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Michelle Morgan is the Director of Partnerships at Is Inspired, a TiER1 Company. Is Inspired helps organizations identify the most effective and efficient ways to leverage infrastructure – people, processes, technology, and data – to drive strategy, allowing teams to focus on the inherently human aspects of their work. With 15 years of experience in partnerships, including her time at National Instruments as an Impartner customer, Michelle is passionate about fostering relationships built on mutual success.

Beyond her work in partnerships, Michelle is a dedicated health and fitness enthusiast and a Certified Personal Trainer. She embraces Colorado’s outdoor lifestyle, enjoying adventures alongside her husband and three young boys.

Sherry Foster, President and Co-founder of AscendX Digital, is a dynamic leader with over 30 years of experience in the technology industry. She excels in guiding organizations through change, disruption, and digital transformation, leveraging her expertise in global marketing, sales, and operations. At AscendX Digital, she empowers companies and their partners to develop and implement modern marketing strategies that thrive in today’s digital economy. Sherry’s career includes executive roles at HP Inc., Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and StarTech.com, as well as consulting engagements, giving her deep insights into channel dynamics and direct, indirect, and online go-to-market models.

Matt Karst is a technology industry veteran for over 35+ years whose career includes working in many aspects of the supply chain including vendor, VAR, ISV, wireless carrier, satellite broadcast carrier, emerging tech cloud start up, and distributor. Matt currently serves as TD SYNNEX’s Vice President – New Vendor Acquisition in North America. His team is responsible for engaging with new vendors to the TD SYNNEX ecosystem and developing a winning GTM strategy for growth. Prior to the TD SYNNEX acquisition of Westcon in Sept 2017, Matt was the Senior Director – Cloud for Westcon Comstor in North America. Prior to TD SYNNEX, Matt was DISH Network’s VP of Alliance Management and National Accounts.

Before joining DISH Network, Matt served as VP of Sales for Centennial Wireless (acquired by AT&T) and has led successful sales organizations in the wireless telecom industry and the hardware/software industry, including a start-up internet company funded by ICG (Internet Capital Group). Matt started his career with numerous sales and management positions with IBM in the Southeast Region. Matt graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami (FL) and has been an active board member of Junior Achievement and is an avid mountain biker, skier, golfer and artist. He resides in Castle Pines, CO with his wife, Katie. They have 3 children.

Bob Moore is Co-Founder and CEO of Crossbeam, an Ecosystem-Led Growth (ELG) platform that helps companies use their partner ecosystems to generate leads, close deals, and grow faster. Moore previously co-founded Stitch (Acquired by Talend in 2018) and RJMetrics (acquired by Adobe by way of Magento Commerce in 2016). He is the National Bestselling author of Ecosystem-Led Growth.

Bob serves as a Trustee of The Franklin Institute, and has previously served as the Board Chair of Philly Startup Leaders and Board Member of Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT).

Outside of work, Bob is an improv comedy performer, where he has performed over 100 shows as a member of the Philadelphia-based improv team Big Baby.

Rod Baptie is President and Founder of Baptie & Co., the world’s leading provider of Channel best practice and how-to information for executives in the technology and telecom industries. Baptie’s communities and events, including their flagship Channel Focus event and their Cloud Services Community, provide invaluable insights through peer-to-peer interaction. Involved with the technology industry since the early 1980s, Baptie was Managing Director at WBN, a leading hi-tech agency where Baptie was responsible for the successful launch of over 20 major technology companies into the European market. Baptie is also a popular speaker at conferences and seminars worldwide and is widely recognized as one of the leading thinkers in the IT/Telcom channels industry.