IT Company Profile and Culture

Shane Vinup

CEO

Shane, our CEO, started Cyber Advisors in 1997 and incorporated the business with Igor Bogachev at the end of 2001. Technology’s role in companies has changed significantly since 1997 and Cyber Advisors has continued to change and evolve to keep pace. Technology has moved from an enabler for business into an absolute necessity. Shane’s responsibilities involve overseeing the sales, marketing and financial areas of the business. He works closely with our VP of Sales & Marketing, Dan Sanderson, and our VP of Operations and Finance, Joe Moline. Furthermore, Shane focuses on maintaining an outstanding culture for our employees and customers. We may sell many things, but our ultimate product and differentiator is the experience you have when you work with us. Shane Vinup is married and a father of four: ages 18, 15, 9 and 4. He spends most of his nights and weekends at soccer, theater etc. shuttling his children where ever they need to go.

Igor Bogachev

Managing Partner / CTO

Igor incorporated the company with Shane Vinup in December 2001 and is responsible for the overall technology strategy, product research & development and client delivery. Under Igor’s leadership, the engineering group provides IT solutions to both local and nationwide organizations. Prior to his leadership role at Cyber Advisors, Igor Bogachev held technical positions at various companies in the Twin Cities. He moved to the United States in 1995 from Belarus, a former Soviet Union Republic. In Belarus, Igor Bogachev established and successfully grew several startup companies: a business law firm, a toy-making manufacturing company, book publishing and a distribution company. Igor holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Radio-Electronics and a number of technical certifications and awards. His passion is anything outdoors, including biking, skiing and hiking. Married for 20+ years, the only son is graduating this year from Harvard with degree in bio-medical field.

Dan Sanderson

VP of Strategy

Dan has served as the VP of Strategy since 2012. Having a natural entrepreneurial soul, Dan serves his team with leadership, guidance, and strategy in conjunction with Cyber Advisors culture. Working closely with the entire executive team, his responsibilities include growing company sales and increasing company visibility. In addition, Dan leads the marketing strategy at Cyber Advisors working closely with CEO Shane Vinup. For the last 18 years, Dan has held executive level positions specializing in data center infrastructure sales, consulting, and architecture design. Almost his entire career has been devoted to working in the partner space where he takes significant pride in growing conglomerates with companies such as Dell, Microsoft, and VMware. Being a technology evangelist, he has spoken at many local and nationwide technology conferences and has been interviewed by many technology publications such as Byte and Switch, CRN, OTR, and Computer Week. In his personal life, Dan is married with 2 children. He loves coaching youth sports, ice fishing, and reading.

Paul Beasley

VP of Technical Services

VP of Technical Services Paul began his journey at Cyber Advisors in 2013 as the leader of the Project team. An engineer at heart, Paul utilizes 20 years of technical expertise to help drive his team into new technologies and capabilities. With experience ranging from fiber-optic installation on naval carriers to disaster recovery design for multi-site manufacturing, Paul has seen much of the growth and transition of technology. He works closely with the VP of Strategy, Dan Sanderson, to identify market requirements and meet the training needs of the engineering team. He develops these skills by capitalizing on passion- people do best at what they enjoy best. Outside of work, Paul spends his time punching and kicking as a 3rd degree black belt in Karate and enjoys free moments lost in his library of books. He is married with two children and travels for pleasure whenever (and wherever) possible.

Joe Moline

VP of Operations & Finance

VP of Operations and Finance Joe joined Cyber Advisors, Inc. in 2006 working in the Sales and Purchasing department. As Cyber Advisors began to experience rapid growth Joe grew into a new role as the Controller and HR Manager. In 2014, Joe was named VP of Operations and Finance where he reports directly to CEO Shane Vinup and oversees the company’s purchasing, accounting and human resource activities. Joe is responsible for providing the owners and executives financial analytics and strategy maximizing the company’s growth and delivering excellence in all internal operations. Joe is married and has a son and a daughter. Outside of work Joe has many outlets for his life-long passion for sports. He coaches his kids in hockey, baseball, football and soccer. Joe is a freelance play-by-play and color commentator for CCX media covering high school sports in the northwest suburbs of Minneapolis. He also serves on the board of the Rogers Youth Hockey Association as the PeeWee director.