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Converge Technology Solutions Corp. is a North American Hybrid IT Solution Provider focused on delivering industry–leading solutions and services. Converge's regional sales and services organizations deliver advanced analytics, cloud, cybersecurity, and managed services offerings to clients across various industries.
Converge supports these solutions with talent expertise and digital infrastructure offerings across all major IT vendors in the marketplace. This multifaceted approach enables Converge to address clients' unique business and technology requirements in public and private sectors.
Converge Technology Solutions is a parent company to 13 sister companies. It had its first acquisition completed in October 2017. The company is focused on the "roll-up" of IT Solution Providers. It boasts an extensive workforce comprising of management team, board, and founders who have extensive acquisition and management experience in private and public markets. Converge began trading on Nov 13, 2018, on the TSX Venture Exchange as TSXV: CTS. Its goal is to be a trusted partner for the customers that brings together world-class solutions and services to reduce costs, increase efficiency, and create competitive advantages.
Shaun Maine is the Chief Executive Officer of Converge Technology Solutions. As CEO of Converge, he is responsible for leading the overall vision, strategy, and mergers & acquisitions of the organization. Before his role as CEO, Shaun was the COO of Pivot Technology Solutions ("Pivot"), a US $1.5 billion revenue value-added reseller listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. He was also a member of the founding group that acquired and integrated five value-added resellers. Shaun has graduated from Queens University and has been named one of Channel Daily News' Top 5 Newsmakers of 2019.
Jason Kopylec, VP, AI and Application Development, North America division of Converge Technology Solutions, says that cloud gives enterprises the scalable, high-speed storage, network, and compute needed for advanced analytics workloads. "Give our full stack AI team a Python Notebook and a Kubernetes cluster and we will accelerate business outcomes. Our AI solutions are the eyes, ears, mouth, brain, and hands of our clients' future-state systems."
Jason explains that the company's practice involves guidance on business strategy to chart a long-term technology transformation. At the same time, it leverages agile methodologies for solution delivery to ensure that the team gets to its destination no matter the obstacles.
He also details the AI Capabilities of Converge, which are as follows:
Computer Vision – video and image recognition
Computer Voice – phone and recorded audio, solutions that talk to us
Natural Language Processing – understand the language of the business
Predictive Analytics – make decisions like a human with perfect memory
Enterprise Search – ingest, enrich and index massive knowledgebases
Robotic Process Automation – enables computers to interact with our digital world
Converge caters to a diverse client base and customizes best-of-breed solutions based on a breadth of field experience. It helps customers accelerate the adoption of advanced technologies to achieve unique business outcomes. Furthermore, Converge fosters engagement among organizations and business lines, which previously were not invested in data-driven solutions and analytics.
According to Jason, the company thrives on out-of-the-box use cases. "We help our clients stand out and differentiate themselves. We're ready to get as weird and wild as they want to go," he says with a laugh.
From the IT side, digital transformation is simultaneously enabled top-down and bottom-up with:
Hybrid Cloud that scales infrastructure,
Data Management that fuels business,
Business Intelligence that unlocks insights,
Modern Application Development that drives agility, and
AI that automates everything
For Converge, cross-industry expertise is a differentiator. Jason says that often the weaknesses of one vertical are the strengths of another. As a result, the company serves as a nationwide IT crosspollinator. For example, he adds, "It is incredibly rewarding to bring a commercial solution from financial institutions to a mission-driven non-profit," he adds.
Since business and IT push each other, Cloud, IoT, Big Data, AI, RPA – all of these open up a whole new world for business to explore.
With new products, tools and techniques popping up every day, it is easy to become overwhelmed with the current IT landscape. Converge technology experts work tirelessly to help, innovate, lead and learn in partnership their clients. The company's specialized practice areas ensure a trusted advisor is always at the ready to strategize and deliver.
Converge is unique in its approach to doing business, as it leads with understanding the customers' business & technology requirements and build strong relationships with them. Before implementing a solution, the company conducts assessments to ensure that it provides the best possible fit for clients' specific needs.
Moreover, Converge maintains strong partnerships with industry-leading companies. By leveraging these strategic alliances, it aims to solve problems in a way that makes the most sense for its clients.
Converge has helped many clients by kick-starting and accelerating their digital transformations, including a success that led to 50X business growth.
In 2020, Converge received the following recognition:
#1 on the 2020 CRN® Fast Growth 150 List
#50 on CRN's 2020 Solution Provider 500 List
2020 Ingram Micro Cloud Reseller Partner of the Year for North America
2020 IBM Business Unit Excellence Award for Data & AI: DataOps
2019 Red Hat Rising Star Partner of the Year, Recognized for Outstanding Channel Contributions for Open Source Software
As Converge CEO, Shaun believes IT is one of the most dynamic industries. The innovation of new technologies often turns the whole industry on its head, making it an exciting field.
Looking down the road, he thinks that using AI and Analytics cases will continue to grow and evolve, and Converge will do the same to make sure its customers get the full advantages those solutions offer.
Additionally, as Converge continues to grow in the North American market, and Shaun is affirmative, the team will adapt its skillsets to keep delivering innovative solutions for the clientele.
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