Management Team and Board of Directors
| Management |  |
Board of Directors | ||
Tim Mott
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Tim Mott serves as All Covered's Chief Executive Officer overseeing all aspects of the company's operations. Mr. Mott joined the All Covered board in January of 1999, and was elected Chairman in June of 2000.
Previously he was a co-founder, SVP and is still a director of Electronic Arts. Additionally, he co-founded and held the positions of CEO and Chairman of Macromedia, and he co-founded and was Chairman of Audible.
Todd Croteau
Vice President of Consulting Services
Todd Croteau is responsible for All Covered's Field Operations, overseeing 19 offices throughout the United States. Todd joined All Covered in March 2000, when the consulting firm where he was a partner, merged with All Covered. He has held numerous field and corporate positions and was most recently Vice President and General Manager of the Eastern Region.
Mr. Croteau has 15 years of experience in the high technology sector. Prior to All Covered, Mr. Croteau was Marketing Support Assistant for IBM, Project Engineer for HDR Engineering and Director of Client Relations and Managing Partner at EKW Technologies. Mr. Croteau holds a BS from the University of New Hampshire and an MS from Northeastern University. He also is a Registered Professional Engineer in the state of Massachusetts.
Brian Ellison
Group Vice President, Consulting Services
Brian Ellison joined All Covered in March of 2004 and serves as Vice President Consulting Services focused on Client Relationships.
Mr. Ellison has over 12 years experience in a variety of technical management and sales management roles. Previously held positions include regional sales management and engineering management positions for International Network Services, Director of Professional Services for Callisma, and Vice President of Engineering for FrontWay. Mr. Ellison served nine years in the United States Marine Corps.
Pablo Grodnitzky
Vice President of Sales
Pablo Grodnitzky joined All Covered in February 2008 and leads All Covered’s sales team. Mr. Grodnitzky has more than 20 years experience in executive management, sales and marketing. Previously he was VP of Worldwide Sales at PacketHop, a provider of wireless mesh networking technology and platforms. He held senior sales management positions at PacketHop, I-S-Cubed and Nuance Corp. He has developed and led highly successful sales teams in the managed hosting service, security and speech recognition industries.
Mr. Grodnitzky holds a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University and an MBA from Harvard Graduate School of Business.
Vice President of Human Resources
Charlene Laughlin joined All Covered in March 2007 to lead the Human Resources function. Ms. Laughlin has 15 years of experience managing human resources, with a majority in the professional services industry. She was most recently the founder of HRamp + compenomics, a Silicon Valley-based human resource and compensation consulting firm. Prior to that, she was an HR Director at BearingPoint, Inc. Ms. Laughlin holds a Masters Degree in HR Management & Development from Chapman University as well as CCP and SPHR certifications.
Ms. Laughlin is not related to Kevin Laughlin, Chief Financial Officer.
Kevin J. Laughlin
Chief Financial Officer
Kevin serves as All Covered's Chief Financial Officer. He joined All Covered
in November 2002 in this capacity and was promoted to Executive Vice President
in August 2003.
Mr. Laughlin brings to the company twenty years of experience in the areas of
corporate strategy and financial management. He previously held positions include
Chief Financial Officer at International Network Services, a publicly held provider
of network consulting and network management software; Controller at Electronics
for Imaging, Inc., a publicly held manufacturer of printer controllers; Accounting
Manager at Oracle Corporation and various audit positions at Ernst & Young.
Mr. Laughlin holds a B.S. in Accounting from Santa Clara University.
Mr. Laughlin is not related to Charlene Laughlin, Vice President of Human Resources.
Glenn Mathis
Group Vice President, Consulting Services
Glenn Mathis joined All Covered in October of 2000, when the consulting firm where he was employed merged with All Covered.
Mr. Mathis has over 9 years experience in a variety of technical management and sales management roles. He previously held positions include Managing Partner at SJ & Associates in Johannesburg, South Africa, various technical lead positions with United Health Care, as well as regional management and engineering management positions for All Covered. Mr. Mathis attended The Rand Afrikaans University (RAU) in South Africa and holds multiple technical certifications.
Nick
Pegley
Vice President of Marketing
Nick Pegley joined All Covered in April 2006 and leads its marketing functions. Mr. Pegley has more than 20 years of experience in the technology business and has a special focus on small business markets. He was most recently the founder of smbINFO Inc., an information services business focused on the technology needs of small companies.
Prior to this, Mr. Pegley held various positions at Nortel Networks including VP of Small Business Marketing, General Manager of Local Premise Solutions and VP of Channel Marketing. He was also VP of Channel Marketing at Bay Networks. Earlier in his career he held a variety of marketing and management positions in reseller and consulting companies in Europe. Mr. Pegley holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the UK, and an MBA from INSEAD in France.
Frank
Picarello
Vice President of Strategic Business Ventures
Frank Picarello joined All Covered in 2004 and was most recently the Founder and President of Cadence Business Consulting, an IT services firm specializing in client retention and business growth strategies.
Mr. Picarello brings over 20 years of service leadership experience including strategy, market and business development, and operations. Prior to founding Cadence Business Consulting, Mr. Picarello was Nortel Networks' VP of Enterprise Professional Services for North America, Group Vice President for MicroAge Technologies Services, and also held several executive positions at IBM Global Services including General Manager for their enterprise services business in North America. Mr. Picarello holds an EET degree from DeVry University and has completed advanced studies at Pace University.
Merralee Retallick
Group Vice President, Consulting Services
Merralee Retallick joined All Covered in January 2008 to lead the Bay Area Market.
Ms. Retallick started her career at GE on the Edison Engineering program. Following GE she spent 13 years at Keane, Inc., a leading provider of IT services to Global 2000 companies, where she held positions of increasing responsibility , from Consulting Manager to Managing Director for the California Emerging market. Most recently Ms. Retallick was the Vice President of Corporate Systems for Greater Bay Bank. Ms. Retallick has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with a Computer Science minor from the University of Dayton, and an MBA from Santa Clara University.
Patrick
Sullivan
Chief Information Officer
Patrick Sullivan serves as All Covered's CIO and is responsible for the delivery and support of the company's suite of managed services and the IT infrastructure and systems. Mr. Sullivan has delivered business-driven technology solutions to growing companies for more than 18 years. Most recently, as CTO of Xpherix, Mr. Sullivan headed the company's global operations, including product development, engineering, quality assurance, internal applications and infrastructure. Prior to Xpherix, Mr. Sullivan served as CIO at Sigma Networks and Securities America. Prior to that he built the IS department for MFS Datanet and led systems implementations at Fujitsu America and Franklin Resources.
Mr. Sullivan holds a BA in Sociology from San Jose State University and an MBA from the University of Nebraska at Omaha.
Craig Teahen
Group Vice President, Consulting Services
Craig Teahen joined All Covered in January 2008 to lead the Tri-State (NY Metro) region. Mr. Teahen has over twenty years of experience in multiple IT disciplines spanning global networks, data centers, web applications, enterprise software and end-user environments. Most recently Mr. Teahen was the Director of the Data Center Solutions Practice for IT consulting firm Acumen Solutions. Prior to that he was CTO for House Party, Inc. a Web 2.0 event marketing firm and previously led the global IT organizations at StarMedia, the Latin American portal and interactive advertising agency Poppe Tyson. Mr. Teahen held senior IT management positions with Time Warner, Citibank and Deutsche Bank and began his career with EDS, implementing technology for the GM Saturn startup. Mr. Teahen holds a BA in Philosophy from the University of Michigan.
Mike Verner
Group Vice President, Consulting Services
Mike Verner joined All Covered in October 2000, as part of the initial Atlanta market development team. He has held numerous field positions including Director of Consulting Services for Atlanta and Philadelphia.
Mr. Verner has over 12 years of experience in technology consulting and engineering. He previously held engineering lead and senior engineering positions for eNucleus and Eclipse. Mr. Verner holds a BS in Computer Science from Georgia Southwestern State University and numerous certifications in the technology field.
John
Drew
General Partner, Technology Crossover Ventures
John Drew joined TCV as a General Partner in January, 2002. He primarily focuses on companies in the Telecom, Wireless and Storage sectors. John has 20 years of operational, financial and technical experience, including leadership positions at several global high-tech companies. Prior to joining TCV, John served as President and Chief Executive Officer of International Network Services (INS). In November 1999, he negotiated and closed Lucent's $3.7 billion acquisition of INS. As CEO of NetworkCare Professional Services and Officer of Lucent Technologies, John led and managed the INS/Lucent company integration following the merger. During his nearly seven-year term, he grew the company's revenues from $7 million to $440 million and increased its employee base from 56 to 2,300, establishing INS as the largest and fastest growing network consulting company in the world.
Prior to joining INS, John was Vice President and General Manager at Unisys Corporation. Throughout his ten-year career at Unisys, he held various positions in general management, finance, marketing and sales and was instrumental in creating one of the largest network integration businesses in North America. John began his business career as a sales consultant for CF Software Corporation after serving as a Captain in the United States Army. John holds a B.S. degree in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point and a M.S. degree in Business Policy from Columbia University. John is currently serving as a director of the Los Altos Education Foundation Endowment Board and is co-founder of the McDrew Charity Tennis Classic.
Bob
Todd
Managing Partner, Red Rock Ventures
Bob Todd joined All Covered's board in July of 1999. Mr. Todd is a managing partner of Red Rock Ventures, an early stage venture capital firm focused on business-to-business e-commerce and Internet software. Red Rock, founded in 1997 and located in Palo Alto, California, has $130 million under management.
In his 20 years of entrepreneurial experience with technology companies, Mr. Todd has founded, funded or directed several startups, two of which are now public companies with combined annual sales in excess of $2 billion. His operating experience includes 10 years as a founder and CEO of Flextronics and five years as the CEO of CAS, Inc.
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