2W TECHNOLOGIES - Key Persons
Alex's first job was at a flower shop…. In his day, he prepped a perfect rose!
As a Client Success Manager, Alex is responsible for helping 2W Tech's clients maximize their investments. Alex works every day to build exceptional client relationships and align products and services to solve customer business problems. He helps his clients navigate the ever-changing, often confusing, world of technology. Alex has a degree in finance, accounting, and an MBA, and accomplished all of this while playing college lacrosse. Most of Alex's free time is spent coaching high school lacrosse. He coaches in the spring for Waukesha High School and summer for a club team. He also coaches a powerlifting team in the winter for Waukesha High School. When Alex is not coaching or working, you can find him on the water fishing.
As one of the longest tenured employees at 2W Tech, Autumn is responsible for day to day accounting activities and maintaining the financial records. She is, as we like to call her, the Official Bean Counter. She loves having the ability to work independently, and at other times work with employees that care so much about the company. Autumn earned an Associates Degree from Duquesne University and a Certification of Finance from Strayer University. She owns a boatload of pets including a 19 year old potbelly pig, 2 dogs, a tortoise, sun conure and a lot of feral cats. In her spare time, she enjoys rehabbing old homes and furniture, baking and working with a trap n release program for feral cats.
Barbi is originally from Texas but HATES hot weather.
Barbi joined the 2W Tech team as a Sales Coordinator. She works to support the sales organization in a number of different ways; including enhancing the quoting and referral processes, client and systems support, and overall helping support the sales team so they can ultimately spend more time in front of clients and prospects. Prior to joining 2W Tech, Barbi worked in product quality and ISO 9001-2015 management and was in that role for over 10 years. Barbi started her adult career working in the Air Force for 8 years as an F-16 Mechanic. She was in Dessert Storm in United Arab Emirates (UAE), and also lived in Kunsan Korea for one year. She met her husband in the Air Force; they have one son and three dogs. She loves the outdoors, sitting by the fire, riding ATV trails, hanging out by the pond with a cocktail, fishing, and cooking on the smoker. She also loves old trucks and fast cars. She got the nickname "Ricky Barbi" (from Talladega Nights character Ricky Bobby) because she likes to go fast!
Job Titles:
- Epicor Sales
- Our Epicor Sales Representative
Chelsea joined 2W Tech as our Epicor Sales Representative. Her job is to engage with prospective customers and discuss the Epicor products and services 2W Tech can offer. She worked for a job shop manufacturer for 5 years, facing problems related to inventory control, supplier part delays, late shipments, long lead times, etc. She realized that she wanted to be at the forefront of helping manufactures fix these problems, and that's when she decided to join the technology world. Chelsea has passion for travel, cooking, roller blading and reading. She loves to spend her Fridays having fun with friends and Sundays spending time with her family. She thoroughly enjoys life and making people laugh
Chris's nickname is Chris Squared, as his wife's name is Chris also.
As a Senior Consultant, Chris has primary responsibility for conducting all aspects of a complete ERP application implementation, including business process mapping, business process re-engineering, project management, software installation, systems integration, data conversion, system design and modifications, end-user training and post-implementation support. He has implemented the full application suite for Epicor's ERP software. Chris's hospital birth certificate has a picture of the Hindenburg, as he was born in Lake Hurst, NJ where it exploded. His hobbies include spending time with his family, golfing and fishing.
Damian is an Epicor Consultant for 2W Tech. He works on a wide variety of Epicor projects including implementations, process design, reporting and customizations. Damian earned a Business Management degree from Ohio University and a master's degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Akron. Damian has over 20 years' experience working with Epicor and manufacturing solutions. He enjoys golf and boating. His family has a 20-foot ski boat.
David is the Chief Financial Officer of 2W Tech and leads all aspects of the company's financial operations and reporting. As a seasoned finance executive with over 25 years of experience, David has helped to build, grow, and manage several professional services organizations. He graduated from Drake University in Des Moines and is a certified public accountant. David enjoys spending his free time with his family, traveling, and staying active whether it be hiking, snow skiing, or running. He also loves attending Milwaukee Bucks and Brewers game.
Diana is really shy.
Diana works with charity horse shows.
Diana is not only a Senior Consultant at 2W Tech, but she also a Founder of the company. Her many job duties include working with new clients on implementing Epicor 10, working with existing clients on upgrading from legacy version of Epicor software to Epicor 10, troubleshooting problems and issues with all versions of the Epicor software, as well as mentoring new employees. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, as well as an Associate's Degree in Computer Science. Diana is wild about animals. She has a german shepard, barn cat, 9 American Saddlebred horses and a pony. Her hobbies include raising and showing American Saddlebred Horses, going to the theater, traveling, in addition to spending time with her family.
Job Titles:
- Member of the Project Management Team
- Senior Consultant
Doug is the oldest of 5 siblings.
Doug held a high school record in track & field for over 15 years.
Doug spends his days at 2W Tech consulting with Epicor clients on implementations, reported issues/troubleshooting, creating custom reports and other customization requests. He enjoys being able to assist a customer in accomplishing improvements in their work processes. He earned a BS in Computer Science from Indiana Tech, as well as an MBA from Indiana University. Doug's hobbies include programming, reading, furthering his education, as well as home/auto maintenance. He would not want to be a superhero, he already has enough people that depend on him for answers.
Job Titles:
- Epicor Consultant
- Member of Our Team
Erik speaks both Japanese and French.
Erik studied radio/film/drama/tv in school.
As one of the newest member of our team, Erik focuses on specialized Epicor projects. He loves helping customers leverage technology to achieve their goals, while demystifying for them the technological tools they use. Erik can be found riding his bicycle in all weather conditions and all over the city. He is currently learning to restore classic cars, which is just one more DIY project he is undertaking. Erik likes to spend his free time with his family, serving his church and doing as much as he can to help others.
James would eat Mexican food every day if left unchecked.
James job is to engage with prospective customers and discuss the products and services 2W Tech can offer. He loves helping prospects recognize the benefits that technology can bring to their business. James earned a B.S. in Accounting Information Systems from the University of Southern California. He spends his free time with his family, doing DIY home projects and restoring Aircooled VWs (60's era). He also really loves Japanese woodworking techniques.
It's an inherited family trait that Jared can spark up a conversation with anyone, even strangers.
Jared is probably the pickiest eater on the entire planet.
Jared loves using technology to help clients succeed and also enjoys having the opportunity to meet new people. His responsibilities include managing and maintaining infrastructure systems. This includes networking, email, security, upgrading and configuring server and backup solutions, as well as cloud-based solutions. Jared enjoys spending his free time writing and recording music. He plays guitar, drums and bass. He also enjoys kayaking and being outdoors. One thing he does not enjoy is early mornings. Every day is a new adventure and Jared loves to wake up each morning to find out what it will be.
Job Titles:
- Director, Accounting and HR
25 Years of Accounting, HR and management experience makes Joan uniquely qualified to keep our crew paid, officed and well behaved (mostly). All things being equal, Joan would prefer to be on a bike. Besides that she enjoys walking her dogs and a good craft beer .
Jon's professional career started in radio broadcasting as a disc jockey in Chicagoland.
Jon has been leading various sales teams for over 20 years and 2W Tech is excited to have him in our Director of Sales role. Jon is responsible for leading both our New Sales team, as well as our Client Success Managers. Jon is a huge sports fan, his favorites being football and basketball. He is a huge Minnesota Vikings and Iowa Hawkeye fan. In his spare time, he enjoys playing golf, listening to music and binging Netflix. Outside of continuing his career with 2W Tech, Jon's goal is to write a fictional book.
Ken's goal is to visit every continent at least once.
Ken's favorite food is Italian.
Ken is the Chief Operating Officer for 2W Tech, which means he is responsible for implementing policies and procedures and ensuring everything runs smooth. He is also the guy that gets to do what no one else wants to do! Ken enjoys problem solving, so this job gives him the opportunity to do just that. Ken has several children, 1 grandchild, along with 3 dogs. His hobbies include many outdoor things such as hunting, fishing, camping, motorcycling and landscaping. He is also an avid lover of wine, good food and music. Ken is known to be a really great cook in most environments.
Job Titles:
- VP of Business Development
Kendra is training her mini Aussie for both service and agility work.
Kendra joined the 2W Tech team as Sr. VP of Business Development. Previously, she was the Owner and President of MIS-Consulting & Sales for 35 years, which was recently acquired by 2W Tech.
Job Titles:
- Director of Project Management
Lisa once had five saltwater fish tanks with the largest being 110 gallons
As Director of Project Management Lisa is a ‘hands on' project control manager to successfully drive implementations from kickoff to completion. She jokes that her middle name should be "Get it Done!" The reason she loves doing project control work because each day is different and really enjoys helping customers grow their business. Lisa has over 14 years of Project Management experience in the Hospitality and Manufacturing industries. And she is a longtime member of PMI - Project Management Institute. Lisa has passion for Mid-Century Modern antiques from 1940's thru 1960's. On the weekends, Lisa and her husband Jim operate a vintage clothing and antique shop. Her love of collecting antiques might be considered an obsession. Lisa enjoys traveling and has a favorite Hawaiian island after having vacationed there 10 times. She is eager to sharing her tips on best beaches and places to watch sunsets. On Lisa's bucket list is to visit all the US National Parks and Easter Island.
Mary Beth enjoys living where she gets lots of snow - even when shoveling is required
Mary Beth in an Epicor Consultant for 2W Tech. She works on a wide variety of Epicor projects including implementations, process design, reporting and customizations. Mary Beth started her professional career as a Manufacturing Engineer, but quickly crossed over to the dark side into Operations Management. Having spent over 30 years leading manufacturing organizations in high-tech and aerospace companies, she loves to learn everything she can about her clients' manufacturing operations, with an emphasis on the flow of product and associated information throughout the organization. Building on her educational background in engineering (BSEE) and business (MBA), Mary Beth enjoys helping her clients find simple and practical ways to reduce cost and lead time, while improving process control. When not working with Epicor, Mary Beth enjoys the outdoors. Here hobbies include riding her Zuma scooter, working in her ‘yard' (5 acres), skiing, hiking, biking, watching the birds and smelling the flowers.
Mary lifted a sewer cover from the road at the age of 11 just to prove she could.
Mary skipped study hall and took extra credits in her freshman/sophomore years of HS so she could have an early release her junior/senior year to work full time at the age of 16.
Mary is the youngest of 5 girls in the family, which means she was the "David Thomas" of the bunch. She definitely fulfilled the need for a son for her mom & dad by being quite the tom-boy growing up.
As Client Coordinator at 2W Tech, Mary provides internal and external client support for the Client Engagement team and Sales department. Additionally, she assists with various projects as needed, PLUS anything else that comes her way! Mary has earned most of what she knows today via the school of hard knocks but, she has been trained in Agile Methodologies, Change Management, Conflict Management, and Dale Carnegie Principle Leadership, in addition to a multitude of many different software applications. Mary married her teenage sweetheart, Brad, many years ago and actually made him take her to her senior prom even though he was already out of HS. They have two daughters, Samantha and Alicia (or two sons if you call them by their nick names (Sam & Al). They are both married which means Mary also has two purrrrfect grand cats Rizzo and Kenickie (yes, they are named after the characters in the movie Grease), and an attention monger German Shepard grand-dog named Myah. Her hobbies include camping, boating, antiquing, rummaging and just chilling by the camp fire with friends while having a few. Fun fact about Mary is she submitted a video and it was featured on the Ellen Show, although she's still not quite sure if she was laughing with me or at me!
Moe is a Client Success Manager for 2W Tech. He is responsible for helping clients maximize their technology investments and ensuring their products and services are aligned to help solve their business problems. Moe has been in sales for over 30 years, starting back in membership sales at Costco to marketing and promotions with Office Depot, Wells Fargo, and Apple. His career has included B2B sales and Corporate Account Management for Intel, Disney, Boeing and NASA. He also headed up a sales teams as a district manager for more than 10 years and produced an award winning team for Apple and Office Depot. Moe tries to golf and hike as much as possible.
Since Melissa was 17 years old, she's moved 16 times. The first being Germany. She is now currently in her forever home.
Melissa is part of the Project Management team for 2W Tech. As a Project Manager, Melissa works hard to drive projects successfully from kickoff to completion. She began her working life at the young age of 12, working at a saltwater taffy stand at the WI state fair. She went on to have a plethora of jobs, but eventually found job satisfaction as a Project Manager. She has over 10 years project management experience. Melissa has 2 children, both a daughter and a son, and they are very close. She has a 13-year-old grandson who is the apple of her eye. Walking is Melissa's favorite form of movement, she does not purposefully exercise. However, she enjoys kayaking, biking, lounging by the pool, and walking her pups. It's rare that she is not listening to music, in the car, house, on walks, in backyard, etc. She could NOT live without music. She enjoys the 40's thru the 70's. Some 80's and 90's, not much of today's mainstream music. She lived in Germany for 2 years and visited several castles, drank lots of warm German beer, enjoyed Curry Wurst and brotchen, which is nothing like hard rolls, brocthen are much better.
Job Titles:
- Microsoft Alliance Manager
Rachel is the Microsoft Alliance Manager for 2W Tech. She is responsible for managing our Microsoft relationship and really works hard to maximize all the benefits it offers us as a business. Rachel started her career in commercial art and graphic design and then went back to school due to the limitations the graphics programs had at the time and pursued computer science. She has 13+ years of experience within the Microsoft Ecosystem with a keen liking of Microsoft licensing because it keeps her on her toes, and she is able to meet her goal of learning something new EVERYDAY! Rachel is a small town, North Dakota farm girl that is living her best life in Western Minnesota in lakes country, 1000 yards off Pelican Lake with her longtime love Chris and her 2 beautiful boys Jaden (17), and Logan (13). She also has two fur babies that are on the opposite side of the dog spectrum. One is a 2-year-old Golden Retriever Milo and the other is a 4-year-old Teacup Yorkie Chewbacca, (Chewy). Rachel enjoys live music, traveling, fishing, biking, boating, skiing, and anything outdoors when not trapped behind her computer or when it is 30 below. She also enjoys anything artsy/crafty such as sculpture, drawing, landscaping, Cricut creations, crocheting, photography, etc. Fun fact, Rachel won an Addy, Advertising Federation Award, for a photo she took in college.
Randy is part of the Sales team at 2W Tech as an Account Executive. Randy has a strong business acumen and outstanding salesmanship directly in the ERP world. He spent many years in executive leadership including CEO of Morrell Holdings which was a holding company for a technology company and 4 consumer product companies. Over the last 8 years, Randy has been a successful ERP business development rep for two different Infor partners. Randy has been married for 38 years and has 3 children and 2 grandchildren. Randy loves horse, particularly mustangs, and has been working on his Horse Whispering technique and skills. He also loves basketball and football.
Ryan did the blazing wing challenge at Buffalo Wild Wings 2 times in one sitting, just because he wanted a better time.
Ryan is a Project Manager for 2W Tech. He has worked the majority of his life in the manufacturing industry; one company in complete steel manufacturing and the other helping build alternative fuel systems through natural gas that encompassed everything from daily drivers, semi-trucks and even powering facilities at the Olympic games. Ryan's hobbies include fishing and hiking in the most difficult places he can find.
Sapan has road tripped from Connecticut to Key West, FL but he doesn't like to drive.
Sapan has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a master's degree in Computer Science from University of New Haven, Connecticut. He worked as both an IT and Epicor Consultant since 2016 and is now focusing more on Epicor solutions with 2W Tech. Sapan is a coffee connoisseur who loves to travel. His hobbies include spending time with family, reading, traveling, road trips, hiking, binge watching shows and most importantly watching cricket matches.
Sue is allergic to every type of nut.
Sue has had 14 broken fingers.
Sue is responsible for everything marketing at 2W Tech. She loves her job because of all the diversity that comes from the ever changing world of marketing and reacting to what's hot at the moment. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Penn State. She is still an avid Penn State football fan today. She resides in Erie, PA, which happens to be one of the snowiest places on earth. Sue spends her free time playing volleyball, reading, working out, and drinking wine. She also spends a ridiculous amount of time cheering on her children at their athletic events. Sue loves her family and friends and loves to entertain any chance she can. Which is why she is OCD on cleaning, you never know when someone will drop by! Sue is a really awesome cook, but if you ask her to bake you anything, it will end in a major disaster.
Tom has made over 40,000 edits to the English Wikipedia since 2006.
Tom lives on Lake Michigan in Indiana.
Tom's job function as the Chief Technology Officer is finding new product solutions for our clients and driving our growth. He loves working with clients to improve their productivity, effectiveness or profitability. If there is an opportunity to build something new for someone, Tom is the first to raise his hand. He loves creating and building. . If it's not on a computer, he's doing home-improvement, construction or something similar. Tom loves spending his time volunteering or being at the beach.
Zack's left foot is two sizes smaller than his right.
Zack works on a wide variety of Epicor projects including implementations, process design, reporting and customizations. He loves having the constant opportunity to work with clients and learn about their business. Being able to help companies grow and build solutions through technology is extremely rewarding to him. Zack has a Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from Lewis University. He has a couple cats, however the dog is still pending further discussion. When he is not mastering baby talk with his twins, he likes to unwind cooking and listening to a good record. Zack is a big fan of Disney, he believes it truly is the happiest place on Earth. He would really like to be Iron Man because he is smart, social, has lots of toys and never has to worry about a secret identity.