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. 

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.

Rach SebellShavit brings over 10 years of experience and a passion for creating a world-class training experience for team members and customers. Rach’s learner-centered approach creates an environment where participants can question, collaborate, experiment, and grow in a safe and supported environment. In her previous training role at HubSpot, Rach scaled the l&D resources of the customer service’s team. At iboss she is implementing training programs to on-board new hires, expand resources & training for current employees, and train current and future managers to be exceptional at coaching and supporting their teams. Rach holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MBA from Babson.