On August 7, President & CEO CJ Cannata (pictured above with Chomp, the team’s “Dawg Pound” mascot) was among the 400 or so people attending Gridiron Growth, a tech experience at the NFL’s Cleveland Browns’ foorball stadium: Huntington Bank Field. Host Ohio Business Machines (OBM) was acquired late last year by Cincinnati-based dealer Donnellon McCarthy Enterprises (DME). OBM’s channel partners include Sharp, Brother, SocSoter, DocuWare, Cloudli, Verkada, Canon, Static Control, Sangoma, DLL Group, U.S. Bank, and LEAF Commercial Capital.

Tony Donnellon, DME’s VP of Operations (from left); CJ Cannata; Senior Sales VP Rich Brandenburg; and Chairman Jim Donnellon.

Jim George (left), who was appointed to the DME presidency in April, with the Chairman, J. Donnellon

President Jim George welcomed the audience, which was comprised of end-users and vendor partners.

Brandenburg (left) with Hanford Dixon, Cleveland Browns’ alumni speaker.

CJ Cannata (center) with the Brother team (from left): Hector Jara, Joseph Caruso, Tim Osborne, and Blake Harris.

CJ at the Sharp booth, flanked by Mike Griffin (left) and Bob Hazelrig.

Josh Braendle of Static Control with CJ.

CJ and Richard Lenart of LEAF Commercial Capital.

