Louis Hood

Louis Hood manages the CDW's cloud client services group and has more than 18 years of IT sales experience across various market segments. He brings a deep knowledge of cloud technology and the transformative vision that has guided organizations in executing their cloud strategies. His experience spans horizontal and vertical markets, including financial, transportation, retail, legal and energy. His dynamic skill sets in MPLS network services, broadband, security services and managed services round out the innovative thought behind his success. Prior to his IT career, Louis worked in the financial markets. Leveraging his knowledge of the capital markets and understanding trends has given Louis the unique insight into interpreting trends and analyzing market adoption rates. He attended Old Dominion University and is now based in Dallas, Texas. Louis has served as featured speaker for the Dallas CIO Roundtable and as a panelist for the IDG Cloud Summits in Atlanta, Dallas and Tampa; he also serves on the CDW/Oracle Cloud Council.

Cloud Client Services Manager

Prepare for the New Normal With CDW Consulting Services

Understanding the current environment and where to focus tech investments is key to future success.

By Louis Hood

May 29, 2020

Services, Cloud

[sayit]Given today’s unique environment, companies are looking to technology, current and emerging, to help navigate the business landscape that exists before them — and the one that is to come in the near term. Learn how CDW’s Consulting Services can help your organization thrive in the new normal. To help our customers through this constantly…

Organizations are turning to the cloud for innovation and efficiency, but these benefits are harder to realize without an effective strategy.

By Louis Hood

July 19, 2018

Cloud, Services

Not long ago, I worked with a Texas-based national insurance provider that wanted to expand its services to customers and prospective customers, giving them the ability to get quotes, check account snapshots and refer friends all through the company’s website and mobile application. The problem was that providing these capabilities created a choke point in…