Leadership Team
Lezlie Gallaway
Lezlie Gallaway set a goal to make the lives of her employees and their communities better and more rewarding when she co-founded Technologent. With Lezlie at the helm,Technologent is making a big name for itself. In 2007 Technologent was honored as the fastest-growing, women-owned, company on CRN's Fast Growth 100 list and also as VARBusiness' VAR of the Year. Under Gallaway's leadership, Technologent launched a new division dedicated to providing IT solutions solely for the telecom industry. Lezlie was also named on VARBusiness's 2007 and 2006 Most Powerful Women of the Channel list. Lezlie earned a B.S. from Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.
Tom Gallaway
Tom Gallaway is an innovative professional with demonstrated initiative and creativity in various technology startups and established companies. Tom has extensive knowledge and prior success in mergers and acquisitions, organizational structure, and development of go-to-market plans and solution deliverables, all focused on achieving very rapid organic growth. Under his leadership, Technologent has an established national presence. Prior to founding Technologent, Tom was the President of Webharbor. Before joining Webharbor, Tom spent five years with Merisel as the Director of Strategic Partnership / MOCA where he managed the Complementary Products Group and sold products that complemented SUN hardware sales to resellers throughout North America.
Marco Mohajer
Marco Mohajer is responsible for all aspects of sales and marketing including direct leadership of the sales team and the development and execution of sales and marketing strategies. Prior to joining Technologent, Marco spent five years as the Vice President of Field Sales Operations for Avnet Technology Solutions. Before joining Avnet, he held various roles at Sun Microsystems, where he was responsible for America's software channel sales organization. Marco also spent six years at Netscape/AOL/TimeWarner where he oversaw retail and enterprise channel sales and marketing. Marco holds a BS, Management Information Systems from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.
Chris Ciborowski
Chris Ciborowski is responsible for the overall technical direction of Technologent and leadership of the engineering and professional services teams. In addition, he is chartered with IP development and the administration of Technologent's internal IT systems. Before becoming the CTO, Chris served as the Director of Engineering for Technologent's Telecommunications Division where he led the technical sales and professional services delivery team and developed offerings specific to the telecommunication industry. Prior to joining Technologent Chris held wide-ranging technical positions at various companies, including Exodus Communications, where he was responsible for the architecture, deployment, and management of complex compute, network, and data center infrastructures. Chris' technical aptitude, business expertise and his ability to communicate at all levels allows him to address business issues through the application of technology. He attended the University of California, Davis and holds multiple industry certifications.
Jim Bevis
Jim Bevis is responsible for Operations including Inside Sales, IT Support, SalesForce Operations, Contract Administration, Financial Analysis, and Vendor relations. Jim joined Technologent in 2002, shortly after the business started. Prior to this, he spent 10 years with Merisel and MOCA in Operations and Distribution. Before joining Merisel, he was Vice President and General Manager of an engineering and manufacturing company. Jim brings many years of operational and logistical experience to Technologent. He has a BS from University of Nebraska and a Masters from Pepperdine University.
Tammy Cooper
Tammy Cooper has a dual role within the organization. With her Human Resource role, she is responsible for recruiting, maintaining compliance with both state and federal regulations, performance reviews, benefit administration and cultivating employee relationships. Under her controllership, she is responsible for developing and cultivating banking relationships, financial planning, overseeing the accounting department, sales tax administration and working with our outside Auditors to assure compliance with GAAP regulations. Prior to joining Technologent, Tammy worked for a family owned steel company for 17 years doing both Human Resources and Accounting. During her successful career she has won numerous awards for leadership. Tammy holds a BBA in Accounting from Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Rod Wright
Rod Wright is responsible for all sales, service and presales engineering resources for the Central Region. Prior to joining Technologent, Rod held the positions of Client Executive and Strategic Account Executive for the Sun Microsystems/EDS and Texas Instruments Teams in Dallas. Prior to joining Sun, Rod sold and managed sale teams in the Texas/Oklahoma area in the medical device industry. Rod graduated from Texas Christian University.
Rick Reddell
Rick Reddell is responsible driving sales and awareness of IBM solutions for Technologent. Prior to joining the company, Rick held several Sales Management, Sales Operations, and Technical Sales Management positions at IBM. For the past 4 years, Rick has also managed the regional IBM sales team for an IBM Premier Business Partner. Rick's experience spans 14+ years across the entire IBM suite of Servers, Storage, Software, Services, and Financing. During his tenure at IBM, Rick developed and managed several successful teams and was well-known for his efficient execution and outstanding results, while still maintaining a balanced approach to sales management. Rick is a graduate of California State Polytechnic University where he received a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration, majoring in Computer Information Systems.
Julie Younkin
Julie Younkin is responsible for managing the contact center operations for the company which focuses primarily on new business development. Julie has over 15 years experience in marketing and business development in the technology and communications field. Julie was responsible for creating and growing Technolgent's first business development call center which was instrumental in growing Technologent into a nationwide VAR. Prior to joining Technologent, Julie worked for Omnium Worldwide, Inc. leading and directing customer service and business development call centers. Prior to Omnium, Julie worked in public relations at First Data Resources. Julie attended Metropolitan Community College and studied marketing and business management.
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