Best-Selling Author, Business Strategist Keith McFarland to Deliver Keynote Address at IT Nation 2010
Technology Consultant, Former Inc. 500 CEO to Speak at Leading Conference for VARs, MSPs, IT service companies
TAMPA, Fla., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- ConnectWise, the leading business operating system designed exclusively for IT service providers, today announced that Keith R. McFarland, author of the No. 1 The Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestseller – The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers, and Bounce: The Art of Turning Tough Times into Triumph, will be a keynote speaker at the highly anticipated IT Nation 2010, the 6th annual ConnectWise Partner Summit being held at the Hilton Bonnet Creek hotel in Orlando, Fla. November 4-6.
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Founder of McFarland Strategy Partners, which provides advisory services to companies such as House of Blues, The Los Alamos National Laboratory, Microsoft, Morgan Stanley, Motorola, Vans and multiple middle market growth firms, McFarland has provided management insight to organizations for more than 20 years. He is a former Inc. 500 CEO having headed up two technology firms, was one of the youngest business school deans in the nation at 26 and currently writes a monthly online column for BusinessWeek. He will address ConnectWise partners at this year's summit to provide insight, offer inspiration and foster an entrepreneurial spirit among attendees.
McFarland joins an impressive list of keynote speakers who have wowed crowds at previous ConnectWise Partner Summits, including Michael Gerber (2006), Steve Wozniak (2007), Nicholas Carr (2008), Harry Beckwith (2008), Chris Anderson (2009), Tom Davenport (2009) and Verne Harnish (2009).
"We are very pleased to have someone of Keith's background, experience and expertise standing before our partners and presenting his findings about how companies can go from good to great," said ConnectWise CEO Arnie Bellini. "His background as a technology CEO and his own success in growing companies serves as an example to all of us in the ConnectWise partner community as something to strive for in our own businesses. IT Nation continues to be a can't-miss attraction and Keith's keynote address is among this year's highlights."
Now in its sixth year, ConnectWise's IT Nation Partner Summit is a one-of-a-kind industry event drawing more than 1000 ConnectWise partners and members of the channel community. The ConnectWise Partner Summit offers main stage presentations from industry luminaries, breakout sessions, on-site parties, networking events and a Solutions Pavilion. Registration for the event opens soon. For more information, visit http://www.connectwisepartnersummit.com
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Designed exclusively for the IT Channel, ConnectWise is the leading business operating system for IT service providers, MSPs, technology consultants, integrators, and developers. Today more than 40,000 IT professionals rely on ConnectWise to achieve greater accountability, operational efficiency and profitability. ConnectWise fully integrates CRM, sales, help desk tickets, projects, managed services, SLAs, dispatching, time and expenses to streamline IT companies. Over the last 28 years, ConnectWise has become a standard in the IT industry with over 300 API integration partners. For more information please visit www.ConnectWise.com or call 800-671-6898.
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