Harvey Najim
Chief Executive Officer

Harvey Najim spent 13 years in various technical, marketing and management capacities for IBM Corporation before founding Star Data Systems in 1980. In 1997, Mr. Najim renamed his company Sirius Computer Solutions, after the brightest star in the night sky. Since then...
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Joe Mertens
President

Joe Mertens began his career with Sirius (then known as Star Data Systems) in 1986 and his responsibilities grew to include sales and operations of the company’s wholesale and distribution divisions. In 1997, those divisions were sold to Savoir Technology Group and renamed Business Partner Solutions (BPS), of which Mr. Mertens was appointed...
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Terry Johnson, CPA
Executive Vice President, Finance and Operations

Terry Johnson’s history with Sirius dates back to 1989. He was the controller and chief financial officer of the company (then called Star Data Systems) until the distribution business was sold to Western Micro in 1997. Mr. Johnson was chief financial officer for the Western Micro IBM distribution business...
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Muditha Karunatileka
Executive Vice President of Sales

Muditha Karunatileka’s career was launched at IBM, where he spent nine successful years from 1987 to 1996 as a systems engineer, sales representative and sales manager. In 1996, he became...
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Bonnie Johnson
Senior Vice President of Sales Operations

In her 16 years at Sirius Computer Solutions, Bonnie M. Johnson has earned recognition as a key contributor in the diverse roles she has assumed. Ms. Johnson joined Sirius as...
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Chris Lusk
Vice President of Consulting Services

Chris Lusk joined Sirius in 1997 as the company’s first UNIX product specialist. Leveraging his sales abilities and deep technical skills on IBM RS/6000 servers, IBM SP servers, and IBM storage products, including Tivoli, Mr. Lusk was instrumental in growing a business from less than $100,000 in revenue when he joined in 1997 to over $350 million in 2008...
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Chris Mierzwa
Vice President of Product Management and Alliances

Chris Mierzwa graduated from Purdue University in 1992 with a degree in computer and electrical engineering, along with minors in math and business. During his studies, he also worked in the IBM coop program at their mainframe labs in Kingston, NY, as part of their...
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Darrin Nelson
Vice President of Software Sales

Upon graduating in 1988 with degree in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, Darrin Nelson joined IBM at the Myers Corners Labs in Poughkeepsie, NY, where he was a developer on MVS/ESA (now z/OS). After three years in that position, he became...
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Vinu Thomas
Practice Director,
Security, Networking & Voice Solutions

Vinu Thomas is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and holds over 20 high-level certifications from industry leaders like Cisco Systems, Symantec, Microsoft, IBM and HP. He is recognized as an INFOSEC (Information Security) Professional by the National Security Agency (NSA), and he has more than 15 years of experience in the fields of...
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