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A global IOT player and pioneer in energy management solutions engages the Channel2GO team to grow indirect revenues…
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Congratulations Gina Pigott on 2017 Women of the Channel honorMay 19, 2017
Congratulations Gina Pigott on 2017 Women of the Channel honor
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Why VARs aren't racing to join telecom agent programs - one piece of the puzzleSep 20, 2016
Why VARs aren't racing to join telecom agent programs - one piece of the puzzle
One of the more popular goals of channel partner recruitment for traditional telecom company agent programs is the lure…
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Thomas Gorey posted thisHappy Holidays to all my friends and your families. We have a great community here and I treasure my relationship with all of you.
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Thomas Gorey shared thisDonald McKelvey is #hiring. Know anyone who might be interested? Don is a class act. The industry needs more like him. He would be a great boss.
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Thomas Gorey shared thisWelcome to Seattle Seafair! This is part of the crowd directly in front of me for the weekend festivities featuring Unlimited Hydroplanes and the Blue Angels. This year has the new Boeing F/A 18 Super Hornet Jet, which is rumored to be bigger, louder, and faster than ever. Simply amazing overhead. And the hydros were tuning up with speeds of 153MPH! #SeattleSeafair2022
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Thomas Gorey shared thisI just want to bring this up to all my friends out here. Tom Ferry should be a great watch. There are many insights to gain from this presentation. He has a strategy you can use today that directly applies in these times dealing with the business impact of Covid. Don't miss.Thomas Gorey shared thisAre you ready to unlock a new level of income? You won’t want to miss the next sales training with industry leading sales coach, Tom Ferry. During this sales training Brian Babich and Tom Ferry will uncover how top sellers nationwide are leveraging #remoteworking environments to achieve record-breaking revenue goals. Save your seat today: https://bit.ly/3jrpWC9 Spectrum Enterprise #sales #training
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Thomas Gorey shared thisThis is a discussion that gets into the process to create a win in an area that is hot right now. You won't want to miss.Thomas Gorey shared thisThis is an update you won’t want to miss. Join AppSmart and the AT&T team to discuss technology advisor wins with AT&T’s new #colocation offering on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET. You’ll discover how AT&T’s combined solution streamlines contracting and provides excellent, dedicated resources to support you from contract to implementation. Register today: https://lnkd.in/dj9zpDg AT&T Partner Solutions
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Thomas Gorey posted thisIt’s time to think about how we can all help. This is a path for our trusted advisor community to earn from new revenue streams while assisting their clients save valuable dollars now that can be redirected to save businesses and their employees. In that spirit I am reposting this message. ATTN Partner Community: Due to COV-19 installs can be delayed industry wide, but with Energy you can take advantage of no installations being required and double digit residuals. See below for some reasons why it’s a great time to sell Energy w/ AppSmart: - Pricing at all time low - No install needed - Comes from same source, the grid (no difference in quality, SLA, etc.) - No provisioning- it’s a billing change - Change on next meter reading = fast $ - Your clients need to save $ now! - We will teach, guide, and sell w/ you! This is a GOLDEN opportunity for all of us! Sign up and join us on 4/21, it will be time well invested. #energy #channelpartners #appsmart #saas #sdwan #ucaas #cloudsecurity
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Thomas Gorey shared thisHow to Sell Remote Workforce Solutions Will you be joining us on Wednesday, March 25 at 1:00 PM EDT | 10:00 AM PDT for our virtual 3-part event on how to sell solutions to empower the remote workforce? AppSmart’s executive leadership is diligently working with technology advisors and industry experts to create training around the top technologies that clients need to empower their remote workforces and how you can guide them during these uncertain times. You can learn more and sign up for any of the sessions below. If you have questions, please let me know. https://lnkd.in/gzH3Xwr Hope to see you there. Tom Gorey Strategic Alliances #AppSmart #RemoteWorkforce
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Thomas Gorey shared thisI am excited about the growth of our business with our latest addition to our AppSmart family. CNSG https://lnkd.in/gM5cguC
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Thomas Gorey posted thisI would like to wish my family, friends, and work community, many of whom have become good friends, a Happy Thanksgiving. I am truly grateful to be a part of this community with so many fine, intelligent, and creative people. You make it all challenging, in a positive way, compelling, and fun.
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Thomas Gorey liked thisThomas Gorey liked thisYou still Google things. Still drag Photoshop layers. Still build slides one by one. Still fight Excel formulas. Someone else? One prompt. Done. The difference isn't intelligence it's infrastructure. → 2024: AI was your assistant. → 2025: AI was your copilot. → 2026: AI is your operating system. You're not competing against people anymore. You're competing against people with an AI-first stack. They don't work harder. They just delegated earlier. 💬 What tool did you swear by in 2025 that you haven't touched in 2026? 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 10 𝐅𝐑𝐄𝐄 𝐀𝐈 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝: 1. AI Agent Developer Specialization https://lnkd.in/gNsRyFt5 2. Prompt Engineering Specialization https://lnkd.in/gk7D9KDz 3. Machine Learning Specialization https://lnkd.in/gvcJ7PBU 4. Deep Learning Specialization https://lnkd.in/g4nvc6VW 5. Gen AI for Automation specilazation https://lnkd.in/g-r9snbU 6. Gen AI for software developers https://lnkd.in/guAxh4xg 7. Gen AI for product managers https://lnkd.in/gcXUhTBn 8. Gen AI for bussiness consultant https://lnkd.in/gn66ezxa 9. Gen AI for data Analyst https://lnkd.in/gWEnkZFA 10. Gen AI for data Scientists https://lnkd.in/gSbspuvv 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 (𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲) 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. 1. Google data Analytics: → https://lnkd.in/gsAkgw34 2. Google Project Management: → https://lnkd.in/gXxziFqv 3. Foundations of Project Management: → https://lnkd.in/gmHBdZdw 4. Google Introduction to Generative AI: → https://lnkd.in/g8D3gzye 5. Google Cybersecurity: → https://lnkd.in/g-fSGK6E 6. Google UX Design: → https://lnkd.in/g-978dDW 7. Google Digital Marketing & E-commerce: → https://lnkd.in/gffKcmy8 8. Google IT Support: → https://lnkd.in/g8BranPN 9. Web Applications for Everybody Specialization: → https://lnkd.in/gMihqiyj 10. Get Started with Python: → https://lnkd.in/g-EdM-xg 11. Learn Python Basics for Data Analysis: → https://lnkd.in/gmZF9CfW 12. Data Analysis with R Programming: → https://lnkd.in/gXKEeyuq 13. IBM Full Stack Software Developer Professional Certificate: → https://lnkd.in/gRGFaA_i 14. Introduction to Web Development with HTML, CSS, JavaScript: → https://lnkd.in/gM-P53Kp 15. IBM Front-End Developer Professional Certificate: → https://lnkd.in/gsG4G9bv 16. IBM Back-End Development Professional Certificate: → https://lnkd.in/ggb5Uk5r 17. IBM Python for Data Science, AI & Development: → https://lnkd.in/gRZSZk-A 18. Data Science Fundamentals with Python and SQL → https://lnkd.in/g6KRTUws 19. Google Advanced Data Analytics Capstone → https://lnkd.in/gjGPJHfC
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Thomas Gorey liked thisThomas Gorey liked thisAfter 11 unforgettable years, I’m stepping away from Bigleaf Networks. I joined Bigleaf in 2015 as employee #2, just as our Founders Joel Mulkey and Jeff Burchett were wrapping up our initial seed round. That first year was one of the toughest — and most rewarding — of my 30-year telecommunications career. We worked the phones, flew around the country, and introduced the concept of “cloud-based SD-WAN” to the TSD and telecom partner community long before it was a widely understood category. Over the next several years, we built a loyal ecosystem of partners and customers. That early traction led to additional funding rounds, significant expansion of our network, rapid team growth, multiple office moves, and for me personally, a journey of leadership development and growth that I’ll always be grateful for. Thank you to Joel and Jeff for putting your trust in me in 2015, and for continually expanding my scope of responsibility over the years — eventually spanning sales, business development, technical support, Network Operations, Systems Administration, and Provisioning. I’m also grateful to Greg Davis for stepping into the CEO role several years ago, and working tirelessly to maneuver Bigleaf into an accelerated growth trajectory post-Covid. One of the greatest gifts of startup life has been the opportunity to be deeply involved across every function of the business — an experience that simply isn’t possible in larger organizations. Building something from scratch is never easy — but doing it alongside exceptional people makes it one of life’s great experiences. As I move on to what’s next, I’m particularly proud of the new leaders that I will be handing off the majority of my responsibilities to — David Kubarycz and Devin Ashard (Technical Support, NetOps, SysAdmin), Stephanie Sowinski-Bailey and Tom Luciano (Provisioning). Thanks to these folks, and the rest of the Bigleaf staff, I know the company is in good hands. As for what’s next: my primary focus for 2026 will be to take a months-long sabbatical that will involve a lot of family, friends, music with my band BluePine (www.bluepinemusic.com), skiing, mountain-biking and some good old-fashioned mental decompression. Eventually, I plan to focus on Consulting and Fractional COO work, partnering with early-stage technology startups as they navigate the ups and downs of scaling. One thing I know for sure as I move on from Bigleaf — the last 11 years have given me a lot of “earned convictions” about how to grow companies in a manner that strikes a healthy balance between the needs of employees, customers, executives, board members and investors. I’ve seen what works, and learned from what doesn’t, and I’m excited to apply those lessons to help other founders build durable, high-functioning organizations. Thank you to everyone who has been part of this journey.
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Thomas Gorey liked thisThomas Gorey liked thisWhen you see a friend at a #channel event… a friend of 25 years, you can’t help but smile. BuzzTheory’s founder, Khali Henderson, is one of the channel’s best. But she’s also an amazing human, of which I am reminded every time I get to spend some time with her. Great to see you and thanks for spending some time with the Bridgepointe Technologies team at our happy hour. See you in a few weeks!
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Thomas Gorey liked thisThomas Gorey liked thisWe’re thrilled to welcome Jackie Steinberg to Legacy Investing as our new Channel Chief! A respected channel leader with decades of experience, Jackie has held senior roles at DartPoints, AT&T, and Comcast Business Nitel and serves on the board of the Alliance of Channel Women. She is known for building high-impact partner programs and driving strategies that deliver real value to customers. Jackie will lead the expansion of our channel ecosystem and accelerate a partner-led go-to-market strategy connecting enterprises, cloud providers, and AI-driven workloads with ready-to-deploy data center capacity. Her leadership and industry relationships make her a powerful addition to our growing team, and we’re excited for what’s ahead. Read more about Jackie joining Legacy Investing: https://lnkd.in/gdqn9NfK #ChannelPartners #DataCenters #AIInfrastructure
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Thomas Gorey liked thisThomas Gorey liked thisProud to support the @Technology Channel Sales Professionals (TCSP), the only nonprofit advocating for the future and prosperity of the telecom and IT agent channel. Membership with #TCSP strengthens our collective voice, helps protect our businesses, and connects us with peers across the ecosystem. Join us and be part of shaping the channel’s future: TCSP.org Vendors interested in engaging with and supporting the channel are also welcome to join—feel free to contact me or any TCSP board member to learn more. #ProudTCSPMember #ChannelSales #TechChannel Richard MurrayPhil KeenanShane McNamaraJ.R. CookBana Qashu Young, MASeth PenlandAllan JaffeJohn GriffinBill Power
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Thomas Gorey liked thisThomas Gorey liked thisI have been honored to have been on the Board of Directors for the WTIA for over 20 years. As I continue my journey into the third phase of my career - I have wrapped up my last term on the board. Reflecting on the incredible impact the WTIA has had on the Washington Technology sector, it has been truly humbling to have been a part of this team. Supporting six CEOs over this timeframe - I have enjoyed working with all of you Kathy Wilcox, Ken Myer, Susan Sigl, Michael Schutzler, Kelly Fukai, C.M, M.B.A and Randa Minkarah. Here is a picture from 2015 where we visited Olympia to help represent the technology industry. Onward!
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