Hello Everyone, my name is MJ Shoer and I am the Chief Community Officer for CompTIA, and the CEO of CompTIA Spark, our social innovation and impact arm. I live in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in the United States, which is about 50 miles north of Boston along the eastern seaboard.
I actually came to the CompTIA Community nearly 24 year ago as an MSP. I ran my own MSP from 1997 to 2015, when I sold to a friendly regional competitor. We were then acquired by a national US based MSP about 18 months later. After the second acquisition, I decided to leave the MSP space after my contract expired. I gave the company four months notice and then did some consulting in the IT Channel. I came to CompTIA in 2019 to start what is now the CompTIA ISAO. I became Chief Community Officer in January 2022, and CEO of CompTIA Spark in September 2023. This consolidates our traditional non-profit activities (Community and CompTIA Spark) under my leadership. I am lucky to have the absolute best team of professionals working with me to deliver meaningful impact for our members and expose youth to tech.
On the interesting fact front, I played tuba and sousaphone in my high school and university marching bands and was drum major of both. I believe my superpower is connecting people for the greater good. I am a very loyal and motivated person and when I believe in something, I am as tenacious as they come in doing whatever I can to see it through. For my work with CompTIA, this makes it easy for me to do what I do, with the support of my amazing teams. What we do is the right thing, at the right time, for all the right reasons.
Looking forward to learning more about many of you.
Feel free to reach out any time. I love hearing from our members and partners.
My Best to You,
MJ