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	Member Profiles

Andy Bach, CFO, Conclusive Analytics

Andy Bach is CFO of Conclusive Analytics (owned by Frontier Capital Partners). Andy has over twenty-five years experience as a senior management leader in middle-market companies, and for the last eight years has focused on working with emerging growth companies at the COO or CFO position. Prior to Conclusive, he was CFO of another Frontier company: M3 Technology, and was Carolinas Managing Partner of Tatum. He has been EVP/CFO of TriPoint Global Communications, President and CEO of AVO International, and VP Corporate Development at W.R. Grace.

Andy has an MBA from The Wharton School, and a degree in Economics from Duke University. In the community, Andy has been active in ACG (Association for Corporate Growth), Rotary, Junior Achievement, Boy Scouts, and United Family Services.

Garth Moulton, President & Co-Founder, OtherScreen

Garth is President and Co-Founder of OtherScreen, a Charlotte tech startup that is building a companion content platform for social TV. He's responsible for the OtherScreen user community, helps set product direction and sell the vision, and is also an investor in the company. Before that he was the co-founder of Jigsaw, a crowd sourced business database that sold to Salesforce.com in May 2010 for $175 MM. Garth's primary responsibility at Jigsaw was building and managing their community of over 1.5M content generating members. Prior to Salesforce and Jigsaw, he had a successful career selling enterprise software at Open Environment Corporation, Talarian Corporation, Cambridge Technology Partners, Personify, Sawyer Media and Digital Impact.He’s a Vermonter, a graduate of Brown and a passionate Red Sox / Patriots / Celtics fan. Garth, his wife and two kids moved to Charlotte in 2009 and he’s been an impact player in our local technology community, serving on multiple panels and advisory boards.

Ted Theodoropoulos, Founder & CEO, Acrowire Technology Consulting
Ted Theodoropoulos is Founder and CEO of Acrowire Technology Consulting in Charlotte, NC. He has an extensive background in technology and process excellence including ten years as a Senior Vice President at Bank of America as an IT audit and operational risk manager. There, Ted integrated Six Sigma methodologies into his technology work, earning DFSS Green and Black Belt Certifications. This work led to a United States Patent for which he was recognized with the 2007 Best of Six Sigma Award. Prior to joining Bank of America, Ted was a product specialist at Microsoft providing guidance and support on database technologies where he became a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Certified Scrum Master. Ted earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics and an MBA from the University of North Carolina.

Bryan Delaney, Vice President and Co-Founder, Skookum Digital Works

Bryan Delaney is the Vice President and Co-Founder of software development studio Skookum Digital Works. Skookum uses innovative technology to make and improve software for funded startups, business divisions, and advertising and marketing agencies. Skookum builds businesses and applications from the ground up and also fixes and integrates existing systems, databases, mobile experiences, e-commerce platforms and traditional websites. They are located in Uptown Charlotte.

Bryan co-founded Skookum with his college roommate from UNC Charlotte in 2006. He is responsible for the sales engine of the business as well as overseeing in house sales teams, marketing, and community outreach.

Prior to Skookum, he and business partner James Hartsell both worked together out of their dorm room and then later at the Department of Defense. Skookum now employs two dozen developers with offices inside the Interstate Tower at Trade and Tryon. In addition to their location being conducive for client meetings and ongoing recruitment, their space also serves as a community hub for Charlotte Tech programmers and entrepreneurs.

Bryan has a management informations systems undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. He is a native of the Charlotte region and currently lives in Concord with his wife Holly and two small children.

Jason Silverstein, SVP of Product Development, The Business Journals

Jason Silverstein is SVP of Product Development for The Business Journals digital network, a division of American City Business Journals (acbj.com). ACBJ publishes over 60 multimedia publications, including business journals in 40 markets, Portfolio.com, TechFlash.com, Hemmings, Sports Business Journal / Daily, and Sporting News. Jason is responsible for managing the divisional P&L and functional teams that include web/software development, platform services and syndication, mobile applications and sites, data center/system administration and operations, QA and customer support, commerce, product management, audience optimization/analytics, user experience design, and project management. Previously, Jason worked at the National Basketball Association and Tar Heel Sports Marketing before starting his own company, SportStations.com. His company raised $3.5 million and launched six sport-specific athletic communities before closing operations and selling assets to companies including Yahoo!'s broadcast.com. Following his start-up, Jason spent seven years at Yahoo! Inc. and helped launch audio and video to Yahoo!'s worldwide properties such as News, Music, Sports and flickr while working with partners like Apple, Microsoft, On2 and Hulu. Most recently, Jason was the VP Interactive at The Charlotte Observer, presiding over the division's team, P&L, and a 2009 redesign that won multiple national and regional awards. He has chemistry and electronic communication undergraduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a master in business administration (concentration in IT and Operations Management) from Southern Methodist University‘s Cox School of Business. Jason is a native of Dallas, Texas now living in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife Becky, two daughters, and two dogs. Say hello at jasonsilverstein.com or twitter.com/sleuth.

Previously, Jason worked at the National Basketball Association and Tar Heel Sports Marketing before starting his own company, SportStations.com. His company raised $3.5 million and launched six sport-specific athletic communities before closing operations and selling assets to companies including Yahoo!'s broadcast.com.

Following his start-up, Jason spent seven years at Yahoo! Inc. and helped launch audio and video to Yahoo!'s worldwide properties such as News, Music, Sports and flickr while working with partners like Apple, Microsoft, On2 and Hulu. Most recently, Jason was the VP Interactive at The Charlotte Observer, presiding over the division's team, P&L, and a 2009 redesign that won multiple national and regional awards.

He has chemistry and electronic communication undergraduate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a master in business administration (concentration in IT and Operations Management) from Southern Methodist University‘s Cox School of Business.

Jason is a native of Dallas, Texas now living in Charlotte, North Carolina with his wife Becky, two daughters, and two dogs. Say hello at jasonsilverstein.com or twitter.com/sleuth.

Rajeev Kulkarni, Vice President - General Manager, Consumer Solitions, 3D Systems

As an experienced entrepreneur and executive, Rajeev Kulkarni provides leadership in the areas of entrepreneurship, strategic marketing and hi-tech engineering.

As VP-General Manager, Consumer Solutions, at 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) Rajeev leads the Consumer Solutions Business Unit with goal of making 3D-Printing technology accessible and available to the general non-technical population. 3D Systems is a high-tech company that designs, develops, and markets three-dimensional (3-D) printing products that enable complex 3-D physical objects to be printed directly without the need of manufacturing.

Prior to that, as the VP of Global Engineering, Rajeev led the global R&D team to launch 35+ products within a span of 4 years. Rajeev holds multiple US and international patents that helped grow the 3-D printing technology during the last two decades. He has also received five consecutive “Outstanding Innovation of the Year” awards for innovations in 3D Printing.

Along with other angel investors and as the co-chair, he has helped create “Charlotte Angles” – a $5MM Charlotte based angel fund that invests in early, high-growth startups within NC. As an executive board member of the Inception Micro Angel Fund in Charlotte and as the President of Wed3, a Charlotte based Angel Network; he further helps promote new ventures within the region.

Rajeev also serves on the Advisory Board of the William Lee College of Engineering at UNCC. He advises the school on synchronizing their curriculum with the current industry expectations and graduating “industry-ready” students. Rajeev also serves on the Board of Directors at the Ben Craig Center, an incubator in Charlotte and of the Entrepreneurship Leadership Circle organized by the McColl School of Business.

He was the recipient of the 2009 “40-Under-40” award and was recognized as a key Charlotte business leader under the age of 40, by the Charlotte Business Journal.

Rajeev holds multiple bachelor and masters degrees. The Engineering bachelor was pursued from University of Pune, India, along with an honors diploma in Computer Science Management from National Institute of Information Technology, India. He also has a Master of Science degree in Engineering from University of Florida, Gainesville and an MBA in ‘Entrepreneurship and Marketing’ from the Anderson School of Management at UCLA, Los Angeles.

Danny Hunt, Regional Director, Windstream Hosted Solutions

Danny Hunt is Regional Director for Windstream Hosted Solutions; an enterprise-class Infrastructure-as-a-Service Provider delivering Cloud Computing, Managed Hosting, and Data Center Colocation Services across 13 Data Centers, 3 located in Charlotte. Danny previously did tours with both Wachovia and Bank of America between 1997 and 2004.

Danny is President and co-founder of the SaaS User Group, a forum for business leaders involved in the design, development, distribution, and integration of Software-as-a-Service products with over 1000 members. He is also former President and co-founder of the Charlotte Chapter of the Help Desk Institute.Danny has been a Charlotte Uptown 4^th Ward Resident since 1999, active in community events such as; Blues, Brews, & BBQ, Friends of 4^th Ward, and Toys for Tots, etc. He obtained his BSBA in Computer Information Systems at Western Carolina University, and attended Queens University for his MBA.

Steve Hensley, President, Blue Sky Technologies, Inc.
Steve Hensley has been in the supply chain industry for more than 30 years. In that time he has worked with technology companies to define, market and sell supply chain solutions within well-known supply chain technology companies such as Blue Sky Technologies, Manugistics, I-Many, EXE Technologies, and SSA-Global.

Prior to Blue Sky Technologies, Steve spent 4 years as Director of Supply Chain Solutions within Global Accounts with EXE Technologies (now Infor), a leading provider of enterprise supply chain software applications. In this role Steve managed supply chain projects across North American global accounts, within global retail, grocery, third party logistics, manufacturing and healthcare customers throughout North America.

Prior to SSA-Global, Steve was with Manugistics as Director of Global Accounts. Manugistics is a leading provider of supply chain applications to the retail, grocery, third party logistics, manufacturing, and healthcare. He directed supply chain projects within: Gillette, Revlon, Consolidated Cigar, McKesson, R.J. Reynolds, Glaxo Welcome, and American Standard.

Steve started his supply chain career working for Cummins Engine Company designing and implementing warehousing and distribution systems to Cummins Engine Company Distributorships throughout North and South America.

Lenny Giambalvo, Chief Technology Officer, Digital Mailer

Lenny is CTO of Digital Mailer, Inc. (DMI) which is a software development company that creates and implements various applications for the credit union and community banking industry. Lenny manages all aspects of the technology group including strategy, long-term technology vision, software development, architecture and design, hosting centers, vendors, resources, and driving innovation across the company. In addition, he handles the planning, organization, and day-to-day operations of the technology team.Prior to joining DMI, Lenny was a software architect at Scottish Re, which is a holding company that acts as re-insurance company for life insurance and annuities. In addition, Lenny was a senior developer and DBA for Progressive Software, a software development company that creates point of sale software for the hospitality industry. He designed and developed the installation process for their flagship product, and was involved in the development of a SaaS customer loyalty platform, and web based labor scheduling application.Mr. Giambalvo holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and holds various technology certifications.

Dan Roselli, President, RED F

Dan is President of RED F, a full service advertising agency servicing Fortune 100 clients. Additionally, he is the owner of Customer Stream, Target Point and most recently Packard Place.

Dan was one of the founding partners of Red Ventures in 2003, where he incubated RED F, until he bought the company out in 2005. Dan also founded Customer Stream in 2006, a marketing technology company that services 10,000 community banks in the country. Both RED F and Customer Stream have been recognized on the “Fast 50” list of growing companies in Charlotte.

In 2010, Dan founded TargetPoint, another marketing company. TargetPoint offers on-demand marketing, small business life-event strategy and print-on-demand marketing.

He has been honored by several awards including the Top 50 Entrepreneurs Award, Movers and Shakers, Forty Under 40, Catalyst Entrepreneurs and RED F has been named seven times on the Inc 500/5000 List.

His current project promises to change the landscape of business in Charlotte. Dan and his business partner, Sara Garcés, have recently purchased a building in Uptown Charlotte, devoted to entrepreneurial companies. “Packard Place—Innovation. Entrepreneurship. Community.” is opening in 2011 as the hub of like-minded entrepreneurs sharing skills and business opportunities in Charlotte. Packard Place will allow start up’s and innovative organizations to be housed in one physical location.

Joel Lemke, President & CEO, NovaQuest

Joel Lemke founded NovaQuest in January 2009, with the goal of becoming a leading reseller and service provider for 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Mr. Lemke is a veteran of the technology industry with over 30 years of experience ranging from front-line hardware and software development to executive management experience. Prior to starting NovaQuest, Mr. Lemke was the CEO of Dassault Systemes’ ENOVIA brand. ENOVIA has become an industry leading PLM solution provider across a broad set of industries. Mr. Lemke joined Dassault Systèmes in 1998 as its first Chief Executive Officer of ENOVIA Corp. He was recruited by Dassault Systemes’ CEO Bernard Charlès when Dassault Systèmes formed ENOVIA by purchasing IBM’s product data management technology. Prior to joining Dassault Systèmes, Mr. Lemke’s career began at IBM Corporation as an engineer, where he worked on the development of software tools for designing integrated circuits. In 1982, he moved to IBM’s Endicott, N.Y. facility to work on diagnostic microcode for the 4381 multi-chip modules. Mr. Lemke was promoted to management in 1983. In 1986, he led the team that redesigned and released IBM’s 9370 disk storage subsystem, solving the performance problems that plagued the 9370 after its original launch. Over the next 12 years, he rose through IBM’s management and executive ranks with leadership of various strategic, product development, technical services, solution sales, and marketing positions. Mr. Lemke holds a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University.

Mike Coleman, Senior Vice President & CIO, Comporium Communications

Mike Coleman is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Comporium Communications, which provides a quintuple play of local phone, cable TV, high speed internet, AT&T wireless, and home security monitoring services in North and South Carolina. Comporium also provides hosted data centers, owns cell phone towers, provides statewide telecommunications services through ownership in PalmettoNet and Spirit Telecom, and is a national leader in home security monitoring and automation through ownership in iControl. Mike is responsible for the Information Technology strategy and execution for the family of over 20 Comporium companies, the first of which was founded in 1894. He also serves on the Enterprise Strategic Planning and New Business Ventures teams, evaluating potential venture capital investments or acquisitions.

Michael graduated from Berea College in Berea, Kentucky with a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Electronics.

Michael enjoys stimulating the ink jet economy with nature photography, especially of the Amazon where he lived for a few years as a teen. He produced a photo book on the Amazon, and his gifts of that book to family and friends have accounted for 100 percent of his sales. He was born in Brazil, speaks Portuguese, can fake Spanish, and enjoys travel to unusual places. He lives in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

Fred Sexton, AKA: The Big Cheese, Mouse and Man

Fred has been a prolific designer of creative and cutting-edge websites and internet marketing campaigns for many years. With this talent and burgeoning entrepreneurial spirit, Fred opened Steinbeck-inspired "Mouse and Man" an online marketing company in 2007-(although he has admittedly been caught in the web forever). Boasting innovative, stylish design and out of this world execution, Fred is committed to translating a client's vision into a final product that is smart, effective, demanding of attention and, most importantly, fulfilling the client's ultimate goals. Fred has helped businesses successfully promote an extensive array of products and services to strategically targeted markets around the world using the internet. Fred's passion for visual interpretation emanates from an appreciation of composition and form. As a photo-realistic painter he tries to capture the meaning of each subject, focusing on the ways art can impact, inspire and incent change-no Bob Ross style "puffy little clouds!" Fred is currently mastering the subtleties and joy in child portraits, acknowledging his muse: his 15 month old daughter Ellie, for opening this artistic medium.When Fred is not pursuing artistic and e-marketing excellence, he is a competitive amateur cyclist, with an average of 250 miles logged per week. Fred believes cycling is a healthy and fulfilling way to get around, and devotes about 12 hours a week to this alternate mode of transportation/exercise. Having biked across the state of North Carolina, Fred sheepishly admits a wish for more people to honk at him - (he later explained he is being sarcastic and that they drive him off the road, but we know he secretly just wants them to admire him in his stylish, tight fitting spandex).

Jim Van Fleet, President and Founder, it's bspoke
Jim Van Fleet is president of it's bspoke, a consultancy for building high-quality web applications with Ruby on Rails and other technical leadership demands. He arrived in Charlotte after leaving a Java consultancy in Richmond, VA to be the technical lead on a social networking project for an online discount broker in Ballantyne.

bspoke's clients include the premier host for Ruby on Rails applications, the Southeast's best established Ruby consultancy, and a major product company based in New York. Jim also organizes the Charlotte Ruby Users' Group and the Charlotte Linux Users Group and is involved in efforts to network the developer communities in the city. He is also committed to advancing the profile of technology startups in Charlotte, having spoken on the topic at the inagural Ignite! Charlotte event in August. Many customers come to bspoke with an existing Rails application they need improved, but an increasing number come with only an idea and are referred to resources in Charlotte to make that idea a reality.

Jim has a BA from Rice University in Computer Science and Managerial Studies. He and his wife Megan expect their first child in April. http://jimvanfleet.com/
Andy Hilliard, President, Accelerance
Andy Hilliard is President of Accelerance, helping companies be successful with global software development and IT outsourcing. He is an experienced leader and manager in international development, offshore and nearshore ITO and BPO services, start-ups, marketing, technology sales and business development. He started his career in Product Management for Nestle and came to Charlotte in 1996 to work in Marketing Management for BofA. He was Regional Manager for YOUcentric and Division Manager for Cognizant before founding Isthmus, a Costa Rica-based IT services firm. Today, Isthmus is one of Accelerance's 27 Global Partners. Accelerance's service is free to companies looking to find and leverage the benefits of the right, proven offshore or nearshore partner for their needs. We have hand-selected and deeply assessed our 27 partners across the globe saving clients the pain of evaluating 1,000's of global service firms themselves. Clients can safely ramp-up a software development team in days not months. Andy holds a degree in Finance and Marketing from Denver University and a Master’s degree in business from Kellogg at Northwestern. He served 3 years in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and continues to support US-led international development programs. Andy, his wife Silvia and their three kids, Sophia, Tomas and Emily can often be seen on soccer fields throughout the Southeast. www.andyhilliard.com

Chris Siefken, CIO, Beanstalk Data

Chris received his B.A. from St. Andrews College in Applied Philosophy in Computer Science with a Specialization in Fine Arts. As a student, he was the College Webmaster and, after graduation, went to work in the Admissions Department at St. Andrews. There, he developed software that automated marketing and ran direct mail and email recruitment campaigns.

In 2005, Chris came on staff as IT Director with Integraphx, Inc., a printing firm with a culture of innovation. His vision was to take the ideas that worked at St. Andrews and create marketing automation software that would provide a valuable service to Integraphx’ customers while creating demand for printed materials. As Chris led the effort toward this goal, the marketing technology business evolved into something distinct from the core competencies of Integraphx and Beanstalk Data was launched in 2009. Chris continues to guide the development team as Beanstalk Data grows, not only as a business, but in its technological capabilities.

Chris sits on NCTA’s CIO council and is a member of Hands On Charlotte. He and his wife, Jessy, are also supporters of the Humane Society of Charlotte.

Wayne Bogan, CTO, Spirit Telecom

Wayne Bogan serves as the Chief Technology Officer for Spirit Telecom where he is responsible for the engineering, operations, IT, and software development teams. He started his career as a project manager for the US Army Corps of Engineers and moved to a role as a consultant for a LAN/WAN integration firm. He has worked for Spirit Telecom in multiple roles covering technical teams, customer service, and wholesale services. He currently serves on the board of directors for Carolinas IT Professional Group which is the largest IT user group in the US. He has worked with customers on projects ranging from IP network designs, VoIP implementations, IPTV, and ISP services.

Bogan is a graduate of Clemson University with a BS in Biochemistry and has earned multiple Microsoft and Cisco certifications.

Chris France, CIO, Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
Chris, has specialized in Information Technology for over two decades. He started his career at IBM Federal Systems as a software and systems engineer and progressed to program manager of major DOD systems. From IBM, he traveled to Charlotte to work for Bank of America where he led efforts to merge and consolidate the information technology of major bank acquisitions. Prior to becoming the CIO of Little, he consulted in the technology-intense Wachovia Capital Markets.As CIO of Little, Chris not only leads the firm’s Information Technology Strategy, Planning and Operations, but he also works with clients to ensure that their diverse technology needs are addressed and incorporated during the design process of their new facility.Chris holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from The Ohio State College of Engineering and a master’s degree in business from the State University of New York.

Next CRTEC Meeting Wed, Feb 22, 2012