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Here Are What 20 MSP 500 Executives See As The Biggest Challenges To Their Businesses In 2023
Rick Whiting
As part of the CRN MSP 500 we asked top MSP executives to tell us what they see as the biggest challenges to their managed services businesses this year. Here’s what 20 had to say.

Cloudrise
Rob Eggebrecht, Founder and CEO
Grand Junction, Colo.
Scaling to meet demand is a good problem to have, and at Cloudrise we do so by adopting technologies to enable efficiencies, improve collaboration, and more quickly deliver high-value outcomes. Many organizations face hiring freezes, layoffs, and cybersecurity talent shortages, but our team of experts solves this common industry problem.

Common Knowledge Technology
Peter Horewitch, President
Englewood, Colo.
Finding the best talent continues to be one of the biggest challenges to growth. Exploring more automation or AI to enhance the customer experience.

Computer Transition Services
Michael Vaught, SVP
Lubbock, Texas
We anticipate the biggest challenge to our managed services business is finding quality hires. The hiring landscape continues to be a challenge and finding not only qualified individuals, but cultural fits has been difficult. We anticipate this to continue into 2023.

Connection
Timothy McGrath, President and CEO
Merrimack, N.H.
Ensuring we equip our sales teams with the necessary knowledge and skills to assist customers with business outcome objectives related to hybrid cloud management – as well as offering customers greater value with our managed services, especially in the area of hybrid cloud management.