The QL2 Management Team
Brian A. Vincent, Interim CEO
Brian Vincent joined QL2 in Feburary 2010 as an advisor to the Board of Directors to assist the Company during the Chapter 11 proceedings. Mr. Vincent was appointed Interim CEO on April 5, 2010 and will continue working with executive management and the Company to construct a plan of re-organization and provide executive leadership on a ongoing basis.
Mr. Vincent is a seasoned C-level executive with 25 years of progressive management experience building technology-based companies and has held board positions and advisory roles at more than a dozen Northwest Companies. He has extensive domain experience in wireless, enterprise software, web services, and electronic manufacturing on a global scale and a talent for building teams that exceed goals. For the past four years Mr. Vincent has provided consulting services to notable venture firms and their portfolio companies that have included Interim CEO, Cross-Functional Performance Assessment, Due Diligence, Financial Restructuring, Distressed Turnarounds & Resets, Fund-Raising and M&A preparation, Exit Scenario Planning, Crisis Management and Board Member.
Previously, Mr. Vincent held the positions of Managing Director, Vulcan Capital; Chairman, President & CEO at Quintessent Communications, Inc.; President Asia Pacific & Senior Vice President at Nextel International, Inc.; and Vice President & CMO at Intermec Technologies, Inc.
Paul Campbell, VP and GM, Travel and Hospitality
Paul has a diverse background spanning over 30 years experience in sales, pricing and revenue management, ecommerce, and operations for Fortune 500 companies. Paul serves as Vice President of Sales overseeing the sales organization worldwide. His dynamic understanding of the industry coupled with his experience implementing enterprise solutions gives him unique expertise to guide our global sales organization focused on delivering demand driven data access, aggregation and delivery services to QL2's prospects and clients. Before becoming VP of sales, Paul was the VP of Travel Solutions at QL2 where he grew the client base by 5X and helped QL2 achieve significant revenue growth over a three year period. Prior to QL2 Paul served in management roles at Delta Airlines, Talus Solutions, DFI/Aeronomics and United Airlines.
Kerri Bumgardner, VP Engineering
Kerri is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of experience in the retail industry. She leads the QL2 development team and is responsible for delivering enterprise-class solutions for QL2. Kerri has a strong comprehension of complex technical situations and has extensive experience in reengineering IT departments, drastically improving communication and reducing the total cost of ownership in business process development and change management. Prior to joining QL2, Kerri was the director of merchandising systems and manager of technology support services at Nordstrom in Seattle. During her tenure at Nordstrom, she held positions as the manager of technology support services and a variety of consulting roles. Kerri was also the Vice President of Network and Customer Operations at Telicor, Inc.
Mark Ghazal, VP Business Development
Mark brings over 10 years of software and emerging technology experience to the QL2 organization. Mark is a pioneer in the data access and delivery space and has an expansive understanding of the properties of unstructured data in all of its forms. Mark has spent the past nine years delivering advanced technology solutions to users with unique information analysis needs in a variety of industries. He's contributed to the QL2 core technology, created development standards and processes and was a fundamental contributor in designing how QL2 delivers data access and integration services to companies around the globe. Prior to QL2 Mark attended the University of Washington and worked at Blue Nile as it came online to offer jewelry and gems in the then emerging marketplace.
