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ConnectWise Executive Team

Arnie Bellini is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of ConnectWise. Arnie is the chief visionary behind the company’s long-standing success in the information technology industry. Today, ConnectWise is a leading provider of IT services to companies in the Tampa market and the publisher of the industry’s most widely-used business operating system.
In 1982, Arnie astutely recognized the impact that microcomputers would have on business and formed the company with his brother David. Arnie’s passion to continually drive operational efficiencies and deliver excellent customer service makes ConnectWise one of the most admired companies in the IT services market. Read More

ConnectWise co-founder David Bellini is President and serves as Chief Operating Officer for the company. He also recently assumed leadership for the company's innovation fund, ConnectWise Capital. In his role David oversees the company’s operational activities. This year he is focused on expanding the partner support, consulting and community initiatives as well as the launch of a more comprehensive online university.
David and his brother Arnie founded ConnectWise in 1982 around the time that the personal computer revolution began. The pair recognized the technical support requirements PCs would place on businesses and quickly moved to establish a full-service IT company. Read More

Linda Catrett Brotherton is Chief Technology Officer with responsibility for the development of ConnectWise PSA. She brings more than 25 years of technical expertise to this key organizational position, which also oversees the creation of practical design methods critical to product enhancements.
In 1998, Linda joined as the Director of Operations, the company tasked her with building on the blueprint of what today has become the leading business automation software designed exclusively for the technology industry. Since that time, she has continued to expand on the product’s functionality and integration with leading business management software products including managed services applications, financial and accounting systems, quoting and more. Read More

Hal Edwards is Chief Marketing Officer for ConnectWise, where he is responsible for overseeing and driving the continual development of the ConnectWise marketing strategy, including sales demand generation, web presence and event planning.
Hal’s broad-based experience includes working for marketing services agencies as well as with a variety of prominent nationally branded organizations. Prior to ConnectWise, Hal had a successful career at Kforce, Inc, where he was Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Read More

Jeannine Edwards is the Director of the ConnectWise Community. In this role, Jeannine and her team develop and manage the company’s channel community relationships from both the partner and vendor perspective, and continue to identify and provide tools for the ConnectWise community to connect and collaborate with each other and ConnectWise.
With a focus on continuing to increase value to ConnectWise partners, Jeannine is also responsible for identifying and managing go-to-market tasks for new initiatives that complement the ConnectWise core product and service offerings. With more than twelve years of diversified B2B business development experience in the technology industry, Jeannine has become a well-known figure in the IT Solution Provider channel. Her experience spans vendor program development, research analysis, two tier distribution and partner profitability within the channel community. Read More

Earl Provin is Director of Partner Support Services for ConnectWise, where he is responsible for the installation, implementation, and support teams. With 22 years of IT experience, Earl has held positions managing support teams at The Coca-Cola Company, Interliant, Inc and BellSouth.net.
Prior to ConnectWise, he worked as Manager for Help Desk Services for Dendrite International, where he managed the Pharmacia CRM–SFA Point of Sales Technical Helpdesk, the largest of seven pharmaceutical helpdesks supported. Read More

As the Director of Sales for ConnectWise, Gerwai Todd is responsible for overseeing the ConnectWise sales team to continuously improve overall sales processes, increase new product sales, and develop the company’s Partner Referral Program.
Gerwai brings a diverse background to his role at ConnectWise. He started his career with Citifinancial, where he worked in sales and branch management. In this position, Gerwai was responsible for managing a three million dollar branch portfolio as well as a significant real estate portfolio. He exceeded sales and profit goals throughout his employment with the company. Read More

Kathy Smith joins the ConnectWise team as Director of Consulting, where she is responsible for expanding the onsite consulting offerings and educational department initiatives at ConnectWise.
Kathy has significant experience in project management, consulting and account management. Most recently, Kathy has been a Senior Consultant for NextStep International. Read More

Owen describes his position as the “Gorilla Glue” at ConnectWise. Owen not only keeps everything together, he also provides valuable insights from our Partners' points of view. Prior to assuming his new role as Director of Operations on the software side, Owen ran the ConnectWise IT Services group, which provides IT and managed services in the Tampa Bay area. He has been with ConnectWise since 2001. Read More

The ConnectWise Board of Directors members include (from left to right) CTO Linda Catrett Brotherton, co-founders David and Arnie Bellini, and former ConnectWise COO Santo Cannone. Their charge is to ensure that ConnectWise and partners funded through ConnectWise Capital are true to our Corporate Mission and to "Do Good" for the IT Nation.
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