Management Team

Bob Pokress, co-founder and CEO

Bob is a cofouder of Image Fortress and as company CEO oversees the company's two lines-of-business: digital archiving services and image media licensing and monetization. Bob is graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, holds an MS in Engineering Administration from The George Washington University and an MS in Operations Research from the University of California at Berkeley. While on active duty as a Coast Guard officer, Bob served as an at-sea Deck Watch Officer and as ship's Navigator and as the Commanding Officer of a Coast Guard LORAN C station that is part of the electronic navigational network that supports the strategic forces of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force operating in the Pacific . Bob was a research fellow at the RAND Corporation, began his industry career at Bell Laboratories, was Director of GTE's Network Technology R&D Center, served as Senior Vice President of Marketing at Boston Technology, and co-founded Teloquent Communications and MediaCom Corp.. Bob has been awarded four U.S and eight international Patents in the field of real-time computer networking. Bob can be reached at:

Matt Pokress, co-founder and Chief Operating Officer

Matt is a graduate of Cornell University with a major in physics and concentration in computer science. Matt co-founded PhoneGenie Technologies and served as the company's Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering. As Vice President of Engineering, Matt led the development of three generations of industry-award-winning managed hosting technologies, directed a major joint systems development and engineering program in partnership with Zoom Telephonics, and managed the hosting of server and database operations for the financial services firm Capital One, a licensee of PhoneGenie technology. Matt has been awarded two U.S. Patents for his pioneering work in distributed systems.

Mike Johnson, co-founder and Director of Professional Services

Mike is a graduate of Wake Forest University. Prior to co founding Image Fortress, Mike served as Director of Quality Assurance and Customer Service at PhoneGenie Technologies where he managed quality assurance, systems engineering and installation, and customer support. Prior to joining PhoneGenie Technologies, Mike was a Technical Support Engineering Manager at Videoguide and the Database Coordinator at the U.S. Army Research Institute.

Joe Faris, company Chief Financial Officer

Joe earned a BA degree in accounting at Northeastern University and is a CPA. Joe is president of BPO Consulting Corporation, which provides outsourced CFO and other financial management services to a number of Boston area companies. Joe has provided outsourced CFO services to numerous mid sized companies in the Boston area over the past seventeen years.

   
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