Lynn Shourds

Lynn Shourds has been in technology for over 20+ years. He started out in VAR sales where he worked for IKON Technology selling Compaq desktops, servers, and storage, and converting Lotus Notes users to Microsoft. While working, he completed his Microsoft MCSC. Putting on his engineering hat, he went to work for Datawatch, a Big Data company based out of Boston, Mass., where he was responsible for Sales Engineering and Implementations, utilizing his learned MS SQL and Oracle database skills. From relationships he gained at Datawatch, Lynn was recruited to be a Sales Engineer for Double-Take Software, also based out of Boston. Lynn was the only Sales Engineer covering two sales reps in the Western U.S.

When Double-Take Software wanted to shift gears and start selling exclusively through the channel, Lynn was tagged to lead that charge in the West and continued to run that channel for the better part of 10 years, being part of a company that grew from $3M to nearly $100M and into a successful IPO.