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Leadership

 

triangle  Jim Foster, Chief Executive Officer

triangle  Tonya Zweier, Chief Financial Officer

triangle  Kevin Garton, Chief Marketing Officer

triangle  Rick Carragher, Chief Technology Officer

triangle  Lindsay Hurst, EVP, Human Resources

triangle  Harris Romanoff, Vice President, Product Management

 

 

Jim Foster, Chief Executive Officer

Jim Foster is the Chief Executive Officer of The Neat Company and serves on the Board of Directors.  As CEO, Jim oversees corporate strategy and manages all operating functions of the company including finance, technology, marketing, sales and administration.  Jim has over thirty years of experience in computer application software and services, specializing in technology, sales, marketing, and the management of computer software organizations.  Prior to joining The Neat Company Jim was a senior executive at several successful software companies.  In 2000, Jim was named Sage Software’s Chief Technology Officer for North America operations after spending six years leading their mid-market division.  While in that role, he coordinated six company acquisitions and participated in one of the largest mergers in the mid-market accounting software industry. Prior to its acquisition by Sage Software, Jim was responsible for Product Strategy and Technology at Best Software, where he lead a team that created one of the first robust web-based applications for payroll and human resource processing.  Before joining Best Software in 1992, Mr. Foster held several sales and technology management positions with firms such as Dun and Bradstreet Software, Computer Science Corporation, and CompuServe.

  

Tonya Zweier, Chief Financial Officer

Tonya Zweier is The Neat Company’s Chief Financial Officer and reports to Neat’s CEO.  Tonya is responsible for all financial and administrative matters for Neat.    She leverages more than seventeen years of strategic, financial and operational experience and has had responsibility for accounting, tax, treasury, information management and strategic planning over those years.  Prior to joining Neat, Tonya held a number of financial and operating roles in both venture-backed and publicly traded companies, including Acsis, Inc., a software solutions provider, and Safeguard Scientifics, Inc., a company that provides growth capital to life science and technology companies.  Tonya started her career at KPMG in the technology practice.  Tonya graduated from York College with a B.A. in Accounting.

 

Kevin Garton, Chief Marketing Officer

Kevin Garton is The Neat Company’s Chief Marketing Officer and reports to Neat’s CEO. Kevin is responsible for the company’s go-to-market strategy and oversees marketing, sales, product and customer support. He manages Neat’s brand P&L and leads the effort to communicate the company’s leadership in the Digital Filing System marketplace. Prior to joining Neat, Kevin spent over 20 years in marketing and brand development across a broad range of industries including technology, media and consumer products. He has experience growing both established and emerging brands and has led marketing and sales teams at AOL, comScore, Microstrategy, Levi Strauss, Corning and Procter & Gamble. Kevin is a member of Edison Ventures Director Network and a board member of Edison portfolio company Lifebooker, LLC. Kevin earned a B.A. in Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis, MO, and he holds an M.B.A. from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.

Rick Carragher, Chief Technology Officer

Rick Carragher is The Neat Company’s Chief Technology Officer and reports to Neat’s CEO.  Rick brings over 15 years of technical expertise and leadership in digital commerce to The Neat Company.  Rick was recently CTO of Alphabuyer, where he led the formation and launch of their group purchasing marketplace.  Before that, Rick served as Chief Architect at both GSI Commerce and SAP’s Point-of-Sale business.  In these capacities, Rick was responsible for setting and managing both the end-to-end technology strategy and anywhere from 12 to 100 personnel in architecture and software development.  Prior to SAP, Rick also spent 7 years at IBM in enterprise architecture consulting and 3 years at EDS in application development.
 
Rick attended Lehigh University and has a BS in Computer Engineering.  He is passionate about all things technology, driven to succeed and is a self-proclaimed endurance sports junkie.

Lindsay Hurst, EVP, Human Resources

Lindsay Hurst is The Neat Company’s EVP, Human Resources and reports to Neat’s CEO.  Lindsay has 25+ years experience in Human Resources with the last 16 years being in the software industry. Prior to joining Neat, Lindsay was EVP, HR at Sage (global software company) overseeing the North America HR function for 4,000+ employees. Lindsay has extensive experience in building HR infrastructures within a variety of premier growth companies. Lindsay earned a B.S in Business Management and a B.A. in Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland. 

Harris Romanoff, Vice President, Product Management

Harris Romanoff is The Neat Company’s Vice President of Product Management and reports to Neat’s CEO.  Harris is responsible for product strategy, definition and execution.  Harris previously served as EVP Engineering in which he led the Windows team, SPI (Scanning, Parsing & Imaging) team, and hardware design and development teams. Prior to joining Neat, Harris was a Lead Software Engineer and Business Simulation Modeler at Strategic Management Group (SMG) and an Electrical Engineer at Ballinger, the country’s oldest architecture and engineering firm. Harris earned a B.S.E. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and is currently pursuing a M.S.E. in Integrated Product Design from the University of Pennsylvania (an interdisciplinary program of Wharton, the School of Engineering, and the School of Design).