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About Us | Management
Profiles | Meet
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Kevin Grawe – Company President
Kevin has been a leader in the technology training industry for over 17 years. As
Marketplace President (1996-2001) for the training division of IKON Technology Services,
he grew the central division to achieve over $25 million dollars in revenue building
up 10 locations with over 130 employees. In 2001 Kevin purchased the divisional
assets from IKON to create Centriq Training, which grew to dominate the high end
corporate IT training market in Kansas City. In 2005 Kevin expanded the company’s
concerns to the consumer IT training market by the acquisition of Foss Training
and continues to grow the company’s influence in technical markets throughout
the Midwest.
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Ted Parker – Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Ted Parker became a partner in Centriq Training after structuring the acquisition
of the company from IKON in 2001. Prior to that, he served as General Counsel of
a publicly traded travel and technology company where he managed the acquisition
and divestiture of multiple companies as well other strategic corporate initiatives.
Ted has served as Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Centriq since 2002.
During that time he has overseen significantly increased corporate technical training
revenue as well as the addition of the individual Career Track training division,
the Streamline professional skills training division and the Connection staffing
division.
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Dean Bezdek – Vice President of Operations
Dean has seen the company through its many incarnations from the days as US Connect,
through IKON Office Technology Solutions, to its current standing as Centriq Training.
His responsibilities have likewise evolved from Director of Accounting, to CFO/Vice
President of Finance to his current role as Vice President of Operations. Dean has
full accountability for the company’s finances as well as overseeing Administration,
IT and Instructor divisions, property management and overall Human Resources for
the company. Dean has migrated company books from private to public and back to
private, implemented numerous accounting databases and continues to make major contributions
felt throughout the entire company.
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Michael Walsh –Marketing Director
Mike joined Centriq in 2006 as head of the Career Track program and quickly grew
the division to more than double its former size. This success and his previous
experience in marketing IT training through major newspaper, television, radio and
online campaigns led to him being given responsibility for the marketing of the
entire company. Mike has implemented a major new marketing platform for the promotion
of the recruitment, consumer, corporate, and SMB training services, and continues
to evolve the online and traditional media presence of the company.
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Jessica Oliver – Director of Operations
Jessica is Centriq’s communication specialist with responsibility for the
smooth running of both Corporate and Career Track training programs, as well as
general operations, technical and administrative staff recruitment, and program
development. Starting in Centriq’s Careers Division, she developed the Career
Services Department into a thriving hub of activity in service of our students actively
changing careers. Her background as a Recruiter and Business Development Specialist
for Kansas City based companies enabled her to make Centriq’s Career and Recruitment
Divisions a great success in a very short time period. Jessica is an Iowa native
and graduated with Distinction from Iowa State University.
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