona Department of Education.

Chris has been leading the transformation of ASU into a Smart Campus and is a champion for initiatives like the ASU Mobile App (a comprehensive engagement layer for all of ASU’s constituents), ASU Smart City Cloud Innovation Center (powered by AWS) and the ASU/Cox Collaborative.

Formerly, Chris was with Honeywell for twelve years as they built a complex connected ecosystem of products and services.

Richard Tubb is one of the best-known experts within the global IT Managed Service Provider (MSP) community. He launched and sold his own MSP business before creating a leading MSP media and consultancy practice. Richard helps IT business owner’s take back control by freeing up their time and building a business that can run without them. He’s the author of the book “The IT Business Owner’s Survival Guide” and writer of the award-winning blog www.tubblog.co.uk

As Chief Technology Officer at Los Angeles Football Club (LAFC) and Banc of California Stadium, Christian’s focus is on defining the technical vision of the organization. His primary area of interest is the use of technology to enhance the guest experience, eliminate friction and provide additive experiences for customers. From the beginning of his tenure, Christian has embraced the idea that his organization will try anything once. He has turned Banc of California Stadium into a test facility for partners, prospective partners and technology companies to collaborate on the development of conceptual ideas that have proven to be a guiding force for next generation guest experiences in arenas, stadiums and large venues worldwide.

In addition to his role as Senior Security Evangelist for Acronis, Cramer Snuggs is also the Founder and Chief Executive of Cascade Technologies, an MSP based out of Myrtle Beach, SC. Cramer graduated from Lees-McRae College (LMC) where his professional career began when he took his first role in IT as a Computer Technician for LMC. An entrepreneur at heart, Cramer started Cascade Technologies in 2017, and has grown it into an international organization with clients across the U.S. and in Latin America.

Cramer and Cascade Technologies leverage Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud to provide world-class protection to all Cascade customers, both large and small. “My career and company have always been something special to me because every day I know I am making a difference in people’s lives and organizations.”

Oleg is the technology leader at Acronis, and ambassador to our internal and external communities. He drives Acronis’ strategic technology projects with the primary responsibility of designing and implementing a companywide Innovation Policy, which includes intellectual property development, reactive and proactive IP protection, portfolio design, product development guidelines, and processes for effective intellectual property protection.

Within the last three years, Oleg heads and drives several important Divisions within Acronis:

• Acronis Cyber Systems Team; responsible for: Acronis Cyber Systems projects (SalesForce, BSS/OSS/ERP, End-Customer/Partner LifeCycle, Billling Operations);
• Design Team; responsible for: Product Design (Backup & Security, Storage & Virtualization, Consumer, UX Research, User management & Monitoring, – Digital Design, Brand and Print Design);
• Product Management Team, responsible for: All product management for our products + All product management for our Platform and integrations with other products;

Oleg is leading some special projects and productive partnerships with key technology partners and evangelizing to strategic customers. Other responsibilities include managing Acronis IP and ensuring the harmony among product roadmaps.

Best known as a co-founder of Parallels (aka Odin, SWsoft), Oleg has led cross-cultural teams for over 20 years and enjoyed a fantastic track record of designing, architecting, building and supporting Odin Automation. Oleg holds a Master of Science Degree from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Computer Science and a Bachelor Degree in Radiophysics from the same school.

As a founding partner of UbiStor, Dan Hill has worked to create the vision and value for its clients by providing affordable solutions that leverage emerging data and cloud technologies, both public and private. Dan directs all sales strategy and technology, focusing on end user, vendor, and channel relationships. Dan has been in the technology business for over three decades specializing in data management and disaster recovery for a good portion of that time.

Dave is regarded as a leading expert in the delivery of technology services, with broad experience in both technology and business.    He owned and operated an IT Solution Provider and MSP for over a decade, both acquiring other organizations and eventually being acquired.  This firm was a winner of multiple awards, including Kaseya’s Cutting Edge and ConnectWise’s Best New Idea, as well as being a finalist for Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner of the Year in the Small Business Specialist category.    After 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.

As a technologist, Dave is the host of the podcast “The Business of Tech” and co-host of the podcast “Killing IT”, and authored the book Virtualization: Defined. He was named a CRN Channel Chief multiple times, to the CRN UK A-List, as a Channel Futures Circle of Excellence winner, to Channel Pro’s 20/20 Visionaries, and has been an MSPmentor 250 member for multiple years  Dave has been recognized as one of the top virtualization experts globally as a Microsoft MVP for Virtualization.  Dave has served on the executive council for Managed Services and Emerging Technologies, the Vendor Advisory Council, as founding Chair for the Mobility Community for CompTIA.

Dave holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the College of William and Mary. He is a dynamic voice within the IT community, a former member and facilitator for Heartland Technology Groups and passionate about collaborating with clients and peers on utilizing technology to advance organizations.    He lives just outside Washington DC with his wife and two cats.   His interests include travel and food, cheering the Washington Nationals and Capitals, smoking barbeque, enjoying craft beers, and collecting and playing retro and modern video games among others.

Harry Brelsford is the founder of SMB Nation from Bainbridge Island, Wash. He is a long-time SMB channel partner who has served customers and mentored other partners. He oversees the popular SMB Nation workflow including marketing analytics, content and events (webinars, workshops and multi-day conferences).

He holds an MBA in Project Management from the University of Denver (and numerous certifications such as MCSE, MCT, CNE, et al) and is the author of 23 books on technology and business topics. His 20 years of SMB technology experience were supplemented by teaching 12+ years at night as an adjunct professor at Seattle Pacific University and other higher-learning institutions. He served as the Dean in the Graduate School of Technology at Aspen University (where he was awarded a PhD in Letters).

An active entrepreneur, Harry is the force behind the Pocket MBA, Telephonation, Cloud Nation and XPmigrations.com. His latest startup is 420MSP.

Jamison has been a serial entrepreneur for 25 years. He built Arterian (formerly JWCS), an MSP that he grew from a 1 man shop to 40 staff through both organic growth and the acquisition of 4 other IT Services companies.

He went on to Co-Found 3 SaaS companies including Teamatics, SmileBack, and TimeZest and currently serves as a fractional CEO for SmileBack and Chairman of TimeZest. He enjoys his role as a Strategic Coach and Consultant for several clients in the US.

His background includes:

• Founding and operating companies in the SaaS and IT Services space

• Participating in and moderating professional peer groups (HTG and EO)

• Coaching and Consulting for organizations in the SaaS and IT Services verticals

• Speaking on a range of topics from Cloud to M&A to People

• Former EOS® Implementer

Jamison currently lives in Las Vegas, NV and travels constantly. 

Jeff is the CEO and co-founder of Scale Computing. Prior to founding Scale Computing, Jeff was co-founder and CEO of Corvigo, a Linux-based anti-spam appliance, where he oversaw the company from startup through funding to acquisition. After the acquisition, Jeff served as VP of Marketing at Tumbleweed Communications. Prior to Corvigo, Jeff was co-founder, COO and VP of Marketing at Radiate. Jeff holds a degree in Computer Science from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.

Rolando Espinoza QSA, CISSP, CISA. Experienced security professional with over 25 years in Security, Audit and Risk Management roles. Led global risk assessments and audits for fortune 500 companies as well as developed the IT Internal Audit function with a focus on Cyber Security at multiple companies. Work experience encompasses multiple Information Security and IT fields such as: Identity and Access Management, Security Engineering, Systems Programming/Administration, and End User support. Previous employers include Party City, JP Morgan Chase, Wyndham Worldwide, Morgan Stanley, Lucent Technologies, Credit Suisse First Boston, and NY Con Edison.

Maria is a 20+-year Industry Veteran known for building strong relationships in both the IT Distribution and Reseller space while increasing Partner revenue, profitability, and value through strategic development, education, and execution. As a member of the D&H Cloud Leadership team, Maria is responsible for growing D&H’s US Cloud and Managed Services Business by engaging with VAR and MSP Partners to leverage D&H’s many Cloud Experts, Programs and Vendor relationships.

Prior to joining D&H’s Cloud Team in May, Maria spent 5 years at Ingram Micro managing and supporting Ingram’s largest and most Strategic Accounts. She was also an integral part of the team responsible for building Ingram Micro’s Cloud and Managed Services Business. Prior to Ingram Micro, Maria spent many years developing Cloud Business at a large regional reseller and working in the Corporate IT Education space.

Paul is the VP of Partner Engagement and Cybersecurity at Compliancy Group. Paul’s extensive experience and understanding of security compliments Compliancy Group’s regulatory and HIPAA compliance expertise. With Paul as a member of Compliancy Group’s team, MSP partners can be confident that their business will evolve and grow.

Compliance makes security happen^TM. The regulatory compliance market is rapidly growing, MSPs offering Compliance-as-a-Solution will see tremendous profits. Paul saw the huge opportunity in the regulatory compliance industry and made the conscious decision to partner with the best solution in the market.  Compliancy Group’s platform is the catalyst for the MSP evolution, providing him the opportunity to effect change in a way that was not possible as an independent MSP.

Phil Goodwin is a Research Director within IDC’s Enterprise Infrastructure Practice, covering research on data management. Mr. Goodwin provides detailed insight and analysis on evolving industry trends, vendor performance, and the impact of new technology adoption. He is responsible for producing and delivering timely, in-depth market research with a specific focus on cloud-based and on-premises Data Protection, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, and Data Availability. Mr. Goodwin takes a holistic view of these markets, and covers risk analysis, service level requirements and cost/benefit calculations in his research.

Collin has been a part of the IT industry for the better part of 13 years. Prior to joining Acronis he held roles in various disciplines of IT; ranging from Level 1 Helpdesk to owning and operating a successful MSP in Southern California. He holds certifications in Network Security and enjoys working with partners to expand their overall Security portfolio. He has also designed, deployed and maintained numerous Cloud/Hybrid Architecture stacks for a wide variety of verticals. In his downtime he enjoys spending time with his family at the lake, golfing as much as humanly possible and deploying new and innovative platforms in his Home Lab.

Keith has over 25 years of industry experience and a bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University in Communication Systems. After 20 years in several different technical and leadership roles, Keith joined UbiStor in 2014 as the Director of Channel Solutions. During that time, he has integrated several new channel partners and technologies into our ecosystem greatly increasing our customer reach. His focus on marketing, sales enablement, and training coupled with his extensive technical experience allow him to have in-depth sales and technical discussions with our partners and their end customers.

I would describe myself as a problem solver who develops technology solutions to enable business growth and retention. Throughout my career, I have developed an internal database that has helped shape my perspective and acts as a compass when guiding and advising our partners. I’ve always been drawn to smart people who can simplify something profound. I am inspired by my children and motivated to provide them a bright future. I volunteer often with my family. Our time together usually includes at least one service project. I admire the details and the art of historical buildings. I could walk around for hours studying the structures.

Alex Zinin joined Acronis as our new Chief Cloud Infrastructure Officer in June 2021. As Chief Cloud Infrastructure Officer at Acronis, Alex brings more than 25 years of experience to the role, and is responsible for end-to-end planning, design, and operations of the Acronis Cloud infrastructure, including Data Centers, Acronis’ new global CyberNetwork, and distributed Points-of-Presence. He also oversees the relationship and management of hardware and software vendors, facilities, telecom, Internet service providers, the design and implementation of Acronis-optimized hardware and software solutions.

Most recently, Alex served in executive roles at Palo Alto Networks, Cinarra, Cisco, and Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia.

Alex received his Master of Science Degree in Computer Science with honors from Kazan State Technical University, as well as executive business education at INSEAD and Venture Capital Executive program at UC Berkeley.

He is also the inventor of a number of issued and pending patents.

Craig Weir is the Global Dir. of Cloud Cybersecurity, responsible for the growth, acceleration, and direction of Ingram’s portfolio across the channel. He is passionate about digital transformation, the behavioral shift required to support this and the fundamental change in how we deliver value to our customers. Craig joined the Cloud organization in 2018.

His previous role was Dir. of Cisco Global Sales where we spent 6 years traveling the world, building a best-in-class Cisco practice while helping shape Ingram Micro’s long-term corporate strategy. Prior to this, Craig ran Ingram Micro Canada’s Software & Cisco practice. He’s been in the technology space for 20 years, first launching his own SMB consulting company after University.

Craig holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree, in Marketing and Business Management from the University of Guelph, Canada. He has an amazing family with 3 young children and lives outside Toronto.