Bob Coppedge, Author & Speaker
Bob Coppedge is an industry leading expert who has a strong ability to translate tech talk into everyday language.
With over 40 years’ experience in IT (Information Technology), Bob has worn just about every hat there is. Developer, Network Engineer, IT Director, CIO (Chief Information Officer), Consultant and, since 2007 CEO of Simplex-IT. He created Simplex-IT to be the “good guys” in the IT world, specializing in making IT work for small to medium businesses. Simplifying the Complex. Simplex-IT.
Best Selling Author
Bob has authored three books “The MSP’s Survival Guide to Co-Managed IT services”, “A CEO’s Survival Guide to Information Technology”, and his latest “I Don’t Want Your Job: Is Co-Managed IT services the Right fit for You?”. A sought-after speaker, Bob speaks at about 20 events annually. Recent MSP events featuring Bob include IT Nation, MSP World, DattoCon, and TMT Producer Club. Bob regularly speaks at the Ohio Society of CPA events, as well as COSE and other professional Organizations. He has written for and has been quoted by both local and national publications, including Crain’s Cleveland Business, Inside Business and The Plain Dealer. You can download or order Bob’s Books here!
Podcast Guest Appearances
Regardless of the topic, Bob is known for a no-nonsense but yes-humor style of delivery, getting right to the point of critical topics.
He has an uncanny ability to take a complicated topic and break it down into simple components. The topic? He takes seriously. Himself? Not so much. Bob can translate the technical “geeky” side of IT to business folks and understands the needs of business. He is also oddly enough a graduate of the famed Second City Improv Conservatory. Here are some of Bob’s guest appearances on various podcasts. If you want to see more check out this PlayList.
Topics
Bob is passionate about Cybersecurity and wants to help local organizations:
Understand the cybercriminal business model and the enterprise behind cybercrime
Reduce the risk and impact of a cyber attack
Plan for business continuity and disaster recovery in the event of a breach
Educate users to prevent unnecessary vulnerabilities
In addition to cybersecurity, Bob also frequently presents on topics such as:
Decisions Every CEO Needs to Make
IT Policy and Procedures
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Replacement Planning for obsolete devices
IT Planning and Budgeting
And much more!
IT Strategy
Business Intelligence
IT Trends for Businesses
The Dark Web
Co-Managed IT
IT Project Management
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Bob Coppedge is back and he has a new book. You may remember Bob from episode 33, Monthly Recurring Relationships where we talked about his MSP, Simplex-IT, and he also mentioned that he was writing a book about Co-Managed IT.
Guest: Bob Coppedge Company: Simplex-IT
Bob Coppedge is back and he has a new book. You may remember Bob from episode 33, Monthly Recurring Relationships where we talked about his MSP, Simplex-IT, and he also mentioned that he was writing a book about Co-Managed IT. The book is now available and I highly recommend it if you’re looking to grow your business in an area you may have thought there was no opportunity in. Co-Managed IT Services (or CoMITS as Bob calls them) is essentially working with customers who already have an IT staff but helping them to be more efficient. Bob explains the different types of CoMITs and also gives guidance on marketing, selling and delivering CoMITS. Bob talks about all of this and more in this episode and he even gives us a hint about his next book.