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. In 1998, Arnie decided to capture his company's best practices in an integrated, workflow-driven business management solution that would benefit all IT services companies. That project resulted in the creation of the ConnectWise business operating system.

Today, ConnectWise is used by over 4,000 IT services companies across the Globe. With over 49,000 users, ConnectWise automates the full life cycle of IT services delivery â€" from sales and service to project tracking and back-office functions. ConnectWise has continually incorporated important new technologies, such as streamlining managed service operations and integrating mobile devices for field service operations.

Arnie is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of Florida and an MBA from the University of South Florida.

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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 day-to-day 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 astutely recognized the technical support requirements PCs would place on businesses and quickly moved to establish a full-service IT company.

As the industry evolved and the complexity of managing a technology solution provider business increased, David and his brother Arnie searched for a software solution that would help them better run their company. While many ‘off-the-shelf’ products existed, none cleanly matched the unique requirements of their growing business model, so they developed their own.

Initially created for their organization’s private use, ConnectWise PSA is now the IT industry’s most widely used professional services automation software worldwide. David drew on his personal experience as a technology solution provider to help design the application, which enables IT resellers to realize greater efficiency, profitability, accountability and integration to other business-critical applications.

David’s vision and industry knowledge continue to drive ConnectWise’s success in the IT services space. His leadership enables the company to evolve in step with sea changes in the technology industry, like managed services, so customers are better able to optimize their IT systems and most effectively run their businesses.

David holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Florida and is a CPA, member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the Institute of Management Accountants.

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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.

Prior to joining ConnectWise, Linda held numerous leadership positions. As an IT manager for Tampa Armature Works, an electrical equipment wholesaler, and Robbins Manufacturing, a lumber products wholesaler, Linda managed teams of computer operations and development specialists responsible for the selection and implementation of financial, distribution and manufacturing software.

Her work as a systems analyst for Interconics, a circuit board manufacturer, included the implementation of manufacturing, warehouse, inventory control and purchasing aspects of a new software application recently deployed at that company.

Linda began her career in 1982 as a consultant with Price Waterhouse where she took on increasingly complex, large-scale projects that ultimately earned her a reputation as a business re-engineering expert.

A graduate of the University of West Florida, Linda earned both a bachelor's degree in Accounting and master's degree in Accounting Information Systems.

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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. During his time at Kforce, Hal was charged with strategic and operational direction for the company's marketing and communications. He participated in the rebranding of the company (formerly called Romac) and the growth of Kforce to a $1 billion company. In addition, he re-engineered the organizational model for resource management and was a driving force in the advent of the Kforce eMarketing strategic plan.

Prior to Kforce, Hal was a senior leader in a number of marketing firms, including working as Senior Vice President for WestWayne (now 22squared), Bigelow and Eigel, and Atlantis Marketing. He also held marketing positions for KFC and Burroughs Corporation.

Hal holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration and an MBA from the University of Southern Mississippi.

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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. Jeannine's charter is to identify and provide conduits for the ConnectWise community to connect and collaborate with each other and with ConnectWise. Jeannine and her team also manage and cultivate the ConnectWise integration relationships.

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. Jeannine has been recognized two years in a row on the CRN Power 100 Women of the Channel, named in the MSPmentor 250 List, and included in the smb pc magazine SMB150 Power Players.

Before joining ConnectWise, Jeannine worked as a Senior Engagement Director for The Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), a division of Everything Channel. In this role, she assisted in growing the company's first professional services division by spearheading research, consulting, and training business development within vendor organizations such as Microsoft, Cisco, Tech Data, Ingram Micro and more. Jeannine also helped to conceive and launch IPED's signature Channel Elite Program, a yearlong MBA-like initiative for select Solution Providers that culminated in a two-day educational immersion event at Babson College in Massachusetts. One hundred of the industry's most progressive Solution Providers participated in the program.

Jeannine holds a Bachelor's of Science degree in Advertising from the University of Florida.

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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 CRMâ€"SFA Point of Sales Technical Helpdesk, the largest of seven pharmaceutical helpdesks supported. Earl's team was tasked with providing prompt, professional software support to 6,800 pharmaceutical POS sales representatives and maintained a 93% survey satisfaction rating. In addition, Earl took the initiative to develop key process and procedure guidelines.

Earl's education includes a BS in Computer Science from Jones College in Jacksonville, Florida.

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As Director of Strategy, Gerwai is responsible for the analysis and execution of strategic initiatives for ConnectWise and ConnectWise Capital.

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.

Most recently, Gerwai served as a Software Development Manager at Fidelity National Information Services. His experience at Fidelity included managing a team of loan development resources within the MISER product group. He also was responsible for developing Fidelity's eBusiness strategic direction.

Gerwai grew up on the West Coast and holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.

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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, which provides project management and risk management services to banks and credit unions throughout the U.S. Kathy's work with NextStep included project management of new system implementations and bank mergers as well as process streamlining initiatives.

In addition to NextStep, Kathy was Director of Solutions Consulting for Fidelity National Information Services, where she lead the creation of a consulting practice and greatly improved the company's competitive positioning by reengineering their product presentations. She held a similar position with EDS in its Community Banking and Securities Group. She has also been an Account Manager for Information Technology, Inc. and Aurum Technology.

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Adam Slutskin, Vice President of Sales, joined the company in 2009 and was first asked to build out the Worldwide Business Development Team. He currently leads the Business Development and Sales Team responsible for worldwide sales and has overseen rapid and record revenue growth.

With more than 10 years of successful technology sales experience, Adam served as Senior Director of Business Development at Kaseya where he built the North America Business Development Team. His work culminated in the most successful month in Kaseya's history. He began his career at Broadwing where he sold voice and data services and earned Presidents Club status. He was also named to the Presidents Club as both a representative and manager at Computer Associates while selling Security, Back-up and Infrastructure solutions to the mid-market.

Adam has a distinguished military background and served in the United States Air Force for more than 20 years. As a C-5 aircrew member in both Active and Reserve, Adam has been awarded the Air Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal and the Global War on Terrorism Medal. A diehard Yankees fan, Adam grew up in New York, has been married for 20 years and has three sons.

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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.

Owen brings 13 years of experience in IT Services management to the software side of ConnectWise. He began his career in the Hospitality industry in management roles, becoming involved in computer systems for hotel and restaurant companies. In 1997 he transitioned to the IT Industry, surviving a few mergers (and Y2K) before joining ConnectWise IT in 2001.

Owen served in several capacities at ConnectWise IT, which manages technology for Tampa Bay businesses. He first was a systems engineer, then an account manager and later director of client services. In those roles he managed the ConnectWise co-location facilities & was instrumental to the ConnectWise Hosted Exchange platform. He was appointed director of operations early in 2010.

Owen earned his Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Management from University Central Fla., and has earned several IT Certifications from HP, Microsoft, Cisco, IBM, and Citrix. Owen volunteers his time as a Captain in the local Civil Air Patrol, where he serves as the area IT services officer, and enjoys travel with his wife.

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