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John Venator is the president and chief executive officer of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association representing the business interests of the global information technology (IT) industry, and the CompTIA Educational Foundation, a charitable outreach organization serving the needs of people with disabilities, women, youth at risk and returning U.S. war veterans through offering educational opportunities in IT leading to careers in the IT Industry, which Mr. Venator was instrumental is founding in 1998. He is responsible for leading strategy, development and growth efforts for the association.
During Mr. Venator’s soon to be 20-year tenure as president and CEO, CompTIA has grown from approximately 600 members in the USA to more than 22,000 member organizations in over 100 countries around the world; and has expanded from its headquarters in suburban Chicago to 16 offices around the world to effectively serve the Association’s growing worldwide membership. Today, CompTIA has offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Brussels, Delhi, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Melbourne, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.
Virtually all sectors of the technology industry are represented by CompTIA, including hardware and software product manufacturers, service providers, solution providers, system integrators, consultants, individual IT workers, and end users of technology, including major industry markets such as government, education, retail, and not-for-profits, with the core membership still being IT resellers around the world.
Under Mr. Venator’s leadership, CompTIA delivers products and services that help organizations grow and expand their businesses as well as taking costs out of doing business. The association’s initiatives address important issues such as electronic commerce, convergence, IT services, software, IT training and skills development, software, public policy, and industry growth and profitability.
CompTIA is also the world’s largest provider of vendor-neutral IT certifications, with over one million persons certified worldwide. These certification programs are the recognized global industry standard for a broad range of IT skills and are offered worldwide in up to nine different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Employers know that individuals holding CompTIA certifications have the job skills need to run technology infrastructure more efficiently and reliably as they have been proven to be reliable predictors of employee’s success and a quality customer experience. For job seekers, CompTIA certification provides them with a recognized, respected credential that validates their ability to meet today's job requirements.
A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. Venator addresses diverse issues such as best practices in developing a skilled technology workforce, threats to information security and emerging technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID). Recent conferences at which he has spoken include CertifyIT! for IT Service Management in Manila; the Digital Convergence 2.0 conference in Singapore; the Technology Standards and Interoperability Forum for e-Government in Hanoi, Vietnam; BusinessWeek’s 10th Annual CEO Forum; and the Asia Pacific Conference on Strategies for Building a Competitive Software Industry.
Mr. Venator also has authored a number of articles on technology-themed topics. Some of his recent writings include “Booming Home Technology Integration Market Faces Skills Shortage” (Home Toys, February 1, 2007); “Labor Shortage Calls for Creative Solutions” (PHONE+, November 2007); “Perfect Storm on Horizon for U.S. Labor Market (Computerworld, July 10, 2006), “VoIP’s Fertile Ground” (PHONE+, August 2006) and “SMBs Plan Telephony Purchases” (Communications News, October 2006) and his ongoing quarterly guest column in TechIQ magazine.
Prior to joining CompTIA in 1989, Mr. Venator was executive director of the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA) for five years. He serves on the board of the National Cristina Foundation; and is a member of the Association Forum, the American Society of Association Executives, (as well as a member of their Board of Directors for three years) and a founding member and past chair of the Men’s Council of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Contemporary Arts Council and active in the leadership of Intuit, the center for outsider art as well he and his wife Dorianne are Patrons of the Museo del Arte Popular and the National Museum of Mexican Art. Previously, he served on the national advisory board of the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies; Mr. Venator graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing.
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John Venator President and Chief Executive Officer |
John Venator is the president and chief executive officer of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading trade association representing the business interests of the global information technology (IT) industry, and the CompTIA Educational Foundation, a charitable outreach organization serving the needs of people with disabilities, women, youth at risk and returning U.S. war veterans through offering educational opportunities in IT leading to careers in the IT Industry, which Mr. Venator was instrumental is founding in 1998. He is responsible for leading strategy, development and growth efforts for the association.
During Mr. Venator’s soon to be 20-year tenure as president and CEO, CompTIA has grown from approximately 600 members in the USA to more than 22,000 member organizations in over 100 countries around the world; and has expanded from its headquarters in suburban Chicago to 16 offices around the world to effectively serve the Association’s growing worldwide membership. Today, CompTIA has offices in Amsterdam, Beijing, Brussels, Delhi, Düsseldorf, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Melbourne, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Sydney, Tokyo, Toronto, and Washington, D.C.
Virtually all sectors of the technology industry are represented by CompTIA, including hardware and software product manufacturers, service providers, solution providers, system integrators, consultants, individual IT workers, and end users of technology, including major industry markets such as government, education, retail, and not-for-profits, with the core membership still being IT resellers around the world.
Under Mr. Venator’s leadership, CompTIA delivers products and services that help organizations grow and expand their businesses as well as taking costs out of doing business. The association’s initiatives address important issues such as electronic commerce, convergence, IT services, software, IT training and skills development, software, public policy, and industry growth and profitability.
CompTIA is also the world’s largest provider of vendor-neutral IT certifications, with over one million persons certified worldwide. These certification programs are the recognized global industry standard for a broad range of IT skills and are offered worldwide in up to nine different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish. Employers know that individuals holding CompTIA certifications have the job skills need to run technology infrastructure more efficiently and reliably as they have been proven to be reliable predictors of employee’s success and a quality customer experience. For job seekers, CompTIA certification provides them with a recognized, respected credential that validates their ability to meet today's job requirements.
A frequent speaker at industry conferences, Mr. Venator addresses diverse issues such as best practices in developing a skilled technology workforce, threats to information security and emerging technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID). Recent conferences at which he has spoken include CertifyIT! for IT Service Management in Manila; the Digital Convergence 2.0 conference in Singapore; the Technology Standards and Interoperability Forum for e-Government in Hanoi, Vietnam; BusinessWeek’s 10th Annual CEO Forum; and the Asia Pacific Conference on Strategies for Building a Competitive Software Industry.
Mr. Venator also has authored a number of articles on technology-themed topics. Some of his recent writings include “Booming Home Technology Integration Market Faces Skills Shortage” (Home Toys, February 1, 2007); “Labor Shortage Calls for Creative Solutions” (PHONE+, November 2007); “Perfect Storm on Horizon for U.S. Labor Market (Computerworld, July 10, 2006), “VoIP’s Fertile Ground” (PHONE+, August 2006) and “SMBs Plan Telephony Purchases” (Communications News, October 2006) and his ongoing quarterly guest column in TechIQ magazine.
Prior to joining CompTIA in 1989, Mr. Venator was executive director of the Data Processing Management Association (DPMA) for five years. He serves on the board of the National Cristina Foundation; and is a member of the Association Forum, the American Society of Association Executives, (as well as a member of their Board of Directors for three years) and a founding member and past chair of the Men’s Council of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Contemporary Arts Council and active in the leadership of Intuit, the center for outsider art as well he and his wife Dorianne are Patrons of the Museo del Arte Popular and the National Museum of Mexican Art. Previously, he served on the national advisory board of the National Workforce Center for Emerging Technologies; Mr. Venator graduated from Lewis and Clark College with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and marketing.
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