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| Consona Executive Leadership Team |
Consona's solutions benefit from the management philosophies and consolidation experience of a talented executive leadership team with more than 100 collective years of experience in the software industry. This team of five is supported by two leading technology-focused investment firms and strong product line expertise.
| Jeff Tognoni, Chief Executive Officer |
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Jeff Tognoni is president and CEO of Consona. He began his tenure as CEO in August 2003. Prior to joining Consona, Tognoni was entrepreneur-in-residence for Battery Ventures. He joined the Battery software investment team in October 2002, focusing on exploring new opportunities in the software application business.
Tognoni has helped to develop some of the fastest growing companies in the technology industry. With more than 23 years of experience, Tognoni has held CEO positions at such companies as Millennium Dynamics, a provider of software and services, and iKnowledge Inc., a provider of B2B e-marketplace software and services; and Zeborg, a provider of spend analysis software and management consulting. His 24 years of experience span the entire software industry, including enterprise application software (i.e., enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, business intelligence and securities trading), as well as database software, system software and development tools.
Tognoni began his career in business development, sales and marketing with Wismer Associates—now a part of SunGard Data Systems and Dunn and Bradstreet Software. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Tognoni helped build the CASE software division of Texas Instruments (TI) to $280 million in sales before it was sold to Sterling Software in 1997. At TI, he rose through sales, services and international executive positions to become general manager of the enterprise business unit.
Tognoni holds a B.S. in geological engineering from the University of Arizona and an M.B.A. in international finance from Thunderbird (American Graduate School of International Management). |
| Scott Malia, Chief Operating Officer |
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Scott Malia joined Consona in October 1994 as an account executive for new system sales. He was later promoted to regional sales manager for the southeast territory. In August 2003, Malia was named director, sales and served in this role until he was promoted to general manager of Consona ERP in January 2006.
Prior to joining Consona, Malia worked at CAD/CAM Engineering as a sales representative and was in charge of launching the company’s reseller channel for the Keywill system, a micro-ERP software package. Malia also spent more than nine years in the manufacturing environment while employed at PM Company, a converter and supplier of business machine rolls and banking and financial products. During his tenure at PM Company, Malia held many positions, including accounting/job costing, production scheduler, production manager and sales representative.
Malia studied business at Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis. |
| Milt Volosyn, Chief Information Officer |
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Milt Volosyn began his tenure at Consona in July 1996 as an implementation consultant. He later became the first implementation consulting manager, growing the group to more than 20 consultants. Volosyn assumed the role of manager, development services in June 2000; director, technical services in 2003; and was later promoted to vice president, professional services for all Consona ERP product lines in January 2006.
Volosyn has more than 30 years of data processing experience. Prior to joining Consona, he worked as an information and implementation consultant in the software industry. Additionally, he owned an OEM equipment distribution business for 13 years.
Volosyn attended the University of Wisconsin and Cleveland State University, majoring in business and data processing. |
| Kathy Kinder, Vice President, Finance and Administration |
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Kathy Kinder joined Consona in February 1994 as manager, finance. She held the company’s controller position from March 1996 until January 2004, when she was named vice president, finance and administration. During her tenure with Consona, Kinder assisted with the company’s initial public offering that occurred in December 1997 and has been responsible for SEC reporting requirements, revenue recognition policies, and banking relationships.
Kinder has previously served in controller and manager positions with several small manufacturers and a large food processor company.
Kinder holds a B.S. in accounting from Indiana University and has passed the CPA exam. |
| Satyadeep Prasanna, Vice President, Corporate Development |
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Satyadeep Prasanna (CP) joined Consona Corporation in 2005 and has over 15 years of software and technology industry experience. CP runs corporate development for Consona and has to date executed numerous transactions and acquisitions in the ERP and CRM segments of the enterprise software industry. He is also responsible for corporate partnerships, divestitures and strategy.
Prior to joining Consona, CP was a business development manager at Symphony Technology Group, a boutique private equity firm based in Palo Alto, California.
CP has an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and an M.B.A. from the Indian School of Business (ISB). |
| Steve Bailey, Vice President, Engineering |
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Steve Bailey joined Consona in February 2006 as chief technology officer, and was named vice president, technology in February 2008. Prior to joining Consona, Bailey served as director of architecture for 20th Century Fox, where he created the architecture department and was responsible for both software development and the growth of the company’s global IT infrastructure.
Throughout his career, Bailey has served in technical management positions at several Fortune 500 companies, holding responsibility for software design, consulting and global IT infrastructure growth. Bailey served as vice president, software development for BondNet Trading Systems where he was responsible for the design and construction of a nationwide distributed bond trading system. In a previous role, Bailey worked as director of the object oriented consulting practice for Tier Technologies.
A published author and U.S. patent holder, Bailey has designed and implemented multiple software operations, including the software development processes for a Siemens software factory unit, and more recently, the 24/7 operational processes for the No. 1 automotive Web site on the Internet, www.toyota.com.
Bailey holds a B.S. in microbiology from Purdue University and an M.S. in molecular biology from Washington University in St. Louis. |
| Tom Millay, Vice President, Marketing |
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Tom Millay joined Consona in August 2003 as vice president, sales and marketing. In January 2006, Millay was named vice president, industry solutions, and also served as interim general manager of Onyx Software Corp. Millay returned to his vice president, sales and marketing role in January 2007, and was promoted to general manager of Consona CRM in February 2008. Prior to joining Consona, Millay held management positions at several startup software companies and was a consultant for Battery Ventures.
Millay has 28 years of experience in the information technology industry in sales, marketing, business development and systems development. Millay began his career at Texas Instruments (TI) in systems development as a programmer and project manager. He subsequently helped to build the TI CASE software division from a startup to $280 million in revenue while in sales, sales management and business development roles. When Sterling Software later acquired the TI software division, Millay was part of the executive team that developed the business plan and restructuring plan for the application development division. Millay held the position of vice president, sales at Sterling Software where he led a team of 225 people in software and services sales.
Millay holds a B.S. in computer science from the University of Evansville and an M.B.A. from Southern Methodist University. |
| Bill Haynes, Vice President, Sales |
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Bill Haynes joined Consona in July 1995 as an implementation consultant and later as manufacturing application consultant. Haynes was then promoted to manager, manufacturing application consulting and later served as director, customer sales. In 2006, Haynes became vice president of sales for Consona ERP. In 2008, Haynes gained responsibility for Consona ERP’s marketing activities.
Under Haynes’ management, Consona ERP consistently surpassed its revenue goals and successfully integrated newly acquired products.
Prior to joining Consona, Haynes worked as a production manager for an aerospace company. His career also included work as an application consultant for a scheduling software company.
Haynes holds a B.S. in industrial engineering from Purdue University. |
| Todd Schulte, Vice President, Support and Education |
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Todd Schulte joined Consona in March 1994 and serves as vice president of customer support and education for Consona. In this role, Schulte oversees the strategic planning and execution of all customer support and education operations across the entire Consona family of products.
Schulte has held various positions throughout his tenure at the company, including support analyst; education specialist; primary developer of Made2Manage Time2Value tools; product manager, designer and manager of Consona Expert, Consona’s award-winning customer Web site; product manager, services; and director, support and education. Prior to Consona, Schulte worked as a programmer for the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.
Schulte received his B.S. degree in economics from Miami University. |
| Mehul Dave, Vice President, International Operations |
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Mehul Davé joined Consona in December 2005. Before joining Consona, Davé was founder, president and CEO of Cimnet Systems, Inc. Davé has played a key role in all aspects of the business, including product development, marketing and sales, finance and accounting, and administration. He was instrumental in delivering systems to more than 200 companies around the world.
Prior to Cimnet Systems, Davé served as president of Martek, Inc. While at Martek, he was responsible for the startup and ongoing management of the organization. His responsibilities included product development and marketing, as well as the ongoing management of growth. Prior to Martek, Davé worked as a research scientist at Argonne National Laboratory.
Davé was selected as a finalist in the prestigious Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1997. He was inducted into the Chicago Area Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame in February 1999.
Davé holds an M.S. in systems analysis from the University of Illinois, and has completed coursework toward a Ph.D. in space physics at the University of Michigan. |
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