John Sankovich, President of the Cloud Business at SMX

John Sankovich is the president of the cloud business at SMX, an information technology services firm headquartered in Hollywood, Maryland. Sankovich is responsible for a unit that provides solutions and consulting services through partnerships with Amazon Web Services, Google and Microsoft. In February, he spoke with the Potomac Officers Club on his management style and core values while at the company, among other topics.

Prior to joining SMX in 2020, he was the vice president of cloud solutions at ECS, leading strategy, marketing, business development and delivery for public and private sector customers, according to his LinkedIn profile.

From August 2011 to March 2017, Sankovich was InfoReliance’s executive VP of cloud, overseeing initial business plans, profit and loss management, business development and delivery. Previously, he spent nearly eight years as VP at Truestone, handling sales, service delivery and business growth efforts. He also held various sales leadership roles at Windward Consulting Group, Guidecomm Solutions, AT&T, Inacom Information Systems and General Motors.

He holds a master’s degree in systems engineering from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Pittsburgh Katz Graduate School of Business. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in systems engineering from Purdue University.