Karl Palachuk
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| Born | November 20, 1959 |
| Residence | Sacramento, California |
| Alma mater | University of Michigan, Gonzaga University |
| Occupation | Author, public speaker, Managed services Provider (MSP) consultant. |
| Home town | Yakima, Washington |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www.karlpalachuk.com |
Karl W. Palachuk (born November 20, 1959) is a public speaker and an author, widely recognized as one of the pioneers of managed services. Palachuk has trained technology consultants and business owners all over the world. He’s the author of fifteen books, including several of the best-selling books on Amazon for the topic “managed services.”
Karl W. Palachuk was born November 20, 1959 and grew up in Washington State. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Gonzaga University in 1982, a Master of Arts degree and became a PhD candidate in political science from the University of Michigan. He is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer and a Microsoft Small Business Specialist.
In 1995, Palachuk established KPEnterprises Business Consulting, Inc, a managed services business servicing small to medium size businesses. Palachuk sold the business in 2011. While running KPEnterprises, he pioneered several procedures and practices in the field of managed service providers (MSPs). In 2003, Palachuk created the Great Little Book Publishing Company. In June, 2004, he founded the Sacramento Small Business Server User Group with the assistance of Bob Nitrio. It has since become a peer-led group of IT consultants and is now known as the Sacramento SMB IT Pros.
In 2006-2007, Palachuk began teaching his managed services approach to I.T. Consultants at small conferences. He very quickly became an internationally-recognized authority. At that time, there were only a few voices advocating the managed services business model, primarily Palachuk, Amy Luby of the Managed Service Provider Services Network (MSPSN), and Erick Simpson of Managed Services Provider University (MSPU).
Palachuk had the first published book on the topic of Managed Services in 2006 (Service Agreements for SMB Consultants: A Quick-Start Guide to Managed Services), followed a few months later by Simpson with A Guide to Managed Services.
Palachuk has been a featured speaker at conferences and seminars over the last ten years.
In addition to Karl has served on partner advisory councils and product development groups at for several large corporations. He is also the founder of the Sacramento SMB IT Professionals organization and an active leader in the IT Professional groups worldwide.
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