Sponsors
October 26th, 2011
Davenport University
Contact Name: Aphrodite M. Jones
E-mail: Aphrodite.Jones@davenport.edu
Address:
Grand Rapids Lettinga Campus
6191 Kraft Avenue
Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Phone: 616-554-4743
Davenport University prepares students for the most in-demand, fastest-growing careers in business, health and technology. Quality, career-oriented academic programs are offered through our main campus in Grand Rapids and other locations throughout Michigan.
Website: www.davenport.edu
September, 2011
Cisco
Contact Name: Nicole Johnson
Email: nicoljoh@cisco.com
Phone: 616-940-2338
Address: 1575 Arboretum Drive Southeast, Grand Rapids, MI 49546-6494
Website: http://www.cisco.com
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO), is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Information on Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. For ongoing news, please go to http://newsroom.cisco.com.
August, 2011
Company Name: IP Consulting, Inc.
Website: www.ipconsultinginc.com
Facebook Fan Page: www.facebook.com/ipconsulting
Twitter: www.twitter.com/ipconsultinginc
Contact:
Milton Moore
Chief Technical Officer
3310 Eagle Crest Park Dr.
Suite 210
Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Email: milton.moore@ipconsultinginc.com
Phone: 616-828-4416
IP Consulting Inc. is an information technology Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Cisco Premier Certified Partner founded in 2006, specializing in design, implementation and support of Cisco Unified Communications technologies and solutions. Founded by a former Cisco Systems Engineer, IP Consulting is made up of a team of talented professionals with expertise in Unified Communications, network infrastructure, security and wireless solutions. Ranging from small businesses to large enterprises, they have designed and implemented cutting edge technologies for a range of customers.
July, 2011
C3
Contact name: Matthew Toth
Email: MToth@GoC3.biz
Phone: 616-706-8953
Address: 718 Splitrail Ave, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Website: http://www.goc3.biz
C3 is a telecommunications agency/consulting firm representing over 80 carriers ranging from AT&T to US Signal. The C3 differences are our lack of bias(and fees) towards any carrier in our consulting, better pricing, our ability to create and manage best of breed solutions utilizing multiple carriers, superior post-sales support including our ownership of all billing/contract issues, account team stability, and C3's "Cimplifile" tool to help you manage your telecom.
May, 2011
MCPc
Contact Name: Andrew Shannon, Regional VP
Email: ashannon@mcpc.com
Website: http://www.mcpc.com
MCPc drives business results in eight areas: Data Center Solutions,
Network Solutions, Network Security, IT Lifecycle Management, Printing
and Imaging, Audio Visual Integration, Software Licensing, as well as
a comprehensive Business Supplies offering.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, MCPc operates from 20+ locations,
representing over 300,000 products.
April 27th, 2011
TelDesigns
Founded in 2010, TelDesigns has already earned the reputation of being the best in the business with helping their clients in managing telecommunications. Based in West Michigan, with over 10 years of professional management and consulting experience, TelDesigns has been able to consistently deliver the right solution to their clients. TelDesigns unique multi-step consultative approach puts the customers priorities first, and integrates their network designs with the technology the customer has, or is implementing. While not an IT Company, TelDesigns knows the integration of IT and Telecom is the future for all business, and is in the fore front of working with providers that can deliver these services reliably and cost effectively. Whether you need to have a company manage your Telecom, upgrade your existing infrastructure, or optimize for the future, TelDesigns will be your partner to give you what you need.
Anthony Wedeven
616.610.7878 c.
616.965.2030 o.
616.965.2025 f.
PO Box 2625
Holland, MI 49422
March 30th, 2011 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
IT Resource, Inc.
Website: www.itrw.net
Contact Name: Carrie Borchers
Sales Account Manager
701 W Randall Street, Suite C
Coopersville, MI 49404
P: 616-837-6930
IT Resource is a provider of Information Technology services throughout the state of Michigan, and the entire Midwest. They provide cost effective IT solutions for customers including high level consulting, virtualization, unified communications, messaging solutions, and disaster recovery.
January 26th, 2011 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
NETech
Contact Name: Steve Faber
Email: SFaber@NETechCorp.com
Phone: 616-281-8100
Address: 4595 Broadmoor SE, Ste. 190, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Website: www.NETechcorp.com
NETech Corporation is a Cisco Gold DVAR partner headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additional offices are located in Kalamazoo and Novi, MI, Indianapolis and South Bend, IN, Columbus, OH, and Madison WI. NETech specializes in infrastructure design and implementation of LAN/WAN, IP Telephony, Contact Center, Security, and Wireless, with depth of experience in our engineering staff.
October 27th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Davenport
Contact Name: Aphrodite M. Jones
E-mail: Aphrodite.Jones@davenport.edu
Address: Grand Rapids Lettinga Campus, 6191 Kraft Avenue Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Phone: 616-554-4743
Davenport University prepares students for the most in-demand, fastest-growing careers in business, health and technology. Quality, career-oriented academic programs are offered through our main campus in Grand Rapids and other locations throughout Michigan.
Website: www.davenport.edu
September 29th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
TDS
www.tdsmetro.com
Contact Information:
Phil Karnazes
Strategic Solutions Consultant
616-464-5529
phil.karnazes@tdsmetro.com
Rick Huls
Strategic Solutions Consultant
616-745-9203
rick.huls@tdsmetro.com
Brief Descriptive Paragraph:
TDS, founded in 1969, is a local telephone company that in 2001 built a fiber-optic network around Grand Rapids. We specialize in managed services, including VOIP, and Internet security. TDS also offers a full range of voice and data services that can be customized for all business needs. TDS customer support is located a phone call away in Grand Rapids and there are three hub sites spread through Michigan housing the switches and maintenance crew that monitors and maintains our fully redundant network.
August 25th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
New Horizons of Michigan
www.nhgreatlakes.com
Sapoznikovmark.sapoznikov@nhgreatlakes.com
616-574-7519
www.newhorizons.com/grandrapids
New Horizons of Michigan operates seven training centers throughout Michigan and is a member of New Horizons Worldwide which offers training in over 300 locations around the globe. New Horizons specializes in certification training in Information Technology, Project Management, Healthcare, and Software Applications. Through coordination with our worldwide offices, we can offer certifications via classroom training, e-learning, and virtual training (connected into classrooms around the world) which allows us to have more classes, running more often, than any other training provider.
New Horizons has many new offerings available in advanced Cisco certification training and starting the Fall of 2001 - CERTIFIED VMWare training.
July 28th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
IT Resource, Inc.
Website: www.itrw.net
Contact Name: Carrie Borchers
Sales Account Manager
701 W Randall Street, Suite C
Coopersville, MI 49404
P: 616-837-6930
IT Resource is a provider of Information Technology services throughout the state of Michigan, and the entire Midwest. They provide cost effective IT solutions for customers including high level consulting, virtualization, unified communications, messaging solutions, and disaster recovery.
May 26th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cisco Great Lakes Public Sector
Website: www.cisco.com
April 28th, 2010
C/D/H
Contact Name: Erik Gilreath, C/D/H Consultant
Paul Hillman, Partner, Director of Client Relationships
E-mail: erikg@cdh.com, paulh@cdh.com
Address: 15 Ionia SW, Suite 270, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 776-1600
Founded in 1990, C/D/H serves clients in business, government and education with technology consulting that is experienced, unbiased and client-focused. The company has offices in Royal Oak and Grand Rapids, from which it provides clients with consulting services in the design, management and implementation of information technology infrastructure. C/D/H is certified in a number of technologies and offers services in Collaboration, Infrastructure, Access & Identity Management, and Project Management.
As a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, C/D/H has earned Express Foundation Specialization. In doing so we have demonstrated to Cisco our capabilities in Advanced Security & VPN and Wireless LAN technologies. Because we only provide consulting services, our designs and recommendations leverage our clients' existing infrastructures as much as possible. This approach differentiates us from other Cisco partners that focus on product sales first and services second.
March 31st, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
C3
Contact name: Matthew Toth
Email: MToth@GoC3.biz
Phone: 616-706-8953
Address: 718 Splitrail Ave, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Website: http://www.goc3.biz
C3 is a telecommunications agency/consulting firm representing over 60
carriers ranging from AT&T to US Signal. The C3 differences are 1)our
lack of bias(and fees) towards any carrier in our consulting, 2)better
pricing, 3)our ability to create and manage best of breed solutions
utilizing multiple carriers, 4)superior post sales support including our
ownership of all billing/contract issues, 5)account team stability, and
6)C3's Cimplifile tool to help you manage your telecom.
February 24th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
NETech
Contact Name: Steve Faber
Email: SFaber@NETechCorp.com
Phone: 616-281-8100
Address: 4595 Broadmoor SE, Ste. 190, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Website: www.NETechcorp.com
NETech Corporation is a Cisco Gold DVAR partner headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additional offices are located in Kalamazoo and Novi, MI, Indianapolis and South Bend, IN, and Columbus, OH. NETech specializes in infrastructure design and implementation of LAN/WAN, IP Telephony, Contact Center, Security, and Wireless, with depth of experience in our engineering staff.
January 27th, 2010 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
MCPc
Contact Name: Andrew Shannon, Regional VP
Email: ashannon@mcpc.com
Website: http://www.mcpc.com
MCPc drives business results in eight areas: Data Center Solutions,
Network Solutions, Network Security, IT Lifecycle Management, Printing
and Imaging, Audio Visual Integration, Software Licensing, as well as
a comprehensive Business Supplies offering.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, MCPc operates from 20+ locations,
representing over 300,000 products.
September 30th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Cisco Great Lakes Public Sector
Website: www.cisco.com
August 26th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Trivalent
Contact Name: Ken Zimmer
Email: kzimmer@trivalentgroup.com
Phone: 616-222-9200
Address: 3145 Prairie St., Grandville, MI 49418
Website: http://www.trivalentgroup.com
Trivalent Group maps IT solutions to business objectives allowing our clients to capitalize on their technology investments to improve their businesses.
Located in Grandville, MI, We pride ourselves in our ability to provide flexible technology solutions which include a full range of Managed Services, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Networking and Telecommunications, Technology Products, Professional Services, and IT Consultancy.
June 24th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
NETech
Contact Name: Steve Faber
Email: SFaber@NETechCorp.com
Phone: 616-281-8100
Address: 595 Broadmoor SE, Ste. 190, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Website: www.NETechcorp.com
NETech Corporation is a Cisco Gold DVAR partner with headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additional offices are located in Kalamazoo and Novi, MI, Indianapolis and South Bend, IN, and Columbus, OH. NETech specializes in infrastructure design and implementation of LAN/WAN, IP Telephony, Contact Center, Security, and Wireless, with depth of experience in our engineering staff.
May 27, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
MCPc
Contact Name: Andrew Shannon, Regional VP
Email: ashannon@mcpc.com
Website: http://www.mcpc.com
MCPc drives business results in eight areas: Data Center Solutions,
Network Solutions, Network Security, IT Lifecycle Management, Printing
and Imaging, Audio Visual Integration, Software Licensing, as well as
a comprehensive Business Supplies offering.
Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, MCPc operates from 20+ locations,
representing over 300,000 products.
April 29th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
ISI
Contact Name: Jon Windemuller
Email: jwindemuller@isigr.com.
Website: http://www.isigr.com/
ISI is a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, and Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist that was founded in 2002 by Ryan Leestma in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
ISI boasts a 97% year over year customer retention rate, is privately held, completely debt-free, and operates out of its own permanent facility located on the south-east side of Grand Rapids.
March 25th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
C/D/H
Contact Name: Erik Gilreath, C/D/H Consultant
Paul Hillman, Partner, Director of Client Relationships
E-mail: erikg@cdh.com, paulh@cdh.com
Address: 15 Ionia SW, Suite 270, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Phone: (616) 776-1600
Website: www.cdh.com
Founded in 1990, C/D/H serves clients in business, government and education with technology consulting that is experienced, unbiased and client-focused. The company has offices in Royal Oak and Grand Rapids, from which it provides clients with consulting services in the design, management and implementation of information technology infrastructure. C/D/H is certified in a number of technologies and offers services in Collaboration, Infrastructure, Access & Identity Management, and Project Management.
As a Cisco Premier Certified Partner, C/D/H has earned Express Foundation Specialization. In doing so we have demonstrated to Cisco our capabilities in Advanced Security & VPN and Wireless LAN technologies. Because we only provide consulting services, our designs and recommendations leverage our clients' existing infrastructures as much as possible. This approach differentiates us from other Cisco partners that focus on product sales first and services second.
February 25th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Verizon Business
Contact Name: Brent Linkous
Email: brent.w.linkous@verizonbusiness.com
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications, operates the world's most connected public IP network and uses its industry-leading global-network capabilities to offer large-business and government customers an unmatched combination of security, reliability and speed.
January 28th, 2009 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
LeftHand Networks
Contact Name: Frank Domanico, Regional Sales Manager
E-mail: frank.domanico@hp.com
Address: 2580 55th Street, Boulder, CO 80301
Phone: 248-341-0727
LeftHand Networks, an HP Company, builds data storage systems that simplify management, reduce your costs, and optimize virtual environments. Easy to deploy and maintain, LeftHand iSCSI SANs ensure that your crucial business data remains available. Our innovative storage systems provide unique double fault protection across the entire SAN, reducing your vulnerability without driving up costs the way traditional SANs can.
October 29th, 2008 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Davenport
Contact Name: Aphrodite M. Jones
E-mail: Aphrodite.Jones@davenport.edu
Address: Grand Rapids Lettinga Campus, 6191 Kraft Avenue Grand Rapids, MI 49512
Phone: 616-554-4743
Davenport University prepares students for the most in-demand, fastest-growing careers in business, health and technology. Quality, career-oriented academic programs are offered through our main campus in Grand Rapids and other locations throughout Michigan.
Website: www.davenport.edu
September 24th, 2008 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
CPR
Contact Name: Ed Bartos, Sales Manager
Email: ebartos@cprgr.com
Phone: 616-575-8500 ext. 1607
Address: 1595 Galbraith Ave. SE
Computer Products and Resources (CPR) is West Michigan's largest IT solutions provider with a local staff of 120 system engineers, security consultants, WAN/LAN designers, business continuity consultants, and the infrastructure to support them. In 2007, CPR was acquired by Corporate Technologies LLC expanding our staff to 250+ employees and broadening our reach to a national level. CPR, a division of Corporate Technologies LLC, has offices in San Diego, CA, Boise, ID, Fargo, ND, Minneapolis, MN and Grand Rapids, MI and Fairfield, NJ. With 26 years of building relationships in West and Southwest Michigan, CPR provides customized technology in the areas of data center & secure managed services, voice and data solutions, technology consulting, storage solutions, virtualization, security services, and product acquisition. CPR’s Technology Advantage® provides niche service for small and medium businesses requiring IT support.
Website: www.cprgr.com
August 27th, 2008 :: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
US Signal
Contact Name: Jason Brown
Email: jbrown@ussignalcom.com
Phone: 616-293-4194
Address: 201 Ionia Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
The US Signal optical backbone features Cisco Systems technology and equipment that provides you with full range SONET services delivered on a flexible, scalable and responsive platform.
Facilities based infrastructure serving metro and long haul routes.
Privately held company, headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI.
Fully deployed fiber optic network serving Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana.
Completely debt-free company.
Website: http://ussignalcom.com
July 30th, 2008 :: 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Intelligent Connections
Contact Name: Jon Windemuller
Email: jwindemuller@intelligentconnections.net
Phone: 248-837-1425 Direct
Cell: 248-752-5367
Contact Name: John De Ryke
Email: jderyke@intelligentconnections.net
Cell: 616-745-0551
Address: 1071 N. Campbell Rd., Royal Oak, MI 48067
Intelligent Connections offers network security services in four broad categories:
Consulting Services, Product Deployment & Integration Services, Managed Support Services, and Certified. Training. Intelligent Connections has achieved the highest level of partnerships with best-of-breed manufacturers, allowing us to quickly expedite product procurement and delivery, resolve licensing problems, and escalate any other customer service issues in the most efficient, timely, and knowledgeable manner.
Website: http://www.intelligentconnections.net/
June 25th, 2008 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
NETech
Contact Name: Steve Faber
Email: SFaber@NETechCorp.com
Phone: 616-281-8100
Address: 595 Broadmoor SE, Ste. 190, Grand Rapids, MI 49512
NETech Corporation is a Cisco Gold DVAR partner with headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Additional offices are located in Kalamazoo and Novi, MI, Indianapolis and South Bend, IN, and Columbus, OH. NETech specializes in infrastructure design and implementation of LAN/WAN, IP Telephony, Contact Center, Security, and Wireless, with depth of experience in our engineering staff.
Website: www.NETechcorp.com
May 28th, 2008 :: 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Qwest
Contact Name: Matthew Toth
Email: Matthew.Toth@qwest.com
Phone: 616-723-0942
Address: 3205 Eagle Crest Dr Suite 200, Grand Rapids, MI 49525
Business Description: Qwest is a leading supplier of local to global data and voice services, and the hardware and professional services that support them. Qwest is committed to the partnerships we create with our customers. We believe in mutually beneficial business relationships that result in the increased efficiencies and lower TCO for our customers.
Website: www.qwest.com
April 30th, 2008 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Blackbox
Contact Name: Richard Bishop
Email: rick.bishop@mi.blackbox.com
Phone: 800-5263264 Ext. 4435 or 616-293-6716
Address: 1514 Jefferson Ave., Grand Rapids, MI 49507
Black Box is a very flat organization with no more than 5 layers between any employee and the CEO. Headquartered in Lawrence, PA, Black Box Corporation (NASDAQ:BBOX) is the world’s largest technical services company dedicated to designing, building and maintaining today’s complicated data and voice network infrastructure systems. We are customer focused, profitable, and extremely well run.
Website: http://www.blackbox.com/
March 26th, 2008 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Cisco Michigan Commercial Region
Website: www.cisco.com
February 13th, 2008 5:30 - 7:30 PM
Cisco Great Lakes Enterprise Select Region
Website: www.cisco.com
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