Joe Makoid, President, is a 20-year technology industry veteran. In 1987, he co-founded Bus-Tech, the industry’s largest supplier of interconnect controllers and was instrumental in selling the company to Network Systems Corp. In addition, Joe founded Data Center Direct in 1999 and expanded the scope to include the Management Services Provider model. Data Center Direct was acquired by Safeguard in 2000 to provide the foundation for Safeguard Global Services. Prior to joining Devon IT, Joe was Executive Vice President, Business Development for Tarantella.
Stephane Verdy, Chief Technology Officer, has 10 years experience in information technology. Prior to joining Devon IT to lead product development, Stephane held several positions in the product development, marketing, business development and sales organizations at Tarantella. At Tarantella, he was instrumental in designing and selling secure access and server based computing solutions to some of the world’s largest financial companies. Prior to Tarantella, Stephane worked as a consultant and also taught as professor of computer science at the Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala. Stephane holds a Masters of Computer Science from the University of Nancy, France.
Paul Mancini, Vice President, Sales & Marketing, has 15 years experience marketing innovative solutions to companies that use information technology as a fundamental part of their business strategy. Paul led marketing efforts at emerging technology companies such as eCal, Emax and EcomXML as well as helping establish systems integration and consulting businesses within companies such as GE and Lockheed Martin. Paul also founded Atwood Marketing, a consultancy focused on supporting early-stage and emerging companies that need marketing, communications, public relations, branding, product marketing, and investor relations. Paul holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Temple University.

