Mike Cisek is an analyst in the Midsize Enterprise (MSE) Research team at Gartner focusing on infrastructure and operations and cloud strategy contextualized to meet the needs of midsize organizations. Cisek spent more than 26 years as an IT Leader and technologist and has worked with MSE CIOs and IT leaders as an Analyst for 10 years on strategies and tactics related to infrastructure design, cloud strategy, I&O maturity, cost optimization and IT operations best practices, tailored to organizations their size. Prior to joining Gartner, Cisek held the title of Director of Emerging Infrastructure & Operations Support for a $400 million transportation company. Under his leadership, his team was honored by CIO Magazine and Midsize Enterprise Summit, and was listed twice on the Information Week 500.

Adam Dennison brings more than 20 years of media, events, and technology marketplace experience to his role as VP, Midsize Enterprise Services (MES), at The Channel Company (TCC). In this role, Dennison is responsible for driving the MES strategy and product development across live and digital events, fostering growth within the MES IT Leadership Network, creating engaging midmarket research, and more. Dennison spends his time with midmarket IT leaders and the vendors that serve them, to best understand how MES can support networking, collaboration, and engagement between both parties. Prior to rejoining TCC, Dennison spent 13 years with IDG, most recently as SVP Publisher at CIO, and GM at IDG Events, responsible for the CIO brand and all US events.