Meet our Team of Experts

Bringing people and technology together for over 20 years.

Executive Team

Brian Burke

Brian Burke

President and CEO

has been very active in the local business community, including the SBA, SPD, Medinah, Alexian Brothers, Children's Advocacy Center, Rotary Club and more!

Jim Burke

Jim Burke

COO and Multi-department VP

wears many hats while running the day to day operations at Links, but also serves on the SBA Board and Schaumburg Business Development Commission.

Bob VanValkenburg

Bob VanValkenburg

CMO/SVP

benefitted from Xerox's strong sales training program and he puts decades of experience to use overseeing our commercial software and web products division.

Technology Staffing & Support

Open positions
Tom Kretz

Tom Kretz

VP of Talent and Services

is a US Army veteran and tech industry executive of 25 years who manages our F100 clients and heads recruitment and staffing operations nationwide.

Patricia Errera

Patricia Errera

Finance Director

has 35+ years of experience (City of Chicago, etc.) handling accounting duties such as payroll and HR responsibilities like insurance and new hire support.

Amber Boytis

Amber Boytis

Sr. Technical Recruiter

earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from San Diego State University and enjoys the NFL and going to the beach with her children.

Carol Fiandalo

Carol Fiandalo

Finance Manager

joined Links after 10 years at the Schaumburg Business Association and brings her number-crunching passion to help companies save money.

Michelle Gauthier

Michelle Gauthier

Business Development Specialist

has 7+ years of experience in Account Management and B2B sales.

Tim Hart

Tim Hart

VP of Professionals (East)

has 30+ years of experience with industry leaders such as Sprint, NCR, Unisys, Lucent, Bank of American, and Cisco in North and South America and SE Asia.

Sarah McClarey

Sarah McClarey

Cisco Analyst

has a technical certification in LAN Management from Harper College with experience as a network technician and managing Crystal Reports and ERP conversions.

Lydia Patino

Lydia Patino

Account Manager

Angie Ruffolo

Angie Ruffolo

Office Manager

Managed IT Services & Support

Patrick McManamon

Patrick McManamon

Director Support Services

is an avid White Sox fan who still answers helpdesk calls after 20+ years—taking pride in his team's ability to "bring people and technology together."

Chris Adams

Chris Adams

Senior IT Support Engineer

Mario Barbieri

Mario Barbieri

Enterprise Team Manager

takes pride in helping customers and troubleshooting new technology for 15+ years but also loves spending time with family, music and classic cars.

Ardit Breznica

Ardit Breznica

Network Engineer

Dedicated cybersecurity enthusiast, committed to fortifying digital landscapes and helping end users navigate the digital realm securely.

Brendon Brown

Brendon Brown

Network Engineer

Brian A. Burke

Brian A. Burke

IT Support Engineer

Is a recent graduate of William Rainey Harper College with an Associates in Arts. He is passionate about golf and spending time with friends and family.

Justin Caticchio

Justin Caticchio

IT Support Engineer

a Lake Park Highschool graduate who grew up playing video games and building his own computers.

Ben Conklin

Ben Conklin

IT Support Engineer

earned his Bachelor’s degree in Cybersecurity from Illinois State University. He is passionate about playing video games and exploring the outdoors.

Andy Haggard

Andy Haggard

Infrastructure Team Lead

served with distinction in the US Navy for four years, is CompTIA Network+ certified, and brings experience as a help desk technician who likes board games.

Russell Hoeft

Russell Hoeft

IT Support Engineer

Nick Janasek

Nick Janasek

Managed Services Engineer

started down the IT path by building high-end gaming PCs, then graduating from DeVry, before serving as a Systems Administrator in the automotive industry.

Nathan Kanabrocki

Nathan Kanabrocki

IT Support Engineer

graduated from Illinois State University with a Bachelor's degree in Cyber Security who likes the Cubs and Bears, as well as playing golf and video games.

Henry Kozera

Henry Kozera

IT Support Engineer

is a CompTIA A+, Network+ and Security+ certified technician with 25+ years of experience performing installations who enjoys woodworking and motorcycling.

Joe Lugay

Joe Lugay

IT Support Engineer

is a photographer and pianist with 15+ years of IT experience as a positive and adaptive support technician, help desk analyst and technical specialist.

Joane McLeod

Joane McLeod

IT Support Administrator

volunteers with several village and political committees and brings decades of recognition auditing security and consulting on compliance reporting.

Hugh Murray

Hugh Murray

Senior IT Support Engineer

has an Associate's Degree in Network Engineering and Electro/Mechanical Engineering, several training certificates, and is an Apple Certified Technician.

Tone Przyszlak

Tone Przyszlak

Senior Managed Services Engineer

has many areas of IT expertise, is VMware VTSP certified, and was featured in Fortune Magazine's "Finding, Training and Keeping the Best Service Workers."

Patty Richter

Patty Richter

IT Support Administrator

is putting her project management and implementation skills to use integrating our new managed services platform with accounting and various workflows.

Max Ryzh

Max Ryzh

System Engineer

Joel Sanroman

Joel Sanroman

IT Support Engineer

Andrew Sheridan

Andrew Sheridan

Advanced Services Team Lead

was a department scholar for Network Technologies at Western Illinois University, has a strong Linux background, and likes to work out and play racquetball.

Software Development

Gary Kravis

Gary Kravis

Project Consultant

is a "safe computing" poker player with decades of experience developing software for energy companies—including our tariff document management products.

Ethan Bonin

Ethan Bonin

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

has worked on projects with a high focus on HIPAA and security compliance, skillfully and clearly communicating between engineers and clients.

Dave Cohen

Dave Cohen

Sr. Business Analyst

Has over 20-year experience implementing technology and methodologies for Fortune 500 companies.

Ryan Cortino

Ryan Cortino

Software Engineer

is a software engineer with a passion for designing robust, scalable, and reliable solutions to solve business needs using modern .Net technologies.”

Steve Goldberg

Steve Goldberg

Software Support Manager

is a baseball fanatic who helps companies use our TariffShark products by any means necessary—user guides, instructional videos, remote training, etc.

Lucas Konopka

Lucas Konopka

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

Joe Lutz

Joe Lutz

Principal Software Engineer

is a full-stack JavaScript ninja focused on building secure scalable enterprise web applications hosted in the cloud ... also pretty decent at poker

Dan Scimo

Dan Scimo

Shark Software Support

is our resident hockey expert (Go Blackhawks!) who has unique ways of testing for bugs in our software and is learning C# and SQL programming.

Ed Spence

Ed Spence

Manager/Project Manager

brings 25 years of experience across multiple disciplines focusing on people, processes and technology!

Web Design & Marketing

Brent Levy

Brent Levy

Team Lead/ Senior Designer

Talented Web Designer comfortable completing projects ranging from simple website redesign to enterprise-class, web-based interfaces.

Tim Nyquist

Tim Nyquist

Product Designer

is a Detroit sports fan who has designed hundreds of websites and print collateral for Valparaiso University and Links Technology the past two decades.

Brittany Street

Brittany Street

Marketing and Social Media Coordinator

majored in social media and marketing at Bradley and brings her SBA networking and people skills to Links to elevate the web presence of our clients.

Cameron VanValkenburg

Cameron VanValkenburg

Business Development Specialist

is a graduate of the University of Dayton with a degree in Communications focused on Journalism.