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The MSPAlliance is Advisory Board is comprised of managed service provider executives, all of whom work for MSP businesses who have been examined under the MSP/Cloud Verify Program. The board is responsible for, among other things, overseeing the Unified Certification Standard, providing guidance on MSPWorld conferences, and other necessary leadership on a variety of issues facing the MSPAlliance.

Corey & Associates - Business & Technology Advisors

Founder of Ntirety a recognized leader in Remote Database Administration Services for Oracle, MySQL and Microsoft SQL Server databases.• Industry leading client retention/Industry leading employee retention• Recognized by Forrester Research as a top provider of RDBA services• Overall client satisfaction scores greater than 97% since company inception• Developed, built and deployed the first cloud based database appliance for remote database administration service enabling company to scale easily and achieve >50% gross margins• Successfully managed a company that was geographically dispersed.• Built one of the strongest service oriented cultures in the industry.

Assembled a team of technical experts, designed and deployed a generic warranty database. Built upon the Oracle database, Java and ATG’s Dynamo Suite. • Recruited & managed top-tier development team• Team built the first complete searchable listing of product safety notices for both CPSC/NHTSA • The application allowed OneWarranty.com to proactively warn members of product and automobile safety notices based on their onsite product registrations

New England’s oldest RDBMS consulting Group. Database Technologies offered expert consulting services in the following areas: Microsoft solutions, Oracle Solutions, Data warehousing, Internet/Intranet Development, Client Server development and Database administration. • Grew Database Technologies from $100,000 in revenue to a run rate of $22 million in revenue in 7 years. 42% Gross Margins 14% EBIT• Grew Database Technologies from 2 Employees to 200+ Employees.• Successfully managed the sale of Database Technologies to Level 3 Communication, a leader in the Telecommunications space.• Established the Company as a Microsoft Solutions partner and one of the first Microsoft Internet Partners• Established Industry Leading Quality systems that resulted in the following customer satisfaction scores:o Understands my Needs 95%o Good Attitude 97.5%o Effective work 97.5%o Technical Expertise 97.5%o Cooperation Skills 95%o Job Done on Time 100%• Cultivated a company culture that nurtures and retains the best talent. This resulted in an average attrition rate of 12% in a hot job market where the normal attrition rate was closer to 30%.• Built a strong management team that values the unique contributions of each employee and able to maintain double digit growth and high profitability, while maintaining a stable work force and high customer satisfaction scores.• Reengineered Database Technologies to meet changing business needs. Developed strategic business partnerships increasing in scope consulting expertise and moving Database Technologies into the national spotlight.

• System Architect for Integrated Asset Management database which managed over $90 Billion dollars. The Database was designed using Case Technology and built with Sybase• Instituted a common data dictionary. • Evaluated and purchased all tools used in the Client/Server environment. • Introduced SSGA to Open Systems (Unix)• Implemented first client server environment within the bank.• Established database policy and procedures, including automated backup procedure with full audit process.• Trained additional DBA’s and developed programs to help current staff utilize new technologies.• Environment: Sybase SQL Server on Sun Client/Server• Application: Asset Management

• Managed Hospital wide Oracle databases. Managed Application team. Primary responsibilities included requirement analysis, resource allocation, technical design reviews, database design, development, software acquisition, software implementation, performance analysis, capacity planning, disaster planning and database security.• First Production Deployment of Oracle 6.2 (Now known as Real Application Clusters)• Established Common data dictionary, and developed all database standards and procedures. Beta test site for numerous Oracle products. • Environments Supported: Oracle on Dec Vax’s, PCs, IBM MVS/VM, Ultrix• Application: Time Card Entry, Inventory, Patient Relations, Parental Nutrition, Parking system, Personnel, Help Desk, Training, Admitting, Data Warehouse and numerous other hospital wide applications.

• Installation/Backup/Recovery of multi clustered Oracle Environment (Predecessor to Oracle Real Application Clusters). Configured Oracle and VMS system parameters.• Trained additional DBA’s.• Established Disaster Recovery plans.• Environment: Oracle on clustered DEC Vaxs• Application: Arbitrage Trading Floor, Data Warehouse

• Developed Financial Decision support system on Oracle technology.• Developed Expert System (AI) for sales interfacing to Oracle Database • Developed distributed Budget tracking system• Developed internal training sessions on Oracle programming and performance tuning• Environments: Multics (predecessor of Unix), Unix, GCOS• Application: Decision Support System, Financial Monitoring System, Distributed budget tracking