About TKW

TEKnowledge Worldwide (TKW) has grown exponentially since our founding in 2021, now encompassing hundreds of members across North America and abroad. Our members include integrators, contractors, installers, manufacturers, suppliers, and distributors—working together to share experience, build opportunity, and strengthen local communities through the power of technology.

Founded by four industry professionals with over 80 years of collective experience, TKW exists to inspire collaboration across the tech trades and to mobilize the talents of our members in service of others. What started as an online knowledge-sharing community has evolved into a movement rooted in our core belief: #communityOVERcompetition.

Whether partnering on projects, mentoring peers, or sharing advice through Slack, TKW members are building something greater than the sum of its parts. Small businesses regularly connect with larger firms and new markets, growing their capabilities and forging real-world partnerships that extend beyond the screen.TKW also partners with best-in-class manufacturers and distributors who believe in our mission. Together, we have donated nearly $1 Million Dollars in products and services through TEKSGiving, our annual philanthropic event. In 2025, TKW completed its largest TEKSGiving to date at Sojourner House in Providence, Rhode Island—a nonprofit serving survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking. This milestone project reaffirmed TKW’s readiness to take on large-scale, high-impact installations for nonprofits that align with our values.

We’re also proud to have hosted three TEKFest gatherings, with the most recent in Nashville in April 2025. TEKFest brings together members and vendors for live demos, TEKTalks, hands-on learning, and community-building that transcends industry silos.

As we grow, so does our leadership. In December 2025, Tricia Dixon was appointed Vice President of TKW, bringing with her a deep commitment to strategic growth and community engagement.

TKW continues to uplift the industry by living its mission daily:

“To bring like-minded technology professionals and businesses together to share knowledge, teach by example, and create lasting, positive change through philanthropy.”

Our Executive Team

Ray Cline

President / Co-Founder
Ray has been in the industry for well over 25 years with community service at the core of all he does. As the president of TKW, Ray is leading the team by example and manages the relationships with its members and partners making sure that all involved understand the mission and core values of the community.

Tricia Dixon

With over two decades of experience in information technology and a decade in management roles, Tricia currently oversees IT operations at Virtua Health in Marlton, NJ. Her responsibilities include managing server and storage infrastructure, remote access, security, desktop engineering, communication and mobile device systems, as well as Microsoft cloud services. In addition, she has spearheaded four high-impact philanthropic initiatives and organized three educational trade shows for TKW within the past five years.

Pearce Smithwick

Treasurer / Co-Founder
With our online community we are able to bring in technology professionals from around the world to collaborate together and share knowledge from our respective fields.

Marco Chaffiotte

Co-Founder
Marco Chaffiotte is the Chief Strategy Officer at Let’s Wire It, where they are known as the connection experts in all low-voltage and communication, security services. Marco is particularly enthusiastic about the TKW community because it will help educate those both within and outside its immediate industry. By increasing awareness of new technologies available in the market, the community will empower its members to learn and grow. This collective effort, he believes, will ultimately elevate industry standards and service quality as a whole.

Brandon Weber

Co-Founder
Brandon operates an MSP called TSC Information Technology (TSC IT) out of Rochester, NY. We work with about 50 different businesses across a wide range of verticals offering full managed services, structured cabling, VOIP and camera solutions. The 4 of us came to found this community because we saw a great opportunity for collaboration between all the different skill sets in the technology space.

Our Technical Advisory Committee (TAC's)

Projects

With our online community we are able to bring in technology professionals from around the world to collaborate together and share knowledge from our respective fields.