Fireside Chat Career Series: Careers in Tech Sales: A Gateway to the Digital Economy

Monday, December 1, 2025, 6 – 8 pm

6 pm – Dinner for In-Person Guests   |    6:30 pm – 8 pm – Presentation

This is a hybrid event and dinner will be provided for in-person attendees.

In-person Registration

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The ignITe Hub hosts a monthly Fireside Chat Career Series. Each month, we will host a trailblazing guest speaker to explore their unique tech career path. We will learn what sparked their interest in this area, meaningful experiences that impacted their journey and career advice for aspiring techies. Thank you to Verizon for their generous sponsorship of this series.

Toby Zellers retired from full-time employment in 2022 after 8 ½ years with Amazon Web Services. There, he managed the Public Sector Infrastructure Go-to-Market Sales Team, which engaged with leading Security, Storage, Networking and Telecom Partners. Prior to this role, his focus at AWS was enabling partners to deliver their products and capabilities to US Government Customer using the classified AWS regions. Prior to AWS, he had leadership, sales and technical roles at Apple Computer, SGI, NetApp, Veritas, Symantec. Toby co-founded an IT Reseller, TVAR Solutions, and implemented the Marketing, Security and partnership strategy, as well as acting as the Chief Technical Officer. Toby’s career started when he served in the US Army in Germany as an Intelligence Officer. He earned a BS in Computer Engineering at Lehigh University in Bethlehem PA.

Guest Speaker

Toby Zellers
Principal Consultant
Deep Water Point & Associates