The (Fully Functional) OST Family

David Gerrity has led the ERP Practice since joining OST in 2003. David plays a key role in expanding the scope of services OST can provide to the ERP community. He has developed OST into a one stop shop for all ERP related needs.

David earned a degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Notre Dame, where he was also captain of the Track & Field team, breaking the school record in the pole vault. Prior to OST, David lead Technical Services and Technical Pre-Sales in the Baan practice at Crowe Chizek, one of the nation's top 10 accounting and consulting firms.

John helps OST Sales Executives achieve their aspirations within the context of OST's culture. He supports OST's entrepreneurial spirit of independently run businesses within the sales team. In addition, he has responsibility for co-determining strategic direction and achieving company-wide goals.

Over the past 26 years, John has held and performed a variety of roles in the technology industry. After earning his BS from Grand Valley State University, he became Lead Systems Consultant and Manager of Support Services at Technicraft in Virginia. Later John held Sales Engineering and Sales roles at Data General. After 5 years as VP of Information Services at a private firm in the Detroit area, John enjoyed being a Sales Executive with Sun Microsystems. Having been recruited away from Sun, John spent 9 years in direct sales and management with EMC. John later joined HP, where he met OST. The ensuing great relationship led to a subsequent decision for John to join OST as the Director of Sales.

John Vancil joined OST in 2009 to build and lead the Project Management Office (PMO), and in January 2010 was named Director of Professional Services.  In this role John has responsibility for all non-product related services, including the ERP Practice, Security Practice, Application Development Practice, Contract Programming and Managed Services team.  John is also responsible for the OST PMO and related Project Management and Engagement Management services.

Over the past 22  years, John has filled a number of roles in Information Technology.  After earning his BS in Computer Science from Tampa College in 1989 John spent 7 years in various development and leadership roles at Electronic Data Systems (EDS).  Following EDS, John led the Development and Support teams for Matsch Systems while also finishing his Masters of Science in Information Systems Management degree from Grand Valley State University.  A stint as the IT Manager for Baan Education in the Americas was followed by twelve years as the Vice President of Information Technology at Nucraft Furniture in Grand Rapids, immediately prior to joining the OST team.

Scott Dare has been the lead BMC Sales Representative for OST since joining the company in 2003. Scott has successfully made the BMC practice a large part of OST's portfolio and strategic alliance.

Scott holds a degree in Business from Hutchinson College. Prior to joining OST, he managed the Insurance and Accounts Receivables Departments at the Diagnostic Clinic of Houston for six years. He also worked as an Account Manager for BMC Software, giving him a unique, in-depth perspective on the work he does at OST. He is highly trained, having successfully completed the BMC Sales Certification and Product Knowledge Training, Sandler School of Sales Training as well as multiple BMC sales strategy planning sessions.

Tom Lawson joined OST in 2004 as the Practice Manager for Enterprise Storage. Tom has lead the growth of the Storage Practice to offer services such as Infrastructure Rationalization and Information Lifecycle Management. He also heads up strategic partnerships with industry leading providers of storage infrastructure, software and IT services.

Tom earned a BA in Economics from Arizona State University and a MA in International Management with honors from Thunderbird. Tom began as a Sales Representative with IBM before spending 15 years in Sales and Sales Management at Hitachi Data Systems. There, he played a major role in HDS's market share growth and sales revenue increase in the 1990s. Hewlett Packard recruited Lawson in 2000 to augment their sales force. Tom has acquired a broad range of experience working with all customer segments to deploy cost effective technology solutions in pursuit of their business goals.

Scott Montgomery joined OST in the spring of 2009 as the Manager of the OST Security Practice. Scott comes to OST with over 25 years of IT and IT Security related experience. Within the last ten years, Scott has personally performed more than 500 Security Assessments for several hundred organizations. Using a proprietary and unique assessment approach, developed by Scott and used since 1998, the OST Security Team has the ability to gather, analyze and assess the security of any organization. The Montgomery Method ™ guarantees comprehensive security results for even the most complex of computing environments.

Scott has a Degree in Computer Information Service from Ferris State University. Scott's articles and quotes often appear in trade publications and he is regularly invited to speak publicly about Computer Security, Identify Theft and Technology Trends.

Chris van Nieuwenhuyzen joined OST in 2005 as the mid-west ProLiant and Blade Server authority. Chris is recognized as one of the top Blade Server technologists in North America, having worked with many Fortune 500 companies to architect multimillion dollar blade server deployments. He has extensive technical insight into ProLiant Servers, BladeSystems, and their associated management tools in large enterprise environments.

Before joining OST, Chris worked for Compaq and Hewlett Packard. Chris has assisted over 100 customers in planning and maintaining their enterprise ProLiant and Blade Server implementations in areas such as provisioning, systems management, and facilities planning.

David Spieker joined OST in 2010 as the EPIC Business Development Manager. David is responsible for defining the solution sets and messaging along with building relationships and finding new EPIC business opportunities.

Dave holds a Masters degree in Computer Science from Central Michigan University and a Bachelors of arts from Western Michigan University. Prior to joining OST, David was a partner with Crowe Horwath, where he performed as the Executive In-Charge of Firm wide Marketing for seven years. With Crowe for 24 years, David started his career as a software applications consultant where he performed and managed a variety of consulting engagements in a variety of industries. David's other careers include retail furniture design/showroom operations manager and public school teacher where he performed as a band director for five years.

Mike TenHarmsel joined OST in 2008 as the CBS Practice Manager. The CBS practice provides IT consulting services primarily focused on, but not limited to, software development.

After earning his BA in Finance from Central Michigan University, Mike started his career selling software for a Chicago-based firm. While Mike lived in Chicago, his position in Sales and Sales Management had him traveling extensively. When a publicly-traded IT consulting firm known as Whittman-Hart approached Mike with an opportunity to start a branch office in Grand Rapids, Mike jumped at the chance. Mike started the Grand Rapids office of Whittman-Hart with zero clients and zero revenues. Within the first few years, he was responsible for increasing revenues to over $20 million. Ultimately, through merger, the company was renamed as marchFIRST. Mike left shortly thereafter to start his own IT Consulting and Software Development firm, named CBS Solutions, Inc. CBS started in 2001 and grew quickly with revenues exceeding $5 million annually. OST and CBS had great complementary businesses and in March of 2008, CBS Solutions, Inc merged with OST.

Brian Anderson joined OST in 2009 as the Application Development Practice Manager. The application development practice provides business and technical consulting related to custom software business solutions.

After earning his Bachelors of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems from Western Michigan University, Brian started his career as a consultant at Crowe Chizek in Grand Rapids, MI. While at Crowe, Brian served clients such as McDonalds, Dominos and many financial institutions. Brian left Crowe in 2001 to join SageStone Consulting. A boutique software development shop that was completely focused on building custom software applications on the Microsoft .NET platform. During that time Brian established himself a premier .NET Architect and Business Consultant. Brian thrived and filled leadership roles during two acquisitions (first NuSoft Solutions then RCM Technologies). Brian also co-founded a startup called Pay It Square. This startup won PayPal's X Award for Requesting and Receiving Money in 2010. Pay It Square was then acquired by OST in 2011. Brian's current focus is to grow OST's application development team, serve clients and build long-term relationships through successful outcomes.

Mac Reynolds is a member of the OST Advisory Board. The purpose of the OST Advisory Board is to assist with refining our long term company vision, critiquing our business plans and bringing fresh ideas to OST. With input from our Advisory Board, OST is better prepared to meet tomorrow's challenges.

Mac Reynolds served as Dart Energy Corporation's CEO (2005-2009), Chairman of the Board (2002-2009), and Board Member (1998-2009). During his tenure, Mac was responsible for growing DEC from a locally integrated Michigan company to a nation-wide company with operations in the West (Wyoming, Montana), Midwest (Kansas, Michigan), East (Pennsylvania, West Virginia), and Southwest (Texas, Oklahoma).

During his time with Dart, Mr. Reynolds developed his own company, ERL LLC, specializing in engineering software and service. This company was founded on world-wide patents of the human body used to optimize seat and package design for vehicle operators and passengers. ERL LLC is based on the products of over twenty years of research as a faculty member of both The University of Michigan and Michigan State University.

After graduating from Southern Methodist University with a BA in History of Ideas, Mac joined the Peace Corps and served two years in Harar, Ethiopia. Upon returning, Mac enrolled in a graduate program at SMU in Anthropology where he received his Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology. Mac's research career began in the Federal Aviation Administration, civil Aeromedical Institute, Oklahoma City. He left this government research position in 1973 and began his University career at the Highway Safety Research Institute (now The University of Michigan Transportation Institute). He then went to Michigan State University where he established two laboratories, Systems Anthropometry Laboratory and Ergonomics Research Laboratory, before retiring as Emeritus Professor in 2002. His research, administrative, and business experience has provided a broad background in the different perspectives and issues confronting government, industry and business.

Frank Feraco is a member of the OST Advisory Board. The purpose of the OST Advisory Board is to assist with refining our long term company vision, critiquing our business plans and bringing fresh ideas to OST. With input from our Advisory Board, OST is better prepared to meet tomorrow's challenges.

Frank Feraco began his career in 1968 with Mobile Oil Corporation as the Marketing Manager of the Northeast Region. Over his 40 year career, Mr. Feraco has held various executive roles. His first was as President of Kohler Co.'s $2.0 billion International Plumbing business (1993-1997), he then became President of Textron's $4.0 billion industrial products segment (1997-2000), and most recently President of Pentair's $1.2 billion Tool Group (2000-2003). He has also served on the Board of Directors of more than a dozen companies.

Mr. Feraco has received numerous awards and accolades over the years including 1999 Businessman of the year - University of Rhode Island. He was also featured in a Fortune Magazine Article in 2002 for his turnaround of the Pentair Tool Group which was described as one of the top five US Manufacturing Turnarounds

Frank is currently the Managing Partner of Great Lakes Equity Partners where he began in late 2003. He is responsible for complete oversight and day-to-day management of the Private Equity Firm. Frank brings with him 40 years of executive management experience within industrial and consumer durables industries; including the successful turnarounds of 3 Fortune 200 companies. Mr. Feraco has managed and led the acquisition and integration of 28 companies over the past 15 years, as well as having managed and led the divestiture of 5 large divisions.

Mr. Feraco is a graduate of the University of Rhode Island and has degrees in Physics and Geology. He also played minor league baseball for the New York Yankees.