--- title: "Get Here: Words of Advice from Super9 Austin Graduates – Intelisys" canonicalUrl: "https://intelisys.com/get-here-words-advice-super9-austin-graduates/" excerpt: "At Channel Connect last year, we announced our plan to bring Super9, our exclusive cloud sales training program, to over 200 Intelisys Sales Partners in 2017. The inaugural event was first offered to a hand-selected group of nine Intelisys Sales Partners. The first Super9 graduates dubbed their successes after the training the “Super9 Effect.” Five months […]" metaDescription: "In this video, Brandon Knight caught up with three Intelisys Sales Partners shortly after Session 1 of Super9 Austin. What advice do they give to Partners?" datePublished: "2017-05-26T00:15:51-04:00" dateModified: "2025-03-03T12:48:57-05:00" --- - Get Here: Words of Advice from Super9 Austin Graduates – Intelisys # Get Here: Words of Advice from Super9 Austin Graduates May 26, 2017 At [Channel Connect](https://0cdd42d8b8.nxcli.net/channel-connect/) last year, we announced our plan to bring [Super9](https://cloudservicesuniversity.com/certifications-and-courses/super9/), our exclusive cloud sales training program, to over 200 Intelisys Sales Partners in 2017. The inaugural event was first offered to a hand-selected group of nine Intelisys Sales Partners. The first Super9 graduates dubbed their successes after the training the “Super9 Effect.” Five months after the initial Super9 training, the companies these first nine Sales Partners represent collectively increased their cloud orders by 60 percent, and the group’s cloud revenue was up 95 percent six months following Super9. Our first 2017 [Super9](https://cloudservicesuniversity.com/certifications-and-courses/super9/) event was held in Austin, Texas. Two back-to-back sessions, 54 Sales Partners, nine Supplier Partners, and some of the best opportunities for learning anywhere in the channel. In the video clip below, Brandon Knight, our Cloud Evangelist, caught up with three of our amazing Sales Partners shortly after Session 1 of Super9 Austin. Kyle Burt, President of [Catch Solutions](https://www.catchsp.com/), Matt DeGennaro, President of [MPD Telesolutions](http://mpdtel.com/), and Chris Terrell, President of [Innovative Telecom and Cloud](http://innovativetac.com/) were on the winning Team 1 of our presentation competition. Watch now to find out what these three cloud winners said about Super9, the advice they have for Partners, and the challenge they delivered to a Tricia Ward, Managing Director of [Onward Communications](http://onwardcom.com/), one of the inaugural Super9 graduates and a leader in the space . . . Ready to ignite the Super9 effect in your own business? Click here for details, dates, and to apply: [https://cloudservicesuniversity.com/certifications-and-courses/super9/](https://cloudservicesuniversity.com/certifications-and-courses/super9/) Brandon: All right, guys, Cloud Evangelist here at Super9 Austin with the winning team happily named Team Number 1. They won the presentation competition so I’m going to let them introduce themselves real quick, and their agency, and tell you what they think of attending their first Super9. Go for it. Kyle: Kyle Burt with Catch Solutions, and I just want to say Super9 is incredible. You guys need to get here. We learned so much this week. Desktop-as-a-Service, infrastructure, platform. It’s great stuff. Get here. Matt: Matthew DeGennaro from MPD Telesolutions. I just want to say this was probably the best training I’ve been to, and this team was awesome. Tricia Ward, we’re coming after you. Brandon: I love that. Chris: Chris Terrell with Innovative Telecom and Cloud in Greensboro. Same thing, except something I didn’t expect to get out of this week–which I did get–was sales training. It’s beyond the cloud. It’s about selling. Brandon: There you go, guys. If you have an opportunity to get to Super9, get to one. These guys are great. 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