Instead it became a 10-year relationship." Flink's company became the largest Citrix partner in North America and in 1999 the business was sold to a venture capital group. Flink served as president of the company, then renamed Vector ESP, and the VCs bought up a total of seven Citrix resellers on the promise of the ASP (application service provider) model that was all the rage at the turn of the century. Vector ESP was one of the top 500 VARs in the country and had offices in several major cities. The VCs eventually sold Vector ESP to MTM Technologies, a $300 million VAR. Flink went with the new company. As part of a VAR organization, Flink also has worked with several large manufacturers and suppliers, including EMC and Microsoft. "But after 22 years of working as a VAR partner I wanted to look at growing my skill set and taking what I'd learned on the VAR side to a manufacturer," Flink says. "Having spent 10 years working directly with Citrix, it seemed like a good fit for me."