Senior Vice President, Industry Relations

Dan Liutikas is the senior vice president of industry relations for CompTIA, the leading trade association for the world’s information technology (IT) industry. He is responsible for identifying and leading strategic business initiatives for the association and the industry.

Under Dan’s leadership, the CompTIA Industry Relations Group delivers a wide range of initiatives and programs aimed at helping association members and the broader IT industry drive innovation and growth.

Among these programs are a series of robust online communities for the IT industry that are designed to create and cultivate member engagement; incubate new business opportunities; establish industry benchmarks, best practices and standards; and facilitate industry growth.

The communities include executive forums, advisory council and sections made up of CompTIA members and other industry leaders in key technology areas such as IT services and support, managed IT services, managed print services, IT security, healthcare IT, cloud computing, software-as-a-service, and small business. Dan is a passionate and intimately involved advocate for small to mid-size businesses on public policy matters as well as non-legislative strategies for the IT industry.

Other programs developed under Dan’s direction include the CompTIA Member Resource Center, where association members can access a rich trove of business and industry educational materials in finance, logistics, HR, channel consulting, training, public relations, marketing, research, and other business-critical areas.

Dan also provides executive leadership for a number of other programs including the CompTIA Security Trustmark, CompTIA Authorized Service Center, ServiceMetric Benchmark, Customer Service Excellence Program, and affinity partner programs.