The IT Summit

 Why Choose Us.

We are specialists at bringing IT professionals together.  By focusing on current and future technologies, our events draw in the best in IT and the most current standards and services. 

By participating in our events you are building your educational platform to propel your company into the future with confidence.

 Who We Are.

Paramount World Group is about creating and facilitating partnerships. We provide senior technology leaders with peer-to-peer engagement in a condensed, content-centric format. Our alliances offer collaboration between executives from government, educational institutions, economic development entities, finance organizations, major technology associations, healthcare providers and corporate enterprise. The results include education, knowledge exchange, and varied and unique relationship development opportunities for key thought leaders.

We accomplish this by consulting with regional IT executives to determine the dominant technology themes in each region. This data is then deployed within each conference for the benefit of the region’s technology leaders and organizations.

Executive Profiles

 

Wes Sherman, CEO / President

As the CEO and President of Paramount World Group, Wes has held executive roles with IT conference production organizations since 1997. He is responsible for all of Paramount World Group's business operations.

Wes holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business from George Fox University.

email: wss@paramountworldgroup.com  
 
Michael T. Armour, Chief Information Officer

As the CIO of Paramount World Group, Michael sets the company’s technical direction.  

He leads the development of Paramount World Group’s presence on the World Wide Web and manages other web-based technologies.  Michael creates the underlying technical foundation upon which Paramount World Group can grow and offer valuable resources to its partners and associates.

Michael holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Networking from Regis University as well as various industry standard certifications.

email: mta@paramountworldgroup.com
 

Abe Homan, Events Director

As the Events Director of Paramount World Group, Abe manages the team that builds and facilitates all of The IT Summit events. 

Prior to joining Paramount World Group, Abe held the title of Branch Manager for Hertz.  During his tenure, he split his store 3 times, increased revenue 40%, and signed up 8 major accounts. Before his time at Hertz he was a part of an organization that built DCLA mega conferences for Youth for Christ.

Abe holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Management from Anderson University.

email: ajh@paramountworldgroup.com / phone: (503) 616 3227
 
Heriberto (Beto) Paredes, SVP of Business Development

As the SVP of Business Development of Paramount World Group, Beto heads up the sponsorship and speaker relations for The IT Summit events.

Beto has been working in the IT and software development industry for over 10 years.  He holds executive level positions in several advancing technology companies.  Beto has an extensive background in IT and corporate management. 

Beto holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration.

email: bcp@paramountworldgroup.com / phone: (503) 608 4799
 
Casey Yarbrough, Senior Sales Executive

As the Senior Sales Executive of Paramount World Group, Casey heads up the exhibitions acquisition and relations for The IT Summit.

Casey has 11 years experience in the sales and marketing business. He worked as President of a fortune 500 receivables management firm for over 4 years with 70+ sales and support staff.  Over this 4 year period he personally wrote 17 million in sales.  Casey is the former President of Business Management Technologies, Inc a software and Internet development company. 

email: cjy@paramountworldgroup.com
phone: (503) 608 4747
fax: (530) 618-4747