Consultants Discuss Their Role at CompTIA

In its second year, the CompTIA IT Business Growth Professionals Community is still working to cement its identity. The group, which includes consultants who provide coaching and business services to the IT industry, discussed its purpose and direction at the CompTIA Annual Member Meeting on Tuesday.

“I think our value is in sharing knowledge,” said community member Larry Kesslin. “There are areas that each person in this room has expertise in that we can share to help us become better at what we do.”

The community should focus on education, said Community Chair Dale Johnson. If the focus is generating individual business, “we will not survive,” he said.  “We can learn from each other and teach each other, we can build educational deliverables, and we can create opportunity for interaction with VARs.”

The group discussed opportunities to engage in thought leadership education, as well as opportunities to provide information to CompTIA’s solution provider members. The community also discussed changing its name to more accurately reflect the value members provide as business coaches and consultants.

Want to find out more about the community, check it out online.