TALENTED PEOPLE
BEHIND THE SUCCESS
Jay Noce - Founder
Chairman and CEO
Mr. Noce helped to form avVenta in 2005 with an investment from Wild Dunes Investments. He led the formation of the first dedicated center in Costa Rica and an acquisition of a US based web services firm. Mr. Noce has helped to launch, manage, and turnaround several IT related firms such as NIS, NDC Group, PRS, Object1, Acumen Solutions, Graystone and Avenzano Tech Partners.
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Jamie Posnanski
Executive Vice President Account Management
Prior to joining avVenta, Jamie Posnanski was founder and CEO of Sans Locus a regional digital interactive agency which avVenta acquired at the end of 2005. In his role as a partner with avVenta, he works in an engagement and operational capacity in the start up and service of strategic accounts.
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Charlene Gruhn
Executive Vice President of Delivery Operations
Charlene is a career IT professional with over 11 years experience building and managing application development and digital production teams. Ms. Gruhn has managed a team of consultants and developers with INCOM, a networking solutions and software development firm and was a leader in the in-house IT/IS department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Joe Bryan
VP Account Services
Before being acquired by avVenta, Mr. Bryan led the startup Sans Locus, a digital interactive agency co-founded with Jamie Posnanski, and serving such clients as Caterpillar, Microsoft, Cingular Wireless and the British Broadcasting Company. Sans Locus was both a creative and highly digital agency providing creative and technical expertise to larger marketing and interactive agencies in an outsourcing capacity.
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Tarah Galloway
Director Global Financial Services
Tarah Galloway has over 6 years of financial, operations and accounting experience, both for large companies and startup operations. Ms. Galloway joined avVenta in 2006 and now oversees the consolidation and operations of the Company’s global financial practice. Ms. Galloway’s background not only encompasses finance, but also office management and human resources.
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Andy Welkley
Director Business Development
Andy Welkley joined avVenta in early 2007 in the role of Director of Marketing and Business Development. Mr. Welkley’s early career in marketing was with the Thomson Corporation in the legal publishing division of West Group. In this role, Mr. Welkley held a leadership role in establishing marketing programs to educate consumers about web centric applications, and the electronic search and data access capabilities of legal research products as these products transitioned from book form to various forms of electronic publication.
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