Ed is responsible for the marketing, sales, operations, product management and user experience areas of the company. He brings over twenty three years of start-up, consulting, and software industry experience in operations, sales, product and project management. Prior to GPA, Ed was the Vice President of Operations & Customer Service for Digital Assent, where he built the account management and support teams along with helping set a strategic plan. He was also the Vice President of Operations for Vendormate Inc., where he built and directed the operations team of account managers, credentialing and customer support teams. Ed helped to grow and lead the company from startup to a successful exit.

Ed also has experience in program management and supply chain strategy with various companies including Borland Software, Deloitte Consulting, and Lexmark. At Borland he worked on various products, including Business Objects, and later served as a program manager for CaliberRM. His four plus years with Deloitte Consulting included supply chain strategy and process improvement projects for several Fortune 500 companies such as Marmaxx, Nike, Kmart, CVS, and Hunter Fan.

Ed holds a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Along with his GPA responsibilities, Ed’s other responsibilities are as a husband and father (one son).