meet our team
Thomas Groden
Founder and Principal Analyst
Thomas began his career in data systems in 1990 after leaving his home of Chicago for a life in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is a Senior Technical Consultant and Business Analyst with more than 30 years of experience in systems design, data conversions and technical team management. He has worked with large and small organizations, corporate and nonprofit.
Thomas is a graduate of Loyola University of Chicago in Economics and Finance. His interests include languages, gardening, running and spending time with family.

Jason Gardy
Senior Data Systems Architect
Jason brings more than 25 years of data system design, implementation, integration and analytics to our delivery team and combines both business process expertise with deep technical skills to operationalize systems. In addition to architecture and consolidation/integration projects, Jason is lead designer on our “Integration Frame” service and leads our development team on that product’s journey to market.

Joe Speciale
Senior Business Systems Analyst
Joe is a Senior Business Systems Developer with a wide range of technical skills and 25 years of experience. He possesses an in-depth understanding of business processes and data as well as an ability to design and deliver technology solutions. His primary focus is on system architecture design, implementation and automation systems like Airflow and other middleware tools. Joe is an avid pickleball enthusiast when not at the keyboard.
Mark Westwind
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Mark Westwind has over 30 years professional and technical experience working with businesses, community agencies and non-profit organizations. Mark’s technical background includes designing, developing, deploying and supporting data management systems, creating websites and wikis, and implementing customized SaaS CRM and ERP systems. Mark is an avid kayaking enthusiast and instructor and an active volunteer.

Danielle Sly
Senior Salesforce Administrator
Danielle has more than 20 years of experience in business analysis and reengineering systems and processes, from large corporations to small nonprofits. She dove head first into the Salesforce ecosystem in 2017 and hasn’t looked back. Her focus and expertise encompass end-user training, business analysis, technical debt remediation, third-party implementations and general administrative support. She holds seven Salesforce certifications. Her interests include running, hiking and traveling with her family.

Thong Bui
Senior Software Developer
Thong brings more than 30 years of data system design and automation expertise to our team. His formal training in Data Science and years of operationalizing systems moves our clients forward faster! Technologies used include: AI Technologies, AWS, mySQL, mongoDB, Oracle, NoSQL DBs, Python, Airflow, Snowflake, Github, Salesforce. Thong enjoys gardening, travel, theatre and spending time with family.

Amy Reed-Bocek
Senior Business Analyst
Amy is a Senior Technical Consultant and Business Systems Analyst with a wide range of technical skills and over 15 years of experience working with small businesses, community agencies and non-profit organizations. Amy brings a deep understanding of the change management challenges clients face during system transformation projects and guides clients through decision making. Amy also leads our training efforts typically in concert with client system owners and their staff.

Josephine Penaga
Senior Database Administrator
Josephine has over 20 years experience in managing high-volume, high-availability OLTP databases and data warehouse systems. She specializes in database architecture, data analysis and ETL. She is highly proficient with database performance and availability and she is highly experienced in database and data migration under strict SLA condition.

Minh Ma
Senior Data Engineer
Minh has been working with data and software for more than 30 years. His expertise ranges from SQL and data analysis to custom software development and integrations. He started to work with Salesforce since 2010 and has been part of hundreds of system migration projects and brings deep database skills to the team.

Lisa Martin
Senior Business Analyst
Lisa brings more than 20 years of work in technology and management inside large higher educational institutions. Her experience working with internal stakeholder groups and shared services makes her a key part of larger scale project implementations. Lisa also enjoys “the weeds” and has deep technical skills in data and data tools. Lisa’s combination of technical experience and her personal style afford clients an intelligence, clarity, heart, humor and enthusiasm much welcomed in our technical day to day.

Giorgio Porro
Senior Business Systems Analyst
Giorgio has been involved in business systems analysis and design for more than 20 years. His work involves technical requirements gathering and design creation as well as implementation. He has experience in commercial and non-profit client work and is comfortable in highly complex environments.

Tim Bourgeois
Digital Marketing Specialist
Tim’s focus is on delivering digital-first strategies that generate demand and build brands, most often in the B2B category. Work with sales and marketing executives to optimize ROI on digital advertising, technology and agency investments. International experience in: B2B, technology, enterprise software, SaaS, life sciences, healthcare, medical devices, higher education, business services, financial services and publishing.
