Executive Team
Frank Coker
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“The Professor” As an entrepreneur, business developer, management consultant, executive coach, strategist and teacher, Frank Coker leads the company’s strategy. Frank has specialized in management consulting, business development and information systems technologies for more than 30 years and a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). Prior to CoreConnex, he launched 5 start-ups and at his most recent (Health Systems Technologies) he served as the CEO, grew it to over 100 employees, and obtained $22 million in venture capital. The assets of that company are now part WebMD. Mr. Coker’s prior work experience includes ive years with Price Waterhouse as a Senior Manager in consulting, and five years with IBM in sales and marketing and 20+ years as president of the consulting firm Information Systems Management, Inc. Frank has been president and CEO, chairman of the board, COO, CFO, and served in a variety of other leadership positions in various companies.Frank launched CoreConnex, Inc. in 2005 with Co-founder Tony Lael with the goal of creating a company that provides business resources to the IT solution provider market. CoreConnex began as a consulting firm to IT solution providers and then launched a Professional Services Automation product for IT solution providers followed by a financial dashboard product, the Corelytics Financial Dashboard. CoreConnex has sold off its PSA line of business in 2009 and is focused on building its financial dashboard business through partnerships with leading companies in the IT services market. Frank holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Weber State University and a M.S. in Business Administration from Frostburg State University. He is a past president and board member of the Institute for Management Consultants, Pacific Northwest Chapter, and past president and board member of the Society for Information Management, Seattle Chapter. He is an adjunct faculty at the University of Washington teaching courses in the Information School, Masters in Information Systems Management program and also serves on their Board of Advisors. |
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Tony Lael
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“The Rainmaker” Tony has specialized in operations management, management consulting, small business management, IT operations and software development since 1996. Prior to starting CoreConnex, Tony founded Aponus Consulting, LLC in 2002 a management and technical consulting firm with specialization in helping small companies develop strategic business plans, operationalize marketing and sales strategies as well as pricing, packaging and selling IT managed services offerings.Tony co-founded CoreConnex, Inc. in 2005 with Frank Coker with a vision of helping IT solution providers link their ideas of success to reality and financial growth. Tony co-designed the ConnexIT PSA (Professional Services Automation) software, a SaaS offering, and was instrumental in launching the company and operationalizing its marketing and sales processes. He also provided financial consulting and financial modeling services to early CoreConnex customers. Tony has played a lead role in product development, product launches, customer support services, market analysis, partnership development and ongoing strategic planning. He also manages the relationships with strategic partners. Tony holds a B.A. with an emphasis in Information Systems Management from Washington State University and a B.S. in Operations Management from Central Washington University.
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Bob Taylor |
“Resident CPA & All-Around Solver” Bob is a tireless advocate for the customers and our development team. He is fastidious in his approach of doing the right things right when working with our customers. A former Certified Public Accountant, Bob worked on the audit staff of a national CPA firm before moving into the technology field. As Vice President for Technology at Pacific Rim Import Corporation, he was responsible for managing a network of offices across the country and the support of a nationwide salesforce. Bob has over 15 years experience in managing technology, development teams of all kinds and overseeing customer relationships. Bob has been instrumental in managing the CoreConnex development team and implementing and managing core business systems including the PSA (Professional Services Automation) system we use to manage support incidents and projects, SCRUM project management methodology we use to drive our development process, issue tracking we use for software bug management, and our internal operations, communications and customer presentations and cloud-based office support systems. He has also been the driving force behind our customer service efforts as well as created a sophisticated analysis engine for clients like Cisco to manage the World Theaters for Partner Compensation.Prior to joining CoreConnex in late 2008, Mr. Taylor served as the Technical Services Manager at Pickering & Associates (a Seattle-based IT solutions firm) where he provided first response analysis of customer issues, diagnosed severity, and assigned an appropriate mix of engineering personnel and resources to resolve problems. Bob holds a B.A. from the University of Washington with an emphasis in Accounting. |
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“Alpha Architect” Torsten is the CoreConnex SCRUM Master and has been instrumental in implementing agile software development methodologies within CoreConnex. Torsten has architected the Design Patterns concepts used by CoreConnex which enables highly flexible, extensible and re-useable software. He is also responsible for educating new development staff that are brought on board to support the growing needs of CoreConnex and their customers.Torsten has more than 20 years of software product development experience; and has built several successful development and implementation teams in large and small companies. His past positions include: Director of Technology at Alliance Health Technologies, Director of Product Development at Advanced Research Systems, Inc., and Product Development Manager at Health Systems Technologies, Inc. Mr. Kablitz has a track record of successfully delivering software products on-time and on-budget by introducing structured methodologies and rigor to the development process. Torsten holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Physics from the University of Utah. |
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“Brand & Channel Builder” Kris works to turn Corelytics into a household name as we lead the transformation from traditional accounting to proactive management. Kris worked her way through many roles within her 13 years at Microsoft including channel marketing, recruitment and partner relationships. She has been heavily involved in the IT community and has a passion for channels, SMB, social media and cloud-based services. Most recently, Executive Director of the International Association of Microsoft Channel Partners, Kris stays involved in the world of networking and partnerships. Kris manages the Corelytics Coaches Networkprogram and drives our digital marketing and press efforts including social media. Kris earned an MBA with an emphasis in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington and a B.A. in Communications from the University of Washington. She grew up in the Icebox of the Nation, International Falls, Minnesota. |
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Over the last 20 years Scott has built and sold 3 businesses. He has also provided merger and acquisition advisory services to over 50 businesses. As a passionate business owner and merger & acquisition specialist, his depth of knowledge and business ownership provides an unparalleled perspective for ever-changing business environments. As the top 5% of all Fastsigns franchises, Scott grew sales to over $2.2M and consistently ranked in the top 5% of all Fastsigns franchises (500 total) and was voted Franchisee of the Year in 2004. Scott’s operating background includes sales channel development, lead generation, supply chain management, vendor relationship management, contract negotiations, process engineering, financial management and team development.Scott earned a Graduate degree in Business Administration – Finance/ Marketing from Washington State University. He is a licensed real estate agent and has a Merger and Acquisition Advisor credential. He is committed to his family and active in his community working with youth athletes in a variety of coaching capacities. |
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