The BMK Vision Podcast
Welcome to The BMK Vision Podcast — the show for MSP leaders, IT professionals, and the vendors who support them. Hosted by the team at Bering McKinley, each episode delivers real-world insights, strategic guidance, and no-BS conversations to help you grow, scale, and profit in the managed services space. We challenge outdated models, highlight proven standards, and share stories from the front lines of consulting. Whether you’re just getting started or running a mature MSP, this podcast helps you bring clarity, structure, and profitability to your business.
Episodes
In this episode, Josh Peterson speaks with Alan Moon, co-founder of IntegriTech, about his path from Air Force space operations to Fortune 100 IT to building one of the region’s fastest-growing MSPs. Alan opens up about pricing mistakes, financial maturity, hiring, cold-calling success, and the turning points that shaped IntegriTech’s growth.
🎙 What We Cover in This Episode
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Running an MSP is hard. Running one while you can’t delegate, can’t disconnect, and can’t let go of control is even harder. In this episode, Manny Anguiano of Convergent Networks shares how he built a voice and cabling company, walked away from a third of it, rebuilt around VoIP and managed services, and ultimately handed the reins to his son — without destroying their family in the process.
From E-1 seaman to Navy Commander to GovCon cyber CEO. In this episode, Josh Peterson talks with Erica Dobbs, founder and CEO of Dobbs Defense Solutions, about what it really looks like to leave a long military career, enter entrepreneurship, and build a cleared cybersecurity and IT company serving high-stakes federal missions.
Erica is a retired U.S. Navy Commander (O-5) and the founder ...
In this From the Trenches episode, Josh Peterson sits down with Alexis Villamizar and Mariana Arrieta, co-founders of My PC Friends, an MSP serving Central Florida. Their story begins in Venezuela, where they ran a break/fix business before immigrating to the United States in search of stability, opportunity, and a new life for their family.
After years of learning a new culture, navigati...
In this episode of From the Trenches, Josh Peterson sits down with Corey Kirkendoll, a seasoned enterprise technologist (IBM, Cisco, Dell, EMC), MSP CEO, CISSP, CCIE, and one of the most well-rounded strategy thinkers in the channel. Corey brings a rare combination of deep technical expertise and strong business acumen—powered by his MBA and decades of real-world leadership.
Josh and Core...
In this episode of From the Trenches, Josh Peterson sits down with Cass Cooper, an organizational development expert, speaker, and founder of Know Better, Do Better Consulting. Cass sits at the intersection of leadership development, technology, culture, AI, and human behavior—bringing a unique perspective on how people learn, communicate, trust themselves, and navigate an increasingly complex world.
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In this episode of From the Trenches, Josh Peterson sits down with 30-year MSP veteran Tom McIntyre, founder of YourTech, serving the Niagara region of Ontario. Tom shares his remarkable journey from the hardware-heavy 1990s to the modern reality of cybersecurity, AI adoption, and the changing economics of managed services.
This conversation dives deep into the mindset shifts required to ...
In this episode, Josh Peterson sits down with Trever Jennings of Summit Technology Group for a candid conversation about modern MSP sales, client account management, and what it truly means to build relationships that drive long-term growth. Trever shares how he moved from help desk technician to leading sales and account management — and why empathy, consistency, and listening skills outperform scripts, automation, a...
In this episode of From the Trenches, MSP expert Josh Peterson interviews David Prince — longtime MSP owner, former CEO of Data Branch, and one of the few MSP leaders to navigate both a major lawsuit and a highly successful copier-dealer MSP exit. David shares hard-earned lessons about MSP lawsuits, arbitration clauses, risk management, distressed-business acquisitions, and how he built Data Branch into a profitable, ...
In this From the Trenches episode of the BMK Vision Podcast, Josh Peterson sits down with Nelson Archila — a driven young MSP founder whose journey from Inglewood to entrepreneurship is built on resilience, persistence, family support, and a determination to build something of his own.
Nelson shares how growing up in a challenging part of Los Angeles shaped him early, forcing him to choos...
This episode brings together policy, intelligence, technology, and lived experience. Josh Peterson sits down with Erica L. Shoemate, MPA, a national security and AI policy strategist whose work spans the FBI, the U.S. Intelligence Community, Big Tech, and frontline maternal health advocacy. Erica offers a rare look at how systems are built — and rebuilt — to protect people, strengthen trust, and ensure equity in both ...
In this episode of the From the Trenches series, Josh Peterson sits down with Tim Taylor — a 40-year IT veteran, early MSP pioneer, author, and founder of Tim Taylor Consulting.
Tim shares what the industry looked like before the term “MSP” even existed, including mainframe programming, Novell networks, pagers, handwritten timesheets, and selling hardware before managed services became th...
In this episode of the From the Trenches series, Josh Peterson sits down with Michael Milhouse, President and Co-Founder of Bridgepoint Technologies, for a candid look at what it really takes to build, stabilize, and scale a $3–$5M MSP.
Michael shares his journey from old-school COBOL programming in the 1980s to leading a 32-person organization with multiple service lines—including manage...
Independent assessor Dan Collins breaks down how SMBs should think about compliance (PCI, SOC, HIPAA), where MSPs fit, and why the vCISO lane is the biggest growth play. You’ll leave with a clear map of assessor vs. MSP roles, policy realities, insurance pressure, and sales metrics that drive enterprise value.
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Douglas Grosfield shares his winding path from law enforcement and personal protection to founding Five Nines IT—leading with cybersecurity and a lean, partner-first model. MSP leaders will learn how clear goals, 90-day planning, and right-fit partnerships create profit and lifestyle freedom.
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Josh Peterson and Ryan Alters dive deep into one of MSPs’ longest-standing challenges — billable utilization — and the misconceptions that keep teams from mastering it. This episode breaks down how to calculate it correctly, why it matters more than ever in 2025, and how dispatchers, not just techs, drive the results.
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Josh sits down with Bill Haber to demystify cyber risk for small and midsize businesses—what it really is, why insurers care, and how MSPs can guide clients without the fear-mongering. You’ll learn a practical path: assess, remediate, insure—minus the jargon and overpriced “gold/silver/bronze” bundles.
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🎙️ Backups, Ransomware & Service that Answers – Ep. 0
A 30-year backup veteran, William Oppenheimer, joins Josh to unpack what really matters in modern backup strategy—beyond buzzwords. MSPs get a practical perspective on configuration, testing, ransomware readiness, and why responsive support beats “big-box” scale.
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When former CIO Bob Coppedge, CEO of Simplex IT, joins Josh Peterson, the conversation turns into a masterclass on business maturity, luck, and the evolution of managed services. From aviation museums to model-year MSP strategies, Bob shares 45 years of perspective on what separates the techs who adapt from the ones who stall.
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Ashley & Jason share how they turned years in Domino’s operations and IT into a niche MSP with national reach—built for pizza-speed SLAs. If you’re an MSP owner wondering how to specialize, price, and scale processes without losing your mind, this one’s for you.
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