Who is smartIT?
smartIT is a group of technology experts that makes enterprise-grade technology accessible to businesses, educators, and non-profits across a breadth of industries. Whether you are looking to integrate technology into all of your classrooms or into the boardroom, wanting to make your team more agile and productive, or needing to fix recurring technology problems, smartIT can give you the technological advantage.
Justin Hermann
Managing Partner and IT Consultant
Justin has worked both independently and with large companies like IBM, Target, and General Electric. Justin began his corporate IT career at IBM as a support engineer intern and eventually moved into a role as a sales engineer, helping Fortune 500 clients with their data analytics strategies. Justin has been formally trained in technology sales, project management, support, and consulting during his time at IBM. Justin enjoys sharing his knowledge about technology with people, assisting others with their business ventures, and spending time on Long Island’s beaches.
Justin actively works with smartIT clients as a technical account manager, consultant, and on-site/remote support engineer. Justin utilizes his deep technical IT expertise to help smartIT clients, but also can quickly build a value proposition as to why certain technology is a good fit for a smartIT client from a school to a business.
Jonathan Goldszmidt
Managing Partner and IT Consultant
Jonathan began working with technology at a young age as his family’s technology advisor, and began working in the trade of IT at the age of 18. Jonathan holds a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. During college, Jonathan co-founded Teel Consulting, an IT consulting business servicing small/medium businesses and Project Nexus, a web technologies company. Throughout his career, Jonathan has acquired a wealth of knowledge on how to architect innovative technology solutions, that deliver to an organization’s bottom line.
Jonathan worked at IBM as a co-op in the software development lab and as a field sales engineer working with a number of Fortune 500 enterprise. Jonathan has been formally trained in technology sales, support, and software development during his time at IBM. Jonathan brings his passion for technology and consulting experience to smartIT. Jonathan actively works with smartIT clients as a technical account manager, on-site/remote support engineer, and highly skilled technical consultant.
Marjorie Donaldson
Managing Partner and IT Consultant
Marjorie is a client-focus leader with Financial Services and IT consultative experience, helping clients solve problems with IT solutions. Marjorie enjoys serving as a trusted advisor to her clients helping them with strategic growth and innovative initiatives that transform their businesses. She is accomplished at delivering client satisfaction and client valued solutions to over 1000 businesses in various industries in the New York Metro Area. She has a proven track record of exceeding clients’ expectations by generating revenue growth, reducing costs and recommending favorable alternatives.
Prior to joining smartIT, Marjorie was a Client Executive at IBM managing the relationship of a $180B territory consisting of Fortune 500 enterprise clients in the Technology, Electronics, Distribution, Advertising, Chemical and Industrial industries. At IBM, Marjorie led an extended cross brand – hardware, software, services – team of over 35 internal/external partners to identify new high growth/value sales opportunities.
Marjorie prides herself on making a client’s business her business and is passionate in developing partnerships with her clients.