Vinod Paul, COO at Align, has been a thought leader in the industry for over 20 years. He previously led and innovated a successful global MSP that he established as a premier MSP in the financial services space, and which was later acquired by a private equity firm. Vinod was recognized and inducted into the Forbes Technology Council, which is a collective of invitation-only communities created in partnership with Forbes and the expert community builders who founded Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC). Recently, Vinod helped launch the cybersecurity peer group in April 2022 for Channel Futures.
Allison Francis is a writer, public relations and marketing communications professional with experience working with clients in industries such as business technology, telecommunications, health care, education, the trade show and meetings industry, travel/tourism, hospitality, consumer packaged goods and food/beverage. She specializes in working with B2B technology companies involved in hyperconverged infrastructure, managed IT services, business process outsourcing, cloud management and customer experience technologies. Allison holds a bachelor's degree in public relations and marketing from Drake University. An Iowa native, she resides in Denver, Colorado.
