As the regional vice president for Savvis in Canada, John Witte is responsible for leading the sales and marketing teams in driving new revenues through direct sales, strategic alliances and channel partners in addition to managing the growing client base. With more than 22 years of progressive sales and senior management roles, John has a proven track record in building high performance sales teams and helping companies accelerate growth. Since joining Fusepoint (acquired by Savvis) in 2002, John has played an integral role in launching and developing the sales teams and processes while achieving impressive revenue growth. Prior to joining the company, John held the position of vice president, sales, at PSINet, where he was responsible for leading national sales, managed hosting and solutions teams. In this role, he achieved the successful launch and record growth of the managed hosting portfolio for PSINet in Canada, which was subsequently sold to Telus in 2001. Prior to PSINet, he held various sales roles over a 14 year career at Yellow Pages Group, a former Bell Canada Company. John earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Toronto and has completed studies in international business at Ryerson University.

As director of solutions architecture, Brian Mikulin is responsible for overseeing technical pre-sales support and solutions development for Savvis in Canada. Brian’s focus is to work with prospects, clients and partners using industry best practices to qualify, design and recommend integrated solutions using a wide range of technologies including VMware, Linux, MS Windows, SQL and Oracle databases, storage systems, web products and applications, cloud services and data center facilities. Brian has more than 30 years of experience in information technology, particularly in the IT outsourcing and consulting services, telecommunications and financial services sectors. Prior to joining Fusepoint (acquired by Savvis in 2010), Brian was director, consulting, for CGI Integrated Technology Management. In addition, Brian spent 12 years at HP and Compaq Canada Inc. as practice principal, systems integration services and also held various management positions at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Royal Bank of Canada. Brian earned a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Montreal. He is a member of the Professional Engineers of Ontario.

As the regional sales director for Savvis in Canada, Wally Clost is responsible for leading the sales team in driving new revenues through direct sales, strategic alliances and channel partners in addition to managing the growing client base. With 28 years of experience in the area of information technology and more than 22 years of progressive sales and sales management roles, Wally has a proven track record of success. Prior to joining Fusepoint (acquired by Savvis) in 2005, he held the position of director, sales, at SunGard Availability Services where he was responsible for leading a national sales team selling business continuity services. Prior to SunGard he held various technical and sales roles over a 14-year career at IBM Global Services (CSG/STM/ISM). Wally earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and applied math from McMaster University of Hamilton, graduating Summa Cum Laude.

As the Director of Product Management for Savvis Canada, Bik is responsible for bringing new products to the Canadian market, pricing, and product positioning and strategic business development activities. Since joining Savvis Canada (formerly Fusepoint) in 2006, Bik lead the development of a number of products and established alliances with key technology vendors to transition the company to offer virtualized managed hosting solutions. Bik works in collaboration with sales and engineering teams to ensure a product mix that resonates with customer needs. Prior to joining Savvis Canada, Bik guided Allstream on go-to-market plans for various products lines and led marketing efforts to integrate an acquisition into the portfolio. Prior to Allstream, Bik spent over 4 years in Product Management and Marketing with MCI/UUNet launching products including Internet connectivity, hosting, and managed services. Bik began his career as a Market Analyst at Evans Research covering segments such as storage and printers. Bik holds a MBA from the Schulich School of Business at York University specializing in Marketing and Strategy and a BBA from Wilfrid Laurier University.