Month: July 2023

Montoya Promoted to VP Sales

Written by Jennyfer Guebert on July 10, 2023. Posted in News and Announcements.

News And Announcements

Montoya has been part of The Pack since 2018.

Lupé Montoya Promoted to VP Sales

Albuquerque, NM – 2022

Westwind is pleased to announce that Lupé Montoya has been promoted to Vice President of Sales. Montoya has more than 30 years of IT experience including solutions sales, IT operations management, and network, data, and customer service center expertise.

“In addition to her valuable experience and insight, Lupe exudes an enthusiasm for developing customer relationships,” said Steve Hull, President of Westwind. “Her customer’s cause becomes her cause, and she works tirelessly to ensure that they have what they need when they need it.”

As the Westwind Sales VP, Montoya is responsible for the strategic focus of the sales and business development teams. She also chairs the Westwind Mentorship Program. Montoya is a member of the NMTC Board and participates on the Women in Technology council. She is also an active member of the NM Super Computing Challenge.

Montoya has provided IT solutions and services to the Federal Government and to commercial and education organizations as well. She successfully delivered one of the largest IT deployments in education history for the Southern Nevada School District.

About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. Westwind participates on a variety of contract vehicles and has several Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations. The company is also ISO 9001:2015 certified.

New Software for IRS

Written by Jennyfer Guebert on July 10, 2023. Posted in News and Announcements.

NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

IRS Implements New Software Improving Accessibility of Taxpayer Communications with Westwind and Partners

Westwind, Compart, and PrimeEdge Team to Enable Universally Accessible Notices with Docbridge Software, Impacting up to 143 Million Taxpayers

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (PRWEB) July 15, 2020

As part of the multi-year Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Modernization Plan, the agency awarded Westwind Computer Products, Inc., in partnership with Compart North America, and PrimeEdge Technology, Inc., the Department of Treasury IRS Notice Conversion contract to make taxpayer notices universally available via electronic communication. The conversion will ensure all notices are compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, Section 508.

Westwind’s prior experience makes the technology provider an apt orchestrator for the initiative. Compart North America, in collaboration with PrimeEdge Technology, Inc., will provide its DocBridge Mill Plus and DocBridge Toolkit solutions, along with installation, configuration, and implementation. The cutting-edge software will help overcome the challenges of converting numerous document types into a single system while controlling reading order and enhanced accessibility options.

“Uniting a team of trusted IT leaders to meet the critical need for reliably accessible documents highlights our longstanding commitment to enabling advanced technology solutions across the federal government,” said Westwind President Steve Hull.

“Communicating with customers the way they want to receive content is core to the solutions we provide at Compart,” said Brian Gasteier, CEO and President of Compart North America. “We are delighted to have been selected to provide our solutions to the IRS for this taxpayer notice conversion project.”

The documentation enhancements will occur over the next several months.

About the Providers

Westwind is a dedicated provider of integrated IT solutions for Federal Government agencies throughout the U.S. and overseas, as well as enterprise business clients. With more than 25 years of experience, Westwind partners with major distributors to provide the best products and the most reliable services across a broad range of technologies. http://www.wwcpinc.com

Compart’s solutions enable customers to process, deliver, and access documents and content in any form and format and via any channel. The DocBridge platform, a flexible and secure solution, offers the features of modern input and output document processing, and bridges the gap between legacy systems and ever-increasing demand of modern channel-oriented customer communications. http://www.compart.com

PrimeEdge Technology, Inc., a woman-owned business, provides high quality technology solutions involving business equipment, managed print solutions, and managed IT solutions to help customers reduce unnecessary expenses and boost employee productivity. PrimeEdge, with its many years of technology experience, assists customers with document management solutions and contemporary business ideas to deliver bottom line results. http://www.primeedgetech.com

Chris Cantrell

Written by Emily Michael on July 10, 2023. Posted in Meet the Team.

Chris Cantrell

Partner Coordinator – Apple Products

Chris is the Apple guru at Westwind. He supports both our customers and our sales team as the subject matter expert for Apple products and related accessories. From cables and cases to high-end workstations for the most demanding tasks, Chris ensures our customers have complete solutions for all of their Apple needs.

Chris has over 30 years of experience as an Apple user, including 15 years in advertising as a professional audio engineer, video editor, and web designer. Chris has spent nearly a decade with Apple in various roles including a Creative/Trainer, where Chris focused on teaching individuals and business customers how to use their devices and maximize the return on their technology investments.

Contracts/Specialities

Chris supports all of our contracts, focusing primarily on CIO-CS and SEWP.

Westwind Fun Facts

Chris is a cat-dad to TomTom, his former neighbor’s store-brand cat. Chris enjoys dabbling in music, 3D printing, and laser-cutting projects.

Chris is a huge space nerd (err, enthusiast!) and has had astronauts visit him on the job – twice! One of those astronauts, Charlie Duke, was walking on the moon on the day Chris was born. Chris helped him figure out how to use his iPad.

chris cantrell

Contact Information

Phone Number: 505-348-3383
Email: chris@wwcpinc.com
Connect with me on LinkedIn

About Westwind

Westwind provides comprehensive, integrated IT and emerging technology solutions to government agencies as well as commercial enterprises throughout the United States. With a variety of contract vehicles and Small Business certifications, including Minority, Woman-Owned, and HUBZone designations, Westwind helps its customers make effective procurement decisions.

Sam Nunez

Written by Emily Michael on July 5, 2023. Posted in Meet the Team.

Sam Nunez

Director of Sales

Sam serves Westwind as our Director of Sales. Since 2019, Sam has been committed to developing new ways of implementing proactive customer service by reviewing and improving sales processes for the sales teams.

Since starting with Westwind, Sam has become a hybrid Pack member who works across all contracts and departments. Currently, Sam is working closely with our outstanding DOE team.

Specialties

Sam is a jack of all trades (and we think he’s the master of them, too!). Sam prides himself on operating by the platinum rule of customer service: We treat others as they would want to be treated!

While Sam is fairly new to the IT business, he comes from the worlds of manufacturing and the oil patch business all in the customer service and sales operations fields, bringing his wealth of knowledge with a fresh perspective.

Westwind Fun Facts

In the words of the great singer-songwriter Paul Simon, “I got a Nikon camera, I love to take photographs.” Most of Sam’s spare time is spent taking pictures of his surroundings, whether by land, air, or water! Sam loves to travel and explore the USA and new countries.

Contact Information

Phone Number: 505-349-0105
Email: sam@wwcpinc.com
Connect with Me on LinkedIn

About Westwind