Meet The Team
Trent Milliron
CEO & Founder
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: Thinking is man’s only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the source of all his evils, is that nameless act which all of you practice, but struggle never to admit: the act of blanking out, the willful suspension of one’s consciousness, the refusal to think—not blindness, but the refusal to see; not ignorance, but the refusal to know. - Ayn Rand
- Expertise: Professional Selling
- Hometown: Shelby, OH
- First job: Waiter - Ponderosa Steakhouses
- Education and training: Ohio University - BA Managment Information Systems
- Number of computers at home: 2
- Hobbies: Weight Training; Shooting
- Fuel: Hyde Park Red Velvet Cake
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: Cool Atmosphere! I have a Fire Poll in my office.
- Recharging zone: Hyde Park
- Apps I can't live without: E-trade
- Tech tip: Need tech help, call Kloud9
Kim Stull
Executive Assistant to the CEO
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: There are no dumb questions!
- Expertise: Customer Service & Organizational Skills
- Hometown: Newton Falls, Ohio
- First job: Gillettes Nursing Home
- Education and training: Associate Degree
- Number of computers at home: 1
- Hobbies: Shopping & watching my soap (Days of our Lives)
- Fuel: Chocolate
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: My Boss is my son-in-law!
- Recharging zone: Watching my Soap
- Apps I can't live without: Google
- Tech tip: Don’t keep clicking if computer doesn’t respond right away!!!
Derek Schroeder
Service Manager
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always be where you’ve always been.”
- Expertise: 15+ years of IT experience including high-level infrastructure migrations, software and IT consulting / assessments, and client management.
- Hometown: Lakewood, OH
- First job: TOPS Supermarket – cart associate
- Education and training: Microsoft MCP, Barracuda Certified Engineer (multiple products)
- Number of computers at home: 2
- Hobbies: Exercise, watching sports, shooting, Netflix binging a season in a week
- Fuel: Caffeine in all varieties, spicy food
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: Passionate, dedicated team who cares about more than just resolving the problem at hand.
- Apps I can't live without: Spotify, Google Maps, banking apps
- Tech tip: You’re only as secure as your weakest password.
Support Desk
Joseph Styfurak
Network Engineer
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: Better to have it and not need it then not have it and need it. (That’s mine)
- Expertise: Troubleshooting
- Hometown: Cleveland
- First job: McDonalds
- Education and training: Assoc. Degree from Tri-C, MCSE
- Number of computers at home: 1
- Hobbies: Woodworking
- Fuel: Life
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: My window
- Apps I can't live without: I will never be that attached to an app
- Tech tip: Reboot first
Josh Herrman
Technical Service Engineer
Days at Kloud9 IT
“Do or do not, there is no try”
Expertise: Customer Service and Technical Support
Hometown: Cleveland
First job: Deli Clerk
Education/training: Computer and Networking Hardware Degree
Number of computers at home: One
Hobbies: Gaming and Theater
Fuel: Monster Energy
Favorite thing about Kloud9: Fast acting customer service
Apps I can't live without: Reddit, Wi-Fi Analyzer, and Netflix
Tech tip: First rule of IT, reboot it.
Mark Milliron
Technical Service Engineer
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.” ― C.S. Lewis
- Expertise: Customer Service and Technical Support
- Hometown: Shelby, Ohio
- First job: Bagger at Cornell’s Grocery Store
- Education and training: Shelby Senior High, A.S. in Audio Engineering from Full Sail University.
- Number of computers at home: 1 Dell Desktop
- Hobbies: music, guitar playing, golfing, reading, binge watching Netflix
- Fuel: Rising Star Coffee
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: Building a company that meets and exceeds the IT needs of our awesome clients.
- Recharging zone: Playing fetch with my cat who thinks she’s a dog
- Apps I can't live without: Flipboard, Outlook, Firefox, Dictionary, Calculator
- Tech tip: rebooting can resolve many computer issues
John Taylor
Technical Service Engineer
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “Sometimes it’s not about being the most talented. Sometimes it’s not about being the smartest. Sometimes it’s not even about working the hardest. Sometimes it’s about consistency!” – Eric Thomas
- Expertise: Troubleshooting field devices and networks
- Hometown: Omaha, NE
- First job: Kitchen Cook at Buffalo Wild Wings
- Education and training: B.S. Computer Science Engineering and Technology
- Number of computers at home: 4
- Hobbies: Working Out, Hiking, Traveling, Video Games
- Fuel: Coffee in the morning and pre-workout after work
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: The amount of variety in the work never lets things get stale and the occasional random dog visit
- Apps I can't live without: Google Maps and Twitter
- Tech tip: Don’t make your password the same for everything
Charles 'Chaz' Ference
Technical Service Engineer, intern
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “If winning isn’t everything, why do we keep score?” - Vince Lombardi
- Expertise: Troubleshooting
- Hometown: Amherst, Ohio
- First job: The City of Amherst – Street Dept.
- Education and training: Lorain County Community College/ The University of Akron - Computer Information Systems
- Number of computers at home: 2
- Hobbies: Fishing, Poker
- Fuel: Monster Energy
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: : Free Lunch Thursday!
- Apps I can't live without: Twitter, Snapchat, Microsoft Teams.
- Tech tip: You get what you pay for.
Field Services
Brian Bolls
Technical Service Engineer
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”
- Expertise: Jack of all trades, master of some
- Hometown: Sheffield Lake, Ohio
- First job: Paperboy
- Education and training: BS Computer Science — Kent State University
- Number of computers at home: 3
- Hobbies: Video games
- Fuel: A hot shower and morning cup of coffee
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: The staff and that dog that wanders into the office
- Apps I can't live without: I could live without my phone
- Tech tip: Using multiple Anti-virus suites at once may heavily slow down your PC; pick one.
Web & Marketing Team
Joe Jurczyk
Web Designer
Days at rSupportDesk
April C. Frandsen
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “Conformity is the jailor of freedom and the enemy of growth”. -JFK
- Expertise: Sales, Admin, Management
- Hometown: Vienna, WVA
- First job: Taco Bell
- Education and training: B.S. in Behavioral Psychology- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Number of computers at home: 1 Desktop, 4 Laptops, 1 Tablet
- Hobbies: Golf, Pool, Chess, Reading, Surfing, Gardening
- Fuel: Brownie Batter Ben & Jerrys & White Cheddar Popcorn
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: I love not having to worry about standing behind the products & services I sell every day. It is very important to me that I can be honest with my clients.
- Recharging zone: Sitting on the couch with my animals watching cheesy crime dramas
- Apps I can't live without: Google Maps, Ebay/Amazon Mobile, Outlook & Gmail
- Tech tip: Call Trent
Nicole Milliron
Marketing Director
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: “How you do anything is how you do everything”
- Expertise: Sales and marketing
- Hometown: Warren, Ohio
- First job: McDonald’s, “yes, I worked for a clown”
- Education and training: Family Nurse Practitioner
- Number of computers at home: 4
- Hobbies: Tennis
- Fuel: Time alone with a relaxing tea or glass of wine and a lifetime movie
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: We keep growing but customers get that “small company feeling” …I love our team!
- Apps I can't live without: Poshmark, TJMax, Huntington bank, Spotify
- Tech tip: Call Josh
Project Team
Michael Eshel
Technical Services Engineer
Days at Kloud9 IT
- Quote you like: A stitch in time saves nine.
- Expertise: Microsoft platforms, server consolidation / virtualization
- Hometown: Holon
- First job: Paper delivery boy
- Education and training: Microsoft Boot camps, self-study.
- Number of computers at home: 6
- Hobbies: Photography, motorcycles, cooking
- Fuel: High quality H20
- Favorite thing about Kloud9: Family owned
- Recharging zone: Purple Mattress
- Apps I can't live without: Do not disturb
- Tech tip: kloud9it.com