Management Team
eSecuritel was founded, and is led by people who truly understand the interplay between “high tech and high touch” - between smart technologies, careful business management and outstanding service.
We achieved our success thanks to a true partnership approach with our wireless service providers, and by never forgetting the importance of customer service.
David Leach
Chief Executive Officer
Mr.Leach joined eSecuritel in March 2006 after leaving his position as chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Datatrac, a supply chain and network services company in Atlanta. Before Datatrac, he was Chief Operating Officer for Procuri Inc, an Atlanta-based leader in providing strategic sourcing software for enterprises.
Mr.Leach also co-founded Harbinger, Inc. in Atlanta in 1983, growing it to $155 million in revenue with $20 million in operating income, and eventually selling the company in June 2000 for $1.3 billion. Harbinger provided businesses of all sizes with software, value-added network services, business process outsourcing and consulting services to enable them to send and receive electronic documents and manage supply and demand chains. Over a 17-year career with the company he held positions as Vice President of Marketing and Sales, President of the Financial Services Division, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman.
Mr.Leach has also served as a consultant with McKinsey Management Consultants as well as an Associate with Coopers and Lybrand.
Mr.Leach graduated with a B.A. from Sheffield University in England and received his MBA with honors from Harvard University. He is also a FCA, Fellow Chartered Accountant from the United Kingdom, and is currently on several private and public boards.
Kathy Miller
Chief Financial Officer
Kathy Miller joined eSecuritel in March 2009 as Chief Financial Officer. Ms. Miller was most recently Chief Financial Officer of Movius Interactive Corporation, a messaging, collaboration and mobile media solutions provider. Prior to joining Movius, Ms. Miller spent nine years with Witness Systems, a publicly traded workforce optimization company, who merged with Verint, a leading provider of actionable intelligence solutions for workforce optimization and security intelligence, where Ms. Miller had been Senior Vice President of global finance and accounting. Prior to Witness, Ms. Miller was Director of Finance of MapInfo Corporation, a publicly traded business intelligence company, who merged with Pitney Bowes. Ms. Miller began her career as a certified public accountant for Coopers and Lybrand. She is a graduate of Alfred University.
Jennifer Taylor
SVP Customer Experience
Ms. Taylor brings to the company over 25 years of marketing experience in customer relationship programs, lead/prospect cultivation, marketing strategy, and process management.
Prior to joining eSecuritel in 2006, Ms.Taylor served as EVP of Business and Account Development for Allconnect where she helped triple the revenue and client base, managing over 200 strategic relationships. She also served as a VP within AOL's Interactive Marketing division where her major achievements included development of the AOL Partner Help Desk, and supporting B2B websites. She led a major overhaul and increase in meaningful leads for AOL's advertising sales force.
Ms.Taylor was also the Senior Director of Loyalty Marketing and Alliances for Intercontinental Hotels Group (formerly Bass Hotels and Resorts), where she managed IHG's loyalty program for its numerous worldwide hotel brands, including Inter-Continental, Crowne Plaza and Holiday Inn Hotels and Resorts. She has also held positions with American Express and Xerox Corporation.
Ms.Taylor holds a B.A. in Marketing from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and an M.B.A. in Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Raymond (Ray) Jimison
SVP, Sales and Business Development
Mr. Jimison joined the eSecuritel senior management team in June of 2007 to head up both the Sales and Business Development groups. Most recently he was Senior Vice President and General Manager for Sage Software where he spent 8 years in various positions. In his role as SVP and GM for Sage, he was responsible for a $90m Business Unit with a portfolio of several leading products in the SMB market. Prior to Sage, Mr. Jimison was Vice President of Sales for Harbinger providing B2B eCommerce solutions for F1000 companies. While at Harbinger Mr. Jimison was instrumental in achieving significant market share in several industry segments including Petroleum, Utilities and Electronics. Mr. Jimison has over 25 years experience in software and hi-tech industry including 6 years with General Electric where he specialized in Electronic Payment Systems, EFT/ACH and eCommerce solutions.
Mr. Jimison is a graduate of California State University at Fullerton with a B.A. in Management and Finance. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Cal-Western ACH Association and been involved in various industry groups and initiatives promoting development of standards for the electronic exchange of vital business information and transactions.
Julio Palacio
SVP, R & D and Operations
Mr. Palacio joined eSecuritel in August 2007 with over 23 years of technical and management experience in information technology and telecommunications.
Most recently he was General Manager Strategic Planning for SouthernLINC Wireless, a wholly owned subsidiary of Southern Company. There he was responsible for spearheading all company-wide strategic planning and implementation efforts and overseeing the company's internal organizational structure and processes. He also served as General Manager Emerging Technologies for Sprint Nextel, where he was responsible for managing the development and deployment of business-targeted applications, solutions and service offerings with key industry partners and major systems integrators.
Prior to Sprint Nextel, Mr. Palacio was co-founder and CEO for Veriprise Wireless Corporation, a wireless software development and solutions company that developed a wireless enablement and communications platform for the Enterprise Market.
He was also Director of Enterprise Mobility and Operations for Motorola, where he was responsible for the development, marketing and deployment of a communications platform to accelerate Motorola’s entry into the enterprise mobility marketplace.
Mr. Palacio has a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Florida International University and has four patent filings in wireless communications with Sprint Nextel.
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Kathryn Marsh
Vice President , Risk and Compliance
Kathryn Marsh joined eSecuritel in January, 2009 as Vice President of Insurance and Compliance bringing over 25 years of insurance background to eSecuritel.
Prior to joining the company, Kathryn was a consultant with Strategic Risk Solutions, an alternative risk and captive insurance company consulting and management firm. She was also a Principal of Risk Design Group, similarly, a specialty consulting firm that provided alternative risk financing consulting services. She has also been employed as a consultant within the Structured Risk Financing Group of KPMG LLC and was at AON, where she headed the company’s regional quantitative and alternative risk groups, and was Chair of the company’s Captive Council, a network of the key captive personnel worldwide. Kathryn also spent a number of years managing captive insurance companies in Bermuda and was the Director of Risk Management for NCR Corporation.
Kathryn has a Bachelors of Business Administration degree majoring in Insurance from the College of Insurance in New York and a MBA with a major in Finance and Multinational Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She holds the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM) designations.
