 Welcome to JSA TV the newsroom for tech and telecom professionals. I'm Barb Mitchell here at ITW 2019 in beautiful Atlanta with Jamie Leverton who I'm excited to announce is newly appointed senior vice president and chief commercial offer officer of e-structured data centers Congratulations, Jamie. We're so excited obviously to have you here. Thank you so much. I'm incredibly excited to be here It's actually a really nice opportunity for me. This is this is week three for me at e-structure so to be down here at the show and Have so many great meetings and opportunities to really connect with with our partners and our clients It's it's been an incredible Entry into the new role Congratulations. Yeah, and you had some news come out this week here It launched the news came out yesterday the first day of the show Do you want to tell us what that means for e-structure and the future of the company? Yeah, so yesterday we announced a hundred and seventy million dollar credit facility so an expansion of our prior facility and we are we're very excited for what that That will allow us to do obviously We are a company that's focused on growth and focused on the Canadian market. So it gives us the the ability to continue to drive that mission with with haste and excitement And you're also doing a lot of work around your channel partners program. Yes. Can you talk a little bit about that? I know there's gonna be more and more coming out about that in the weeks and months to come But let us know a little bit about it. Yeah, so I I've been blessed to work in technology for the last 20 years and and I'm very passionate about the role and importance that channel partners play in an organization and That's that is a focus of mine It's still early, but as you referenced, we will we will have more news coming out very shortly because our intention is to is to really focus on the channel partner program being strategic in and how we go to market with our with our partners and and Doing it in a way that really makes sense for both parties So I'm excited for the official announcements to come out soon, but it's it's certainly a great opportunity for us And I just have to plug a little bit for Jamie here You are an official women of the IT channel Hall of Fame recipient For channel partners the work that you've done over the last 20 years And I think you know it as a as a female leader in our industry I think it gives you an opportunity to really shine and obviously it's a testament to the work that you've done but what does it mean to you in terms of mentorship opportunities for other young women that are that are either starting out or are Working through their careers in our industry Well, I do a lot of work in in mentorship with young women coming into our industry I feel incredibly blessed to have had the career that I have had and to really have started in tech and There are there as we all know there aren't enough senior women in tech We're working really really hard to figure out how to change that dynamic But as one of the few senior executives in technology in Canada, I absolutely believe it's my responsibility to mentor and and be a role model for that for that next generation and really to encourage them to come into this space because the career Potential is limitless. It is such a fun Industry to be a part of and really as we look to the to the future into the next 20 30 40 years I fundamentally believe that tech is going to be a part of every career So we need to encourage our young women and girls. I have two daughters They are they just graduated from grade three and grade five and and I want them to be comfortable with tech to To have the same love of it that I do and to to embrace whatever that could mean for them in their future and and really I think it's important that that we work hard to Open up that communication and make sure that we keep them Excited and comfortable with tech Yeah, thank you, and I've you know, we've talked about this before and I think that it's great what you're you know the message that you support on that and You're a great example obviously And so, you know, it's been you know, it's exciting to have you in this role It's been exciting to watch a structure Grow expand Normlessly over even the last just even 12 to 18 months, you know, it's been amazing Anything sort of special you want to talk about that you see coming other we've already talked about so many things There's so many great announcements, you know, what's on the horizon? Hmm. I There's a lot on the horizon. I I have never had a busier three weeks in my career There is so much going on. There's so much excitement the team that Todd has assembled is absolutely incredible Really aligned on the same goals the same passion the culture is unbelievable and There is no end to things that we have in store Over the next few months and and going into the future. So just keep Keep an eye on us and we'll we'll continue to surprise you We look forward to it. Yeah, so thank you so much Jamie for joining us here today at ITW 2019 And thank you viewers for tuning in to JSA TV. Happy networking