Cathe Shandle is PSI’s channel manager responsible for recruiting and nurturing our team of premier agents. Cathe brings over 18 years of experience to the PSI team. Before joining the PSI Network, Cathe was channel manager for Equiinet a VOIP solutions company where she was responsible for building the agent channel in Southern California. Cathe Shandle started her career in telecommunications with AT&T and then worked her way from from sales to Management at Nextlink-XO Communications. She also has direct experience working with Cox and TelePacific.

Cathe is passionate about the technology industry and enjoys going above and beyond for her team as well as PSI partners and customers. Service-People-Integrity are important to her, which made PSI a perfect fit. Cathe offers a unique, boutique sales approach that customers and her agent partners enjoy. With her experience complemented by PSI’s accomplished team of experts, Cathe is being able to offer consultation on a wide-range of technology solutions. However, her sweet spot is in hosted telephony and out-of-the-box solutions.

Cathe was Born in Clinton, Oklahoma to a military family and as a result moved around a bit – but not too much. Cathe spent 32 years of her life in Las Vegas. Always wanting to live near the ocean, Cathe decided to relocate to sunny Southern California last December. She is the proud mother of two daughters, Jessica and Alyssa, and is looking forward to both starting families of their own some time in the near future. In her spare, time you can find Cathe spending time with her family, doing Pilates, or relaxing at the beach or park with her favorite friend Bianca, a 2-year-old Shih Tzu.

Karen Robertson has 25+ years of telecommunications experience with a specialization in customer service and order implementation for California businesses and Government agencies. After retiring from AT&T in February 2012, Karen grew restless staying at home and decided to join the PSI Network team!

Karen was born and raised in Orange County – a 3rd-generation OC native – and has been happily married for more than 30 years. Her family includes two daughters, both married, and one granddaughter, Emily Jean, who is the love of her life.

When not working Karen enjoys the going to the beach, the river, traveling, and spending time with family and friends – although these days her travels are all to Texas to spend time with Emily!

This new Nana has some spoiling to do…

100+ Agents & Customers Gather for PSI Network’s 2^nd-Annual Technology as a Service Expo

Mission Viejo, CA – September 17, 2014 — PSI Network, Inc. is pleased to announce that its second-annual Technology as a Service Expo, held in Rancho Santa Margarita, successfully drew more than 100 agents and customers who assembled to learn more about how the implementation of cloud initiatives can benefit their respective organizations.

PSI Network gathered an All-Star list of top executives from global and niche cloud services providers to address hard-hitting topics such as cloud and end-point security, hybrid cloud, compliance in the cloud, cloud monitoring, cloud desktops, and cloud disaster recovery. Presenting organizations included:

• Windstream
• NaviSite
• Newcloud Networks
• RapidScale
• Vigilant
• Ajubeo
• TelePacific Communications
• X2nSat
• Matrix Cloud
• PSI Network Executive Team

Content included keynote addresses, live and interactive cloud demos, panel discussions and a full vendor fair where attendees could get answers to their cloud questions directly from the cloud services providers.

PSI Network and event sponsors treated attendees to post-event entertainment such as a happy hour networking event and a movie – The November Man – held at the Cinepolis Theaters in Rancho Santa Margarita, California.

“This event exceeded our expectations,” commented Thomas Sprinkle, PSI Network Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “I would like to thank the numerous sponsors, partners, customers and industry influencers who helped make this event such a success. We look forward to going even bigger next year as the PSI Network ecosystem continues to grow.”

Presentations and materials from the Technology as a Service Expo are available for free public download at http://www.psi-net.com/cloud-downloads/.

ABOUT PSI NETWORK, INC.
PSI Network, Inc. is a full-service, boutique Master Agency in Mission Viejo, California and stands apart from its competition in its history, tradition, focus, service and experience.  PSI believes in simplifying the technology buying experience and that every business decision is made based upon making or saving money. By focusing on price, precise implementation, ongoing support and relentless follow up, PSI improves the customer experience without increasing cost.