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Our Team

Otto Doll, Board Chair

Otto Doll, Board Chair

John Gardner, Treasurer
Land O’Lakes

John Gardner, Treasurer

Eric Henly, Vice Chair
Ameriprise Financial

Eric Henly, Vice Chair

Bryan Henneman
Ecolab, Inc.

Bryan Henneman

Charlie Magiera
The Boston Consulting Group

Charlie Magiera

Deb McGahey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Secretary
HR Options LLC

Deb McGahey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Secretary

Bill Richard

Bill Richard

Deb Sevelius
Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.

Deb Sevelius

Peter Stiegler
Nussbaumer Projects

Peter Stiegler

Bill Tatum
Travelers Insurance

Bill Tatum

Greg Quale
Deluxe Corporation

Greg Quale

Otto Doll, Board Chair

Otto Doll, Board Chair

Recently retired, Mr. Doll served as the Minneapolis CIO and was responsible for all City IT services. Formerly South Dakota’s CIO for 15 years with responsibility for all state government computing, telecommunications, state radio, and public broadcasting. While with IT research firms, Mr. Doll has advised Fortune 1000, Federal, State, and Local Government CIOs on information technology assessment and alignment to business needs. He has served as a Director with the United States General Services Administration, developing information technology strategic plans and oversight policy. Mr. Doll received his Computer Science degree from Virginia Tech and is a Senior Executive Fellow of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a past President of NASCIO — a national organization of state CIOs. He also is a past President of the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX) — a national organization of city and county CIOs. Mr. Doll was named to Government Technology’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.

John Gardner, Treasurer

Land O’Lakes

John Gardner, Treasurer

John currently oversees the payroll department at Land O’Lakes focusing on mergers and acquisitions, global payroll, compliance, and process improvement. Prior to Land O’Lakes, John has had roles of increasing responsibility at G&K Services, Ceridian, and Travelers Insurance. Before starting his career in payroll, John was a high school math teacher. He has his Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Kansas. John currently resides in Cottage Grove with his wife and two children.

Title:Payroll Center Manager

Eric Henly, Vice Chair

Ameriprise Financial

Eric Henly, Vice Chair

Eric has 22 years’ experience in the financial services industry, most recently at Ameriprise administering an Oracle Service Cloud deployment. Prior to joining the MCFS Board, Eric served for as the Board Treasurer for East Side Neighborhood Development Company. His undergraduate degree is from the University of Minnesota and he has an MBA from the Carlson School of Management. Eric lives in Saint Paul with his wife and two children.

Title:Lead Business Systems Administrator

Bryan Henneman

Ecolab, Inc.

Bryan Henneman

Bryan is a marketing expert who partners with business executives to grow their business and improve operations. After spending 15 years working in product development and marketing for a fortune 500 company, Bryan knows how to work effectively across multiple groups and regions to develop strategic business plans that solve customer challenges, grow the business and drive operational efficiencies.

Currently, Bryan leads the Institutional Latin America marketing team reporting to the Latin America General Manager. In this role, Bryan is responsible for leading the development and execution of the strategic business plan, partnering with the leadership team to drive business growth initiatives designed to achieve goals in revenue and profit.

Prior to this role, Bryan spent time in multiple Global and North America marketing roles focused on strategic planning and development, business P&L management, product development and talent development.

Bryan holds a Master’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics from the University of Minnesota and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Minnesota.

Bryan has been married to his wife Sarah for almost 5 years. Together they have a 4-year-old son named Sawyer, a 2-year-old daughter named Parker and a miniature a golden doodle, Daisy. In his free time, Bryan enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, reading, exercising and playing recreational sports.

Title:Senior Marketing Director, Institutional Latin America

Charlie Magiera

The Boston Consulting Group

Charlie Magiera

Charlie is a Senior Associate at The Boston Consulting Group. Previously, he was responsible for new product development, customer engagement management and market research within 3M’s Display Materials and Systems division. Charlie has also served as a process engineer, working on product scale-up and process improvement in 3M’s production facilities. Prior to employment at 3M, Charlie received his B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He is an avid cyclist and rock climber.

Title:Senior Associate

Deb McGahey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Secretary

HR Options LLC

Deb McGahey, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Secretary

Deb has more than 25 years of experience in human resources. Deb helps clients establish and implement human resources efforts that effectively communicate and support the organization’s strategic vision. Areas of expertise include succession planning, talent management, change management, organizational and performance management, training and development, employee relations, compensation and benefits management, compliance and employee communications. Deb has a B.A in Human Resource Management and holds the SPHR and SHRM-SCP credentials which make her a recognized expert and leader in the HR field. Deb has held various volunteer roles within HR professional associations and now wants to focus her volunteer time on community programs.

Title:Founder and Principal Consultant

Bill Richard

Bill Richard

Bill Richard was most recently the Global Head of IT Operations Service Delivery with MoneyGram. Prior to MoneyGram he served as Director of Information Technology at UnitedHealth Group and was responsible for Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence in the areas of Development and Operational support. Preceding this, he served as Sr. Manager of Information Technology at UnitedHealth Group and was responsible for the Mergers and Acquisition Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence areas from December 2007 to 2012. From 2002 to 2007 Mr. Richard served as Managing Partner at Creative Storage Solutions, a custom closet and wine cellar distributor.  From 1996 to 2001 Mr. Richard also held a variety of information Technology positions at HealthPartners. From 1990 to 1996, Mr. Richard served as a Director of the Boys and Girls Club of St. Paul.

Mr. Richard serves on the Habitat for Humanity board of Directors for St Croix Valley. He is the board chair and a member of the executive committee and the former treasurer. He recently led the Search Committee for the selection of a new Executive Director at SCVHFH. Prior to SCVHFH, Bill was a member for the MSHA Minnesota Saddlebred Horse Association Board of Directors additionally, he has served on the product advisory Board of Directors at Rockler Woodworking and Hardware.

Mr. Richard holds a Master of Art degree in Organizational Leadership from St. Mary’s University of Minnesota, CPM certified project management from the University of St. Thomas and a Bachelors in Education and minor in Computer Science from St. Cloud State University.

He and his wife, Karen, recently relocated to Lake Elmo, MN and have two sons, Patrick (24) who is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota and Tucker (20) who is a Junior at the University of Minnesota.

Deb Sevelius

Arctic Wolf Networks, Inc.

Deb Sevelius

Deb is an experienced, collaborative, globally-minded executive leader with a proven record in leading cross-functional teams, streamlining processes and supporting growth through the identification and implementation of cross-departmental synergies. Deb currently helps technology and technology services companies navigate vendor and customer relationships through effective and efficient processes and contracts. She is passionate about applying her skills and experience in ways to help educationally focused non-profits maximize efficiencies and help their communities. Deb currently lives in Lino Lakes with her husband and two sons.

Title:Sr Counsel - Commercial Transactions

Peter Stiegler

Nussbaumer Projects

Peter Stiegler

Peter is a Partner with Nussbaumer Projects, a consulting firm with offices in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Hamburg (Germany). He currently is heading their Twin Cities office, overseeing all project delivery and business development in the local market. Prior to joining this role, Peter spent over a decade with Accenture’s technology strategy practice in both Germany and the US. His areas of expertise are business and IT strategy, enterprise architecture, as well as project and change management. Peter has served clients in various industries with a special focus on Financial Services and Consumer Products. He holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science for Business Administration from the Technical University of Chemnitz, Germany. Peter lives in Woodbury with his wife and three children. In his free time, he enjoys traveling, cooking, and game nights with family and friends.

Title:Partner

Bill Tatum

Travelers Insurance

Bill Tatum

Bill is currently a Manager for the Technology Leadership Development Program (TLDP) at Travelers Insurance.  He is responsible for recruiting, hiring, and coaching high potential candidates, and preparing them for leadership positions in Travelers’ Technology organization.  Bill has been with Travelers for 24 years.  Prior to that he held various positions in the Information Technology field, primarily at Northwestern Mutual in Milwaukee, WI.  Outside of work, Bill has actively volunteered for and/or led many community, church and corporate events and activities.

Bill holds a BS in Management/Management Information Systems degree from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities.

Bill currently resides in Hudson, WI with his wife and son.  The Hudson area provides a great environment for him to enjoy cycling, (motor and pedal), hiking, and kayaking.

Title:Manager – Technology Leadership Development Program

Greg Quale

Deluxe Corporation

Greg Quale

Greg is an accomplished strategic Information Security leader with 20 years of Information Technology experience with the last 14 years focused on Information Security. In his current role, Greg partners with business leadership to protect company and customer data and to inject security controls into Merrill Corporation’s products to gain a competitive advantage. Prior to joining Merrill Corporation, Greg has held Information Security leadership roles in the Financial Services Industry as well as a boutique Information Security firm. Greg is also a Board member of the Minnesota Cloud Security Alliance Chapter. Greg holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Minnesota and is CISSP certified (Member #67516). Greg lives in Stillwaterwith his wife and two kids and enjoys downhill skiing, cycling and running.

Title:Director IT Security

Gunnar Aas
IT Certification Instructor

Gunnar Aas

Brian Beaupre
Director of Operations

Brian Beaupre

Jason Burford
Production Coordinator

Jason Burford

Rob Cardinal
Online Sales Manager

Rob Cardinal

Jim Christiansen
Regional Sales Manager

Jim Christiansen

Kevin Fogarty
Truck Driver & Warehouse Associate

Kevin Fogarty

Tamara Gillard
Executive Director

Tamara Gillard

Sule Gimba
Level 1 Testing Coordinator

Sule Gimba

Marcus Henne
Computer Technician

Marcus Henne

Esther Kearney
IT Certification Instructor

Esther Kearney

Eileen King
IT Certification Instructor

Eileen King

Jordan Malm
Equipment Donor Relations Specialist

Jordan Malm

Katie McMahon
Communications Manager

Katie McMahon

Dan Mills
Technical Support Specialist

Dan Mills

Kuzie Nzara
IT Certification Instructor

Kuzie Nzara

Heather Olson
Clerk

Heather Olson

Jim Thirsten
Warehouse Logistics Manager

Jim Thirsten

Gunnar Aas

IT Certification Instructor

Gunnar Aas

Email:gaas@mncfs.org

Brian Beaupre

Director of Operations

Brian Beaupre

Email:bbeaupre@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2389

Jason Burford

Production Coordinator

Jason Burford

Rob Cardinal

Online Sales Manager

Rob Cardinal

Email:rcardinal@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2400 ext.106

Jim Christiansen

Regional Sales Manager

Jim Christiansen

Email:jchristiansen@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2388

Kevin Fogarty

Truck Driver & Warehouse Associate

Kevin Fogarty

Email:kfogarty@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2400 x109

Tamara Gillard

Executive Director

Tamara Gillard

Tammy’s passion for nonprofit work began when the MCFS program began at the Stillwater Correctional Facility in 1997.  She saw a perfect trifecta of services meeting three needs in the community – a  quality technology solution for equipment donors, skills training for an underserved population that benefits the community, and affordable technology solutions for schools.  After 19 years she feels the work that MCFS accomplishes is more important than ever.

Email:tgillard@mncfs.org

Phone:612-338-2390

Sule Gimba

Level 1 Testing Coordinator

Sule Gimba

Marcus Henne

Computer Technician

Marcus Henne

Esther Kearney

IT Certification Instructor

Esther Kearney

Email:ekearney@mncfs.org

Eileen King

IT Certification Instructor

Eileen King

Email:eking@mncfs.org

Jordan Malm

Equipment Donor Relations Specialist

Jordan Malm

Email:jmalm@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2387

Katie McMahon

Communications Manager

Katie McMahon

Katie’s passion for nonprofit marketing began with a summer internship during college and has continued to grow ever since. She believes that everyone should have access to quality education and training and is excited to go to work everyday to share the mission and impact of MCFS.

Email:kmcmahon@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2391

Dan Mills

Technical Support Specialist

Dan Mills

Email:techsupport@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2386

Kuzie Nzara

IT Certification Instructor

Kuzie Nzara

Email:knzara@mncfs.org

Heather Olson

Clerk

Heather Olson

Jim Thirsten

Warehouse Logistics Manager

Jim Thirsten

Email:jthirsten@mncfs.org

Phone:612-383-2400 ext. 108

 

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