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Meet Our Management
Gary Heath
CEO and Co-Founder
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Gary has more than 20 years
experience in developing enterprise applications. Incorporated in 1990, IGC is a leading
developer of viewing, annotation, and redaction software. Since IGC’s inception, Gary’s
leadership and innovation have been key drivers of the company’s growth. Through Gary's passion for innovation,
IGC pioneered the concept of simple document security with its Visual Rights
technology and introduced Redact-It, a software solution which removes privacy
and sensitive content from documents.
Gary is a serial entrepreneur,
having founded CSoft Inc., a CAD
translation and software service company, in 1986. Prior
to CSoft Inc., Gary worked at Honeywell Corporation as a
software developer.
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Carl Strain
Chief Financial Officer
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Carl has more than 40 years experience in financial and operations management with high-tech
and industrial companies. Carl joined IGC in 1994 and has used his considerable experience
and judgement to ensure the financial stability of this self-funded company, even during its
periods or rapid growth and expansion.
Carl started his career with General Electric (GE) and is a graduate of the GE Financial
Management Program. Carl then spent 17 years in financial management positions with
Honeywell and GenRad before leaving to become VP of Finance & CFO of Microtest, a high-tech
startup that he took public in 1992.
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Jeff Herding
Vice President, Sales
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Jeff has more than 19 years experience in high-tech marketing, sales,
channel development, and business development. Jeff has been with IGC since September 2005.
He has progressive, hands-on responsibility for driving sales and profitability while reducing costs.
He is recognized for having tremendous entrepreneurial spirit and tenacity, with an ability to
analyze markets and capitalize on opportunities in a timely manner. With Jeff’s involvement,
IGC had a 50% year-over-year growth in 2008. That same year, IGC surpassed the 4,000 customer milestone.
Jeff began his career with the Hewlett-Packard Company (HP), spending more than seven years
in marketing/sales roles and managing one of HP's largest reseller clients. After assisting
Sun Microsystems in the development and rollout of their initial channel program, Jeff moved
on to hold leading roles in a number of small to mid-sized software and services organizations
where he was responsible for the development of strategic marketing, branding, and sales efforts.
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Ramona Ferrara
Vice President, Engineering
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Ramona has over 20 years experience in software development, consulting, sales, and management.
Since joining IGC in March 2007, Ramona has used her broad wealth of experience to help engineering
teams speed and improve development cycles while simultaneously increasing the focus on quality.
Her management style encourages innovation, one of the hallmark attributes of the IGC culture.
Prior to IGC, Ramona was Vice President, Technologies Program Office at American Express.
For most of her career, Ramona has been instrumental in company and customer technology
adoption programs such as mainframe transition to PC & workstation computing; Expert Systems;
Data Warehouses and Data Mining; Smart Card; Internet business solutions; and best practices
in software development.
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Christine Musil
Director, Marketing
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Christine has a diverse career in engineering and marketing spanning 15 years. Christine has
been with IGC since March 1996, when she started as a technical writer and a quality assurance engineer.
After moving to marketing in 2001, she has applied her in-depth knowledge of IGC's products and benefits
to marketing initiatives, including branding, overall messaging, and public relations. She has also
been a contributing author to a number of publications on archiving formats, redaction, and viewing technology
in the enterprise.
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Chrisman Smith
Director, Technical Services
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Chrisman has 12 years experience in information technology and has been with IGC since October 2005.
With a strong background in program management and database administration, he has implemented
infrastructure improvements that enhance the customer experience and automate internal processes.
His role includes managing IGC’s pre- and post-sales
technical support teams, overseeing database and VMware infrastructure, and managing other points of
access such as the web store and licensing site.
Prior to joining IGC, Chrisman was with Lockheed Martin Information Technology as a Deputy Program Manager.
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Suzette Gibson, CPA, MBA
Accounting Manager
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Suzette has more than 25 years experience in small business accounting and administration. Since joining IGC in 1999 as the company’s Accounting Manager, Suzette has been responsible for financial and tax reporting, overseeing daily accounting functions and human resources. She also currently teaches accounting part-time for the University of Phoenix.
Suzette brings a diverse background working for several CPA firms, as well as for the construction, retail and service industries. Suzette has held positions with various firms including Richard Bollard, CPA; Gerrard & Donaldson, CPA; and Wayne Witzig, CPA. She also worked for Richwood Metals as the company’s full-charge bookkeeper and office manager. Prior to IGC, Suzette worked for 15 years alongside her husband in their company, Spear Pool Co., Inc., managing administration and accounting. |
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Michael Chowaniec
Director, Program Management Office
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Mike has 12 years experience in software technology, product development, and program management. His particular expertise is in managing technology products through their full product life cycles. When Mike first joined IGC in August 2001 his initial role was managing the Quality Engineering department. He has held his current role of Director, Program Management Office since April 2007. In this position, Mike uses his management skills to drive roadmap and project coordination, product and component releases, and policy/procedure documentation.
Early in his career, Mike spent four years with MediaPassage, a newspaper ad placement company. Mike was a program manager responsible for the development of a robust e-commerce application for the company. Just prior to IGC, Mike worked at Active International, the world’s largest corporate trading company. As a project manager, he managed the development and deployment of all applications for the company's media department. |
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