Marc Sherman
Marc Sherman founded QSGI in August 2001 and serves as chairman and chief executive officer. Mr. Sherman served as a director of and chief executive officer of Intellesale, Inc. (and its predecessor, Universal Commodities Corp.), from December 1994 to July 2001, a company that purchased and sold large volumes of off-lease/off finance excess, used, refurbished and “as-is” computer equipment and related products. They also provided technology asset management to companies wishing to maximize the value of their computer equipment coming to the end of its useful or book lives. Prior to 1994, Mr. Sherman served in key positions in various family businesses. Mr. Sherman has over fifteen years of experience in marketing, operations and executive management. Mr. Sherman is the brother-in-law of Mr. Sheerr.
Robert W. VanHellemont
Robert W. VanHellemont was appointed to the board of directors in August 2004 to fill a vacancy. He is the founder and chief executive officer of the Varilease companies. The Varilease companies are leading North American business equipment and financing providers, which have financed more than $1 billion in assets worldwide. Mr. VanHellemont founded Varilease Corp. in 1987 and founded Varilease Technology Finance Group, Inc. in 2000. Additionally, Mr. VanHellemont served as senior vice president of Thomson-McKinnon Securities and spent over 10 years in senior positions at CMI Corp.
John F. Cunningham
John F. Cunningham is chairman and CEO of Cunningham & Co., Inc., founded. in 1989 to offer highly specialized strategic and valuation services to technology and computer related companies. From 1985 to 1989, he served as chairman and CEO of CCI, an Amex-listed company, which was subsequently sold for $227 million following its successful turnaround led by Mr. Cunningham. Previously, Mr. Cunningham served as president and chief operating officer of Wang Laboratories, where his leadership and marketing skills contributed to Wang’s success in the information processing industry. Mr. Cunningham is a Trustee Associate of Boston College and an independent trustee director of Federated Funds. He has previously served as a director of the First National Bank of Boston, Apollo Computer Inc., Computervision Corp., EMC Corp., and Honeywell Federal Systems Corp.
Geoff Smith
Following a 25-year career with Procter & Gamble (P&G), Geoff Smith founded LP Enterprises, LLC. LP Enterprises to provide information technology, strategy, and customer relationship management (CRM) expertise across a broad range of industries. Through collaborative agreements, LP Enterprises also supports clients of Forrester Research, The Harvard Group, and the Cincinnati Consulting Consortium. At P&G, Mr. Smith last held the position of deputy chief information officer. In this role, he ran the “Office of the CIO,” where he was responsible for P&G’s IT strategy, enterprise architecture, and advanced technology evaluation. From 1997 to 2002, Mr. Smith led the development of P&G’s customer and consumer-facing e-business solutions. This included re-launching the company’s website as well as creating a distributor system that managed $1 billion in sales and won CIO Magazine’s Enterprise Value Award in 1998. While serving as the CIO of P&G’s $2 billion Japanese subsidiary, his IT organization met the ultimate business disaster recovery challenge by quickly restoring P&G’s operations in the aftermath of the earthquake that devastated Kobe in 1995. Mr. Smith currently co-chairs the CIO Roundtable of Greater Cincinnati and serves on the academic advisory boards of University of Cincinnati, Xavier University and writes for CIO Magazine. Additionally, he serves on the boards of several non-profits, including Tech Corps, an organization dedicated to enriching K-12 education through the effective use of technology in schools. Geoff received a B.S. degree in operations research/industrial engineering from Cornell University in 1979. |