About Progent
Progent's Management Team
Excellent IT Service Takes Teamwork: Progent's Management Team
Progent's management team includes industry veterans with decades of experience providing network consulting, technical support, and strategic IT planning to organizations ranging from startups to global enterprises. Great service requires great people, and Progent is proud to have assembled a management team able to provide businesses with the best service value in the industry.
Les Kent, Founder and President
Les Kent has a 35-year track record of successful technology integration, business management, marketing, and operations. During this time he has demonstrated a talent for developing complex computer and network based technical solutions while working as a system architect, software developer, project manager, implementation expert and troubleshooter. Prior to starting Progent, Les was most recently the President of Allin Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based, publicly-traded technology integration company with over 150 employees and offices in four states. As a technical editor of InfoWorld magazine and a member of the magazine's Review Board from 1991 to 1995, Les published 34 reviews and technology articles. Les developed the interactive television systems used in hundreds of hotels worldwide, including the Las Vegas MGM Grand, at the time the world's largest hotel. Les was the technical architect for the application that won Microsoft's "Best Application of the Year Award" in 1996. In 1988 Les designed and developed a real-time multi-tasking operating system deployed worldwide by Siemens AG, Germany, for industrial control systems.
Tony Ciangiarulo, VP Sales
Tony Ciangiarulo has worked in the IT industry for two decades in a variety of positions including technical training, project management, IT consulting, engineering management, sales, and sales management. Immediately prior joining Progent, Tony was VP of Sales and Services for a technology integration firm and prior to this he delivered technical services for a publicly-traded IT integration company based in Pittsburgh. In the course of Tony's career he has gone from hands-on engineer to his current role in sales and management, and during that time he has earned information technology credentials that include Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE), and Citrix Certified Instructor (CCI). Tony's combination of technical expertise and business savvy embodies Progent's commitment to providing our clients with IT solutions that significantly increase the business value of their information networks.
Tom Anderson, VP Consulting Services
Tom Anderson has over 25 years of experience in the computer industry and has set up and managed IT support organizations for global enterprises. Tom has worked with companies of all sizes to develop comprehensive growth strategies aimed at maximizing the business value of information networks. Tom has developed business plans and technology road maps for numerous startups, and he has also consulted with Fortune 500 companies to develop long-term IT strategies and disaster recovery/business continuity plans. Tom has extensive experience with key technologies ranging from ERP and CRM applications to virtualization and fault-tolerant infrastructure and understands the "big picture": how to leverage computer technology to deliver better business outcomes. Tom's rare combination of business sense, technical know-how, and people skills makes him the ideal person to sharpen the focus of Progent's consulting experts on delivering best-of-breed business solutions.
Beverly Katz, VP of Finance
Beverly Katz has over 30 years of bookkeeping/accounting experience, including 15 years in the position of Controller. She has worked for non-profit organizations, public and privately owned companies, as well as the military. She assisted 29 California counties with conference budgets, including accurate contract files for each, bookkeeping for over 100 projects, and managed all financial responsibility for two corporations at one time. She has set up company policies and procedures, monthly financial reports, company-wide budgets, audits, cost and expense control, staff management, weekly payroll, responsible for multiple bank accounts, all phases of General Ledger, Chart of Accounts, AP, AR, retirement and HSA accounts, employee health coverage and benefits, Human Resources, personnel files, company insurance, and worked closely with DMV and Preferred Alliance drug programs. Beverly's combination of broad task-relevant expertise, a strong work ethic, team-player and communication skills along with her dedication and commitment personifies the qualities that allow Progent's financial structure and support to run with precision.
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Progent's Management Small Business Computer Consulting Companies
Implementation Support Progent's Management Team
Progent's management team consists of industry professionals with decades of experience providing network consulting, troubleshooting, and long-term information system planning to businesses ranging from small offices to Fortune 500 companies. Great service requires great people, and Progent is proud to have assembled a management staff able to provide customers with the best service value in the industry.
Wireless Link Information Technology Consulting
Small Business Wireless Computer Engineer
Progent's wireless consultants can help small companies design, choose, evaluate, configure and support secure building-to-building wireless bridges that integrate transparently into your IT network while providing a level of protection that equals or exceeds wired connections. Progent offers expertise in wireless network technology from Cisco Aironet and Meraki, Proxim, and other small business wireless vendors and can help you identify and deploy the wireless connectivity technology that fit best with your business requirements.
24x7 Compensation for Cisco Engineering Job Openings
Compensation for Computer Consulting Freelance Jobs
Our compensation model is built on contribution, so similar to working as a freelance contractor, your income is entirely driven by your generated revenue. Certain Progent support staff focus on quality of life and choose to consult at an easy pace, using our flexible calendar to pursue personal pursuits such as mountain biking, car racing, skiing, fishing, vacations, or spending private time with relatives and acquaintances. Others take advantage of the opportunity to make major dollars through hard effort and long hours. Progent completely supports either end of the spectrum and any point in the middle.
Exchange 2003 IT Services
Exchange Server 2003 IT Consultants
Progent's Microsoft-certified consultants have 20 years of background designing, installing, and supporting email systems for clients in the and throughout the United States. Progent offers affordable Microsoft Exchange Servers consulting services to make sure that your email system offers security, service continuity, easy access for off-site and wireless users, efficient management tools, and productive integration with telephony. Progent provides consulting and integration services for Microsoft Exchange 2016, Microsoft Exchange 2013 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Exchange 2007 Server, Microsoft Exchange 2003, and Microsoft Exchange 2K Server. Progent can also help small or mid-size businesses to migrate to Microsoft Exchange 2016 Server or MS Exchange 2013 Server.
Emergency Check Point NGTP Security Services Firewall Setup
Check Point NGX VPN Security Companies
Progent's Check Point Software firewall experts can show you how to design, configure, and manage firewall environments built around Check Point Software Next Generation firewalls and Check Point's cloud-based SandBlast security services. Progent's consultants can also help you maintain older Check Point firewall models or upgrade smoothly to Check Point's modern security gateways.
Top Configuration System Center Operations Manager
MOM 2016 Professional
Progent provides a variety of IT support packages for small organizations. These IT outsourcing and network monitoring services are based on the anticipatory problem handling abilities of Operations Manager, a next-generation server and IT management product that monitors the reliability, performance, and safety of your information system and identifies incipient problems before they can disrupt your network. With Progent's economically priced network service programs, small organizations can select a basic co-sourcing package built around Microsoft System Center Operations Manager with server monitoring, reporting, Help Desk and remote service or a comprehensive round-the-clock outsourcing solution.
Technical Support Catalyst 2960 Switch
Catalyst Switch Upgrade Computer Consultants
With Catalyst switches for small and medium-sized businesses, Cisco allows organizations to realize the full benefits of adding smart traffic control to their IT infrastructures. Cisco's switch product line makes it possible to deploy capabilities to make your network infrastructure highly robust to handle real-time requirements, scalable to support future growth, safe enough to guard confidential data, and capable of prioritizing and managing all traffic to streamline system performance. Progent's CCIE and CCNP certified consultants can help you pick out and deploy Cisco Catalyst switches appropriate for your business. In addition, Progent's CISA certified security consultants can help you develop a strategic protection plan and set up Cisco Catalyst switches so they powerfully support your security policies. Catalyst switching products that Progent provides expertise for include the Cisco Catalyst 2960 switches, Cisco Catalyst 3750 switches, Cisco Catalyst 4948 switches, and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series Switches.
Setup and Support MSP360 Desktop Backup
MSP360 Managed Cloud Backup Remote Support
Progent can assist you to create, deploy and administer a backup/restore solution based on MSP360 Backup technology to protect your assets hosted on any leading public cloud. Progent offers monitoring and management to protect against data loss resulting from user mistakes, system error, malicious insiders, and malware attacks like ransomware.
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