Paul Shain is senior vice president and executive committee member of CDW, a leading provider of technology products and services for business, government and education. Shain is responsible for product and partner management, marketing and business development. In this capacity, Shain uses his past experience to build strong vendor partnerships as CDW continues to broaden offerings into services and solutions. Shain is also responsible for identifying and analyzing new business opportunities for the company. Shain also serves as chief executive officer of Madison, Wisconsin-based Berbee Information Networks Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corporation, acquired in October 2006. Shain joined Berbee in 2000 as president, and was appointed chief executive officer in 2005. Prior to joining Berbee, Shain was managing director and director of research for Robert W. Baird & Co., Inc. At Baird, he was the senior IT services analyst and was responsible for the overall supervision and administration of Baird's equity research efforts. Shain graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance and a Master of Business Administration in finance. In addition, Shain holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation. He serves on Executive Partner Councils for both IBM Corporation and Cisco Systems. In addition, Shain is on a number of charitable boards associated with education. He has served on the Deans Advisory Board of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business, and the Madison Area Technical College Foundation an organization dedicated to financial scholarships for students who otherwise would not be able to attend school. |