IT Channel Perspectives: Meet CompTIA Member Scott Barlow

CompTIA member Scott Barlow is vice president of sales and product management for Reflexion Networks Inc, a hosted email service vendor headquartered in Woburn, Mass. As a contributor and leader of several CompTIA Communities over the years, he brings a wealth of knowledge and extensive partner program experience to CompTIA's initiatives for advancing the IT industry. Barlow understands the solution provider business model and enthusiastically promotes programs he believes will benefit not only his company’s partners, but the entire IT community.

Although he won’t admit it, Barlow’s peers consider him a strong channel thought-leader. With a deep understanding of the needs of solution providers, he carefully evaluates the impact of programs and initiatives and makes recommendations that positively affect VAR and MSP businesses. You’d never know by his strong advocacy of the IT channel and position as a successful corporate executive that his formal education is in a totally different field—one which most would never guess. Watch the following interview to find out more about Barlow’s unique expertise, as well  as his thoughts on the changing IT channel environment.