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Rick Born
Chief Executive Officer
As CEO and co-founder Rick is
responsible for providing leadership in creating the RBA culture
and employment experience that is centered on challenge,
opportunity, reward and fun. Rick co-founded BORN Information
Services in August 1990. Under his leadership, the company became
one of the most successful and fastest-growing information
technology consulting firms nationwide - nearly doubling in size
each year, eventually reaching $139 million in sales in 2000. BORN
made the Inc. 500 list of fastest-growing private companies in the
United States for three consecutive years, and was nationally
recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the top 100 places to work
(12th overall) in 2001.
In June 1996, he was honored with the Ernst & Young "Emerging
Entrepreneur of the Year" award. He has been featured by Inc.,
Fortune, Fast Company, Twin Cities Business Monthly, Minnesota
Business and Business Week magazines.
Rick is actively involved in the community, supporting many local
and National charities.
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Mike
Reinhart
President and Chief Operating Officer
As President, COO, and co-founder Mike
is responsible for providing the vision and strategic direction for
RBA's business. Reinhart has more than 20 years of experience
managing enterprise technology solutions in corporate and
professional services industries. Prior to RBA Consulting, Reinhart
served as the General Manager of the Microsoft National Practice
and Texas Region for BORN Information Services, Inc. He was
instrumental in opening branch offices and under his leadership
BORN was elevated to National Partner status with Microsoft. He
also worked at Medtronic, Inc. where he was responsible for IT
strategy and technology implementation for corporate shared
services and international systems.
Mike is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse where
he earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science. He also has
earned his Master of Business Administration from the University of
St. Thomas.
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Will
Clevenger
General Manager - Dallas Branch
As General Manager, Will is responsible
for all sales, delivery and operations in the Dallas-Fort Worth
market. Will works closely with Mike Reinhart, President
& COO, and other key RBA leadership to align with corporate
best practices. Will is also responsible for all sales
activities for the Microsoft "sell-to" business in Redmond,
WA. Will Clevenger has over 12 years of experience in
services, sales and leadership roles. Prior to joining RBA,
Will held several key sales roles at Microsoft covering customers
such as Wal-Mart, SYSCO Foods, Commercial Metals and
GameStop. During his time at Microsoft Will received several
awards and was a featured speaker at Microsoft's Global Sales
Conference, TechReady and Industry Solutions
University. Prior to Microsoft Will co-founded a
services firm and lead such projects as the functional and UX
design of FedEx Kinko's new point-of-service, integration of
H&R Block's tax system with Microsoft CRM and was a key partner
in the EDS Center for Microsoft Technologies in Redmond, WA.
Will is a graduate of the University of Missouri where he earned a
Bachelor's degree in Consumer Affairs.
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Craig Andrie
General Manager - Denver
Branch
As General Manager, Craig is responsible
for all sales, delivery and operations in the Denver Market.
Craig brings over 25 years experience running IT consulting
operations ranging from startups to over $125M in annual
revenue. Prior to joining RBA Consulting, Craig served
in a variety of leadership roles including holding Vice President
positions at BORN Information Services, Fujitsu North America, and
Analysts International Corporation (AIC). Craig and a core
group of highly skilled consultants were added to the RBA team
during the acquisition of AIC's regional Microsoft practice in
March of 2010.
Craig holds a BS in Computer Science from
Minnesota State University at Moorhead and completed the Mini-MBA
Program in Leading Growing Companies at the University of St.
Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Bob
Maclean
Microsoft Practice Director
As Practice Director, Bob is responsible
for the management of the consulting services, practice operations
and business development activities for the Minneapolis delivery
team. Prior to joining RBA, Bob spent four years with another
Minneapolis based Microsoft consulting services firm where he held
the positions of Practice Director and Vice President of Consulting
Services. Bob is also an 11 year veteran of BORN Information
Services holding a variety of leadership roles including Microsoft
Business Unit Leader and Technical Manager. He also spent several
years at BORN as a consultant delivering enterprise class solutions
built on the Microsoft platform. Bob got his start in the
technology field working as Branch Manager and later as Regional
Sales Manager for a national reseller chain of hardware and
software.
Bob is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Stout where he
earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration with an
emphasis in Computer Science.
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Karl
Populorum
Sales Director
As Sales Director, Karl is responsible
for driving RBA's sales and account growth in the Minnesota market.
Karl is a 20 year veteran of the IT Services Industry and has held
a variety of sales and leadership positions with IBM, Wang
Laboratories, Keane, and BORN Information Services. Prior to
joining RBA Consulting, Karl worked for CIBER as Regional Vice
President of Business Development. Karl serves on the boards of 3
Minnesota based non-profits and is an active head coach in Woodbury
youth basketball.
Karl is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Stout where he
earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology. He
also earned his Master of Business Administration with a
concentration in Marketing from the University of St.
Thomas.
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Dale Holmgren
Managed Services Practice
Director
As Practice Director, Dale is
responsible for all aspects of RBA's Managed Services practice,
including vision, offering management, marketing and sales,
delivery, and account management. With over three decades of
experience in the IT industry, Mr. Holmgren brings to the table
significant executive and IT Management skills. Prior to joining
RBA Consulting, Dale founded Granite Pointe Partners, an IT Managed
Services company that delivered outsourced IT services in an
affordable fashion for businesses of all sizes. Granite Pointe
Partners was acquired by RBA Consulting in July of 2009. Prior to
Granite Pointe Partners, Dale co-founded Born Information Services
and served as its President and Chief Operating Officer from 1996
through 2001, during which time annual revenues grew from $35M to
$125M and operations expanded from the Minneapolis headquarters to
include offices in Milwaukee, WI, Denver, CO, Dallas, TX, Seattle,
WA, Atlanta, GA and Cincinnati, OH.
Dale earned a degree in Computer Science
from Brown Institute in 1976 and completed a Mini-MBA Program in
Leading Growing Companies at the University of St. Thomas in St.
Paul, Minnesota in 1996.
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Mike
JonesApplication Development Practice
Lead
As Practice Lead, Mike is responsible
for providing technical leadership and vision in the area of
Microsoft application development. He is an accomplished
Technical Architect focused exclusively on Microsoft technologies.
He has gained his experience through hands-on software development
and consulting over the past 12 years. Prior to joining RBA
Consulting, Mike worked for BORN Information Services (Fujitsu
Consulting) where he held positions as Technical Architect and
Practice Manager. Mike specializes in designing and building
custom .NET applications, mobile solutions, and data
services. He currently holds his MCSD.NET
certification.
Mike is a graduate of the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
where he earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with an
emphasis in Computer Engineering.
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Alexander
(Zandy) Garrard
Portals and Collaboration Practice
Lead
As Practice Leader, Zandy is responsible
for providing technical leadership and vision for RBA's Portal and
Collaboration practice. His combination of technical expertise
combined with business process experience, provide customers with a
unique perspective in applying these technologies to their business
solutions. Zandy has been in the IT industry for over 15 years, the
last 6 of which have been focused primarily on the Microsoft
SharePoint technologies. Zandy started with RBA Consulting in
July, 2006 and has presented at many local and national events for
both RBA Consulting and Microsoft.
Zandy received in Bachelors from Carleton College and his Masters
in Business Administration from the University of
Minnesota.
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