ConnectWise’e Geoffrey Willison

Geoffrey Willison has been named chief operating officer (COO). Willison formerly was chief financial officer (CFO) at Continuum, which ConnectWise acquired in October. He brings an extensive background in corporate finance, financial planning and analysis, investor relations and global corporate strategy. Prior to joining Continuum, Willison was CEO at Valore, and served as COO and president of student marketing company Edvisors.

Brad Surminsky has been named chief financial officer (CFO). Surminsky brings more than 25 years of financial leadership to the position, along with extensive merger and acquisition experience with multiple private equity-backed, public and private companies. He previously served as CFO at D+H, ADP, ACNielsen Canada, and CentralSquare Technologies.

Clint Maddox has been named chief revenue officer (CRO). Maddox was formerly vice president, global partners, Broadcom. He has more than 25 years of technology leadership experience, including 15 years in the service provider market, and has been serving as a strategic adviser to ConnectWise since July of this year.

Steve Cochran has been named chief technology officer (CTO). Cochran has more than 30 years of experience leading technology transformation and operational excellence at companies such as Global Healthcare Exchange (GHX), OpenText/GXS, Innovis, Adaptec, Real3D, Lockheed Martin and General Electric. He was most recently the CTO at GHX, a former Thoma Bravo portfolio company. During his tenure there, Cochran designed the strategy, development and migration of the company’s core assets and customers to the AWS public cloud.