James Mobley, President & Chief Executive Officer
Ron Lescinskas, Chief Financial Officer
Kristine Briggs, Vice President, Operations
Michael Browne, National Sales Director
Gary Alterson, Director, Risk and Advisory Consulting
Mark Hammond, Director Midwest, Security Consulting
Gene Meltser, Director East, Security Consulting
Jeremiah Marcum, Director of Technology

James Mobley, President & Chief Executive Officer
James Mobley is a proven corporate and early stage executive with more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry. As President and CEO, James is responsible for the operational and strategic direction of the company. Under his leadership, Neohapsis has grown from a small Midwestern security consultancy to become an international mobile and cloud security services company. Prior to Neohapsis, James was President and Chief Executive Officer of @stake, Inc., an industry leading international security consulting and products company. Under his leadership, the company’s client base and revenue grew significantly over four years, leading to its acquisition by Symantec (SYMC) Corporation in 2004. At Symantec, as Vice President, he led the Professional Services organization in the Americas.

Other prior experience includes President and CEO of Intrusic Corporation, an early stage security software pioneer in internal threat intelligence, executive leadership roles in Fortune 100 Companies including Vice President of Compaq’s (HP) $1 billion North America Professional Services sales organization, Vice President & General Manager of Digital Equipment’s (HP) $400 million Southeast and Central Region and Business Unit Executive of IBM's $200 million D/FW business unit. James has been recognized nationally for his leadership and sales accomplishments in both global enterprises and early stage companies.

He is a graduate of the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University.

Ron Lescinskas, Chief Financial Officer
Ron Lescinskas brings more than 17 years of financial operations and general management experience with technology and professional services companies to Neohapsis. Prior to Neohapsis, Ron was a Senior Director at Symantec Corporation, a global leader in infrastructure software and services. In this role, he was responsible for the financial and operations strategy of Symantec's Americas Services business unit. Prior to Symantec, Ron was the Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for @stake, a security consulting and products company that was acquired by Symantec in October 2004.

Before @stake, Ron was a Director at Cambridge Technology Partners, responsible for the financial planning and analysis of the North American Business Unit, a $400 million dollar operating entity. Previously, he worked as a manager for Deloitte & Touche, LLP and as a senior analyst for the Boston Water & Sewer Commission.

Ron received a BA from Salem State College and an MBA from Northeastern University.

Kristine Briggs, Vice President, Operations
Kristine Briggs has more than 20 years experience leading enterprise and start-up operations, process reengineering initiatives, and management and security consulting organizations. Prior to Neohapsis, Kristine was Senior Director of ISV Operations at Crossbeam Systems, and had senior roles at Intrusic, Inc. and Symantec, where she was Director of Strategic Consulting. Before that, she was part of the executive team that grew @stake, a venture-backed information security consulting firm, from start-up stage to its acquisition by Symantec in October 2004, and Manager of the Bio-Pharmaceutical Center of Excellence at RWD Technologies.

Kristine has a BA from Antioch College, a Graduate Diploma in Systems Analysis and Design from Queensland University of Technology in Australia, and a MS Ed from the University of Pennsylvania.

Michael Browne, National Sales Director
Michael is a proven and innovative sales leader with more than 20 years of experience supporting global enterprise accounts. Since joining Neohapsis in 2006, Michael has successfully partnered with strategic accounts across multiple industries and has demonstrated the ability to grow revenue by formulating creative solutions that address both their critical security and business requirements. As National Sales Director, Michael has overall responsibility for sales growth and leadership of the sales team.

Prior to Neohapsis, Michael held sales and sales leadership positions at early-stage technology companies, including Interface Software (acquired by LexisNexis), CAST Software, Rogue Wave Software, and InstallShield Software.

Michael has a B.S. in Psychology from Illinois State University.

Gary Alterson, Director, Risk and Advisory Consulting
Gary Alterson is a specialist in risk management, information risk, governance and compliance.  Gary’s extensive experience spans data protection and privacy, financial reporting, risk management, trade sanctions and anti-trust.  As Director of Risk and Advisory Consulting, Gary is responsible for leading a team of former security, risk and compliance officers in the delivery of senior level advisory services. Gary and his team have been instrumental in transforming client enterprise and technology risk programs.  Gary has deep experience in developing risk management strategies and frameworks as well as designing and leading both IT and information risk management programs.  Gary is frequently sought out to serve as a liaison between technology professionals and their peers in audit, compliance and legal.   He is also experienced in managing complex outsourcing projects as well as ongoing governance and relationship management with suppliers and third parties. 

Prior to joining Neohapsis, he served in a number of strategic and leadership roles, most recently as the Americas Lead for IT Compliance and Risk Strategy at one of the world’s leading global financial services firm.  

Gary has a BA in Education and Social Science from National-Louis University as well as the CRISC and CISA professional designations.

Mark Hammond, Director Midwest, Security Consulting
Mark has more than 14 years of experience in information security, risk management and information technology. As Director of Midwest Consulting at Neohapsis, Mark is responsible for leading the mid-west consulting team in the development and delivery of security and compliance services and solutions to Neohapsis clients and partners.

Prior to Neohapsis, Mark managed the Middle East and North Africa consulting organization for Symantec Services Group, where he was instrumental in exponentially expanding the regional business. He has served as a trusted advisor to Fortune 500 companies, spanning Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America and has provided strategic and tactical guidance to a wide variety of international industries.

Mark has a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Gene Meltser, Director East, Security Consulting
Gene has more than 12 years of industry expertise as a technologist, penetration tester, security researcher and consulting leader.  As Director of East Consulting at Neohapsis, Gene is responsible for leading the east consulting team in the development and delivery of security and compliance services and solutions to Neohapsis clients and partners.

Prior to Neohapsis, Gene developed, led and successfully delivered multiple strategic and technical consulting projects for Symantec professional services. Prior to Symantec, Gene was a managing consultant at @stake, an industry leading international security consulting and product Company that was acquired by Symantec in October 2004. Throughout his career, Gene has successfully served as a strategic advisor to numerous clients, focusing on solving unique and challenging industry problems. In 2005, Gene co-founded Symantec Vulnerability Research group, which provided a platform for security research as well as guidance and controls for responsible security vulnerability research. This resulted in the first vulnerability advisory release in 20 years of Symantec’s history.

Gene has a BS degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Connecticut, as well as CISM, CSIRC and QSA certifications.

Jeremiah Marcum, Director of Technology
Jeremiah Marcum has more than 10 years of software development experience. He has designed, architected, and lead projects across many industries including GRC, health insurance, asset tracking, and telephony. Jeremiah has also contributed to many open source projects such as RavenDB, Hibernate, and Jetty. Prior to joining Neohapsis, Jeremiah was Team Lead and Lead Architect at Texert. Jeremiah has also held senior architecture roles at HealthMarkets, OnAsset, Asparity Decision Solutions, and ShadeTree Technology where he was responsible for building highly scalable enterprise platforms.

Jeremiah earned a B.S. degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from Texas Tech University.