Strategic Technology Alliance - Partners

The University forms Strategic Technology Partnerships with vendors who:

1. Have technological goals in line with the University's strategic technology directions.
2. Can provide products and services to the University, the Strategic Technology Alliance (STA), the students, faculty and staff of the University and the STA.
3. Are willing to participate with the University and the STA in collaborative technology initiatives.
4. Are willing to commit its organization to a minimum four (4) year commitment to the Strategic Technology Partnership.

Cooperative Efforts

The University and the Strategic Technology Affiliates expect that a Strategic Technology Partnership is much more than a sales relationship. Our definition of a Strategic Technology Partnership is one that contains a set of cooperative efforts of the University, Strategic Technology Affiliates (Strategic Technology Alliance) and the Vendor. Some of the cooperative efforts include, but are not limited to the following.

1. The Strategic Technology Alliance and the Vendor will jointly market, promote and participate in other activities relating to Vendor's Products and Services to
   1. the Strategic Technology Alliance,
   2. faculty, students and staff of the Strategic Technology Alliance.
2. The Strategic Technology Alliance and the Vendor will jointly work toward placing at least 70% of all institutional orders on-line through the web-based Vendor e-Commerce web site.
3. The Vendor will:
   1. Provide alpha products to the Strategic Technology Alliance from time to time for review and assessment.
   2. Provide beta products to the Strategic Technology Alliance from time to time for review and assessment.
   3. Provide the Strategic Technology Alliance with membership and participation in the Vendor's technology advisory committees.
   4. Allow for the expansion of the scope of the Integrated Technology Partnership to include OARnet and its academic members.
   5. Provide reasonable quantities of Vendor Products for the Strategic Technology Alliance's interoperability laboratories and engineering support.
   6. Provide advanced notice and briefings of forthcoming products and services.
   7. Participate in joint research, development, and testing with the Strategic Technology Alliance and other Strategic Technology Alliance vendor partners.
   8. Participate in and support for the Strategic Technology Alliance's advanced technical programs, fairs and initiatives; including financial sponsorship, participation of speakers and/or panel participants, product displays and demonstrations.
   9. Provide a yearly paid student intern position for a Strategic Technology Alliance student.
   10. Participate in the yearly Strategic Technology Alliance's graduate placement activities and other on-campus recruiting activities.
   11. Participate in and/or support the Strategic Technology Alliance's technical programs, activities and initiatives; including financial sponsorship, participation of speakers and/or panel participants, and product displays and demonstrations.
   12. Participate in joint national and international technical presentations and demonstrations; including financial sponsorship, participation of speakers and/or panel participants, and product displays and demonstrations.

Current Partners

Allied Telesyn

Allied Telesyn John Mensik Director Sales Allied Telesyn Incorporated 19800 North Creek Parkway, Suite 200 Bothell, WA  98011 Business: (602) 284-2770 Fax: (425) 481-3899 Email: john_mensik@alliedtelesyn.com Scott Plugge Channel, VAR Specialist Business: (708) 679-5324 Cell: (708) 704-6813 Email: Scott_Plugge@alliedtelesyn.com Joined 11/3/03

Barco

Barco Dirk Quartermont Director of Sales & Market Business Manager Barco Projection Systems 3240 Town Point Drive, Suite 100 Kennesaw, GA 30144 Business: (770) 218-3204 Business Fax: (678) 460-2204 Email: dirk.quartermont@barcom.com Michelle Varner Moore National Accounts Manager Business: (770) 218-3207 Business fax: (678) 460-2207 Cell: (678) 612-3927 Email: Michelle.Moore@Barco.Com Joined: 12/9/03

Cisco Systems

Cisco Chad Kneisly Account Representative Cisco Systems Incorporated 4192 Highlander Parkway Richfield, OH 44286 Business: (330) 523-2418 E-mail: ckneisly@cisco.com Joined: 4/26/02

Dell Corporation

Dell Tim Link Account Executive Dell Corporation Cell: (740) 953-0325 Fax: (740) 587-5294 Email: tim_link@dell.com Joined: 1/6/03

EMC Corporation

EMC Jim Peel Account Manager EMC Corporation Business: (216) 606-1203 Cell: (440) 759-6661 Fax: (216) 573-0872 E-Mail: Peel_James@emc.com   Joined: 9/30/03

Intellinet

Intellinet Corporation Edward R. Taton Vice President of Business Development Intellinet Corporation Destination Building 26380 Curtiss Wright Parkway Richmond Heights, Ohio 44143 Business: (216) 289-4100 Business Fax: (216) 732-3631 E-mail: ertaton@intellinetcorp.com Joined 7/18/03

Motion Computing

Motion Computing Mike Naugle Account Manager Business: (512) 422-2558 E-Mail: mnaugle@motioncomputing.com Tiffany Giddens Inside Sales Business: (512) 637-2724 E-Mail: TGiddens@MotionComputing.com Joined: 5/6/03

Netgear

Netgear Jason Blanchard Inside Sales Representative Business: (408) 907-8115 Business: (866) 480-2112 x 8115 Fax: (408) 907-8097 E-Mail: jason.blanchard@netgear.com Joined: 6/10/02

Sprint

Sprint William D. Snow Account Manager - Public Sector Business: (216) 901-8631 E-mail: william.d.snow@sprint.com Joined: 4/26/02

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Sun Al Lorenz Account Manager, Education Sun Microsystems, Inc. Two Summit Park Dr., Ste 530 Independence, OH 44026 US Phone: (216) 328-5310 / X67310 Mobile: (216) 409-2951 Fax (216) 642-4218 E-mail: Al.Lorenz@Sun.COM