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Brent Lippman – Chief Executive Officer / Co-Founder: Brent is a serial entrepreneur who has created over $1 billion of shareholder value while serving as CEO for two software companies. Most recently, as CEO of Khimetrics, he identified promising scientific intellectual property, provided initial angel investment, raised additional venture capital funding, created a new industry segment (Revenue Management), grew the business profitably, sold the company to SAP, and returned to initial investors an average annual return of 77%. Prior to Khimetrics, Brent was CEO of JDA Software (Nasdaq: JDAS). During Mr. Lippman’s eight year tenure, he grew JDA into a company with $140 million in revenue, 1,100 associates, and operations in 11 countries with clients in over 30 countries. Brent has an MBA from Case Western Reserve University.


Frank Bria – Senior Vice President, Solution Management / Co-Founder: Frank brings a unique mix of expertise in financial services, consulting, software development, and advanced mathematics applied to demand analysis and modeling. Most recently, Frank was a senior member of Khimetrics' financial services group where he led product development and software architecture for the first generation of an analytical demand application. He completed his PhD course work in mathematics at Purdue University and holds a MS in Mathematics from Purdue as well. Frank taught university level mathematics and statistics before joining a national financial services company.


Mark Nogaki - Senior Vice President, Sales: Mark is responsible for all sales and customer relationship activities at Response Analytics. With over 20 years of professional experience, most recently as Senior Vice President of Sales at Fiserv Lending Solutions, Mark brings a unique blend of experiences in sales, marketing, business development, product management, and engineering. His experience spans a wide range of companies, including global giants such as Raytheon, Toshiba, and Sharp, and more recently with companies focused on the financial sectors, including Priva Technologies and Fiserv. Mark holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA, both from the University of Southern California.


Kevin Kaspszak – Senior Vice President, Software Development: Kevin has over 16 years of software development and technology management experience. Most recently, he was an independent IT consultant and entrepreneur who started his own specialty internet online retail company. Previously, he was Director of New Product Development at JDA Software where he built large teams of technology specialists for development and rollout of complex software applications. Kevin brings extensive experience in bringing solid, market-ready software to large corporate customers. Kevin earned his degree in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University.


Tim Manning – Senior Vice President, Marketing: Tim is responsible for leading strategy and execution for product, corporate and field marketing initiatives. He brings a pioneering blend of execution and best practice marketing, combined with more than 20 years of marketing success and a proven track record in branding and positioning, international business and accelerating sales growth. He has served in various management roles for companies ranging from small enterprises to Fortune 500 organizations and has played a formative role in the marketing and development of numerous early-stage software companies. Tim holds a master’s degree in international management from the Thunderbird School of Global Management, Phoenix , and a bachelor of commerce degree in finance from the University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.