LinkedIn Live The Impact of COVID-19 on Business Readiness

In what seemed like a blink of an eye, businesses shifted to a remote workforce due to COVID-19 — forcing entire organizations and IT professionals to rapidly respond. Insight CIO Jeff Shumway and Director of Services for Connected Workforce Brian Gatke discuss this shift and how Insight’s own team adapted to the impacts of the global pandemic.

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Brian Gatke

Former Head of Solutions Development, Presales, Partner Alliances (2005–2013), Insight

Brian used his more than 20 years of IT and end-user services experience to help organizations connect their workforce and transform their end-user support strategies.

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Jeff Shumway

Chief Information Officer (2005–2022), Insight

Jeff was recruited to Insight back in 2005 to work on a large SAP enterprise resource planning implementation. He learned the intricacies of the business and progressed from systems business analyst to director to vice president to senior vice president of global information systems to chief information officer — responsible for day-to-day IT operations across each of the countries in which Insight operates. In 2022, Jeff retired after 16+ years of ensuring the company’s IT systems are secure, up, performing and stable.