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Last Fiscal Year Sales:$37.5M
  • Private
  • US
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A critical success factor in today's market is the ability to obtain a strong IT infrastructure that your company can rely on. CBE Technologies helps our customers to meet business challenges by providing them with a strong IT Environment they can rely on. As a leading provider of OneSource IT services we'll help you reduce your costs, increase your systems uptime, and get back to focusing on your business. With 5 offices throughout New England, we offer a comprehensive suite of "OneStop, One View, One Price" automated IT solutions that include system planning and design, integration, support, remote monitoring, and proactive system maintenance. CBE Technologies employs over 100 IT professionals with over 1000 certifications. Our expertise has allowed us to gain top level partnerships with Cisco, Citrix, HP, Microsoft, Fortinet, Lenovo, WMWare and many more.

Chairman and CEO
Peter Cowie
Number of Employees 74
Contact Information

50 Foden RD

South Portland, Maine 04106

cbetech.com

1 207 239 3000

NAICS Code Custom Computer Programming Services: 541511

Recent Events

  • Global Equity unit acquires GreenPages Government Division

    10/14/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • CBE Technologies acquires GreenPages Government Division

    10/14/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
George Mellor President
David Barter CIO
David S. Rembis CFO
Philip Kubat Chief Technology Officer
Randy Becker Chief Information Officer
Robert Brace Chief Financial Officer
Bill Willett Vice President of Commercial and Alliance Sales
John Mann Vice President of Sales
Jon Whitlock Vice President Market Development
Robert Pesa Vice President of Managed Service & Support
Sean Kelley Vice President Ip Communcations
Warren Nelson Vice President Government & Education Sales
Lori Koch Director of Marketing and Communications
Fred Collett Practice Manager
Claude Cestaro
Michael Corey

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Peter Cowie Chairman and CEO

Peter is Chairman and CEO of Managed Technology Partners (MTP), formerly CBE Technologies. Peter joined MTP/CBE Technologies as Chairman and CEO in 2001 and oversaw its growth from $20 million in 2001 to over $75 million in 2008 revenue to become the areas leading Managed IT Services provider. Peter oversaw the 2008 sale of CBE's government and education division to Gores Equity, LLC. at which time he and his partner renamed the company to Managed Technology Partners, and now operate the company solely focused on the IT needs of the small and medium-size business community. Peter currently serves on partner advisory boards for several of MTP's key partners, including HP and Microsoft. Prior to CBE, Peter was managing partner of Reach Ventures an early stage technology fund. Prior to Reach Ventures, Peter founded Charter Systems in 1984, a provider of enterprise network services. As chairman and CEO, he built Charter into a leading network service provider to Fortune 1000 clients and expanded its presence throughout the United States. Charter was ranked 4th in 1995's Info World 100 and Vice President Al Gore recognized Charter in 1996 as one of six winners of the National Information Infrastructure Award. During this time, Peter served on advisory boards to Microsoft, Novell and Cisco Systems. In 1997, he successfully merged Charter with The BISYS Group, Inc. (NYCE: BSG) and served as president of the merged organization's Network Services division through January 1999. Peter serves on the board of several technology companies including, BrandMuscle www.brandmuscle.com, Blacksmith www.blacksmithapps.com and BrainShark www.brainshark.com. Peter was also chairman of the National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship, NFTE /New England from 1996 through 2006. NFTE is an organization devoted to teaching entrepreneurship to at risk youths across the US.

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Blacksmith Applications, Inc. Chairman, Blacksmith Applications Current
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Brandmuscle, Inc. Former
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The BISYS Group, Inc. Former
Systems, Inc. chairman Former
National Foundation Chairman Former
Brainshark, Inc. Director Former

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. President Current
Netivity Solutions, Inc. President Former
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Customer Service and Operations Former

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. CIO Current
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Territory Manager, Northern New England Former

David Rembis has over 20 years of professional experience developing and managing financial, administrative and operational systems within organizations of varying sizes and in various industries. Before joining CBE Technologies in early 2009, David was COO, after serving as CFO, of a major non-profit organization in New England, overseeing human resources, financial and operational professionals . He has held several senior financial roles in both public accounting and private accounting and served as Controller for an IT firm in the early 2000s.

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. CFO Current

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Ntirety LLC Chief Information Officer Current
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Current
CB&E Chief Technology Officer Former

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. Chief Information Officer Current
CB&E CIO Former
CB&E Senior Systems Engineers Former

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current
Ai Entertainment President Former
CB&E CFO Former
BankBoston International Former

Bill is responsible for all of commercial sales throughout New England. Bill also oversees all sales with CBE Technologies' channel partners. Previous to his current position, Bill was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the technical engineering staff, field staff deployment, inventory management, dispatch and CBE's national network of service partners. Prior to joining CBE, Bill spent twenty-four years at Data General in various technical and management roles where he developed the company's service partner network.

Organization Position Status
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Commercial and Alliance Sales Current
CB&E Former
Data General Corporation Former

John Mann is our Vice President of Sales for southern New England, responsible for managing vendor and customer relationships in that area. John has been in the IT industry working with Education, Government and Commercial markets for over 27 years. The leadership and expertise he has brought to CBE coupled with his Erate and government funding experience has helped to grow our education business. Prior to working in the IT Industry he was in K12 education as an administrator and teacher.

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Sales Current

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Firetower, Inc. Vice President Market Development Current
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President Market Development Current
CB&E Current
Competitive Computing, Inc. Director of Sales and Marketing Former

Robert Pesa brings over 20 years of experience in the technology industry to CBE Technologies. As the Vice President of Managed Service and Support, Robert works to refine our IT practices and improve customer satisfaction. Before coming to CBE, Robert began his career as a systems engineer, quickly moving up the ranks at New England Systems. He moved on to become a founding partner at Prominence Group Inc., joining CBE through acquisition of that company.

Organization Position Status
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President of Managed Service & Support Current

Sean Kelley heads the IP Communications division at CBE Technologies. The IPC team at CBE leads New England in the number of pure IP Telephony and IP Call Center installations. Sean's team has redefined scope definition, installation, training and support of this evolutionary technology. The team also works with customers to find hard dollar savings as well as productivity enhancements to benefit their business. Sean has been published in several trade magazines including Business Communications Review (BCR). Prior to his employment at CBE, Sean was the president of the Prominence Group for nine years. Prominence Group was the leading IP Communications firm in New England. Sean holds an MBA and a bachelors of science degree from Boston College.

Organization Position Status
CB&E President Current
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President Ip Communcations Current
IP Communications Former
Boston College Bachelors of Science Degree Former

Warren joined CBE in 1991 having sold his office equipment business to CBE. He has been actively involved in all aspects of sales and business development within the company and has played key roles in integrating acquired companies into CBE. His current responsibilities include the oversight of all government and educational activities and relationships.

Organization Position Status
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Vice President Government & Education Sales Current
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Sales Executive Former

Lori Koch is the Director of Marketing and Communications for CBE Technologies, responsible for marketing strategy and execution. Joining CBE technologies in 2006, Lori utilizes her marketing skills to build awareness of the CBE Technologies brand. Prior to joining CBE Lori began her career at Kessler Financial Services working on credit card campaigns for Norwegian Cruise Lines, Bass Pro Shops and Staples, among others. She moved on to Elsevier where she quickly gained momentum in the marketing department, helping to increase their computer engineering line sales by 8% each year.

Organization Position Status
Cbe Technologies, Inc. Director of Marketing and Communications Current

Fred Collett is the Practice Manager in Connecticut and is responsible for Project Integration and Technology Services in that area. Since 2000 Fred has maintained his routing and switching CCIE. Fred joined CBE Technologies 2005 as the Practice Manager for Connecticut and has been designing and implementing some of the largest Networks in the area ever since. Prior to joining CBE Technologies, Fred held management, pre-sales and client development positions for over 10 years with consulting companies such as Jannon Solutions and Alpine Computer Systems.

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. Practice Manager Current
Connecticut, Inc. Practice Manager Former

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. Current
Burroughs Co Former

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Cbe Technologies, Inc. Current
CB&E Former
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Former
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