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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.
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