General Profiles

Each week we reach out to folks from different segments of our industry to learn what they are reading, watching, and listening to as a way to…

Life is a precious commodity and should be celebrated by the living, and those that have departed should have their lives remembered…

There are no signs of sibling rivalry at Doing Better Business (DBB). The dealership, based in Altoona, Pennsylvania, with offices in six locations, is led by Deb Dellaposta…

We couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate the release of the 400th issue of The Cannata Report, than by interviewing the man who made it all possible, Frank Cannata. It was a fun…

Earlier this year, we learned Hunter McCarty, executive vice president at RJ Young in Nashville, Tennessee, would be retiring in April. He has had an amazing…

When we last left Kevin DeYoung, president of Qualpath in Pompano Beach, Florida, he was sharing how his dealership was primed for the pandemic…

Kevin DeYoung and his team at Qualpath in Pompano Beach, Florida were primed for the pandemic. Based in a region of the country that experiences many weather events such…

With COVID-19 shuttering brick-and-mortar establishments across the U.S. and the globe, business is anything but usual right now. Many…

I first met Reed Melnick about 15 years ago when he was president of Nevill Document Solutions in Irving, Texas, one of the top Kyocera dealers in…

Following Epson’s dealer conference in early March, The Cannata Report interviewed Epson America’s President and CEO Keith Kratzberg. The conference and post-conference…

On a cold wintry day, CJ and I flew into Indianapolis, rented a car, and drove to Perry ProTECH’s Fort Wayne, Indiana, branch to meet with CEO Barry…

In 1910, Prior Typewriter Company opened its doors in downtown Trenton, New Jersey, selling Royal typewriters. Two moves and 110 years later, the company—now operating…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Tony Nami, president, Prior & Nami Business Systems, Hamilton, NJ. The dealership…

SumnerOne’s Managing Directors Liz Sumner and Edmund Sumner have their eyes focused on the future. As the daughter and son, respectively, of Ed Sumner, longtime…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Chelsey Bode, president, Pearson-Kelly Technology, Springfield, MO. Pearson-Kelly offers…

Inspired by the 1972 Studs Terkel book “Working,” where the author interviewed a couple of hundred different people in different professions…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Hunter McCarty, executive vice president, RJ Young, Nashville, TN. RJ Young offers…

For this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” CJ Cannata connected with Doug Pitassi, president of Pacific Office Automation (POA) in Beaverton, OR…

Last June, Kerstin Woods joined Toshiba America Business Systems (TABS) as vice president of product and solution marketing. Since then…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with one of the channel’s most quoted dealers, Chip Miceli, president of Pulse Technology…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with the always candid Frank Gaspari, CEO of FlexPrint and Flex Technology Group (FTG) in Mesa…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Deb Dellaposta, president of Doing Better Business (DBB) in Altoona, PA. The dealership sells…

In honor of LDI’s 20th anniversary, I asked our Editor-in-Chief Scott Cullen if we could write an article on the company’s recent celebration. Though we were…

n this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Preston Woolfolk, co-president, DOCUmation in San Antonio, Texas. DOCUmation…

In this installment of “Dealer Check-in,” we touch base with Susie Woodhull, president, Woodhull LLC in Dayton, Ohio. Woodhull LLC is a Ricoh dealer…