Measure Twice, Quote Once
AV · Run by Scott Tomashek
Live AV walkthrough and an Earl quoting challenge.
Agenda & Breakouts
Every session earns its slot. Times may shift slightly as we get closer. This page is always current.
Main Agenda
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
Day Two: Selling The Tusker Story.
8:30 AM
Morning welcomeAgenda overview and objectives for the day.
Main Stage
9:00 AM
Solution ShowcaseEvery Tusker practice and how we solve customer challenges: Infrastructure Modernization, Cybersecurity, Modern Workplace, and Managed Services.
Main Stage
12:00 PM
Lunch
On-site
1:00 to 4:55 PM
Hands-on breakout sessionsSix 25-minute rounds, 20 breakouts to choose from. Pick one per session on the selection form.
Breakout rooms
5:00 PM
Wrap-upKey takeaways, action items, and recognition.
Main Stage
6:00 to 11:00 PM
Dinner at WildfireClosing dinner at Wildfire Restaurant.
Wildfire, Schaumburg
Hands-on breakout 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
AV · Run by Scott Tomashek
Live AV walkthrough and an Earl quoting challenge.
Endpoint + Lifecycle Management · Run by Eric Markert
Turn endpoint and security risk into a broader workplace modernization opportunity.
Data Center Modernization · Run by Nick Stover
A modern infrastructure and security risk conversation.
Cloud + FinOps · Run by Amy Haschek
Find wasted cloud spend with Mavvrik and create an opportunity.
AI Starts With The Network · Run by Kush Patel
AI-ready networking, segmentation, identity and security.
Managed Services · Run by Andrew Maier
Follow a real ticket and learn how to position managed services.
AI Strategy + Governance · Run by Kush Patel
AI use cases, infrastructure, cost and security governance.
vCISO / Advisory · Run by Rod Kahl
An executive security scenario and the advisory opportunity behind it.
SOC / MDR · Run by the Fortress team
Fortress SOC and MDR, and how to identify upgrade and new-logo opportunities.
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.
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.
Tusker to Fortress Cross-Sell
Identify security triggers inside existing Tusker accounts.
Full Account Planning · Run by Todd Zafirovski
Map whitespace and build the biggest credible opportunity.
Cross-Sell Discovery
Practice questions that uncover opportunities outside the seller’s original solution.
HubSpot Training · Run by Rod Kahl
How to partner with our solutions team to build out account plans around solutions.
HubSpot Training · Run by Ashley Parrish
Hands-on CRM execution: opportunities, activities, pipeline and account planning.
Win Stories
Sellers break down real wins and what others can replicate.
The exercise starts with something like: “The customer called about a network refresh. What else should you be asking?”
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.
The Million-Dollar Account
Teams compete to build the largest credible multi-practice opportunity from one account.
Ready to pick?
One breakout per session. Seats are confirmed in submission order.