CompTIA Reseller Transformation Advisory Council

RTAC Committee Involvement

CompTIA is assembling a committee of OEMs to be a part of building an industry baseline for reseller education. Participating on this committee gives you the chance to form and shape the direction of solution provider business education and ensure that the workshops map to your business needs. Benefits of participation include recognition as an industry leader in channel development, access to curriculum development as well as opportunities to learn from, and network with industry peers.

Additional benefits as a result of your time and investment:

• Marketing: Public recognition as an industry leader
  • Committee members are fully recognized in CompTIA press releases as the initiatives take root and projects are launched. Supplemental informational sheets distributed to interested members of the press as a part of the CompTIA press release process enable companies to highlight their leadership through their participation.
  • Committee members are able to promote themselves through public appearances and speaking opportunities at various major industry events. CompTIA engages representatives to speak at industry events about the workshops and skills development in the industry.
  • The leadership of participating companies will be recognized by CompTIA with the company logos on the CompTIA web site and in the CompTIA collateral.
  • Participating companies can demonstrate their leadership through participating, and being cited for their participation in CompTIA research and various other individual skills development research.
• Finance: Increased Company profitability
  • Member companies drive costs out of their own companies’ education processes and out of the education processes of their suppliers and customers. The workshops reduce the redundant training by enabling individuals to be trained once, not by every vendor, on the foundational knowledge required in the class’s knowledge domain. Committee participation will help companies fully recognize these cost reduction opportunities.
  • In both developing and established markets, the workshops allow for more efficient evaluation of channel partner capabilities. Many companies are beginning to adopt CompTIA training as the foundational standard for best practices business skills. Member companies can fully realize these opportunities available for their partners by networking with other Committee companies and with CompTIA Staff.
• Training & Human Resources: Driving solution provider skills standards for the industry
  • Participating companies influence the curriculum of the training. By participating in the development process, companies can help ensure that the workshops embodies all aspects of the foundational knowledge needed to be functional in the industry and in the particular segment of the industry within which their company offers products or services.
  • Members work directly with CompTIA to ensure that their business partners adopt the education as their industry standard.
  • An end product that meets your business needs and reflects all aspects of the industry.