President and CEO John Panaccione has over 14 years of experience leading teams that focus on using technology to improve corporate performance. As CEO of LogicBay, he has led the company from startup in early 2003 through its capital raising efforts, through the transition of the company's business model to a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model in 2006, and led the development of the Company's unique BrandEnvoyTM offering in 2008. Prior to founding LogicBay, he led Sales and Marketing for Cognitive Arts, an innovative leader in high end simulation-based elearninguntil helping to sell the company to a strategic acquirer in 2002. Prior to his tenure at Cognitive Arts, John led SumTotal Systems' professional services and technology integration organization, overseeing the operations of over 200 staff in 10 offices located in three countries. He has led the integration of six successful acquisitions during his career. John also served for six years on active duty as a U.S. Army officer and paratrooper prior to launching his business career.
Vice President and Chief Innovation Officer Paul Tobin is a nationally recognized channel readiness expert. Paul was the founder and CEO of the original LogicBay prior to its acquisition by KLi in February 2004. His 25 plus years in senior marketing channel management and interactive marketing technology positions provide a wealth of insights and access to expanded applications of LogicBay technology and customer relationship management expertise.
Vice President Business Development David Phillips brings executive management experience of driving profitable multi-channel revenue growth for both small and large high-technology companies internationally. David has a track record of building winning teams for new market penetration and during operational restructuring and turnaround. Prior to joining LogicBay David was managing partner of Westvale Consulting for 7 years where he designed and implemented strategies for SMB clients in a variety of industrial and commercial markets. David came to the US in 1999 with Unisys to be responsible the North American Publishing Solutions Division where he managed the acquisition and integration of a software company, becoming recognized as an international solutions provider to the publishing industry. With Unisys in the UK David was divisional VP&GM for an information technology systems integration business with revenues in excess of $250 million and over 500 employees across subsidiaries and distributors in Europe and Africa.
Chief Technology Officer Dave Goulet has led engineering teams to develop, deploy, and customize web applications and software solutions for Fortune 500 companies for over 10 years. Most recently Dave was Director of Engineering for the Systems Integration Division and Director of Development for the Custom Development Division at Click2learn. In various leadership roles Dave has designed and delivered many custom software solutions to author, deliver, track, and manage e-learning and performance support data and materials. He previously served as Creative Director for a film and video production company.
Chief Operations Officer Michael Shaughnessy has managed numerous and diverse large-scale e-learning/communications programs for companies including Fidelity Investments, JP Morgan Chase, and PaineWebber. Michael spent 6 years as a software engineer for GTE and 3 years as Director of Software Engineering for Terragon Interactive Inc. before moving to Click2Learn where he directed technology implementations and services projects as Director of Project Management.
Chief Financial Officer Chris Franklin has more than twenty years of Public Accounting and Industry experience. He has extensive experience in the areas of financial management and analysis, cash flow management, budgeting, forecasting, process analysis and improvement. Chris is also a certified public accountant with a master's degree in taxation. Most recently, he was the CFO at Swarovski Optik N. A. where he managed a staff of 14 finance, human resources and IT professionals. He was also a member of the Company's Management Board responsible for strategic planning and the overall operations of the Company.
Executive Consultant Lee Maxey provides strategic leadership and business development for LogicBay within the Company's Higher Education practice. He guides Higher Education Institutions on using best practices for marketing and selling online course content and multimodal programs. These programs provide additional revenue streams for Higher Education Institutions, Associations, and Publishers. Prior to joining LogicBay, Lee was CEO of Acadient - an online marketing and sales retail organization. Lee is known nationally as a thought leader in the learning technology field presenting annually at several conferences, and is currently on the CLO Magazine Editorial Board, and is an ASTD Best Awards Judge. He has held Chief Learning Officer and VP of Professional Services positions at Element K, Pathlore, and Click2Learn (SUMT), where he developed innovative strategies to leverage new performance technologies to increase business productivity.