Thank you!

After 32 years in IT and 29 of them with IGNW (InfoGroup Northwest, INX, Presidio & CDW), I am retiring, and today is last day.?Because I feel so strongly about the company, if you're an IT Rock Star, I encourage you to consider joining our Team - www.ignw.io/jobs!

Thank you to my mentors, friends, clients and partners who have contributed to my success.?Because there are so many and I don’t want to miss any of you, I hope you know who you are ??!?My home email & cell phone are in my LI contact info and I’d like to hear from you, however please understand my response will be slower because I won’t be monitoring daily - like I have for a LONG time…

What a ride!?For my similarly aged peers, I started selling Novell NetWare (who would EVER have a network with more than 100 users?) and now I’m typing this wirelessly connected to the cloud.?But I’ll bet our grandchildren will say “you had to type”?

I am looking forward to spending more time with my wife who rolls her eyes when I say, “I’ll be done with work in another 30 minutes”.?That’s the life of salesperson…?I look forward to also being able to spend more time with our children and grandchildren - when it’s safer to travel to Sweden.

I’d like to leave you with a few thoughts:

·?????Get vaccinated!?The life you save may be yours, your spouses, your child’s or your grandchild’s!?Wear a mask, social distance, wash your hands and in general, be smart because that is the ONLY way we’ll flatten the curve! #strongertogether

·?????Join me and practice a random act of kindness and empathy every day.?There is a lot of unhappiness today and you never know who’s down to their last dollar, lost their job or their home etc.

·?????Donate blood!?There is a critical blood shortage because most people are still working remotely so organizations haven’t been able to do blood drives.?I’ve been donating since 1984 and am on target to make my 500th donation on or before my birthday in April, so let me know if you have any questions!

In case you didn’t know here are the top 5 reasons for donating:

1)?There is NO substitute for blood

2)?There is ALWAYS a shortage because only 35% of people are eligible to donate, yet less than 10% regularly do so

3)?You can save up to THREE lives with each donation

4)?You're treated like a VIP (which you are!)

5)?You get COOKIES when you're done

#boldforblood

Last, like Flounder said before the parade at the end of “Animal House”, “This is gonna be GREAT” - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmlnltVzksg

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Dan Ertel