Rich Lightfoot
Our Team is comprised of Industry and Domain Experts
Client Principal – AMS GPAS Lead
Rich Lightfoot leads the sales and business strategy development of GPAS in the Americas and is responsible for channel partner and new market opportunities. Rich has an MBA financial background coupled with 20+ years of print/security experience and knowledge. He is typically heavily involved in the initial scoping exercises and scenario modelling and brings his financial/print/security expertise to bear.
Steve Dale
Senior Account Executive
Steve is responsible for GPAS & IoT sales in EMEA-APAC. He has over 25 years’ experience across enterprise emerging technologies, global integration, supply chain consolidation and IoT. Steve holds a BA (Hons) in Organisation Studies from UCLan (England) and advocates ecosystem collaboration, long term business relationships, and effective communication.
Gary Moloney
Innovation Technology Centre Manager
Technology Innovation Centre manager with 25+ years’ domain expertise and experience of managing teams in successfully delivering technology-based services & solutions related to brand protection/counterfeit detection and prevention, product & supply chain traceability and sustainability.
Evan Patterson
GPAS Product Manager
Evan has been with HPE / Micro Focus for 18 years. He holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and a post graduate Higher Diploma in Systems Analysis, both awarded by the National University of Ireland, Galway. Bringing a wealth of experience, Evan’s role and primary focus includes leading the project components from LC inception to post deployment checkout and project closure.
Anthony Winterlich
Software Engineering Manager
Anthony has over 15 years’ experience in the fields of data analytics & computer science. He holds a BE (Engineering), MSc. (Mathematics) and PhD. (Engineering) in the areas of software engineering, graph theory, & video quality analytics. Anthony leads the software engineering team within the Innovation Centre as well as the innovation of future services within the group.
Lisa Finn
Lead Data Scientist
Lisa is a Lead Data Scientist for Micro Focus Galway. Lisa has over 10 years’ experience in solving data, technology and business challenges for leading organisations. Lisa holds a BSc in Financial & Actuarial Mathematics and has experience in the areas of Risk Theory, Actuarial Modelling, Time Series, Statistics and Complex Analysis.
Aileen Benson
Project Manager
PMP Certified IT Professional BSc (Hons) with over 13 years’ experience in core infrastructure support with a strong focus on project management and service delivery. Key skills include teamwork, problem solving and communication. Previous experience with Waterfall project approach with a familiarity of Agile methods. I have a high attention to detail and a proven ability to work effectively in global cross-functional teams or on my own initiative.
Bob Slevin
Director of Product Marketing
Bob is an Internet of Things (IoT) architect and evangelist with more than 30 years’ experience in telecommunications spanning Military and Private sectors. He has collaborated with partners to deploy millions of connected devices across business and consumer markets. An IoT thought leader with an MBA in Technology Management, Bob is focused on identifying business challenges and building innovative solutions to improve operational efficiencies, drive growth and mitigate risks.
Key Advisors
Steve Simske
Professor at Colorado State University
Dr. Simske is a former HP Fellow, Vice President, and Director in HP Labs. As of July 2020, he is the author of more than 450 publications and more than 200 US patents (many more worldwide). He is an IS&T Fellow, and its immediate past President (2017-2019). Steve is the Steering Committee Chair for the ACM DocEng Symposium, which meets annually. Dr. Simske was a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Councils from 2010-2016, including Illicit Trade, Illicit Economy and the Future of Electronics.
Paul Ellingstad
Managing Partner – PTI
Paul advises and accompanies leaders who want to innovate, grow, and transform their teams and organizations. His expertise has been cultivated through a career of deep, hands-on experience in market research, communications, marketing, client relationship management, consulting and innovation while leading teams at local, regional, and global levels of responsibility. Working with highly diverse and geographically dispersed teams, clients, and partners has been a career-long constant.
Mick Keyes
Chief Technology Officer, Poultry Sense
Mr. Mick Keyes is an expert adviser on Precision Agriculture technologies, IT architectures, as well as strategy planning for new IOT and Analytics business initiatives. He has significant experience across a variety of industries, including Government, Healthcare, Food and Agriculture, Pharmaceutical and Manufacturing with a particular focus on emerging sensor technologies, AI based edge compute deployments and development of new “as-a-service” models for the IT industry.
Dave Keller
Security Packaging Advisor
David Kellar is the Founder and Owner of Kellar Consulting LLC where he focuses on helping organizations with Brand Protection through Packaging Engineering and Traceability.
He earned a BS in Packaging from Michigan State University and has over 20 years of industry experience. David also has demonstrated expertise in the use of Blockchain technology, Smart Packaging, IOT and RFID for security and enhanced tracking. He has an established reputation for technical innovations to solve business critical issues.
