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Scott Kushner, CFO/Founder: Over 25 years working in most areas of IT including network engineering, systems analysis, database programming and process reengineering. For the past 14 years, he has focused on the middle market with a strong emphasis on IT management. His vertical industry experience spans manufacturing, engineering, construction, utilities, accounting, insurance, Internet B2B and various other service businesses. Scott has an Engineering degree from Stevens Institute, with graduate studies at Temple University Fox School of Business. He is a certified IT Financial Controller from ITFMA and ITIL Service Manager from ITSMF.

In the area of IT financial management, Scott has done substantial spend analysis, including setting up IT service allocations methods for a major sports & entertainment center, establishing a centralized IT service group for an international chemical manufacturer servicing 50 locations across North America and implementing a sophisticated activity-based-costing & chargeback system for an international insurance company providing $200M in annual shared IT services.

JB Hillman, CEO: Over 20 years experience combining strategic, transformational, and operational experience at the CxO level. He has an established track record of successful, enterprise-level IS operations and consulting initiatives. With leadership roles at EDS, Deloitte and Touche, and his own IT Management Consulting firm, he has consulted to and managed global operations with focus on all aspects of IT management. His most recent assignments have been focused on enterprise-wide efficiency and effectiveness Programs for Fortune 500 organizations. He has industry experience in the Manufacturing, Financial, Pharmaceutical, and Oil and Gas industries. He has a business degree from Lafayette College.

Focus areas include business line relationship management, strategic assessments and road-mapping, contract management and optimization, service and process re-engineering, program management, mentoring and knowledge transfer, IT corporate strategy alignment, business Unit needs assessment, IS Operations management, SLA development and negotiation, Scope of Work development, vendor management and consolidation and internal communication planning.

Nigel Blower, COO: He is an experienced project and program manager, with a track record in delivering complex IT projects on time and to budget. He has performed extensive process re-engineering, with a track record in delivering process improvements which drop directly to the bottom line. He is an accomplished IT consultant, with subject matter expertise in Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and associated infrastructure, organization, and processes (including outsourcing). His functional expertise includes program and project management, IT organization & processes, ERP selection, planning, implementation and operation, engineering and maintenance. His industry experience include Forest Products, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, and Utilities.

Michael Lawrence, Principal: Over 18 years of experience in IT Management and Internet business leadership with strong skills in IT operational leadership, project management, process development and internet strategy. His background includes over 10 years with EDS where he led major projects, distributed systems management teams, and EDS’ Asset Management organization. Michael also served as President of a venture funded internet company where he built out the operations organization and ultimately achieved profitability for this start-up business.

Recent projects include serving as the interim Network Operations Manager for a forensic science company and the implementation of ITIL based service management and client management functions for a leading internet bank.

Chris Larsen, Principal: Over 20 years of information technology experience to the management of information technology project lifecycles. He has managed projects and programs for scores of large- and small-scale IT projects for companies in financial services, health care, retail, telecommunications, manufacturing, and mass media. He has also set up and consulted with project management offices (PMOs) in a variety of shared-services and IT organizations, providing guidance in methodology, performance management, team leadership, communications, and change management. 

Building on his extensive software development and business intelligence experience, Chris has also provided business systems analysis to Fortune 500 companies, focusing on business-driven technology architecture, extensive process and data modeling, technical excellence, and quality customer interaction.

Dan Gale, Principal: Dan has more than 15 years experience in IT management, international program and project management, and business systems and infrastructure analysis and implementation. He has built an accomplished record of working with senior business leaders and IT organizations in managing project portfolios and using demand management methodologies to track and prioritize new and existing initiatives. He also has extensive experience with program and project management, and the design and establishment of an IT organization and IT processes based on industry standards (ITIL).