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Chuck Kiessling
Twitter: @CKiessling
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charleskiessling/

As a customer focused technologist, I partner with customers with the goal of empowering them to unlock the full potential of the technologies that have come to define the Modern Workplace and Modern Datacenter. Using my expertise, I have been able to tailor services and solutions to fit the needs of our customers while also serving as a true trusted advisor to their businesses.

I have spent more than two decades serving in a variety of IT and leadership positions. I work closely with internal teams and customers to help them design and budget for all types of implementations and migrations – cloud, on-premises and everything in between. I also continue to serve as an executive point of contact, working with C-Level leadership to identify, define, plan, guide, scope, and document business and technical project requirements.

Throughout my career in IT, I have consistently demonstrated a deep understanding of the industry’s leading technologies, industry direction and focus. I continue working to pass on that knowledge to direct reports, internal peers and colleagues, and end users from every level of the customer organization, ensuring they have they training and understanding they need to get the most from IT solutions.

John Salmons
Current Employer: CDI LLC. – http://www.cdillc.com
Twitter: @JohnSalmonsJr
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrsalmons/

I took my current position in January of 2022 as a Senior Solutions Architect focused on Microsoft Licensing. I have been in numerous roles over 16 years in IT ranging from end user deskside support, break/fix and network administration to Presales Solutions Architecture. 

I have experience in many different sectors of IT services and many different organizational structures from SMB to Enterprise, Non-Profit, Healthcare, and State, Local Government and Education (SLED).  Spending time in these environments gives me a unique perspective when it comes identifying the needs of customers and working together to develop the right solution.

Mike Shellenberger
Current Employer: CDI LLC. – http://www.cdillc.com
Twitter: @MrShellenberger
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mshellenberger/

I have extensive experience ranging many aspects of the IT industry, however, I have always had a passion for the endpoint management aspect, starting with SMS/SCCM. My passion for Microsoft has been a large part of my career starting in Systems Administration and currently as a Senior Solutions Architect focused on Microsoft solutions. As a consultant, I’ve fulfilled roles of both pre-sales and post-sales and I enjoy being hands-on with the technology I design and deploy.

I currently hold the following Microsoft certifications:

  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Enterprise Administrator Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Identity and Access Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator
  • Microsoft Certified: Security Operations Analyst
  • Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
Gary Funt
Current Employer: CDI LLC. – http://www.cdillc.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-funt-996803a4/

I am a Senior Solutions Architect focused on Microsoft Azure, Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Solutions. I have been in numerous roles over 14+ years in IT. My positions have ranged from support desk, field support, datacenter engineering, integration lead, and presales architect. I am also experienced in Healthcare, Legal, Manufacturing, State, Local Government and Education (SLED), and a variety of enterprise environments.

I have spent a majority of my career in the MSP field for small, mid-market, and Enterprise level environments with a primary focus for the last 8 years on the cloud space. My passion in that space has been Cloud Adoption and have been able to use this passion to grow multiple practices substantially and have been directly responsible for hundreds of organizations cloud strategy development and migration to the cloud. 

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