Think Communications is proud to announce the addition of Greg Hasey as Lead of our Project Management Practice.

"Think Communications is thrilled to have someone of Greg's caliber join our organization" said David Saele, president of Think Communications. "Greg's experience in delivering large and complex projects to completion and his reputation amongst his peers and previous colleagues was what drew us to him. Greg, will be resposible for leading and growing our Project Management Practice to help ensure our clients requirements are always being met."

Greg comes to Think Communications with over 15 years of technical and business project management experience including several years recently with a Fortune 500 company where he oversaw a portfolio of projects across 6 countries and 3 continents. Greg and his teams have delivered successful projects for: workstation deployments, datacenter migrations, physical to virtual migrations, n-tier database/application development, security review and implementations, firewall upgrades, database migration/upgrades, network upgrades (WAN/LAN) and disaster recovery exercises.

 

Think Communications Inc. announced today that they have added an experienced, customer service focused Systems Administrator, Jeremy Carr, to their expanding Think Technology Solutions division.

“After an exhaustive search, Think Communications is extremely pleased to welcome Jeremy Carr to our professional services and solutions practice.” said Tony Woods, partner at Think Think Technology Solutions. “Jeremy brings industry experience as well as extensive training and certifications with Cisco and VMWare, which are two pillars of our company"

Jeremy Carr moves to Think Communications from Vancouver with over 5 years of network and infrastructure experience working for Telus, Long View and most recently with BC Maritime Employers Association. Jeremy's role will be in support of the Network Infrastructure and Virtualization Practices reporting to practice leaders, Tony Woods and Shaun Connor.

Think Communications recognized by Cisco and Tech Data for Innovative Solution at Procura

Think Communications Inc. Awarded $5000 Grand Prize

Mississauga, ON – July 13, 2011 –Tech Data Canada, a leading distributor of IT products, logistics management and other value added services, once again partnered with one of its leading vendors, Cisco Canada, to deliver a sales program designed to encourage the TechSelect reseller community to submit their most compelling success stories detailing how Cisco technology was utilized to support small business in Canada.

Cisco and Tech Data ran the program exclusively for the TechSelect community, and received a tremendous response to the promotion. The TechSelect network is a community of technology resellers located across Canada who offer and share expertise in implementing a variety of technology solutions.

The winner of the contest, and recipient of a $5000 credit on account with Tech Data, was Think Communications Inc. based out of Victoria, BC. The criterion for selecting the winning entry was based upon the ability to provide value to a customer by enhancing their engagement experience, streamlining business processes, reducing expenses and increasing revenue. Further merit was given for “out of the box” thinking to overcome obstacles while establishing a best practice matrix that could be shared amongst the TechSelect community.

Think Communications met all the requirements and more, as they carefully developed a Unified Communications strategy based on the specific requirements of their customer, Procura. Using the Cisco Unified Communications Manager Business Edition 5000, Think Communications was able to address a number of challenges for the client:

a) Realized considerable savings by consolidating voice and data services to a single platform.
b) Streamline the deployment of phones for home and remote users to reduce costs.
c) Reducing the management of three separate phone systems (one for Victoria, Chicago and Salt Lake City) down to one unified solution.

“The TechSelect community never ceases to amaze in regards to providing value to the end-customer,” said Greg Myers, VP Tech Data Canada, “With all the submissions received for this promotion, it made for a truly competitive contest. However, in the end, Think Communications’ approach was exemplary in every manner. “

“Cisco is pleased to team with Tech Data to congratulate Think Communications as our Cisco TechSelect Partner Hero winner”, said Todd Madgett, director, Small and Medium Enterprise, Cisco Canada. “Unified Communications can help transform how a business operates by simplifying management, improving internal and customer communications and boosting workforce productivity. We applaud Think Communications on this successful and innovative deployment for Procura.”

“We are extremely pleased with the outstanding customer service that Think provided to our IT team during these multiple interlinking projects,” said Mike Gareau, CMA, Director, Corporate Services. “Think’s specialized knowledge and experience around the data center, network infrastructure, voice solutions and project management ensured that we completed all projects on time and on budget with zero downtime for our business.”

Victoria, British Columbia – Think Communications Inc. announced today that they have added industry veteran and experienced sales executive Doug Nenzel to their growing Think Technology Solutions division.

“Think Communications is very excited to welcome Doug Nenzel to our growing sales and solutions team.” said David Saele, president at Think Communications Inc. “Doug’s reputation, integrity and drive for helping his clients succeed and solve business challenges were the key drivers we seek when adding a new member to our team”

Doug Nenzel brings with him over 15 years of IT experience and solutions selling to the mid-market public and private sector sectors in B.C. Prior to joining Think, Doug worked in a similar role for Compugen Inc. in Victoria for eight years. In that time he continued to develop strong relationships with customers and vendors alike, while adding to a long list of successful IT implementations that resulted in tangible business value to his valued clients.

Think Communications is proud to announce that we have rellocated our offices to 100-1037 Cloverdale Ave.

Although we loved our cozy location on Tyee, our new office is nearly double the size and includes a professional boardroom, server room, configuration center and more office space for our growing sales and technical teams.

If you are in the neighborhood, stop by and check it out.

 

Think Communications Inc. announced today that it has now achieved Enterprise Level Partnership with VMware®. Enterprise partners have a higher level of VMware expertise, allowing them to more effectively take advantage of VMware’s vCloud computing solutions to develop and deliver enterprise-ready cloud services to market.

“VMWare is a key partner for Think Communications in our push to help our clients realize the benefits and cost savings of virtualization in their businesses.” said David Saele, President at Think Communications Inc. “Attaining Enterprise Status was a tremendous step forward for us in helping to define our commitment to being a leader in the Virtualization and Cloud Computing space going forward. Think is committed to leveraging our team’s extensive experience to deploy world class solutions that will give our clients an advantage in the marketplace”

VMware recognizes that their partners are the cornerstone to our success. Together, VMware and its partners deliver solutions that help businesses grow and innovate, while simplifying computing infrastructure and minimizing total cost of ownership (TCO)

As a VMware Enterprise level partner Think Communications Inc. demonstrates an extensive expertise in working with VMware technologies. In order to achieve Enterprise Partner Status, Think Communications Inc. was required to complete the VMWare Infrastructure Virtualization Solution Competencies. This specialization focuses on the ability to virtualize and consolidate server environments using a VMWare virtualization solution.

Victoria, British Columbia – Think Communications Inc. announced today it has achieved Premier Certification from Cisco®. To earn Premier Certification, Think Communications Inc. had to meet standards for networking competency, service, support and customer satisfaction set forth by Cisco.

”Think Communications is very excited to take this significant step forward with Cisco.” said David Saele, president at Think Communications Inc. “We see Cisco as a global leader and innovator in the IT, Telephony and Network Infrastructure space and we have developed a practice around Cisco specific solutions to help our clients gain a competitive edge for their business.

“Cisco is committed to providing tools, training and programs to help drive partner growth, differentiation and profitability,” said Surinder Brar, senior director of worldwide channels at Cisco. “With specializations in Cisco Express Foundation, Think Communications Inc. has made an investment in delivering the integrated and customized technology solutions today’s customers demand.”

As a Cisco Premier Certified Partner Think Communications Inc. demonstrates a range of technical expertise. To achieve Cisco Premier Certification Think Communications Inc. was required to achieve the Cisco Express Foundation Specialization. This specialization includes tests on technical competency in the integration of basic routing and switching, wireless LANs, and security technologies. In addition, Think Communications Inc. was required to integrate a base level of Cisco Lifecycle Services into their offerings and demonstrate measurably high levels of customer satisfaction based on independently audited customer satisfaction surveys.

The Cisco Resale Channel Program provides partners with the training required to build sales, technical and Cisco Lifecycle Services skills. Cisco resale partner certifications—Gold, Silver, Premier and Select—represent an increasing breadth of skills across key technologies and a partner’s ability to deliver integrated networking solutions. Cisco resale partner specializations—Master, Advanced and Express—reflect an increasing depth of sales, technical and service expertise in particular technologies.

Think Technology Solutions (TTS) welcomes Shaun Connor as business partner and solutions architect around network infrastructure, voice and unified communications solutions from Cisco Systems. Over the next several months Shaun will be building out the Cisco practice and looks forward to helping our clients with their business requirements around voice and network.