{"id":40047,"date":"2020-04-30T15:05:58","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T22:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=40047"},"modified":"2020-05-04T07:36:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T14:36:57","slug":"presenting-the-enx-magazine-difference-makers-honor-roll-for-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/the-week-in-imaging-twii\/editors-blog\/2020\/04\/presenting-the-enx-magazine-difference-makers-honor-roll-for-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Presenting the ENX Magazine Difference Makers Honor Roll for 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"283\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DM-2020-LOGO.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DM-2020-LOGO.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DM-2020-LOGO-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DM-2020-LOGO-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/DM-2020-LOGO-380x380.jpg 380w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>ENX Magazine<\/em> is\nproud to announce the 2020 list of Difference Makers, based upon nominations we\nreceived from our readership earlier this year. Full profiles will be included\nin the May\/June print issue of <em>ENX\nMagazine<\/em>, which will be mailed during the first week of June (see related\narticle below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s list includes a rich representation of a wide variety of players in the office technology universe, from dealers and OEMs to distributors, suppliers, consultants and other purveyors of hardware, software, managed services \u2013 the entire business ecosystem. And while the definition of a difference maker is quite subjective, the common denominator among the honorees is their willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty and help ensure a positive outcome not only for customers but their companies and key partners as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We would like to thank all of those individuals who took the time out to nominate our Difference Makers, and to the honorees themselves, we offer a hearty congratulations \u2013 as well as our eternal gratitude \u2013 for making the document technology industry one of the leading industries in the nation. We certainly could not have achieved that status without you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the honorees, listed alphabetically by last name:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Patrick Adesso, CIO, DEX Imaging<\/li><li>Giuseppe Alleva, VP of HP Sales, Coast to Coast\nComputer Products<\/li><li>John Beard, SVP of Portfolio Quality, LEAF\nCommercial Capital<\/li><li>Charles Bethel, Regional VP of Cannon IV-FTG of\nGreater Ohio, Flex Technology Group<\/li><li>Dan Boehmer, Sales Operations Manager, Supplies\nNetwork<\/li><li>Betty Bollinger, GEM Sales Manager, Smile\nBusiness Products<\/li><li>Valerie Briseno, Marketing Director, Business\nTechnology Association<\/li><li>Jim Cerkleski, Chairman, Clover Imaging Group<\/li><li>Cathy Chambers, Director of Finance, Imagine\nTechnology Group<\/li><li>Michele Cockins, Director of Subsidiary Sales,\nToshiba<\/li><li>Joe Contreras, Commercial Marketing\nExecutive-Office Solutions, Epson America<\/li><li>Venetta Diesel-Varney, VP of Sales and\nMarketing, Millennium Business Systems<\/li><li>Jeff Dotzler, VP of GFConsulting, The Gordon\nFlesch Co.<\/li><li>Mindy Erickson, Administration Manager, Pulse\nTechnology<\/li><li>Bob Evans, Partner, Function4<\/li><li>Dale Evens, VP of Copier Services, Marco<\/li><li>Dan Fink, Performance Analyst Manager, NEXERA<\/li><li>Frank Gaspari, CEO, Flex Technology Group<\/li><li>Felipe Godoy, VP of Business Development,\nRingByName<\/li><li>Rick Goe, VP of Supply Chain, Supplies Network<\/li><li>Bob Goldberg, General Counsel, Business\nTechnology Association<\/li><li>Joe Green, VP of Service, Applied Imaging<\/li><li>Greg Gumpright, Director of Service and Support,\nSharp Electronics<\/li><li>Tarek Hafiz, President, CBE<\/li><li>Melody Harris, Operations Leader, Implement\nProject Manager, Milner<\/li><li>John Hines, CFO, Copiers Northwest<\/li><li>Brent Hoskins, Executive Director, Business\nTechnology Association<\/li><li>Michelle Kaufman, VP of Information Technology,\nSupplies Network<\/li><li>Debra Anne Kellogg, Manager of Education,\nPerformance and Communications, Toshiba<\/li><li>Allison Kern, Senior Specialist, CSR and\nInternal Engagement, Konica Minolta<\/li><li>Jason LaComb, VP of Supply Chain Management and\nPlanning, Toshiba<\/li><li>Rick Lambert, CEO, In2Communications<\/li><li>Janet Langerak, VP of Operations, Applied\nImaging<\/li><li>Kevin Leary, VP of Sales-East, Flex Technology\nGroup<\/li><li>Rasmus Lukunka, Regional Sales Manager, Supplies\nNetwork<\/li><li>Bob Madaio, VP of Marketing, Sharp Imaging and\nInformation Company of America<\/li><li>Brent Martin, Director of Marketing, ARLINGTON<\/li><li>Mike Martos, VP of Service, Flex Technology\nGroup<\/li><li>Ben Meth, Senior Manager, Key Accounts, Brother\nInternational<\/li><li>Dan Meyer, President, Impact Networking<\/li><li>Chris Miller, Director of IT Sales and\nSolutions, Pacific Office Automation<\/li><li>Ron Nielson, President, Marimon<\/li><li>Mike Pietrunti, SVP, U.S. Multi-Brand Dealer\nChannel, Xerox Corp.<\/li><li>Chris Polek, CEO, Polek &amp; Polek<\/li><li>James Rouse, Senior Manager, Consulting and\nManaged Print Services, Brother International<\/li><li>Oscar Sanchez, President and CEO, Kyocera\nDocument Solutions America<\/li><li>Steve Sharkey, Performance Analyst, NEXERA<\/li><li>John Sheehan, SVP of Channel Sales, Sharp\nElectronics<\/li><li>Ray Stasieczko, CEO and Founder, TEASRA, The\nInnovation Channel<\/li><li>Lonnie Swisher, Strategic Accounts Sales\nManager, Supplies Network<\/li><li>Billy Turner, Director of Managed IT Services,\nMilner<\/li><li>Nikolay Velinski, Managing Director of Y Soft\nLatin America, Y Soft<\/li><li>Larry Weiss, President, Atlantic, Tomorrow\u2019s\nOffice<\/li><li>Jeff Wilson, VP of Business Development, Flex\nTechnology Group<\/li><li>Kerstin Woods, VP of Product and Solutions Marketing,\nToshiba<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ENX Magazine is proud to announce the 2020 list of Difference Makers, based upon nominations we received from our readership earlier this year. Full profiles will be included in the May\/June print issue of ENX Magazine, which will be mailed during the first week of June (see related article below). This year\u2019s list includes a rich representation of a wide variety of players in the office technology universe, from dealers and OEMs to distributors, suppliers, consultants and other purveyors of hardware, software, managed services \u2013 the entire business ecosystem. And while the definition of a difference maker is quite subjective, the common denominator among the honorees is their willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty and help ensure a positive outcome not only for customers but their companies and key partners as well. We would like to thank all of those individuals who took the time out to nominate our Difference Makers, and to the honorees themselves, we offer a hearty congratulations \u2013 as well as our eternal gratitude \u2013 for making the document technology industry one of the leading industries in the nation. We certainly could not have achieved that status without you. Here are the honorees, listed alphabetically by last name: Patrick Adesso, CIO, DEX Imaging Giuseppe Alleva, VP of HP Sales, Coast to Coast Computer Products John Beard, SVP of Portfolio Quality, LEAF Commercial Capital Charles Bethel, Regional VP of Cannon IV-FTG of Greater Ohio, Flex Technology Group Dan Boehmer, Sales Operations Manager, Supplies Network Betty Bollinger, GEM Sales Manager, Smile Business Products Valerie Briseno, Marketing Director, Business Technology Association Jim Cerkleski, Chairman, Clover Imaging Group Cathy Chambers, Director of Finance, Imagine Technology Group Michele Cockins, Director of Subsidiary Sales, Toshiba Joe Contreras, Commercial Marketing Executive-Office Solutions, Epson America Venetta Diesel-Varney, VP of Sales and Marketing, Millennium Business Systems Jeff Dotzler, VP of GFConsulting, The Gordon Flesch Co. Mindy Erickson, Administration Manager, Pulse Technology Bob Evans, Partner, Function4 Dale Evens, VP of Copier Services, Marco Dan Fink, Performance Analyst Manager, NEXERA Frank Gaspari, CEO, Flex Technology Group Felipe Godoy, VP of Business Development, RingByName Rick Goe, VP of Supply Chain, Supplies Network Bob Goldberg, General Counsel, Business Technology Association Joe Green, VP of Service, Applied Imaging Greg Gumpright, Director of Service and Support, Sharp Electronics Tarek Hafiz, President, CBE Melody Harris, Operations Leader, Implement Project Manager, Milner John Hines, CFO, Copiers Northwest Brent Hoskins, Executive Director, Business Technology Association Michelle Kaufman, VP of Information Technology, Supplies Network Debra Anne Kellogg, Manager of Education, Performance and Communications, Toshiba Allison Kern, Senior Specialist, CSR and Internal Engagement, Konica Minolta Jason LaComb, VP of Supply Chain Management and Planning, Toshiba Rick Lambert, CEO, In2Communications Janet Langerak, VP of Operations, Applied Imaging Kevin Leary, VP of Sales-East, Flex Technology Group Rasmus Lukunka, Regional Sales Manager, Supplies Network Bob Madaio, VP of Marketing, Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America Brent Martin, Director of Marketing, ARLINGTON Mike Martos, VP of Service, Flex Technology Group Ben Meth, Senior Manager, Key Accounts, Brother International Dan Meyer, President, Impact Networking Chris Miller, Director of IT Sales and Solutions, Pacific Office Automation Ron Nielson, President, Marimon Mike Pietrunti, SVP, U.S. Multi-Brand Dealer Channel, Xerox Corp. Chris Polek, CEO, Polek &amp; Polek James Rouse, Senior Manager, Consulting and Managed Print Services, Brother International Oscar Sanchez, President and CEO, Kyocera Document Solutions America Steve Sharkey, Performance Analyst, NEXERA John Sheehan, SVP of Channel Sales, Sharp Electronics Ray Stasieczko, CEO and Founder, TEASRA, The Innovation Channel Lonnie Swisher, Strategic Accounts Sales Manager, Supplies Network Billy Turner, Director of Managed IT Services, Milner Nikolay Velinski, Managing Director of Y Soft Latin America, Y Soft Larry Weiss, President, Atlantic, Tomorrow\u2019s Office Jeff Wilson, VP of Business Development, Flex Technology Group Kerstin Woods, VP of Product and Solutions Marketing, Toshiba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":40048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80,1650,82,1638],"tags":[3819],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40047"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40047\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40050,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40047\/revisions\/40050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}