What can you achieve with your biggest accounts, your best opportunities, your strongest performance? No barriers. No ceilings. No limits.
The Solutions Engineering Group (formerly the Cloud Services & Complex Bids Program) is a resource provided to Intelisys Sales Partners, at no cost, that provides:
- Support for Sales Partners through the entire cloud and telecom sales process
- Business and application discovery personnel and resources
- Solution design
- Onsite installation consultation, education and training
- Support and resources for equipment and professional services selection
- Supplier interoperability testing and vetting
- Complex bids support, from opportunity analysis and quotes, to ordering and installation, to post-sale issues
With dedicated technical engineering support across the US, Intelisys Sales Partners can count on expert, supplier agnostic cloud sales support, from design to implementation. We look forward to partnering in your success!
Transform Your Cloud & Telecom Business
The cloud has driven a massive shift in how businesses approach technology. No matter how our Sales Partners approach the market – as Telecom Agents, VARs, IT Solution Providers, Systems Integrators or MSPs – they have something in common: their customers are demanding scalable, flexible, cost-effective solutions based on their individual usage needs.
Close More Complex Deals Over $20K MRR
Does your sales opportunity match one of the following requirements?
- Nationally recognized, named accounts
- Any non-cloud opportunity that is over $25K in monthly commissionable revenue
- Any non-cloud opportunity over 40 sites
- Wholesale opportunities
- International data (Multiple international locations or complex applications)
- Individual case basis (ICB)
- Integrated cloud solutions (Multiple services across multiple suppliers/carriers)
- Virtual Desktop
- Any cloud opportunity listed over $5K in monthly commissionable revenue
The Solutions Engineering Group has assisted dozens of Top Producing Sales Partners in closing strategic, complex project deals from $20K to over $500K in monthly recurring revenue. The team provides support and insight in determining the best solution, network design and configurations, and better understanding of our portfolio and how to leverage it with your large accounts.
Expert Cloud & Telecom Sales Support
Our Sales Partners choose Intelisys because we are very serious about providing the tools and resources they need to grow their businesses and maximize their revenue. The Solutions Engineering Group offers pre- and post-sales, high-touch engineering support to help them design solutions, with the right supplier fit, that provide an end-to-end experience for their customers.
Our Solutions Engineering Group

Solutions Engineers
Mountain & Pacific Northwest: Bob Faber, Solutions Engineer
Pacific Northwest: Rick Rios, Solutions Engineer
Midwest: John Themmes, Solutions Engineer
North Central Region: Thomas Legare, Director of Solutions Engineering
South Central Region: Patrick Chen, Solutions Engineer
New England: Nick Tempesta, Solutions Engineer
Southeast: Andy Rustad, Solutions Engineer
Mid-Atlantic: Mike Ratta, Solutions Engineer
Additional Resources
Bryce Parker, Inside Solutions Engineer
Mike Davis, National Cloud Compute Specialist
Ivan Paynter, National Security Specialist
Michael Del Signore, National Contact Center Specialist
Jamal Purvis, Inside Solutions Engineer
Hunter Edmisten, Inside Solutions Engineer
With Subject Matters Experts in Multiple Areas, Including:
- Colocation
- Communications
- IaaS
- International
- IoT
- ITaaS
- PaaS
- SD-WAN
- Security
- UC & UCaaS