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Last week, we had the privilege of celebrating our hardworking and talented Account Executives at the 2nd Annual AE Awards Ceremony. These individuals are at the forefront of our customer success, driving meaningful relationships and playing a huge impact our business. If you've ever met them, you know just how much value they bring to our organization. ? A huge thank you to Simone Perry and Gia De Choudens for your leadership and unwavering commitment to the team’s success.? ? Congratulations to all of our 2025 Award Winners! ?? AJ Crossen, Benjamin Faulkner, MBA, Bethany Estes, Chris McKenna, Evan Greenwood, Graham Holley, Jack Kunowsky, MS, Jack SaFranko, John Graziano, Justin Walter, Lauren Stockwell, Mitchell Krisfalusi, Othniel Ghansah, PMP, LSSBB, Ryan Schenk, Skyler Mang, Spencer Caesare

AFCEA DC has set out to collect over 7,500 toys for Marine Corps Toys for Tots before the Winter Gala and we need your help! Thank you to all the companies participating in our Toy Drive, and a special shout out to the companies who have already collected over 30 toys! Check to see if your company is participating, or sign your company up here:?https://lnkd.in/e3RM5bJH Spectrum, OpenText, NVIDIA, Red Hat, BridgePhase, Cisco, Fortinet, Tyto Athene, LLC, Cognyte, Star Shield Solutions, LLC, BLACKWOOD, Intel Corporation, Palo Alto Networks, LogicMonitor

October kept us busy! Our team was coast to coast engaging with customers, partners, and participating in charity events. We're especially proud to have our very own Othniel Ghansah, PMP, LSSBB and Sohale Razmjou as the photographers for the Reverse Rhett charity event. Talk about many talents! ?? 7th Annual Reverse Rhett, Washington, D.C. - Alvand Khoshgavar Matthew Venditto Othniel Ghansah, PMP, LSSBB Sohale Razmjou ?? NYSLGITDA, NY - Kevin Wen Skyler Mang | NYS IT Director's Association ?? Thales Partner Golf Outing, VA- Erik Besecker Alex Acree Mitchell Krisfalusi | Thales ?? Oktane, NV - Mark Runals Brad Johnson Ryan Morris Tim Frazier | Okta Check back soon for more highlights! #BlackwoodTeamSpotted

Join our team and Wiz next week for a Magic Lab the day before the National Defense Industrial Association - (NDIA) Fall Forum! Space is limited, kick off the week with us. Link below to register. ?? https://lnkd.in/eC8psYRv TROY PUSATERI | Matthew Eunice

Awesome day of meetings and strategy sessions with our Public Sector partners BLACKWOOD and Carahsoft in VA today. These are two of the most impressive technology companies I’ve had the pleasure of working with. Rubrik’s Public Sector business is on fire ?? and poised for continued growth. ?? We’re eager to capture it together with our partners! Thank you for the commitment and support. Let’s go! Braden Voorhies Will Jones Evan Slack

Thank you, Qualys, for welcoming Blackwood into your elite circle of partners! ? Sending Timothy Hall to his all-time favorite city was a clear success. He returned with enough notes to write a novel (or at least a mini-series), excited to launch 2025 together. As Tim put it, “The Qualys PAC session was the most jam-packed, 4.5-hour marathon of all things Qualys and industry trends moving forward—big things on the horizon!” ? Special thanks to Bill Hawkins, Amy N. Mummert, and Barb Huelskamp (we missed you there!) for coordinating this with Blackwood and to the panel execs who took time from their busy schedules: ?Pam Johansen, Sumedh Thakar, Dino DiMarino, Jonathan Trull, Dilip Bachwani, Richard Seiersen Shailesh Athalye Marek Vass Stephen M. Sunshine ?? and Shawn O'Brien #BlackwoodPartnership

The Blackwood team has been busy! From team building to conferences, here's a look at what we've been up to lately. ?? Fenway Park, MA - Michael Rivas Simone Perry Mark Runals David Byrne ?? UK CyberCon, KY - Nicki (Bernstein) Wilkins ?? Oktane, NV - Ryan Morris | Okta ?? VA EOY Collaboration Summit, TX - Shaun Hutton Alex Acree Check back soon for more highlights! #BlackwoodTeamSpotted

Headed out to #Oktane24 this week? Our very own President, Ryan Morris is speaking at the #PartnerSummit24 tomorrow! Ryan will be joining a dynamic peer-to-peer discussion about Driving Digital transformation in US Government About Session: Governments today are focused on modernization and a seamless secure digital experience is more important than ever before. Join this dynamic peer-to-peer discussion and benefit from the insight of Okta partners driving innovation in the American public sector. Reserve your spot here: https://bit.ly/3xOUuue

Excited to share that BLACKWOOD is a proud sponsor of CMS CyberWorks next Tuesday, October 15th with our partner Wiz ! Check out the agenda here: https://lnkd.in/gCwj-C3M If you are attending, please let me know, would love to meet up! Neil Seitz Brady Stanton #CMS #Cybersecurity