-: My name is Jason Slagle.
I am president of CNWR, Inc.
We are a managed service provider
in the Northwest Ohio area based out of Toledo.
So we provide IT services to small and medium businesses
in the Toledo area.
We're a little bit unique in our space
that we also provide some higher end security
and enterprise e-consulting services
to some bigger companies on a national footprint.
We've been at it for about 25 years.
I've been president now for going on two,
and it's been good.
As president, I'm ultimately in charge
of every operating aspect of the company, right?
So from sales and marketing
to the technical consulting aspects we deliver,
to finance, to HR, right?
You kinda wear all of the literal hats
when you're kind of running
and serving as president of the company.
The majority of our staff are more technical,
and they strive to help small businesses
use their technology more efficiently, right?
So we provide everything from help desk services,
like password resets, to installation of software,
replacement of computers, and we really strive ourselves
on providing very high level security services
as well as providing more consultative, right?
We aim to help businesses more effectively use technology.
I am a very data-driven guy, so I do my best to look
at various data points that we track on a daily basis.
Many of them end up being financial, right?
From things like, what does net profit look like?
Are we profitable?
How much of my income is going to pay my technicians?
How much of my income is going to pay salespeople?
The other major area where I spend day-to-day time
is more technical, right?
Where today I may be helping a client
with a really difficult virtualization project
that they can't get through.
Tomorrow, maybe I'll be working
on a security penetration test
or hacking engagement with a client,
attempting to see if I can breach your network
and reporting on my findings, right?
So it really varies on a day-to-day basis.
It keeps things exciting, for sure.