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Midsize Enterprise Summit (MES) Spring 2026

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he Midsize Enterprise Summit (MES) Spring event is a key networking event for midmarket IT leaders and technology partners. Attendees have the opportunity to discuss pain points and solutions, learn about the latest IT trends from industry thought leaders and seasoned analysts, and network in a unique boardroom format. Highlights include keynote presentatio…

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24Voices
26Underwriters
0Exhibitors
20On the bill · sessions
41Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Midsize, in alphabetical order.
Adam Dennison
VP, Midsize Enterprise Services · The Channel Company
Arthur Zards
Founder · Lab Z
Cam Awesome
12-Time National Champion Heavyweight Olympic Boxer and Former Captain of Team USA Boxing
Chance Irvine
VP Information Technology · Transit Technologies
Chase Doelling
Principal Strategist & Director of Product Marketing · JumpCloud
Daniel Lehman
CIO / CISO · AGG
Herman Brown
CIO · Office of the District Attorney, City and County of San Francisco
Jake Morgan
Chief Product Officer · CyberFOX
Jason Frame
Chief Information Officer · Southern Nevada Health District
Jen Anthony
Chief Advisory Officer · NetCov
John Michael Gross
CIO/CISO · Cascade Environmental
John Regula
CIO · Bucks Country, PA
Joseph Rose
President · JBS Dev
Mark Taylor
CEO · SIM National
Mike Cisek
VP Analyst - Infrastructure, Operations and Cloud · Gartner
Nico Garces
Midmarket Sales Manager · Lenovo
Paul Furtado
Distinguished VP, Analyst · Gartner
R.C. Woodson
Chief Business Officer · Sports Entertainment Alliance for Technology
Rob Allen
Chief Product Officer · ThreatLocker
Rob McGilvrey
Director, Americas, Windows & Hybrid AI · Microsoft
Rory Devine
Vice President of National Technology Accounts · Robert Half International
Sasha Pereira
VP, Infrastructure & Security · WASH

— and 2 more, by name unsung —

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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
Arctic WolfPremium
AVATARPremium
BackblazePremium
BoomiPremium
Brasil ITPremium
ConnectWisePremium
CrowdStrikePremium
CyberFOXPremium
CyberPowerPremium
EatonPremium
JBS DevPremium
JumpCloudPremium
LenovoPremium
NetCovPremium
NinjaOnePremium
ON2ITPremium
OpkallaPremium
SafeticaPremium
Scale ComputingPremium
SophosPremium
Technology Evaluation CentersPremium
ThreatLockerPremium
T-MobilePremium
TP Link SystemsPremium
Trinity CyberPremium
zLinqPremium
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The Programme

Selected from 20 sessions on the bill.
  • 1:00 PM - 1:15 PM Sunday 4/26/2026

    MES Attendee Orientation

    Get Educated, Get Energized, Get Ready for MES. The Channel Company's Tracy Fischer will review how attendees can get the most out the conference. MES Spring can be overwhelming f…

  • 1:15 PM - 1:20 PM Sunday 4/26/2026

    MES Spring Opening Remarks

    The Channel Company's Adam Dennison kicks off MES Spring 2026 sets the stage for what is to come throughout the event!

  • 1:20 PM - 2:00 PM Sunday 4/26/2026

    MES Opening Keynote - Becoming Awesome - Building a Champion Mindset

    In this dynamic, high-energy keynote, U.S. boxing champion Cam Awesome takes audiences inside his journey from bullied kid to world-class athlete to reveal a transformative approac…

  • 2:00 PM - 2:30 PM Sunday 4/26/2026

    Sponsored Keynote - Lenovo - The Next Era of Work- Hybrid AI, Agents, and the Windows Platform

    AI is evolving beyond the cloud into a hybrid model where intelligence runs seamlessly across client and cloud. In this session, we’ll explore how Windows and Copilot+ PCs serve as…

  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM Tuesday 4/28/2026

    Executive Session - Cyber Threats and What You Should Know

    This talk will briefly discuss some of the prevalent cyber threats that FBI Houston investigates and steps you can take to keep your organization safe and report cyber attacks to t…

  • 2:15 PM - 2:45 PM Tuesday 4/28/2026

    Executive Session - Gartner - What VMware Alternatives Are Midsize Enterprises Pursuing and Why?

    As a result of product, pricing and partner changes made by Broadcom many Midsize Enterprise CIOs were forced to explore potential VMware alternatives. The size and scale of midsiz…

  • 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Sunday 4/26/2026

    Sponsored Keynote - NetCov - When Everything Is Automated… You Matter More

    AI isn’t replacing IT leaders. It’s redefining them—and raising the stakes for every decision you make. Drawing on her experience as former CISO of the Air Force Cyberspace Operat…

  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Monday 4/27/2026

    Executive Session - Empathy, Trust, and the Modern CIO - Navigating the Leadership Tensions That Define Greatness

    Leadership in today’s technology-driven organizations is more complex than ever. The next generation of CIOs and CTOs must do far more than manage systems and strategy—they must na…

  • 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Monday 4/27/2026

    Executive Session - Optimizing Your Microsoft Spend - Practical Strategies for Midmarket IT Leaders

    For most midmarket IT organizations, Microsoft is the largest technology investment—and one of the most complex to manage. Between evolving licensing models, contract decisions, an…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 41 companies show up — and 6 bet on three roles at once?

41 companies. six are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
6All threespeak · spons · exh
20Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
15Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

CyberFOX·JBS Dev·JumpCloud·Lenovo·NetCov·ThreatLocker

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

75% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite833%
  • Founder / Owner14%
  • VP-level729%
  • Director / Head of28%
  • Manager / Lead14%
  • Engineer · IC14%
  • Other roles417%

Of 24 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01CyberFOXSp·P1V
  2. 02JBS DevSp·P1V
  3. 03JumpCloudSp·P1V
  4. 04LenovoSp·P1V
  5. 05NetCovSp·P1V
  6. 06ThreatLockerSp·P1V
  7. 07Arctic WolfSp·P
  8. 08AVATARSp·P
  9. 09BackblazeSp·P
  10. 10BoomiSp·P
  11. 11Brasil ITSp·P
  12. 12ConnectWiseSp·P
  13. 13CrowdStrikeSp·P
  14. 14CyberPowerSp·P
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
premium26
100% of 26
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters