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Executive Leadership
Meet CyberShift's Experienced Leadership Team
CyberShift has brought together an award-winning management team that has a great deal of depth and breadth in building successful enterprise software and service companies and in forging long-term client relationships. Our industry recognized experiences and accomplishments are shaping CyberShift's leadership and success in the enterprise workforce and expense management markets.
Robert E. Farina
Chief Executive Officer
Robert Farina is an accomplished senior executive with more than 28 years of experience in successfully growing enterprise software and service businesses, with CyberShift being the third organization where he has served as its chief executive officer. Before joining CyberShift in 2002, Farina served as vice president of USinternetworking (now a part of AT&T); at that time the largest publicly held Application Service Provider (ASP) in North America. He joined USinternetworking through the sale of EnableVision, a highly successful software consulting and implementation firm which he founded. Prior to EnableVision, Farina was the CEO of a leading vertical market provider of enterprise software to the publishing industry, as well as vice president and general manager for a major firm focused on human resource and payroll systems. He began his career at Control Data's Business Information Services Division. Farina is currently an active member of the Advisory Board of the Columbia University Masters program for Information Technology Management. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania.
Thomas Altier, CPA
Chief Financial Officer
Thomas Altier brings 30 years of financial management experience to his position of chief financial officer. Altier's areas of responsibility include finance, legal and human resources. Recently honored by the New Jersey Technology Council (NJTC) in the CFO of the Year, Deal of the Year award category, Altier was recognized for his efforts in CyberShift's strategic acquisition of Necho Systems in 2005. Altier's "Big Four" career foundation, as well as experience with publicly traded and privately owned companies and small and mid size startup and turnaround situations, has been invaluable to CyberShift. Prior to joining CyberShift in 2000, Altier was executive vice president and chief financial officer for a division of Thomson Financial. Altier also spent 10 years with Price Waterhouse. He holds a bachelor's and master's of business administration from Columbia University.
Laura A. Hills
Vice President of Marketing
Laura Hills drives CyberShift's corporate and strategic marketing and public relations initiatives and oversees branding and corporate communications programs. Her efforts have been instrumental in the corporate positioning and market recognition of CyberShift as one of the top three enterprise workforce and expense management software vendors. She brings more than 30 years experience delivering sophisticated enterprise business application solutions to middle and large tier enterprises. Prior to joining CyberShift, Hills spent eleven years at Computer Associates (CA) in various roles including senior vice president of worldwide marketing for CA's interBiz division. During a previous tenure at Information Science Incorporated (InSci), a software company credited with pioneering the human resource software industry, Hills directed product management for payroll and human resource management solutions to establish product direction and strategies. Hills earned a bachelor's degree in mathematics cum laude from St. Thomas Aquinas College.
Arthur J. Krozser
Vice President of Operations
Art Krozser brings more than 30 years of experience managing organizations focused on providing consulting and implementation services as well as client support, for a variety of software solutions. At CyberShift, Krozser is directly responsible for all the service organizations, which include professional services, client support and the operations of CyberShift On Demand. Prior to joining CyberShift, Krozser was president and general manager of Digital Solutions, a division within JGI focused on fully integrated manufacturing and enterprise resource planning solutions. Krozser holds a degree in computer science from the County College of Morris in New Jersey.
Kevin Loo
Vice President of Technology and Product Development
Kevin Loo brings more than 25 years of experience delivering commercial and enterprise technology and business solutions to CyberShift. Loo leads technology strategy and product development of the company's market leading workforce and expense management solutions. Having led software product development at market leaders in the pharmaceutical, IT and financial industries, Loo comes to CyberShift from sanofi-aventis, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. There he held a number of technology and eBusiness leadership roles delivering innovative technology products and services. Loo has also held management positions at Intelisys, Ernst & Young LLP, the American Institute of Certified Public Accounts and The Hertz Corporation. He holds a master's degree in electrical engineering from Polytechnic University and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the College of Staten Island, the City University of New York.
Jon-Marc Patton
Vice President, Channel Support
Jon-Marc Patton brings more than 16 years experience in workforce management implementation consulting and professional services management to his current position with CyberShift. Patton leads CyberShift's partner support organization, helping make CyberShift's business partners meet their objectives through program management and sales and implementation support. Prior to joining CyberShift in 1998, Patton held management and senior management positions in North American call center operations at BOC Gases US and Chase Manhattan Bank, NA. Patton has his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Morné P. Swart
Vice President of Product Management
Morné Swart is CyberShift's vice president of product management with over 14 years experience in enterprise-wide workforce management solutions. As vice president of product management, he brings in-depth functional and product development expertise to CyberShift. Swart oversees the product management, quality assurance and information development functions. Swart is recognized as an industry expert in workforce management. He has designed customer focused scheduling, time and attendance and expense management solutions. Prior to his current position, he served as vice president of enterprise solutions. Before his tenure with CyberShift, he was with its predecessor organization, ABI - TruTrack, Inc., as vice president of implementation and technology. Swart began his career in a variety of software development and deployment positions for large public and governmental agencies. He holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science.
Stephen Tafaro
Vice President of Sales
Stephen Tafaro leads CyberShift's corporate sales efforts, guiding the sales organization to support its corporate growth strategy and drive further adoption of the CyberShift Workforce Management 3G™ product suite within large, complex organizations. Tafaro brings more than 30 years of sales and executive management experience in the enterprise software, eCommerce, telecommunications and financial services industries. He has held executive positions with IBM and Oracle, and was president of Bell Atlantic Software Systems. Most recently he served as senior vice president of sales and marketing for Financial Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of portfolio management and partnership accounting software for the private equity industry. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from Montclair State University.
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