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Leadership
Management Team
Since founding the company in 1991, Don Kafka and the ToolWatch management team have helped to establish ToolWatch Corporation as the undisputed leader in construction resource management solutions. Their vision has helped to raise the awareness of construction resource management across a wide range of industries, enabling thousands of organizations to achieve their strategic business objectives.
The ToolWatch management team is made up of:
Don Kafka, Founder and CEO
Don Kafka is the Founder and CEO of ToolWatch Corporation. Kafka founded ToolWatch in 1991 with a vision to create the construction industry's first and most comprehensive system for tracking and managing a company's tools and equipment. Under his leadership, ToolWatch has rapidly grown to become the world's leading provider of construction resource management solutions.
A 30-year veteran of the construction industry, Kafka was previously the owner of a Chicago-based electrical contracting and engineering firm that specialized in process automation design, implementation and construction for manufacturing facilities. His initial interest in tool and equipment tracking emerged from his company's inability to adequately track and manage tools, equipment and materials.
In 1986, after futile efforts to find an adequate off-the-shelf solution to this problem, Kafka decided to develop his own system. He wrote the first iteration of ToolWatch in Cobol, and the program first ran on a Unix platform. A year later, he successfully integrated portable bar code scanning equipment to his tracking software application, automating the checking in and checking out process. Kafka's belief in the significant impact that technology could have in addressing the problems of tool loss and mismanagement—and ultimately in improving profitability—led him to found ToolWatch four years later.
By embracing clients as partners in the continual evolvement of ToolWatch's award-winning solutions, Kafka continues to build on that legacy—and today, ToolWatch is widely recognized as a market leader in the construction software industry.
Denise Shelton, Vice President of Professional Services
As Vice President of Professional Services for ToolWatch Corporation, Denise Shelton oversees a team of experienced trainers and consultants who play a vital role in helping customers achieve maximum results from their ToolWatch solution. During her tenure at ToolWatch, Shelton has held various roles, including director of development and professional services, and lead consultant for the company's JumpStart training program. This hands-on implementation program teaches clients proven business practices that they can implement alongside the ToolWatch software, ensuring that they experience success with the program. With more than 12 years of leadership experience in the software industry, she brings both a strong technical background and superior client service skills to her position.
Shelton came to ToolWatch after two years as a senior systems architect for CSG Systems, Inc., which provides high-volume transaction processing for the communications industry. Prior to that, she worked for AT&T Corporation, where she oversaw coordination of the addition of hybrid fiber coax to the company's existing telephone system.
Shelton received a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in business computer information systems from the University of North Texas.
Matt Ammer, Vice President of Sales and Strategic Alliances
As Vice President of Sales and Strategic Alliances for ToolWatch Corporation, Matt Ammer is responsible for managing the sales team and contributing to the strategic direction of the company. Drawing on his 20 years of combined management and sales experience in the computer industry, Ammer has focused the sales team to expand penetration within ToolWatch's niche market, including the construction and facilities management industries. His background includes sales experience in enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, business-to-business e-commerce and trade allowance management.
Prior to joining ToolWatch, Ammer served as president of 5280 Technology, a software development company he founded to address the need for integration between merchant services provided by banks and non-bank processors and leading accounting software. He formerly worked for Izodia, a U.K.-based business-to-business e-commerce software provider. As a vice president of strategic alliances and sales, Ammer forged valuable partnerships with application service providers while managing the U.S direct sales team.
Ammer holds a Masters of Business Administration in finance and information systems from the University of Cincinnati. He completed a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering at Villanova University.
Bryan Thompson, Vice President of Platform Technology
As Vice President of Platform Technology for ToolWatch Corporation, Bryan Thompson is responsible for managing the infrastructure and delivery of services for the ToolWatch platform. Thompson brings over ten years of experience architecting and operating enterprise technology solutions, which he has applied to the ToolWatch infrastructure to ensure the delivery of a highly available, highly scalable service.
Prior to joining ToolWatch, Thompson served as the Director of Business Systems Architecture for Standard & Poor's and was principally responsible for the deployment and integration of various on-demand technology solutions across the organization. He formerly worked for Amazon.com, where he led the Solutions Architect group to design, build and operate large scale e-commerce solutions for third-party retailers on the Amazon.com platform such as Target.com and the NBA. While at Amazon.com, Thompson also had the opportunity to build out and lead the Technical Account Management team which was responsible for the technical and operational management of all third-party retailers running on the Amazon platform.
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