Agenda & Breakouts

Two days, zero filler.

Every session earns its slot. Times may shift slightly as we get closer. This page is always current.

Main Agenda

Day By Day.

Day One: Welcome & Partner Engagement.

12:00 PM

The Starting Line UpThe Sales 5 open the show: Todd, Ryan C, Andy, Brandon, and Darren, starting with culture awards.

Main Stage

1:00 to 4:00 PM

Partner Showcase & NetworkingSponsor booths, live product demos, and time with strategic partners. Passport game, golf simulator competition, and a vendor scavenger hunt.

Golf simulator area & 2nd floor

4:00 PM

Executive KickoffMatt Zafirovski on the state of the business, the vision for the future, strategic priorities, and expectations for the sales organization. Q&A to close.

Main Stage

5:00 to 6:00 PM

Happy HourDrinks and networking to close out day one.

1100EventZ space

6:00 to 10:00 PM

Golf Simulator Game Play & DinnerDinner served alongside golf simulator competition and games.

1100EventZ space

Hands-on breakout sessions

Twenty breakouts. Six sessions.

Day two, 1:00 to 4:55 PM. Twenty hands-on breakouts built around real selling scenarios, run in six 25-minute rounds. Each breakout runs twice, so you can catch everything you care about. Pick one per session on the selection form.

Session 1

1:00 to 1:25 PM

Session 2

1:30 to 1:55 PM

Session 3

2:00 to 2:25 PM

Session 4

3:00 to 3:25 PM

Session 5

4:00 to 4:25 PM

Session 6

4:30 to 4:55 PM

Breakout 1 Sessions 1 & 3

Measure Twice, Quote Once

AV · Run by Scott Tomashek

Live AV walkthrough and an Earl quoting challenge.

Breakout 2 Sessions 2 & 4

Endpoint Exposed

Endpoint + Lifecycle Management · Run by Eric Markert

Turn endpoint and security risk into a broader workplace modernization opportunity.

Breakout 3 Sessions 2 & 3

Protect the Core

Data Center Modernization · Run by Nick Stover

A modern infrastructure and security risk conversation.

Breakout 4 Sessions 4 & 5

Show Me the Savings

Cloud + FinOps · Run by Amy Haschek

Find wasted cloud spend with Mavvrik and create an opportunity.

Breakout 5 Sessions 1 & 5

Is Your Network Ready for AI?

AI Starts With The Network · Run by Kush Patel

AI-ready networking, segmentation, identity and security.

Breakout 6 Sessions 1 & 5

Ticket to Ride

Managed Services · Run by Andrew Maier

Follow a real ticket and learn how to position managed services.

Breakout 7 Sessions 2 & 6

AI Without the Guardrails

AI Strategy + Governance · Run by Kush Patel

AI use cases, infrastructure, cost and security governance.

Breakout 8 Sessions 3 & 6

Get in the CISO’s Chair

vCISO / Advisory · Run by Rod Kahl

An executive security scenario and the advisory opportunity behind it.

Breakout 9 Sessions 1 & 3

SOC It to Me

SOC / MDR · Run by the Fortress team

Fortress SOC and MDR, and how to identify upgrade and new-logo opportunities.

Breakout 10 Sessions 1 & 4

What’s Changing & What Customers Need Next

Inside the Modern Data Center · Run by Greg Marts

Less “how to sell” and more what sellers need to know to recognize the next opportunity. Covers AI infrastructure, private cloud, hybrid cloud, GPU and compute demands, networking, storage, power and cooling implications, and where Tusker fits, with real customer scenarios.

Breakout 11 Sessions 2 & 3

What Would Tusker Do? Live Customer Challenge Lab

WWTD

Realistic customer situations, presented without the solution. Teams decide how Tusker would approach each one, which practices should be involved, what partners and technology might fit, and what the next step should be. Then the solution architects reveal how they would actually approach it.

Breakout 12 Sessions 3 & 5

Spot the Cross Sell Signal

Tusker to Fortress Cross-Sell

Identify security triggers inside existing Tusker accounts.

Breakout 13 Sessions 2 & 5

The Million-Dollar Account

Full Account Planning · Run by Todd Zafirovski

Map whitespace and build the biggest credible opportunity.

Breakout 14 Sessions 3 & 6

One Question Away

Cross-Sell Discovery

Practice questions that uncover opportunities outside the seller’s original solution.

Breakout 15 Sessions 4 & 5

HubSpot Solution Account Planning

HubSpot Training · Run by Rod Kahl

How to partner with our solutions team to build out account plans around solutions.

Breakout 16 Sessions 2 & 5

Log It Like You Mean It

HubSpot Training · Run by Ashley Parrish

Hands-on CRM execution: opportunities, activities, pipeline and account planning.

Breakout 17 Sessions 4 & 6

The Wall of Wins

Win Stories

Sellers break down real wins and what others can replicate.

Breakout 18 Sessions 1 & 6

Expand the Deal: “What Else Can We Solve?”

The exercise starts with something like: “The customer called about a network refresh. What else should you be asking?”

Breakout 19 Sessions 4 & 6

AI at Tusker: Meet Scout & Atlas, and more

AI Internal Tools

See real examples of how AI is being incorporated into our workflows, what Scout and Atlas were designed to do, and where we see opportunities to expand AI across Tusker.

Breakout 20 Sessions 2 & 4

Why Us?

The Million-Dollar Account

Teams compete to build the largest credible multi-practice opportunity from one account.

Ready to pick?

Choose your six on the selection form.

One breakout per session. Seats are confirmed in submission order.

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