George Shanine, IBM Midwest Brand Sales Director

George Shanine is the Head of Midwest Brand Sales Division for IBM. With over 15 years of experience in IT Services, he has held leadership roles at companies such as International Business Machines Corporation, Princeton Softech and Exeros Acquisitions.

He has been a TechLeaders member for over one year.

Early Life and Education

George Shanine, a Peoria native and University of Illinois at Chicago graduate, has spent his professional life with IBM. As senior director in charge of their Midwest Brand Sales Division for 12 years, he’s now overseeing 200 employees. In this capacity, his responsibilities include creating goals and strategies tailored to his organization’s needs as well as helping clients find solutions and services tailored to their business requirements. George is recognized by Marquis Who’s Who as an outstanding technology executive.

Personal Life

George Shanine places great value on building relationships and being a trustworthy adviser. He believes that an effective sales person must be willing to assist others regardless of whether it results in a sale. His company, AHEAD, works with enterprise IT organizations to accelerate cloud adoption and adoption. AHEAD’s services include cloud management, infrastructure, data center optimization and software-defined storage. Furthermore, George serves as CEO for TechLeaders Assn. – an organization which has grown from around 7,000 members in the Midwest region under his guidance.

Shanine is a podcaster and executive producer on Looks Unfamiliar alongside Lydia Mizon, Jenny Morrill, Al Kennedy, David Smith and Lisa Parker alongside Andrew Trowbridge. Married to Maisie Smith, they have two children named Lily and Emmie.

Net Worth

George Shanine is a Peoria native and University of Illinois at Chicago graduate who has been in the IT industry for over 25 years. He has been promoted seven times and currently holds the position of head of IBM’s Midwest Brand Sales Division, overseeing their integration of 13 companies acquired over two years. Additionally, George works on various client engagements such as helping customers create strategic plans to adopt cloud technologies.

George Shanine has an estimated net worth of $20 million (PS15.2 million). He is unmarried and keeps a private life, having previously dated British singer Florrie but the couple separated in April 2020 amicably; their breakup was amicable and they remain on good terms to this day.