Actsoft CEO and leadership

Kevin Thigpen brings his many years of experience in the wireless telecommunications industry, having built and launched entire wireless networks from the ground up.

He currently manages and directs the various business operations aspects of Actsoft on a domestic and global basis. He leads Actsoft’s Software Development, Quality Assurance, Customer Experience, Professional Services, Strategic Accounts, Product Management, Product Design, Carrier Relationships, and Strategic Partnerships and Alliances. Kevin has negotiated multiple relationships and long-term contracts with AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Bell Canada, and other strategic partners. His contributions have helped to grow and diversify Actsoft’s revenue.

At his previous position with IT2ME, Kevin worked directly with the lead investor to start the company and launch its GPS and location-based services (LBS) wireless business solutions. He successfully negotiated strategic agreements with Sprint/Nextel and other key business partners to deploy GPS applications across the United States. Kevin helped position the company to be acquired by Actsoft in 2006.

Jeffrey Gatt is a Chief Financial Officer at ACTSOFT INC.

AnnaMaria is responsible for leading all marketing and branding initiatives for Actsoft. She has an exceptional track record of facilitating significant and sustainable growth for top global organizations by creating and executing stronger value propositions, marketplace-driven innovation, and impactful communications planning.

AnnaMaria was previously with Synzi as the Chief Marketing Officer. She was also a co-founder of MCAworks, a strategic marketing consulting firm and has overseen market expansion opportunities for clients in technology, healthcare, and financial services. Her roster of clients included Verizon, Sage, Lexis-Nexis, Shutterstock, TheLadders, Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, Nationwide, VSP, AARP, and MasterCard.

A published author, AnnaMaria is the co-author of “Stopwatch Marketing: Take Charge of the Time When Your Customer Decides to Buy” (Portfolio: 2008) and a featured contributing author to “Shopper Marketing” (Kogan: 2010; 2012). AnnaMaria has also been an Adjunct Professor of Marketing at NYU, Fordham University, and the University of Tampa.

AnnaMaria received both her B.A. and M.B.A. from the University of Chicago.

EXECUTIVE BIO:Chris Ferrante has 25 years of Executive Sales Leadership, Business Development and Direct & Channel Sales experience in the computer software industry. Chris is disciplined in business management, process excellence, team building, personnel development, and cross departmental collaboration enabling his ability to dramatically scale revenue with B2B sales models serving Enterprise, Mid-Market and SMB market spaces. During his executive tenure, Chris maintained P&L responsibility and took part in successful IPO and M&A activity furthering his business experience. Throughout his career, Chris has been an over-achiever, self-starter and dynamic leader with a proven track record of success building high performing, customer-centric and metrics driven teams. Chris has successfully launched sales organizations from start up and re-engineered existing sales forces yielding higher productivity, efficiency and results while consistently surpassing revenue and EBITDA goals. As a result, Chris has built and managed sales organizations with annual revenues exceeding $100 Million and provided significant returns to shareholders.Additionally, Chris has a diverse background with a variety of "Software, SaaS, Cloud & IT" company cultures ranging from venture capital, growth capital, pre-IPO and Fortune 500 publicly held corporations. The majority of these companies were owned by highly respected Private Equity firms such as Francisco Partners, TA Associates, UpData Partners, Insight Venture Partners, Austin Ventures and Summit Partners with whom Chris has established enduring professional relationships. • Executive Staff Member reporting to CEO: Executive Management & Organizational Leadership • Private Equity (Board of Directors) work experience leading to successful M&A outcomes• Team Building: Recruiting, Training, Developing Talent & Driving Performance • Business Analytics Excellence: SalesForce.com, HubSpot, MS Dynamics, Marketo & Sales Enablement• Target Account Selling (Strategic), SPIN Selling (Tactical) & Recurring Revenue SaaS Sales Models

Kevin Thigpen brings his many years of experience in the wireless telecommunications industry, having built and launched entire wireless networks from the ground up.

He currently manages and directs the various business operations aspects of Actsoft on a domestic and global basis. He leads Actsoft’s Software Development, Quality Assurance, Customer Experience, Professional Services, Strategic Accounts, Product Management, Product Design, Carrier Relationships, and Strategic Partnerships and Alliances. Kevin has negotiated multiple relationships and long-term contracts with AT&T, Verizon, Vodafone, Bell Canada, and other strategic partners. His contributions have helped to grow and diversify Actsoft’s revenue.

At his previous position with IT2ME, Kevin worked directly with the lead investor to start the company and launch its GPS and location-based services (LBS) wireless business solutions. He successfully negotiated strategic agreements with Sprint/Nextel and other key business partners to deploy GPS applications across the United States. Kevin helped position the company to be acquired by Actsoft in 2006.