iboss Company Overview

Richard Quinones has spent over 20 years taking on important IT leadership roles at the county, state and national levels. His past experience includes being appointed Los Angeles County’s first Chief Education Technology Officer, where he led the delivery of IT services across 80 school districts and five community colleges. He was also appointed senior IT advisor to the National Advisory Council on Education Technology, (NACET) and commissioned to advance the roll-out of the U.S. President’s National Public Schools Broadband initiative. Previously, he was appointed by the California State Superintendent of Instruction to serve as a member of the State’s Education Technology Taskforce, and served as state chair of the Telecommunications and Technology Taskforce, representing California’s 58 county superintendents.

Prior to that, he had his own IT consultancy, specializing in the implementation of Cloud/Managed services, 1:1 mobile computing, IT consolidation and he served as government lobbyist, on behalf of school districts across California. He has also served as Senior Technology Advisor to Los Angeles Unified School District officials, including the office of the Chief Information Officer, and Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Planning and Digital Innovation.

Richard has received two Emmy nominations from the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, was honored with California’s CalRen Gigabit award, and received multiple commendations from the California State Assembly.  Richard holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in e-Government. 

Eileen brings more than 20 years of recruiting experience in fast-paced, dynamic environments to her work at iboss, with expertise in recruiting for engineering, technical, and sales roles. With a focus on innovative recruiting strategies, Eileen successfully served as the Director of Talent Acquisition for Intepros Consulting for 10 years. Prior to that, she worked for nine years at Network Plus as The Director of Recruitment and successfully led the company’s aggressive growth strategy as they went public. Her ability to build strategic, best-in-class recruiting teams while streamlining and standardizing the process will greatly benefit iboss' expansive planned growth. Eileen graduated from Seton Hall University and resides south of Boston with her husband, daughter, and son.

Ted Ranft is a leader in international technology and software sales and will lead a global team that is focused on driving sales and growth to meet increasing customer demands. With nearly 30 years of experience, Ranft has built and scaled businesses from $3M to $1.2B in annual bookings and brings strong operational and field depth to iboss. He held senior leadership positions at Avi Networks, serving as the Vice President of Worldwide Sales, and at ServiceMax as the Senior Vice President Americas and Worldwide Strategic Accounts. Ranft worked for more than 10 years at VMware holding a variety of positions including Worldwide VP Global Accounts and VP EMEA Software Defined Data Center.

Joe Cosmano has over 11 years of experience in leadership positions as a network engineer and cyber security expert. Prior to iboss, he held positions with a wide range of companies including Atlantic Net, where, as Engineering Director he led a team of engineers managing a large network operations center. As a Data Center Engineer for XOS Digital, he architected and supported a Cisco multilayer data center network. Joe has also held a position with the National Center for Forensic Science where he lectured the FBI and law enforcement on cyber security issues. He has a BS in Information Systems Technology from the University of Central Florida and a Masters in Information Systems Security, from the University of Denver.

During his more than 15 years in corporate business development, Will Scola has worked with some of the world’s largest enterprise organizations. As Business Development, Procurement and Global e-Sourcing Director for Petco, he had responsibility for channel development and strategic sourcing and was instrumental in the establishment of Petco’s first cross-border joint venture. Prior to that Will held various leadership positions with GE. As part of GE’s Corporate Audit Staff (CAS), he worked in Japan, Australia, Hungary and Mexico, where his responsibilities included organizational development, staffing and business process development, financial diligence, and corporate compliance. Will has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Auburn University.

Christian G. Kasper is the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of iboss.  Prior to iboss, Chris served as President and CEO of Harvest Power Inc., an organics sustainability company named five times to the Global Cleantech 100 and one of Fast Company’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in the World.  Earlier in his career Chris served in executive leadership positions of several companies, including The Princeton Review, Inc., a global education and test preparation company, and Lifetime Brands, Inc., a consumer products company whose brands include KitchenAid and Cuisinart.  He has worked in the portfolio companies of some of the world’s leading private equity and venture capital firms, including Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners.  He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the International Cookware Group S.A.S., a consumer products business based in Paris, France conducting business under the Pyrex brand. He has served on the faculty at Harvard Business School as a Dean’s Research Fellow in the Technology and Operations Management department.  Chris is a graduate of Dartmouth College and received his MBA from Harvard Business School.

Before joining iboss, Kyle was Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Decision Resources Group (DRG), a global provider of best-in-class healthcare data, analytics and insights products and services. At DRG, Kyle oversaw the company’s global legal functions and led strategic corporate and legal initiatives. Prior to DRG, Kyle served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel for The Princeton Review, Inc., where he shepherded the company through multiple business transformation and capital restructuring initiatives, and was Vice President and Associate General Counsel at Sapient Corporation, a global integrated marketing and technology services company. He holds a B.A. from the University of Michigan and a Juris Doctor degree from Boston College Law School.

Andy MacDonald is Vice President of Cloud Services at iboss. He is the leader tasked with expanding the iboss global datacenter footprint supporting our tremendous expansion. In addition, Andy leads the Network Operations Center Team managing and developing strategic processes improving customer uptime. He brings a proven track record of achievement from previous experience at PowerAdvocate where he served as Director of IT supporting all aspects of their SaaS infrastructure. He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Science from Endicott College.