After a long day of educational sessions, panels and networking, tonight was the annual Awards Gala evening. It's a glamorous and enjoyable evening that highlights the accomplishments of vaious CompTIA members, awards "best" in class awards to various vendors for the quality fo their partner support programs and technology.
The evening culminates with headline entertainment, this year provided by the incredibly funny Martin Short. I think his best role ever was that of Serge in Father of the Bride, which he of course did a reprise of.
I never new that Martin Short could sing, but he can sure belt them out. Perhaps his funiest routine was when he brought an unsuspecting Brian Wiser, immediate past Chairman of the Association on stage to be his "guest" during a Jimmy Glick reprise. Let's just say Brian was one heck of a good sport.
Prior to Martin's performance, there was a warm presentation to John Venator, who has served as the Associations President and CEO for the past 18+ years. John, for personal reasons, is handing the reigns of the Association over to Todd Thibodeaux and will be moving over to work full time for the CompTIA Educational Foundation, something John was instrumental in forming 10 years ago and focusses on charitable outreach on behalf of the IT industry.
And humbling for me, Jenaly Technology Group was awarded the honor of being named The ASCII Group Reseller of the Year during the awards program. Our innovation in evolving our client services, the quality of our staff, growth of our business and my personal committment to the industry were all noted during a very gracious introduction by Doug Young, Vice President at The ASCII Group. On behalf of our entire team, I can not express how grateful we are for this honor.
